Most obvious plot hole.

[Throwitawaynow]

Star Wars Episode 2:

If the jedi aren't allowed to love, why were two obviously consenting 19-to-20-something-year-olds sent on an all expenses paid vacation to the planet-o-love?

I think Plinkett had far more material there than he actually used.

This itself is a plot hole, because the Force is supposed to run strong in certain bloodlines (said by both Yoda and Obi-Wan in the original trilogy) and it is important for families with strong ties to the force to pass on their knowledge, then all of the sudden the Jedi have this Catholic Priest complex that they aren't supposed to marry? Yeah, the idea that there is some semblance of continuity between the original series and the prequel trilogy is silly.

Original series had no problem with ignoring continuity and then making stuff up later. *Cough* Vader killed your father. *Cough* Why can't the prequels do the same? Not to mention all the other stuff that just doesn't make sense, 1 man plots millions of people against each other destroys the jedi order and forgets that a few laser blasts from the outside makes their planet destroyer explode? Vader goes past the point of no return then returns from the point of no return? Why can't the ghost jedi's do anything if they were made more powerful than before? Reminders to use the force is tape recorder power. Why is there no DNA protection so that someone other than a clone will be noticed if they're walking around as storm troopers? Isn't the emperor the most powerful sith to ever live at that point? Why couldn't he find luke?

 

[efeat]

Star Wars Episode 2:

If the jedi aren't allowed to love, why were two obviously consenting 19-to-20-something-year-olds sent on an all expenses paid vacation to the planet-o-love?

I think Plinkett had far more material there than he actually used.

Oh it goes much further than that....

Redlettermedia's 70 minute thrashing of Star Wars Episode 1 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI]

There's a review of episode 2, as well.

 

[manic_depressive13]

I don't get how in Inception...wait.

Spoiler

I don't get how DiCaprio's totem would help. The point of the totem is to prevent other people from fabricating a dream and screwing you over, right? The Asian guy's rug was a good example, 'cause how the hell were they meant to know what kind of texture it would have. This anomaly made him realise it's not real. However, DiCaprio's spinning top is so obvious. All anyone who is trying to trick him would have to do is make it fall over.

Furthermore, at the end they use it to imply that he might still be dreaming. However, if it's your own dream, can't you just imagine it falling over? The totems are there to stop others from tricking you, I thought. What's to stop you from tricking yourself, assuming you're so messed up you can't tell dream from reality anymore? Is there some dream-law which says your totem never lies?

And why did they never dream anything cool? If I could control my dreams I'd create some fucking dragons or something and give myself wings, not pull stupid mirrors out of nowhere. There are mirrors in real life.

Other than that,

Spoiler

Why did jesus have to die? I'm not kidding you, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense to me. He died for our sins, but couldn't God have just chosen to forgive us without, you know, having his son suffer an agonising death? I'm not even bible bashing. Please explain this because I've obviously missed something HUGE.

EDIT: I probably didn't need to put the second one in spoiler tags, but whatever.

 

[Madara XIII]

in Dragon Ball Z, the Fact that the earth dragon can bring back anyone who has died once, but the Namekian Dragon can bring back anyone regardless of how many times they died....WTF!?!

Oh oh oh and this one

When Krillin wished that the Dragon make Android 17 and 18 human, he says that that is beyond his power.....yet he can bring back the dead and grand immoratality...WTF AM I MISSING?!?!

OUT OF YOUR POWER MY ASS!!!

Finally one more.

HOW is it that Trunks can go back in time and be able to only change JUST ONE event?!??

I call shenanigans on that bullshit!!!

 

[Parshooter]

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

The FBI - an organization intended to work within the United States - is somehow working in Vancouver, Canada.

1. Crap movie that was the basis of the two best fps' on the Game Boy Advance = crappy plot filled with holes

2. In film even when called Vancouver in dialog Vancouver = Seattle

 

[Hatchet90]

Avatar
1. Why didn't you orbital bomb those tree huggers
2. Just drop two tank on top of their main base
3. How they are able to sharpen the spears but they can go through bullet proof gas. I mean if you can sharpen them, so they can't be too hard... (my logic may be flawed, don't be ass holes when proving it)
4. Maybe I am just being a baby because the bad guys won.

My issue with that movie is that they spend all this time saying they are after a mineral then blow up the only thing stopping them from getting it yet they completely ignore it to try to wipe out the aliens for no better reason than assholeism.

Just posting because I'm addicted to TVTropes, but:

1: The Corp wasn't a military group, it was simply private contractors made mostly of ex-soldiers. I doubt that they had the ability to attempt orbital bombardment. After all, they seem fairly arrogant, and I doubt the Stockholders would be happy with them packing orbital bombardment weaponry against an enemy armed with bows and arrows.

2: Not exactly sure how they would do that. How would you get a transport through the clouds of Na'vi and their birds? Placing something on the ground makes it vulnerable to attack as well.

3: Maybe some trees have extremely hard wood. In addition, I would expect the draw weight on their bows to be pretty high. And lastly, we don't know for sure if the glass is bulletproof. It may be, but didn't the Rouge Pilot shoot through the glass of the Dragon?

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And to Judgment 101, they were planning on ignoring the Na'vi. Jake screwed that up by rallying the tribes. Had he simply let them disperse, they wouldnt have joined together. But because they did join together to expel the Corp, the Corp had no choice but try and take out what they saw as the "moral center" in an attempt to make them disperse.

1.IF you can travel faster then speed of light you can do whatever the hell you want. At least in my book.
2. How can those tree huggers kill a tank unless with those animals, not even bullets can take out a tank, easy... next!
3. If you don't have bullet proof gas and you are in the space age, how the hell did you travel faster then speed of light? Again how can they sharpen the wood in first place if it is super hard...

See, this is the problem with movie goers nowadays. I'm not saying Avatar was perfect, but I personally believe that it reminded people what movies were all about, escapism. Who cares if we don't understand how the islands floated, who cares that they didn't bombard the planet with some bomb that was never mentioned. IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE! and a fantasy movie at that.

 

[sumanoskae]

LOTR..the Giant Eagle Race could just fly someone with the ring right into Mordor, into mount doom and drop off the ring. completely bypassing hours of unnecessary bother.

I hear this one a lot. It is worth noting that
A): The Ring Wraiths are always after it, and apparently have dragon creatures on demand. Why do they start by riding around on horses?, no fucking idea
B): Mordor is well guarded, they had to create a huge distraction just to get Frodo and Sam through

 

[ecoho]

2. How can those tree huggers kill a tank unless with those animals, not even bullets can take out a tank, easy... next!

He was refering to the transports I assume, which, if/when they fell, may just fuck up the tank and it's crew.

I still think the most glaring plothole in the movie was the way everything just united against the humans, though.

ok heres why they all united in the end. Jake became the equivilent of a prophet and called them all to him. Remember this is basicaly a space Indian story and it should all make sence,asuming you paid attention in US history

 

[K_Dub]

Any game or movie that has to do with time travel. Go ahead. Think of anything that has to do with time travel, and at mark down the exact moment you start scratching your head wondering how that works. Oh wait it's convenient. That makes sense.

Ooh, perfect example would be Singularity. Left me with a splitting head ache for about an hour.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Spoiler: Terminator

Why trust just ONE terminator to do the job. She barley killed one so just send in 5 or 6 to do the job better. And why not kill Sarah when she is no threat at all. A.K.A. When she's 5! There are so many point to exploit.

How about this? By stopping Judgment Day in T2, wouldn't this prevent John Connor from even existing? And if he still existed, wouldn't they realize that their effort to stop Judgment Day didn't work?

You assume time is dynamic. What could happen is an alternate time line is created when something in the past is changed, leaving the original future untouched.

i see a head ache inducing argument coming >.> ... time travel dose that to me at least

 

[theSovietConnection]

2. How can those tree huggers kill a tank unless with those animals, not even bullets can take out a tank, easy... next!

He was refering to the transports I assume, which, if/when they fell, may just fuck up the tank and it's crew.

I still think the most glaring plothole in the movie was the way everything just united against the humans, though.

ok heres why they all united in the end. Jake became the equivilent of a prophet and called them all to him. Remember this is basicaly a space Indian story and it should all make sence,asuming you paid attention in US history

Oh, I had no problems with the Na'vi uniting, what I mean is how all the animals just kind of suddenly decided to put aside all differences and attack the humans.

 

[Littlee300]

See, this is the problem with movie goers nowadays. I'm not saying Avatar was perfect, but I personally believe that it reminded people what movies were all about, escapism. Who cares if we don't understand how the islands floated, who cares that they didn't bombard the planet with some bomb that was never mentioned. IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE! and a fantasy movie at that.

Eh I said I was just being a baby already because the people I was kinda rooting for lost, so calm down.

 

[DethVanXan]

Do I win?

Haha, yeah.

I think the Predator had already decided who its prey was knowing that they were trained fighters, the woman was not a trained fighter or a threat and was thus ignored, so simply refusing to play the Predator's game wouldn't have saved them. Remember how later the Predator continues to hunt Arnie even after Arnie loses his guns and basicly fights him with a set of traps?
The Predator was going to kill him regardless. Not the best explanation; I know.

 

[ecoho]

2. How can those tree huggers kill a tank unless with those animals, not even bullets can take out a tank, easy... next!

He was refering to the transports I assume, which, if/when they fell, may just fuck up the tank and it's crew.

I still think the most glaring plothole in the movie was the way everything just united against the humans, though.

ok heres why they all united in the end. Jake became the equivilent of a prophet and called them all to him. Remember this is basicaly a space Indian story and it should all make sence,asuming you paid attention in US history

Oh, I had no problems with the Na'vi uniting, what I mean is how all the animals just kind of suddenly decided to put aside all differences and attack the humans.

Ah ok well its explaned very early on that the trees talk to each other like brain synapsise(sorry if its misspelled) so when he asked their deity he basicaly sent out a image to everything linked to that tree which was everything but the film probily wants you to go with the earth mother sent them to kick the humans asses

OT: prototype- ok some guy just became immortal and doesnt remmber anything lets shoot him and make him angrey?! im not sure but if the US millitary found its self in this postion im pretty sure theyed use the newly mind wiped guy to clean up their mess.

 

[theSovietConnection]

Ummm... Anakin Skywalker has neither a brother named Owen, not a sister named Beru. Nor even the the common sense to look in the phone book from his home planet ...for 18 years!

Anakin's mother married Cliegg Lars, father of Owen Lars. I'm pretty sure it says that in Attack of the Clones. And Beru is Owen's wife.

 

[deonte9109]

I don't get how in Inception...wait.

Spoiler

I don't get how DiCaprio's totem would help. The point of the totem is to prevent other people from fabricating a dream and screwing you over, right? The Asian guy's rug was a good example, 'cause how the hell were they meant to know what kind of texture it would have. This anomaly made him realise it's not real. However, DiCaprio's spinning top is so obvious. All anyone who is trying to trick him would have to do is make it fall over.

Furthermore, at the end they use it to imply that he might still be dreaming. However, if it's your own dream, can't you just imagine it falling over? The totems are there to stop others from tricking you, I thought. What's to stop you from tricking yourself, assuming you're so messed up you can't tell dream from reality anymore? Is there some dream-law which says your totem never lies?

And why did they never dream anything cool? If I could control my dreams I'd create some fucking dragons or something and give myself wings, not pull stupid mirrors out of nowhere. There are mirrors in real life.

Other than that,

Spoiler

Why did jesus have to die? I'm not kidding you, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense to me. He died for our sins, but couldn't God have just chosen to forgive us without, you know, having his son suffer an agonising death? I'm not even bible bashing. Please explain this because I've obviously missed something HUGE.

EDIT: I probably didn't need to put the second one in spoiler tags, but whatever.

In regards to the second spoiler, God is good but he is also just. According to the Bible he cant just straight forgive sins because that would not be fair. There would have to be a sacrifice that would be equal to atonement ie Jesus. Because Jesus was pure and never sinned, his pure sacrifice was neccessary for anyone after him to be able to be redeemed. (not claiming or denouncing any faith just reciting from my old baptist school.
)

 

[Hydrus]

So, I've been meaning to ask all the Escapists about this one for ages. It's Halo Reach.

Spoiler: Massive Halo: Reach Spoilers

Okay, so in the second last mission of the game it's revealed that that Doctor Lady has discovered something underground in an alien temple, a "latchkey discovery" she calls it. Turns out it's Cortana, the AI you spend the rest of the entire Halo series hanging out with. So the final mission is to deliver this AI to Captain Keyes, on the Pillar of Autumn. As everyone knows, this is the ship you (the Master Chief) is on at the beginning of the first Halo game. It's explained at the beginning of that game that the Pillar of Autumn did a pretty much random slip space drive jump to avoid leading the Covenant fleet to Earth. Your job is then to escort Cortana off the ship and avoid the enemy capturing her.
SO the problem is: HOW THE HELL DOES CORTANA KNOW ALL THIS STUFF? We just dug her out of the ground a few hours ago, tops! Yet she acts like she's known the Captain, the crew and the Covenant for years! She apparently even knows Master Chief, who's been in cryo genic sleep the whole time!

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure the manual for Combat Evolved straight up tells you Cortana is one of the most advanced AI's ever constructed by the human race. But we just dug her up! And how on earth did she "choose" the Master Chief as the Spartan she wanted to "work with"?! And what did she mean by "work with"?! She just got dug up, she has no idea where she's going, she has no idea they'll accidently end up at the first Halo ring, she has no idea what it does!

I'm sorry, I loved Reach, but the discovery that the pay load was Cortana was totally bogus. It was a pointless "Aha!" moment directed at fan boys at the complete expense of the continuity of the storyline.

[/rant]

 

[HT_Black]

Why the Hell did Link turn into a wolf in Twilight Princess? It still baffles me, to this very goddang day.

 

[RandV80]

Star Wars Episode 2:

If the jedi aren't allowed to love, why were two obviously consenting 19-to-20-something-year-olds sent on an all expenses paid vacation to the planet-o-love?

I think Plinkett had far more material there than he actually used.

This itself is a plot hole, because the Force is supposed to run strong in certain bloodlines (said by both Yoda and Obi-Wan in the original trilogy) and it is important for families with strong ties to the force to pass on their knowledge, then all of the sudden the Jedi have this Catholic Priest complex that they aren't supposed to marry? Yeah, the idea that there is some semblance of continuity between the original series and the prequel trilogy is silly.

Original series had no problem with ignoring continuity and then making stuff up later. *Cough* Vader killed your father. *Cough* Why can't the prequels do the same? Not to mention all the other stuff that just doesn't make sense, 1 man plots millions of people against each other destroys the jedi order and forgets that a few laser blasts from the outside makes their planet destroyer explode? Vader goes past the point of no return then returns from the point of no return? Why can't the ghost jedi's do anything if they were made more powerful than before? Reminders to use the force is tape recorder power. Why is there no DNA protection so that someone other than a clone will be noticed if they're walking around as storm troopers? Isn't the emperor the most powerful sith to ever live at that point? Why couldn't he find luke?

Hell the whole Death Star itself wasn't really the brightest idea. when your star fleet already has a strangle hold on the galaxy but is being pestered by guerilla tactics, why commit so much resource and man power on a single massive slow moving battle station that's going to instantly have a huge target painted on it every resistance force? What strategic use is there in completely blowing up a planet when an orbital bombardment would get the same message across? I mean I guess if you're an evil emperor it would be a cool toy to build, but in the long run the Empire eventually lost because the big toy they didn't really need became a rally point for the rebellion to strike a critical blow.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Spoiler: Halo Reach

Ok, so what...Cortana was made by the Forerunners? What? I mean, I guess that explains how the Autumn's random jump lead them to the Halo(it was random, right?), but I thought she has no idea what the Halos are! Even once she's plugged into it's computer system it takes her a while to figure it out! Well, how does that work? And one other thing! When she's given to Noble team, you see that she's about twice the size of a soda can. Yet when Master Chief recieves her (mere hours after you give her to Keys) she fits in the back of his head! WELL, HOW DOES THAT WORK??!!