Things that film makers and writers do that piss you off.

[Tiger King]

I ***** about this almost every time but. You take off your helmet in space, your head freezes solid. I hate that. I just hate it.

I've seen the Instant Freezing Space Thing averted maybe twice. The first time was in the film Titan A.E, and the second time was in the Cowboy Bebop Episode Heavy Metal Queen.

You will not freeze to death in space. Ever. You will either die of asphyxiation, explosive decompression, or radiation burning you to a crisp. Your corpse will freeze sure, but it will take hours for your body temperature to dissipate in a vacuum, since radiation is the only feasible way to transfer energy, and it's pretty slow compared to conduction or convection.

But if films are to be believed, you will freeze faster than Boris getting drenched in nitrogen in Goldeneye.

apparently this is what happens:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html

saliva boiling on your tounge? scary!

as for my ot answer..... I don't like what I call a 'timid film'. this is where a story has been dumbed down or elements of plot removed, usually in the case of book adaptations, because somebody somewhere was scared the audience wouldn't get it and thus lose money.

 

[Accel]

It was a bad idea to put someone like Derpy in in the first place. The terminology of Derp was created as an internet catch phrase for a mentally retarded person. Without thinking, the show developers put a character related with a meme onto the show, not realizing what the name stood for or how it would go down with the parents of the show's target demographic.

I look forward to when the CMC become best friends with Pedo Bear.

 

[Aetera]

This is more for TV than movies, but killing off a character or two when it makes sense for the plot is fine, but some writers go overboard with it and kill off almost EVERYONE. This is not okay. Side/reoccurring characters keep shows fresh and interesting. Don't kill EVERYONE other than the one or two leads.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, TORCHWOOD AND SUPERNATURAL.

 

[Lugbzurg]

It was a bad idea to put someone like Derpy in in the first place. The terminology of Derp was created as an internet catch phrase for a mentally retarded person. Without thinking, the show developers put a character related with a meme onto the show, not realizing what the name stood for or how it would go down with the parents of the show's target demographic.

WRONG! "Derp" essentially means "Goofball". That's where it all came from. It isn't at the fault of whoever came up with the word, any more than words like "Balls", for example. Lots of people are going to come up with stupid new meanings for entirely innocent words.

The problem is that so many people are letting these dirty-minded people win by retreating from using these words in their proper meanings. If "Derpy" was being used in a goodhearted, positive context, which it was, why complain about how other people misuse the word?

After all, it seems no one's "allowed" to have Santa Claus say "Ho, ho, ho!" This is simply because "Ho" is pronounced the same way as "Hoe", which is apparently offensive, even though it's also a gardening tool. Therefore, they retreat from the proper use of the word and let the dirtbags win.

nothing is killing mlp
people appreciate their fans

especially Hasbro, remember when optimus prime died and was replaced?

you dont?
fans that's why

calm down people like their fans
just enjoy the show jeez , and take pride in yourself you sound you have really low self esteem your a fan, and they appreciate your buissness be happy

Umm... What? No. It's like how all too many game developers these days try to make their games longer by adding excess filler content that only lags the game down. This is stuff that completely spits on itself. This show used to be so unconventional. It was doing things other shows wouldn't dare to do, weather they were for children or adults. Now, it's just trying to do what everything else is doing. It's becoming generic and even starting to sacrifice its moral standards for fans on the dark side.

 

[FalloutJack]

Stephen King short stories.

Can't really speak for all of them, but I read short-story of the Langoliers. The movie's about accurate.

Love my job, since I've been bringing in $82h? I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online? cloud68 DoTCom

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OT: Speaking AS a writer, I'd like to say that some people probably complain too mucm, but also that some concerns are even shared by me. For instance, while this is not a deep complaint, I've made mention that we need to be a little more subtle with our Chekov's Guns and Macguffins. When a movie introduces a thing, but then doesn't have much of a reason for having said it right then and there, it's clear that it WILL be relevant later. Suspense keeping us more in the dark can be a power for good in this case.

A good use of the mechanic? Let's check on Ripley for a second in Aliens. Had to get a new job loading cargo with an exo-suit. It gets mentioned off-hand as part of Ripley's unfortunate circumstances after the Company dropped her, and then it gets USED in an amusing scene where she starts carrying her own weight around the marines, literally. It doesn't become apparent at the time that in a movie involving the terror of fighting acid-blooded aliens with guns and flamethrowers that the main character will fight off the Queen on the ship with a loader-suit.

 

[Eekaida]

The 'from camera' perspective when there is no camera. It's SO annoying and completely breaks the immersion. If there's a camera, there must be a camera person filming the events. If you're not going to include them as an actualy character in the script (and a HALF character, who doesn't say or do anything but film) then don't bother hacing the 'from camera' perspective - just keep to the normal omnipresent perspective!

 

[J. MB]

Whenever it's set in ancient times, they ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have a British accent. This is why I can't watch anything based on Ancient Greece or Rome, it irks me so bad.

 

[New Frontiersman]

Nothing bothers me too much,but I'm not too fond of either clearly inaccurate history or shoehorned in love interests. I also don't like when filmmakers/ writers try to hard to make their characters "badass," I'm not too fond of the badass character archetype in general but when overdone it just gets ridiculous. Also characters falling in love too quickly; it doesn't happen overnight guys.

consenually (really chrome? Is this really not a word)

Really, "consenually" is not a word. Maybe you were thinking of consensually?

 

[Vault101]

OT: Speaking AS a writer, I'd like to say that some people probably complain too mucm, but also that some concerns are even shared by me. For instance, while this is not a deep complaint, I've made mention that we need to be a little more subtle with our Chekov's Guns and Macguffins. When a movie introduces a thing, but then doesn't have much of a reason for having said it right then and there, it's clear that it WILL be relevant later. Suspense keeping us more in the dark can be a power for good in this case.

A good use of the mechanic? Let's check on Ripley for a second in Aliens. Had to get a new job loading cargo with an exo-suit. It gets mentioned off-hand as part of Ripley's unfortunate circumstances after the Company dropped her, and then it gets USED in an amusing scene where she starts carrying her own weight around the marines, literally. It doesn't become apparent at the time that in a movie involving the terror of fighting acid-blooded aliens with guns and flamethrowers that the main character will fight off the Queen on the ship with a loader-suit.

I remember when I watched I am Ledgend I found the whole thing really odd that there were small moments and scenes that were obviously building up to somthing but went nowhere (because the decided to remove the enite point of the film and change the ending)

anyway, just to clarify...

is checkovs gun a thing that its mentioned/seen earlyer in the work...and then used again at a time of great importance?

and is the macguffan an object that drives the plot? so like in Indinana Jones everyone is after "the ark" or "the grail"

 

[FalloutJack]

The MacGuffin Device.

Chekov's Gun refers to a thing that is seen and does a thing maybe earlier in the movie, book, or whatever...and then it's never seen again until it appears out of the blue like a brick joke. When you see a thing once that they pull the movie into in order to specifically see the thing, you know it comes up later. Ripley's use of an exo-suit is less obvious because it was a skill she had to learn as per needing work and already made it relevant on the ship.

But yes, the MacGuffin is a Plot Device. It does the thing, it has the power, and it Deus's up the Machina.

 

[II Scarecrow II]

I'm not sure how to explain it, but this situation is something that makes Breaking Bad almost unwatchable for me. I'm in the second season and I just cannot bring myself to keep watching because Walt is such a fucking idiot! He has had options to treat his cancer legitimately and safely, but instead he decides to go down the path of selling meth and gradually gets worse and worse. This obviously brings up all the tension and intrigue in the plot, but it just seems so outlandishly contrived that I cannot bring myself to watch it any more.

So I guess contrived writing really gets to me.

 

[e2density]

liffhangers. It was cliffhangers. They bug me so much in almost every instance. (not to be confused with open-ended conclusions)

That was really clever.

 

[Luca72]

That the American writers (since this happen only in US films) felt they really need to have everyone clapping at the end of the film like an applaused to something that isn't necessary, example at the end of Harry Potter 2 when Hagrid return at the end of the film which the entire pupil and staff clap. Why the hell the pupils clap by his return? They hardly know him!!

Holy shit. I never really noticed that until now. In the US we fucking love that for some reason. If it isn't an overt clapping scene, it's still basically a celebration of all the things that just happened in the film. It's like we want to be congratulated for sticking with the story for an hour and a half when we know we should have been working or something. The original Star Wars movies did this - the first one is just an award ceremony (like the audience couldn't figure out that Luke would feel pretty good about blowing up a giant evil space station) and the last one is a party (where everyone's happy because... they blew up the giant evil space station again....). The only interesting ending was Empire Strikes Back, where the good guys have basically lost but are regrouping for a final showdown.

This topic is reminding me why the only movies I seem to recall really enjoying in the last few years were either made by Tarentino or District 9.