#161 ·
It’s funny how whenever you see someone working on a computer in a movie, they never actually touch a mouse. It’s always just a frantic blur of keyboard commands instead.
What have we learned from movies?
Started by analogwolf2 · · 👁 15 views · 245 replies
#163 ·
A few thoughts on cars:
You can hide behind a vehicle for as long as you want while a group of terrorists is spraying bullets with ten AKs. You feel totally safe, right? But at the exact same time, all it takes is one single 9mm or .38 spl round to trigger a massive explosion.
Then there's the driving. You can tear through backyards, farmsteads, or open-air markets, smashing through fences, hitting fire hydrants, and slamming into other cars. You can play maniac and blast through six lanes of traffic on a red light, yet somehow, even a tiny little fender bender is enough to cause that same huge explosion.
And let's be honest—is there even a real high-speed chase if a hubcap doesn't go spinning down the road on a sharp turn?
You can hide behind a vehicle for as long as you want while a group of terrorists is spraying bullets with ten AKs. You feel totally safe, right? But at the exact same time, all it takes is one single 9mm or .38 spl round to trigger a massive explosion.
Then there's the driving. You can tear through backyards, farmsteads, or open-air markets, smashing through fences, hitting fire hydrants, and slamming into other cars. You can play maniac and blast through six lanes of traffic on a red light, yet somehow, even a tiny little fender bender is enough to cause that same huge explosion.
And let's be honest—is there even a real high-speed chase if a hubcap doesn't go spinning down the road on a sharp turn?
#164 ·
1. It feels like Americans never actually lock their windows from the inside, making it easy enough for a toddler to just wander right in. Plus, houses—especially in those horror movies—are filled with these massive glass walls and floor-to-ceiling windows just so they can "enjoy nature," completely ignoring the fact that some maniac is probably aiming a sniper rifle at them. And by the way, you never see a single set of blinds pulled down on those windows.
2.The layouts are a joke, too; there are endless entrances and exits practically begging for an intruder. You've got the kitchen door, the tiny basement window, a pet door big enough for a small villain, plus attics and five or six different balconies. It’s wild considering how high the crime rates are and how paranoid people actually are here. You'd honestly think the US was stuck in the 1950s, back in the era of the town of Peyton...
2.The layouts are a joke, too; there are endless entrances and exits practically begging for an intruder. You've got the kitchen door, the tiny basement window, a pet door big enough for a small villain, plus attics and five or six different balconies. It’s wild considering how high the crime rates are and how paranoid people actually are here. You'd honestly think the US was stuck in the 1950s, back in the era of the town of Peyton...
#165 ·
electricstag2 said:Seriously, people, you need to wake up and see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG3gj43Hg0Q
😂
#166 ·
Michelle Alvarez8 said:I even heard that most American cops get their actual work done while they're sitting out on suspension--isn't that just wild? 😁
Which explains why they hand out those suspensions so generously... 😬
#168 ·
I learned pretty early on that if someone offers you a crazy amount of money for something you own, there's always a catch, right? That item isn't nearly worth what they're claiming to pay.
#169 ·
You know that classic line—"It's just a movie!"—that people always throw around? Honestly, it says everything you need to know about how much they're missing.
#170 ·
It turns out we’ve finally realized that John McClane is basically just a high-functioning, more human version of the Terminator
#172 ·
Or, you know, when our big hero is staring death right in the face and decides that—instead of actually doing something useful—he'll just drop some ridiculously ironic, cynical one-liner.
like, imagine someone’s tossing grenades at a Jeep and they ask if he's okay, and he just goes, "well done."
And then there's the whole thing where you can tear through backyards, stables, or open-air markets, smashing fences and fire hydrants, weaving through traffic and blowing red lights across six lanes of Manhattan madness... but apparently, a tiny fender bender is all it takes to trigger that massive explosion we talked about earlier.
it's born all time, too much (check it)
#173 ·
I feel like I learned just about everything I know from movies
Back when I was a kid, I couldn't stand going to school—it was way too boring 🙄—so my main diet consisted of nothing but cinema 🙂
Thank God movies finally started crossing into a more realistic threshold 😁
Life is more like The Simpsons than The Brady Bunch 😳
Back when I was a kid, I couldn't stand going to school—it was way too boring 🙄—so my main diet consisted of nothing but cinema 🙂
Thank God movies finally started crossing into a more realistic threshold 😁
Life is more like The Simpsons than The Brady Bunch 😳
#174 ·
Richard Hernandez13 said:In those typical teen movies you see on Netflix, women are always portrayed as being unattractive if they’re just wearing glasses, have their hair pulled back in a ponytail, or haven't spent an hour getting their eyebrows perfectly groomed.
Real life works the exact same way!
#175 ·
Anthony Kim18 said:Wait, what even is that!?
Seriously, you don't know who John McClane is? That's just embarrassing. 🙂
Does Die Hard ring a bell or what? 🙂
😎
#180 ·
Look, I’ve learned one thing: if you’re actually a decent person and somehow end up with a massive target on your back from people who'd love nothing more than to take you out, all you gotta do is clock each one of them in the head once. Boom. They're out of commission. They just end up sprawled out on the floor, totally useless to anyone, for God knows how long.
It’s the same deal when a hero pulls a gun on some thugs or terrorists—one shot and they aren't getting back up. They can't exactly keep fighting if they're incapacitated.
It’s the same deal when a hero pulls a gun on some thugs or terrorists—one shot and they aren't getting back up. They can't exactly keep fighting if they're incapacitated.
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