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Movie Cliche's

All image editing/forensics programs in movies can, against all odds, enlarge and sharpen an image so that an area of a single pixel can be resolve into a ultra-high resolution headshot of the bad guy. Bonus points if this can be done on what appears to be a regular desktop computer and in real time.
 
"disassemble-reassemble!" - st00pit robot.

What is a hot pocket?

Cliché;
If you use a montage, then you can get real good at something in one day that would normally take years of dedicated practise (as shown by a certain film)

Cliché;
A good actor can never mime playing an instrument well.
 
You don't have hot pockets in England? They're about the size of a burrito, & have tomato sauce, cheese, & pepperoni inside them. (plus they're microwavable)

By the way, I bet you got the montage cliche from Team America! (I have the PM's to prove it!)

"We need a montage, MONTAGE!"
*films self shaving & working out & edits it in Adobe Premiere Pro 2*

PM discussion used W/O BBCMicro's permission said:
atari2600a said:
bbcmicro said:
atari2600a said:
...Was "Team America: World Police" released in the UK?
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Yup, got a copy somewhere
Utterly tasteless, offensive, disgusting, yet oddly amusing...
Of course, it all pro-american propaganda!
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Well, that was the point of the movie! Just like King of The Hill (if you've seen the cartoon) is all pro-Texas propaganda. F*ck yeah!
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Huzzah!
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yeah, ziloo, I remember Blade Runner & the scene you're refering to.

However the only other movie I can bring to mind at the moment and remember the name of with an example of this is Star Trek III. I can't conjure up any of the bad spy/thriller/let's have a chase movies I was thinking of.
 
bbcmicro said:
A good actor can never mime playing an instrument well.
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Ah, true. I saw some episode of an teenager TV series (dunno what it was) and they had a school orchestra. The girls who mimed to play the flute didn't even have it next to their mouth, but more in line with the chin!
 
Often, if it is a vioin or guitar or a woodwind instrument, the fingers are moved at random to random places of the fingerboard/fretboard/instrument body often with complete disregard to the melody they are supposed to be playing. It annoys me even more when I know how it should be done.
 
OTOH, I've been to performances where the musicians moved their fingers more or less randomly over the instrument. It is called free form (jazz).
 
Because there was talk about "Hollywood and computers", I thought of
updating this old thread: more cliche's (from the net),

1- Here's the scenario;

One person in a close group of friends (generally late teens) is trying
desperately to explain to the rest of his buddies that he saw:

a) alien being/ ufo landing
b) freaky mutated monster that was the result of a secret govt experiment.
c) a murder committed by a long dead serial killer/ boogeyman returned from
the grave.
d) vampire/werewolf/demon.

Having known this guy since he was a fetis, none of his closest, dearest
friends believe a word he says. Despite the fact that he

a) is covered in sweat and blood.
b) is wearing tatters for clothes
c) has recent flesh wounds
d) is completely terrified and quite likely done number 1's and possibly 2's
in his pants in the last 5 minutes.

2- A secret catacomb undisturbed for millenia, starts to collapse within
ten minutes of the central protagonists entering it. Same goes for the
evil scientist/mad ghost/deranged killer's diabolical laboratory/island domain/
evil mansion, which blows up/erupts up in flames for any number of reasons,
five minutes before the end of the film.

3- Worse than that is the 100 to 1000+ year-old very complicated structure
(Made from wood, perhaps over a bottomless pit) that works exactly as
designed. Leave a car undisturbed for 6 months and it'll likely not start, but
that trap where you have to play the exact notes on the piano to open
the door, lest the floor fall out from under you... works without fault after
a hundred years.

4- There is always this guy called "Kowalsky" in the bomb squad who gets
blown up into pieces. Some fellow called Cowalsky had mentioned this as
the reason why he didn't go into the police force!!!


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TopicClicheSubmitterAliens/ComputersAliens also use the same programs/operating systems we use such that their entire fleet can be disabled with a virus.wilsonComputers & Electronics Electronics always have small moving parts, blinking lights (usually red), and makes loud beeping sounds.
John R.Computers & Electronics Computers are able to zoom in on video freeze frames infinetly, the picture never beomes fuzzy or blurred.Ben JockischComputers & Electronics In the event that an electronic device is not working it can be fixed by simply cracking open the control panel and putting two random wires together causing a spark.Jeremiah WoodsComputers & Electronics A mouse is never used and never seen. The hero can get into any program by frantically typing on the keyboard. The hero must know all the shortcuts programmed into a computer he/she has never used before.Joe KnitterComputers & Electronics Whenever a computer guy tries to explain
what he's tring to do/or did, the villan
will interrupt him and say, Spare me the techno-babble!
DavidComputers & Electronics movie VCRs can zoom!maya hofnerComputers & Electronics If you type fast enough, you can hit several keys at once & still have them appear in the correct order on screen.maya hofnerComputers & Electronics computer transfering a file too slowly? simply repeat the words 'come on, come on' in an anxious voice, & the giant blue doanloading bar will finish.
also, in case your wondering: you'll be seconds of downloadig away from getting cought.maya hofnerComputers & Electronics When people in movies are searching on
the internet, they always use some high-
tech search engine which seems to find
everything, including top-secret documents.
Also, e-mail adresses are always fault
they are something like john@company@somewhere,
not name@domain.countryHuskyCOMPUTERS & ELECTRONICSAny satellite or other surveillance photo equiptment will be able to mysteriously add pixels until a given image is sharpened enough to discover the identity of the villian(ess). Usually this is done by a glasses-wearing technician by a single keystroke after being asked Can you sharpen this up a little bit? by the hero. The hero will never ask why didn't you show me the sharpened version of the image first instead of making me ask for it? It only took one keystroke, for god's sake.Leonard TafroComputers & Electronicsevery little boy can hack any top secret database he wants without turning on the computer or conecting into the netStav HarelComputers & ElectronicsComputer hackers are nearly always black guys.K MullarkeyCOMPUTERS & ELECTRONICSWhenever a computer isn't working properly, simply bang on the monitor or frantically keep pressing the same key over and over. Talking to the computer works too.Christopher L.COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICSMessages like No Record found always flash in red and beep. Whenever searching a database, every picture from every record (such as a mug shot)will flash by until the correct match is found. Also when you are searching for a fingerprint match, the computer will provide you with great graphics while you wait.Christopher L.COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICSIf you are a computer whiz, than you type while saying the words at the exact same time you're typing it while online, like I - am - fine, how - are - you - today? - Let's - play - a - game I don't know whether they need a speach class or a typing class.Christopher L.COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICSArcade games always play differently than they were designed to and make old Atari sounds such as pac-man dying when the game is over.Christopher L.Computers & ElectronicsIn the future, although we will be able to build super-intelligent humanoid robots and will have phenominal computer equipment, all security cameras and videophones will be fuzzy and crackly. Also, every robot will see the world in monochrome (usually green or red) through crackles of static.James WilkinsonComputers & ElectronicsDestroying a monitor either by throwing it, or discharging fire arms into the tube, will destroy all of the data on the computer thus ridding the evidence.Sean Donahuecomputers & electronicsnobody ever uses the mouse.somebody set up us the bombcomputers & electronicsEverybody, even the real computer nerds, think banging on the side of the monitor will make the computer work faster or better. Sjoerd BakkerComputers & ElectronicsPasswords are always simple words which are related on the file. For example hacker wants to open file which contains info about chemical weapon and the password is poison.Timo BredenbergComputers & ElectronicsThe printers have no memory. If you send a file to a printer which has temporarily run out of paper, the print job is terminated and a file has to be sent to the printer again. (Again, Clear and Present Danger)eevamaria.antinluoma@connet.fiComputers & ElectronicsIn sci-fi films set in the distant or near future, robots always clank and whirr as they move about, no matter how sophisticated soundproofing will be in the next century or four.JTComputers & ElectronicsIt is possible to guess someone's password in just a few guesses. More than likely, it will be the name of their dog or one of their children.Joe Benik
 
I forgot. But it was supposed to be a table ;-)

Here's another: There is always a loooooong line of buttons in missile silos that need pushing one... right.... after... the .... other...

Another: Things will work fine up until you need them the most...


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My recent discovery: There is always a 'Control Room' with every wall covered with light panels, switches, dials, gauges, etc, and when they blow a cap, the entire room goes off in a shower of multi-colored spitzen sparken, smoke, flames, explosions of every kind. A full-blown pyro show, which the fuse somehow couldn't prevent.

--T
 
Terry Yager said:
My recent discovery: There is always a 'Control Room' with every wall covered with light panels, switches, dials, gauges, etc, and when they blow a cap, the entire room goes off in a shower of multi-colored spitzen sparken, smoke, flames, explosions of every kind. A full-blown pyro show, which the fuse somehow couldn't prevent.

--T
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Well, of course! The hugely expensive installation will self-destruct in an effort to save the 15 cent fuse.

Kent
 
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