Summer Shark PSA

[Mental_Mouse]

I'm not a computer anything (other than a user) and even I sit there scoffing at on-screen "hacking". Fond as I am of the series, don't get me started on NCIS's Abby and Tim typing on the same keyboard... *shudders*

Probably my all-time "favorite" in this regard was S1m0ne. Computers usually get treated as magic (or rather, the wrong sort of magic ), but the prominently labeled "VIRUS" disk was a topper: Someone puts the disk in the machine, and "the computer girl" dissolves into a whirling (iirc) cloud of pixels. Later someone else sees the disk and pulls it back out, and she reforms from another cloud of pixels.

That's not "getting the tech wrong", that's saying "shut up, this movie isn't actually about computers".

[Food Lady]

I've just started Jaws 2 and I'm mixing up some tuna salad. Def. won't finish the movie tonight. It's late.

[greek_jester]

...or computer stuff...

I'm not a computer anything (other than a user) and even I sit there scoffing at on-screen "hacking". Fond as I am of the series, don't get me started on NCIS's Abby and Tim typing on the same keyboard... *shudders*

[Mr Hero]

Only a dolphin, ma'am

[Nunavut Pants]

... I usually end up with a running commentary ...

Da Boss and I have discussed many times about how you never watch a legal drama with her (an attorney), or ancient history with my mother (ancient art historian), or computer stuff or aircraft stuff with me (software engineer and former flight simulation engineer).

There are a lot of things that either writers don't know about, or that they disregard in order to tell a better story... (Or for other reasons.)

[greek_jester]

This right here is why I like to watch CinemaSins on YouTube.

They are awesome, aren't they?

[mjr]

I have long-since given up nit-picking the blatant physics breaches from Hollywood. Mum now insists that I have something (usually ice-cream or toffees) stuffed in my mouth when I watch action films with her, since I usually end up with a running commentary of things along the lines of "oh yes, of course he's just going to get up and run off when he's fallen 3 stories into a dumpster. I'm sure that there was no broken glass, old pallets, or other potentially stabby items in there, and that the sudden stop didn't smoosh his internal organs at all". There's also the constant stream of, "he's dead. And he's now broken both his legs so he certainly shouldn't be running off. Unconscious for several hours and now able to solve a complex riddle? Really, he should be in a coma or drooling in the corner by this point."

This right here is why I like to watch CinemaSins on YouTube.

[greek_jester]

Well, they did use some creative license there. The air tank in the shark's mouth wouldn't have exploded. They tested that on a "Jaws" special on MythBusters.

I know. I didn't say it didn't break the laws of physics, just the laws of nature (probably should have said biology).

I have long-since given up nit-picking the blatant physics breaches from Hollywood. Mum now insists that I have something (usually ice-cream or toffees) stuffed in my mouth when I watch action films with her, since I usually end up with a running commentary of things along the lines of "oh yes, of course he's just going to get up and run off when he's fallen 3 stories into a dumpster. I'm sure that there was no broken glass, old pallets, or other potentially stabby items in there, and that the sudden stop didn't smoosh his internal organs at all". There's also the constant stream of, "he's dead. And he's now broken both his legs so he certainly shouldn't be running off. Unconscious for several hours and now able to solve a complex riddle? Really, he should be in a coma or drooling in the corner by this point."

[dalesys]

Well, they did use some creative license there...

When an old-time Hollywood producer was questioned about the Oedipal content of his new production he supposedly said, "Oedipus, Shmoedipus! Just so long as a boy loves his mother!"

[mjr]

Don't forget the shark who explodes when getting stabbed. At least the first one didn't violate laws of nature, even if the behaviour of Jaws was atypical for the species.

Well, they did use some creative license there. The air tank in the shark's mouth wouldn't have exploded. They tested that on a "Jaws" special on MythBusters.

IIRC, in the book (I haven't read it) of the same name, the shark succumbed to its injuries right before it got to chief brody.

[greek_jester]

I get like that every time I watch the 2nd Die Hard. Smoking and guns in an airport without the owners of the cigarettes/guns being taken down? So weird.

[notalwaysright]

A while ago I was watching Jaws and was like "smoking in a hospital?!" Yes I know, normal for the times but still jolting to see for me.

[mjr]

And we can't forget the shark that can move faster than jet aircraft and apparently has implanted a GPS chip into it's victims.

Or that the main actress lady (Ellen Brody) and the shark have some sort of psychic connection.

[lordlundar]

Don't forget the shark who explodes when getting stabbed. At least the first one didn't violate laws of nature, even if the behaviour of Jaws was atypical for the species.

And we can't forget the shark that can move faster than jet aircraft and apparently has implanted a GPS chip into it's victims.

[mjr]

And speaking of sharks, are any of you planning on seeing "The Meg"?

I'm not sure. "Jaws" freaked me out, and gave me nightmares. "The Meg" looks good, but I don't know if I want to see it or not...