monkeygirl Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 We had some threads about over-used and cliche lines or situations in TV and movies. What about images, props, scenery? Like what's the deal with STEAM in almost every engine room in every space craft, especially when things go 'terribly wrong'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 easiest way to simulate smoke or fire on set without being toxic or unsafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Every planet in space has either multiple suns or moons or rings and different colored sky or all of the above and definitely only one climate planet wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 ...airplane food? Why don't they build the entire plane out of the airplane food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Why doesn't the BBC have more than 7 sets, 12 costumes, and 20 actors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 And why does their video look like shit? Is it the cameras or the lighting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonAtila Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Every planet in space has either multiple suns or moons or rings and different colored sky or all of the above and definitely only one climate planet wide.Or when you're on a planet and there's another ringed planet in the sky. Planets can't be so close together! And why does their video look like ****? Is it the cameras or the lighting?http://ask.metafilter.com/63462/Why-do-British-television-programs-look-different-than-American-programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Every planet in space has either multiple suns or moons or rings and different colored sky or all of the above and definitely only one climate planet wide.Or when you're on a planet and there's another ringed planet in the sky. Planets can't be so close together! Sure they can. Jupiter looks like a monster from Io's surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonAtila Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I didn't mean they can't. I mean I don't want them to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Not 100% this fits this thread but I'm drunk and shut up. Exposition scenes: day time. Action scenes; night time. SUPER AWESOME ACTION SCENES: RAINY NIGHT TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 At least in sci fi shows, there always seems to be a guaranteed episode where the characters travel to a parallel universe, and meet their evil twins. and then this link... http://www.cthreepo.com/writing/cliche/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 easiest way to simulate smoke or fire on set without being toxic or unsafeI understand that-but would ALL malfunctions of a spacecraft or every engine necessarily involve fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 TIRE SCREECHING On gravel, on dirt, with perfectly inflated rubber at 15 mph. MUST exciting chases in vehicles ALWAYS contain tires screeching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 What else can you visually see as dangerous that is both a practical and safe on-set? Steam and wind is all I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good God a Bear Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Starting a show off in a 'dream' sequence! I swear every time a show does this I moon the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Yeah the dream one is super tedious at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 A series of flashbacks and flashfowards to tell an otherwise straightfoward story. Cloud Atlas is the mother of this. So awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 What else can you visually see as dangerous that is both a practical and safe on-set? Steam and wind is all I can think of. MUST there be a visual component to every broken engine? I snapped a timimg belt in my Prelude and there was no visual evidence of any malfunction. I'd expect even fewer engine malfunctions in spacecraft to give a visual cue than a 2014 combustion engine. Isn't a scene with people running around panicked or perhaps talking about the malfunction enough to convey a problem? ALSO: on flashbacks-they always have that unscrambled cable pr0n look to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitth'raw'nuroudo Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I would actually expect a spaceship to be designed so that problems WERE immediately apparent visually, so they could be fixed faster. I seem to recall there not being any steam in the Millennium Falcon while Han was down in that crawspace trying to fix the hyperdrive, even though they were taking laser hits left and right. How 'bout that big glowy engine rod thingy that's in every episode of Star Trek ever? The ship only explodes after the hero inside has delivered their heartfelt musings on life, the universe, and how incredible that blowjob from their love interest was over the inevitably still-functional intercom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 I missed the blowjob part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Why do ALL phone numbers given out in movies by characters ALWAYS begin "555...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Because otherwise studios would be sued by people getting prank calls constantly. here's the one I hate most... detective/agent arrives at crime scene, says "What've we got?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 I didn't notice that until the last time we did this-NOW it drives me nuts! They ALL do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Because otherwise studios would be sued by people getting prank calls constantly. here's the one I hate most... detective/agent arrives at crime scene, says "What've we got?"I never thought of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitth'raw'nuroudo Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I missed the blowjob partdirector's cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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