Things you've taken from films that weren't the point

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Elsa and Anna's parents were shockingly awful...

Any others?

Underrated? Stranger Things is the most viewed show of the last week - breaking records.

Also that everyone in the 1960s was drunk all the time even if they didn't act it (Mad Men).

Only the ones that weren't high ;-D

There's various fanfics which deal with this. They were not only adults, but were kings and queens who had taken part in and survived numerous battles. They were then dumped back in wartime England as children, which - as you say - is enough to fuck anyone up rather mightily. Its not far-fetched to think they'd become for example, highly skilled special forces assassins who weirded out even their special forces colleagues.

@ArcheryAnnie that's brilliant I'll look up the fan fiction!

People always make a big thing of Sandy changing to the sexy bad girl but no one ever mentions Danny become a letterman to impress her.

Well, within three minutes, he didn't need to bother because Sandy was clearly going to put out from now on.

I often ruminate on the ending after the film has finished. I liked to think Sandy went back to her favoured way of dressing, after the little experiment, and they remained friends rather than boyfriend/girlfriend.

In real life I thought the twins would sue the parents of disown them as soon as they were old enough. Unspeakable child cruelty to separate them and hide the existence of their sibling.

Also doesn't treats as individuals as they have one each so don't need to see the other one growing up, or hear about them.

Overthinking much

Trouble is those pesky rules. We were incredibly pissed off when our version of Hockey, learned from primary school Shinty on the concrete of the tennis/netball court, was termed dangerous, not in keeping with the rules and you couldn't even raise your stick or turn your back on an opponent when you had the ball (our version, you never turned your back because you'd get twatted with a stick). The only thing you could do was try to go past somebody. Which I did rather well - or through, rather. It was after I'd left a field of bodies on the grass behind me that the PE teacher decided it might be a good idea for everybody else if she put me in goal.

Mind you, unsupervised games on the street outside school terms were more interesting. They had more in common with Rollerball than jolly hockey sticks.

Meryl Streep was the true hero of that film. Nightmare flaky assistant bails on her with no notice after she’s provided months of intensive coaching. And she flounced because of boyfriend trouble. So unprofessional, the kind of thing you’d expect from a 16 yr old waitress or shop assistant (ie somebody with no real interest in progressing their career).

And Emily Blunt was massively put upon as well. Honestly Anne Hathaway’s character could win prizes for world’s most irritating coworker.

It’s like no scriptwriter has ever held down a professional job.

There must be lots of unrequited fawning over the male lead by lesser, hopeless, female side characters to justify the female lead ending up with him. Apparently two consenting adults being mutually attracted to each other is not good enough.

Best friends only exist to harp on about how good-looking, smart, kind, talented, strong, etc. the lead is. The lead never reciprocates by telling their supposed best friend what's good about them, unless in an obviously insincere way by saying "you're the best at x" when it is has already been made clear that the lead is better than their friend at x. The best friend never has a life or any concerns of their own, unless suddenly being unavailable will force the two love interests together.

Being a hero means mowing down security guards and the like without hesitation or remorse, then cracking jokes about it to their dead bodies. Even though those people would likely have no knowledge of the conspiracy and were probably just trying to support themselves and their families in a low paid job.

Being a hero also means that you point a gun at the 'bad guy' but then don't shoot and walk away as an act of mercy, even though they have committed all sorts of unspeakable atrocities and are still very much a threat. Of course said 'bad guy' then attacks again, which proves showing mercy is a mistake (and definitely not that the hero should have restrained the 'bad guy' and handed them over to the relevant authorities).

There is only ever the option of shooting to kill, never just restraining someone or injuring them so they can't get away/use a weapon against you.

There was a YouTube video way before Cobra Kai came out which said just this. The bid where he referred to Mr M as local busy body, karate master and child batterer is particularly funny. I always wondered if this video was where the idea for cobra Kai came from.

Honestly, glasses are amazing. When I go to work with contacts in, people think I'm a whole other person!

Don't worry if you think you're about yo drown.

Once you've died, the hero will pull you out, do 5 chest compressions while saying encouraging phrases like "come on Jane! Don't quit on me!" You will then cough twice, have a bit of a cry and be absolutely fine. You do not need to seek any medical attention. It will never be mentioned again.

If you're female and the hero is a person you previously detested, you can now commence falling in love with him.

Very true, although the original was good, I do like the new ones

In the books he's really sleazy - sordid, in fact.

Not a nice man at all.

How realistic would you say Harold was when coding the programming for.the machine , in person of interest ?

Yes to the Wimbledon thing! A lot of coaches and lower level players don't even stay in Wimbledon, they stay in the Croydon Jury's Inn!

There's a time lapse scene in the movie "Hackers" where the person coding lies on their tummy on the floor typing on their laptop for a few hours whilst life (pizza eating etc.) goes on around them. And then they're sitting on the sofa with their laptop on the arm of the sofa whilst their friends play some x box and it gets dark. And then they're stretching briefly and they're sitting on an office chair backwards using the back rest as a tabletop for the laptop. The most and virtually only realistic portrayal of coding I've ever seen on screen.

Watching CSI NY taught me that pretty much only skinny white women get murdered in New York. Usually young and attractive too but not necessarily.

And women in the US are not allowed to take off their bra during sex.

Which is why I still love Dana Scully and have just re-watched all of the X-Files. Never hear her scream, never hear her ask the man, "So what are we going to do now?"

It must be a right pisser having to go through puberty twice.

What I always wondered about with Narnia was - how come that over several decades or longer, fashion never moves on from medieval wear, and no-one ever discovers electricity or the combustion engine?

Always check the back seat of a car for a deranged murderer before getting in (Halloween). I genuinely do this.

Me too. Although I think it might have been another film that tainted my mind with the thought.

And back on track.

You only have to turn up outside the shop or restaurant of your choice to find a parking space that will accommodate a herd of roaming buffalo.

Even in a city.

And another thing.

Never look through an uncurtained window at night and especially don't look closer if you can't or won't resist and a pair of disembodied eyes blink at you.

It won't end well (source: original Susperia)