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

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DoDoDoooooo · 11/06/2022 18:10

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

Any others?

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BorderlineHappy · 19/06/2022 10:44

Antarcticant · 19/06/2022 10:12

More BTTF madness Grin - in III when Marty takes the Delorean back and the petrol tank breaks - surely the original Delorean is still hidden in 1885 with whatever petrol had been in it at the time - they could have used that one rather than nicking the train..

Also - the Doc was originally meant to meet the teacher, Miss Clayton, from the station. He bailed because he was trying to get the Delorean going - then she nearly falls down the ravine but they save her at the last minute.

Marty comments that she was meant to fall down the ravine, hence it's called Clayton ravine. But in the original timeline that Marty is from, the Doc would have met her as planned and she wouldn't have fallen. Marty had already read the Doc's letter so it can't have been that the timeline was still re-adjusting. There's no way it could ever have been called Clayton Ravine by the time Mary goes back to 1885.

My head hurts,😂

SurfBox · 19/06/2022 11:17

A bang on the head will almost certainly result in amnesia, but another bang on the head will cure it and there will be no serious medical consequences from either injury

this always irks me about tv and film; a character gets a slap/bang to the head or any sort of physical push and they get knocked out. In real life I have seen umpteen people,myself included, smash/bang their head hard on a surface or get a blow to the head and they don't get knocked out.

SurfBox · 19/06/2022 11:20

Oh here's another one, in Shallow Grave why didn't the 3 just split the money equally from the beginning?

That and how did the criminals know the trio threw the dead guy's car into the quarry? They easily found it and just 'knew' the trio were behind it.

Oh and how did the criminals know the trio had the cash and were behind it?

I love that film but so many illogical aspects.

CounsellorTroi · 19/06/2022 11:42

When someone in bed puts their light out there is still always enough light to see the bedroom clearly.

sueelleker · 19/06/2022 13:11

Likewise if someone lights a candle, the whole room is instantly visible.

Emotionalsupportviper · 19/06/2022 13:47

More BTTF madness Grin - in III when Marty takes the Delorean back and the petrol tank breaks - surely the original Delorean is still hidden in 1885 with whatever petrol had been in it at the time - they could have used that one rather than nicking the train.

But choo-choo trains are FUN!

JemimaPuddlegoose · 19/06/2022 14:11

In Back to the Future when Marty goes back to 1955, he buys a Pepsi with the money in his pocket-where did he get 50s money?

Realistically though waiters don't examine every coin that's handed to them. As long as it's clearly a dime or whatever and not obviously visibly foreign, you're not going to do more than glance at it without paying attention. Marty could easily have paid with an 1980s coin without a tired, bored waiter noticing, because why would you scrutinise a coin that closely?

The question then is what happened to the coin after that, and how long did it remain in circulation before coming to the attention of the banking and broader authorities. Did it just circulate for decades without anyone noticing, or did it eventually get paid into a bank and flagged somehow? Would a bank clerk in the 1950s have noticed the date on a coin?

The flipside is that BTTF takes place in a world where time travel is possible, and probably not even that hard if one not especially renowned scientist with few resources can invent a time machine by himself. We presume Doc's the only person who ever discovered time travel because the film series presents it as such, but logically - if you consider how many gifted scientists there are in the world - he probably was not the only one. Governments and private bodies would plough billions into time travel if such technology was possible, and it clearly is possible within the physics of the BTTF universe.

Ergo, BTTF likely takes place in a world where other time travellers exist, they're just never mentioned onscreen as neither Doc or Marty ever encounter them. There may well be an entire X-Files style department dedicated to finding an neutralising OOT and OOP anomalies like an 1980s coin appearing in the 1950s.

Ameanstreakamilewide · 19/06/2022 16:19

Emotionalsupportviper · 19/06/2022 13:47

More BTTF madness Grin - in III when Marty takes the Delorean back and the petrol tank breaks - surely the original Delorean is still hidden in 1885 with whatever petrol had been in it at the time - they could have used that one rather than nicking the train.

But choo-choo trains are FUN!

There was a hole in the fuel tank.

SurfBox · 19/06/2022 16:23

In Horror movies when the final girl/protagonist or whoever gets the upper hand on the killer and has them on the ground with ample opportunity to kill them, why don't they?

In horror films when there is a showdown at the end when the masked killer confesses why don't they just hurry up and kill whoever they are confessing to rather than dicking around?

ReneBumsWombats · 19/06/2022 16:32

In Horror movies when the final girl/protagonist or whoever gets the upper hand on the killer and has them on the ground with ample opportunity to kill them, why don't they?

Because they'll just get back up again afterwards or disappear for the sequel!

howdoesatoastermaketoast · 19/06/2022 16:34

adorablecat · 18/06/2022 21:02

A bang on the head will almost certainly result in amnesia, but another bang on the head will cure it and there will be no serious medical consequences from either injury.

Don't get my started on the 'bang on the head' arrgh personal bugbear - Apparently all humans have an 'off switch' and a bang on the head will turn them 'off' for exactly one scene, with no blood or risk.

Women can be kidnapped by a hostile man just appearing menacingly in shot.

SurfBox · 19/06/2022 16:40

Because they'll just get back up again afterwards or disappear for the sequel

Yea that's in Halloween but I mean with human mortal killers like in Wolf Creek or Scream films there are times when the victim was getting the upper hand but backed down or missed an opportunity. So like in Scream 2 when Sidney escapes the car wreckage she could have picked up the cop's gun and shot the killer or the cop himself could have fired a shot at ghostface rather than stand there like an idiot.

APJ1 · 19/06/2022 19:23

Donna being dead in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again kind of sucks the joy and jubilation out of the first film.

User2145738790 · 19/06/2022 23:14

In Halloween, how the hell does Michael always manage to survive despite receiving huge fatal injuries

Michael can't be human. He must be some kind of supernatural being/demon.

I think everyone here is in agreement that Back To The Future makes absolutely no fucking sense.

Changechangychange · 19/06/2022 23:37

SurfBox · 19/06/2022 11:20

Oh here's another one, in Shallow Grave why didn't the 3 just split the money equally from the beginning?

That and how did the criminals know the trio threw the dead guy's car into the quarry? They easily found it and just 'knew' the trio were behind it.

Oh and how did the criminals know the trio had the cash and were behind it?

I love that film but so many illogical aspects.

Why not just report the flatmate dead but keep the money? The police would likely assume whoever murdered him also nicked the money. No need to hack up a dead body at all.

And secondly, the three were a doctor, accountant and journalist. The journalist might not have been raking it in, but the other two can’t have been so poor that however much money you can fit in a suitcase (probably <£100k, split three ways) would be worth risking your whole career for.

The whole film made no sense.

Dogmum40 · 19/06/2022 23:54

CruCru · 16/06/2022 18:21

There’s a little Turkish supermarket near me that imports them from Turkey. Go to the independent greengrocers, not Tesco.

Ooh I’ll Google them! I use a green grocer and nope it’s just the standard ones there but thanks for the tip on Turkish grocers! Off to search now!!

Dogmum40 · 19/06/2022 23:59

I also need to add, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to my list

Robin needs to get to Nottingham when he escapes so when he sails into England he lands in Dover, walks up to Hadrian’s wall and then back down to Notts all in a day….

sashh · 20/06/2022 01:04

Ergo, BTTF likely takes place in a world where other time travellers exist, they're just never mentioned onscreen as neither Doc or Marty ever encounter them. There may well be an entire X-Files style department dedicated to finding an neutralising OOT and OOP anomalies like an 1980s coin appearing in the 1950s.

I recommend reading The witches of East Chiswick

Tilia · 20/06/2022 07:14

Tintackedsea · 11/06/2022 19:11

I think that's the point. It's not a public bus. There's a specific route that is plotted around specific children in rural areas. There's no public transport so they have this kind of bus. I'm in a rural part of the UK where there's not much public transport and children sometimes travel 40 miles to school so they are picked up and dropped off at their house by a school bus.

Sorry to go a bit off-message here, but the other thing about US public (ie state) schools is that you don't get a choice. Your school depends entirely on where you live. If you move outside the school's catchment area, you move school.

WalkingOnTheCracks · 20/06/2022 07:29

Dogmum40 · 19/06/2022 23:59

I also need to add, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to my list

Robin needs to get to Nottingham when he escapes so when he sails into England he lands in Dover, walks up to Hadrian’s wall and then back down to Notts all in a day….

Similarly, car chases in London....

Rev past Buckingham Palace, career over Albert Bridge, screech past the Tower of London, take a right by the Houses of Parliament, mad U-turn outside Harrods, two-wheel manoeuvre by St Paul's Cathedral and smash into a fruit and veg stall in Soho.

Tilia · 20/06/2022 07:47

ArcheryAnnie · 12/06/2022 02:03

When we watched Teen Wolf, I was struck by two things:

American sixth-formers seem to drive themselves to school in their own cars.

In America, lacrosse is a super-butch, rufty-tufty game played by men wearing body armour and helmets, not a game associated with posh girls wearing PE kit.

Yes they do, it avoids having to wait for the school buses (see other discussion on this thread).
Yes it is - boys' lacrosse is a serious contact sport, girls' is not (though they can wear optional goggles with the PE kit). My sons played it while we were in the US (they wanted to play American Football or ice hockey - but running around in helmets and pads, hitting other players with a big stick was a great compromise). One son is now playing at uni here in the UK.

WeAreBob · 20/06/2022 09:25

Dogmum40 · 19/06/2022 23:59

I also need to add, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to my list

Robin needs to get to Nottingham when he escapes so when he sails into England he lands in Dover, walks up to Hadrian’s wall and then back down to Notts all in a day….

But in the film, it wasn't Hadrian's Wall. It wasn't "we have arrived at Hadrian'a Wall!"
It was just a location. The countryside, farming areas, so a wall makes sense to mark land etc. It was just a wall.

Like in World War Z. They were in some city in America, I think New York, and the zombie virus kicks off. Zombies chasing people through the streets. Then an aerial shot of zombies rubbing across George Square in Glagow, then back to them being chased around an American city. In the scene, it was George Square. It was just a square in an American city.

WeAreBob · 20/06/2022 09:26

*in the scene, it wasn't George square. It was just a square in an American city.

CounsellorTroi · 20/06/2022 09:35

Planes in films have completely silent engines which mean people can hear what the cabin steward is saying even when they are several rows away. And there are never male cabin crew in planes in films. And never ever female flight crew.

MRex · 20/06/2022 10:10

A sweet and nice woman can slap, punch or throw things. But it's fine because it's the other person (male or female) who is "the bad one".

if you fancy someone, then you can spend months as just mates but one kiss leads immediately to stripping and rapid sex in a semi-public location.

If you're clever, then you aren't only good at your job or special skill; you also know how to code in any computer language, decrypt messages that should require a computer and a lot of time, read ancient Egyptian, speak 5 languages fluently, draw perfectly, shoot guns, climb rope and run really fast.

Senior women must work in marketing, "real estate", journalism, or run a shop. Otherwise they are doing really well being an assistant.