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In reply to the discussion: What movie scenes made you say "Bullshit!" [View all]4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)165. A lot of people confuse
sci-fi with fantasy.
In the book store the two genres are often squished together.
Granted there are some sci-fi writers (mostly lazy ones) who are basically just doing fantasy but in SPACE!
However actual sci-fi is quite different and leans heavily on the science.
A general rule of thumb I have is that they get one suspension of disbelief per novel and they have to make some effort to explain it (time travel requires a human skin . . . ok, weird but that's your one). And it pisses me off when they don't stick to the rules that they made up (ok so it used to require human skin but now liquid metal counts too? Did the future TSA ease up on restrictions because I find that hard to believe).
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How About When The Come Out of Orbit and The Dude Immediately Finds The Place Where The Aliens
Yavin4
Jul 2012
#89
Frank, you are my hero for smacking that sacred cow (who prefers chewing scenery to grass)
Tom Ripley
Jul 2012
#20
Along with Jerome Brudos, John Robinson, Alvin Neely, Roy Norris, William Bonin, Bobby Joe Long...
Tom Ripley
Jul 2012
#116
On the flip side, Liam Neeson bugs me with his not so good American accent..
Hassin Bin Sober
Jul 2012
#214
Any background Big Explosion when Our Hero (girl friend optional) is slomo walking toward camera.
sarge43
Jul 2012
#14
Oh God, that movie created a new Baltimore-sized city in Pennsylvania
charlie and algernon
Jul 2012
#22
Any movie where flowers from 3 seasons of the year are all growing and blooming at the same time.
dixiegrrrrl
Jul 2012
#53
"The Matrix" when they shot the elevator cable and went up the shaft as the elevator went down.
HopeHoops
Jul 2012
#26
"Untamed Heart," when Marisa Tomei is being chased, the path she takes doesn't exist.
Brickbat
Jul 2012
#30
No? When I lived in DC, the steps and house were pointed out to me by a local. Was she...
Scuba
Jul 2012
#77
Ha ha ha ha ha . . . "A long tradition of existence to it's members and the community at large"???
HughBeaumont
Jul 2012
#87
Costello (Nicholson) not being able to figure out Costigan (DiCaprio) was the cop in The Departed.
Incitatus
Jul 2012
#43
Movies where someone takes a pulse and says "S/he is dead". No CPR. It bugs me.
mucifer
Jul 2012
#55
That what if is actually the starting point of some alternative history I'm writing.
Odin2005
Jul 2012
#124
I think they all would have collapsed before they could make three meters from their ship.
kentauros
Jul 2012
#97
"Why do I do this? 'Cause the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, ok?"
Harry Monroe
Jul 2012
#103
I call that "The Michelle Misremembers Syndrome" and it is fraudulent and dangerous
Tom Ripley
Jul 2012
#107
I'm thinking you know way too much about this lizard... but maybe that's a good thing. n/t
2on2u
Jul 2012
#240
The Core. The whole thing is terrible, but the giant geode scene tops everything.
tclambert
Jul 2012
#117
Independence Day -- Scene very early in the movie just killed the whole thing for me.
Systematic Chaos
Jul 2012
#137
Well you guys have done it, you've managed to rip apart pretty much every movie I love.
Curtland1015
Jul 2012
#220
The Karate Kid (1984) - Mr. Miyagi bone healing techinque or whatever you call
rightwinghunter666
Jul 2012
#231