Originally Posted By seanyoda << When we were in Downtown L.A. a lot for the Star Wars convention recently, we drove by a courtyard in between a bunch of buildings, and the courtyard has this reddish-orange structure. Many of us noticed that it was from the season finale of "Heroes", which was supposed to have taken place in New York. >> Once smeeeko and I moved to downtown LA, we've noticed how much they use downtown in place of other locales. Many of Heroes' New York locations are actually in downtown LA. The first one we noticed was when Peter spotted The Invisible Man swiping stuff from patrons of the Angelique Cafe. One of the minature killer episodes of CSI featured scenes that were shot in our building. What was funny is that when Brass and company enter an elevator to go up, they enter the parking elavator which only goes down from the lobby. Brass presses the lone down arrow shaped button to call the elevator. Oh, and speaking of Volcano, you might be interested in this flikr set showing the set that was built in Torrance: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/santapaul/sets/1424363/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/s antapaul/sets/1424363/</a>
Originally Posted By jmoore1966 I forget the name of the Alien Invasion movie, but it came out a few years ago. The aliens came to take over the world with their advanced technology, but they didn't know how to open a door? Also, what was the substance at the end that killed them -- water?
Originally Posted By jmoore1966 Also, a few bloopers that are widely accepted norms in the industry: 9 times out of 10, hitting somone in the face does not make a loud cracking noise. Did Bonanza start this? People who get shot usually do not drop instantly. There's no sound in space! Any view from outside of a spaceship should be completely free of sound. No humming of the engines, no explosion noises, etc. Although, I will admit, this would take away from the battle scenes.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >Also, what was the substance at the end that killed them -- water?< That would be "Signs".
Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker >Also, what was the substance at the end that killed them -- water?< Yes, I agree. I enjoyed Signs, but I thought the ending was extremely disapointing. These aliens have enough advanced technology to create landing signals all over our planet and then come down to invade in a unanimous effort, but they can be killed with water???!!! Let me ask this. If you were deadly alergic to water, would you try to invade a planet that's surface is practically covered with it?? So you'd land on the continents, avoid the oceans, lakes and rivers, what if it rains? I guess you'd have mass casualties. Sounds like really stupid aliens to me!
Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker >Also, what was the substance at the end that killed them -- water?< Yes, I agree. I enjoyed Signs, but I thought the ending was extremely disapointing. These aliens have enough advanced technology to create landing signals all over our planet and then come down to invade in a unanimous effort, but they can be killed with water???!!! Let me ask this. If you were deadly alergic to water, would you try to invade a planet that's surface is practically covered with it?? So you'd land on the continents, avoid the oceans, lakes and rivers, what if it rains? I guess you'd have mass casualties. Sounds like really stupid aliens to me!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb >>>There's no sound in space! Any view from outside of a spaceship should be completely free of sound. No humming of the engines, no explosion noises, etc. Although, I will admit, this would take away from the battle scenes.<<< Watch 'Serenity', the epic battle takes place in a planetary atmosphere so you get the sounds and explosions but all the space stuff is silent (well I think there is music, lol).
Originally Posted By ToonKirby IMDB.com has a poll today on movie cliches, which reminded me of this topic. Their list: -How bombs always have a countdown display -How drivers never look at the road -How English is spoken by almost everyone in the world -How the bad guy always talks too much, giving the good guy the chance to escape -How supposed marksmen have really bad aim -How phone numbers always begin with 555 -The overabundance of protagonists who are ex-cops/agents/marines/etc. -How nightlight looks the same as daylight -How TV, radio, and newspapers always help the protagonist "by chance" -How the "unknown" killer being always someone we have already seen before -How villains always attack the hero one by one -How women in danger always have on high heels Vote here: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/poll/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/poll/</a>
Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker <-How the bad guy always talks too much, giving the good guy the chance to escape> I notice they do this all the time, especially before they make the kill. The bad guy will finally have his arch-nemisis in his clutches, and is about to FINALLY kill off his most most hated enemy, but first he'll explain why he's done everything he's done to that point to the victim, allowing time for rescuers to arrive, or for the good guy to plan a strategy to break free. And they always then go for the kill too late and it backfires. I never understood this. Why spend 10 minutes explaining yourself to someone you're about to kill? So they can understand it in the afterlife?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I notice they do this all the time, especially before they make the kill. The bad guy will finally have his arch-nemisis in his clutches, and is about to FINALLY kill off his most most hated enemy, but first he'll explain why he's done everything he's done to that point to the victim, allowing time for rescuers to arrive, or for the good guy to plan a strategy to break free. And they always then go for the kill too late and it backfires.>> Can you say James Bond? There is always this elaborate scheme to get rid of Bond, James Bond. And it always backfires.
Originally Posted By cstephens It's too long to post, but I remember getting an email some time ago entitled "The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord". OK, well, it was a while ago, and I don't think they were at 100 yet, so I think they've added to it. Great list. Here's a link: <a href="http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html" target="_blank">http://www.eviloverlord.com/li sts/overlord.html</a>. /cs
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <For me, I'll accept pretty much anything as long as they've established the rules of that particular universe. It's when they break their own rules that it really irritates me. "Ghost" - They've established that as a corporeal being, it takes great energy for them to move even a simple object. By the end of the movie, he's effortlessly throwing things left and right with no explanation of why it's so easy now.> Instead of taking great energy, it takes great focus and channeling anger from your gut. The Subway Ghost explains that to Sam, and at the end of the scene Sam gleefully flips a trash can lid and moves a tennis shoe quite easily. He's mastered it. I think in this case it's like riding a bike or typing 90 WPM---you learn how to do it, and once you do, it's easy and almost second-nature.
