Stuff in movies/shows that detract from the experience?

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Okay so I finally watched Episode 1 of season 2 of The Mandalorian.

The town "Marshal" character is played by Timothy Olyphant (pretty neat) who has played a gun fighter guy in countless other TV/Movies.

I was digging the what the show was putting down, it was good fun... until...


there is a scene where the main character and "the marshal" are facing away from the camera.
Now both of these guys are high level gunfighter dudes...

and their holsters are dangling from their belts like a beat cop from the 40's.

just flopping around... These are supposed to be quick draw experts... put a string on there or something!

anyway what other moments from TV/Movies detracted from the experience for you?

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Corpral_Agarn said:
what other moments from TV/Movies detracted from the experience for you?
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It’s probably been said about a thousand times here on THR, but in the movie “True Grit,” when John Wayne, the quintessential movie cowboy calls a Colt Walker a “Colt’s Dragoon” was distracting to me.
BTW, my wife just told me “distracting” isn't a strong enough word. She said that every time we watch “True Grit,” she can’t hear the dialog for the next 5 minutes after that scene because I’m ranting about it.:D I think my wife is exaggerating.;)
 
.308 Norma said:
It’s probably been said about a thousand times here on THR, but in the movie “True Grit,” when John Wayne, the quintessential movie cowboy calls a Colt Walker a “Colt’s Dragoon” was distracting to me.
BTW, my wife just told me “distracting” isn't a strong enough word. She said that every time we watch “True Grit,” she can’t hear the dialog for the next 5 minutes after that scene because I’m ranting about it.:D I think my wife is exaggerating.;)
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I got... "hushed" after I pointed out this little oddity LOL
 
I sat down to watch "The Sum of All Fears" last night.
The major flaw is at the beginning where there is a nuclear detonation. For some odd reason that particular nuclear bomb did not emit infrared radiation that should have arrived ahead of the blast. In reality, all of the main characters in the weak plot, particularly Morgan Freedman, Ben Afleck, Bridget Moynahan & James Cromwell, would have been fried before the blast wrecked them.
As it is protrayed, only the blast of the nuke need be considered.
What a waste of time.
 
Another one that sticks with me is in the Jesse Stone Movie "Benefit of the Doubt". Tom Seleck and Robert Carradine shoot it out in an abandoned ship. Tom Seleck fires 9 rounds from his 1911 Colt pistol without reloading. Then after firing the ninth round into Robert Caradine, he reloads and the magazine he ejects into his left palm has a loaded round showing.

Then there is John Wayne's SAA in the final scene of The Sons of Katie Elder that fires 10 or 12 rounds without a reload.
Interesting that JW's character takes the time to roll a small can of gunpowder into the store aisle where he can shoot it to detonate it and blow up the store when all he would really needed to do was shoot the large kegs of powder through the thin exterior wall (with exposed studs on the inside) that were set against the inside face of that wall.

It is Hollywood after all, isn't it?
 
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Well, most things in modern movies seem to detract from my experience.
In days of old, writers were counseled to "write what they know"--and the evidence is overwhelming that modern writers, like Jon Snow, "Know Nothing."
Shooting, arms, military life & practice, you name it.

Mind, I'm also sore annoyed by being "deconstructionist" and don't bother to actually tell a story. Giving a bunch of NPC guns and having them shoot it out does not make it a story. Sigh.
 
Slides on semiauto pistols that don't move when fired annoy me. You see this in many, many movies.

Slides on semiauto pistols getting yanked off the frame disabling the pistol. I've seen this in numerous movies.

Semiautos being reloaded by the user swiping the pistol downward toward and past the beltline annoys me. I'm not aware of any magazine holders that face upwards and break away from the mag holder. You see this a lot with female "heroines" like Angelina Jolie, Kate Beckensale, Scarlett Johannsen, etc.

Anytime a Desert Eagle is drawn from concealment annoys me. Concealed carrying a desert eagle? Really?

Just to name a few.
 
Geeee, I didn't know the BARs in THE LONGEST DAY had carry handles that weren't on the real ones on June 6, 1944. That spoils the whole movie for me. :neener:

Seriously, I sometimes am bothered by these errors. In an old tv series LIFE ON MARS the main character loaded a magazine fed rifle by manually stuffing loose cartridges up from below. Somehow, amazingly, it worked. Imagine that! I mean that was really ABSURD.

In an old episode of COMBAT! watched on dvd Lt Hanley was carrying his M1 carbine along outside, where it had a bayonet lug. Then he entered a building. Carbine there but bayonet lug was gone. Then as he exited, bayonet lug grew back magically. That's actually called a continuity error and happens when scenes are shot out of order, even on different days.

And Glock being cocked....continually shuck ing pump shotguns for dramatic effect.... yea, these bother me. But I try to enjoy the show if there's anything redeeming about it....o_O
 
“In Pursuit Of Honor”, very loosely based on a historic event in which US Army cavalry horses found a new home with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Don Johnson must euthanize some horses with his 1911. And he racks the slide for every shot as he moves from one horse to the next, standing at parade formation. I guess those 1911s in the 1930s didn’t eject very well.

I watched the movie with my wife. When she heard me groan, she thought I was upset with horses being shot. No. I had to explain. She just shook her head. She does that a lot.
 
A certain Miami detective wearing a shoulder holstered weapon under a tailored suit. As I discoverd, he was handed the firearm for the scenes as needed, and the rest of the time, it was taken back by the prop guy. It wasn't even carried or worn.

On the other hand, a certain .44 Magnum was tossed onto the concrete in a scene and it was supposed to hit a cushion but missed. They didn't have to dub in the sound affect, it's real. Gun still has the marks on it.

As for woke political, NCIS NOLA when they decided that certain agents were going to engage in same sex relationships. It went off and stayed off. It definitely reflected on my opinion of Mark Harmon, who owns Wings, the production company for NOLA. Hey, it was about New Orleans, which is not known for being a conservative family oriented city, I was well warned about that. Apparently he just rolled along for the ride and his actors have no remorse over it. Mr Harmon can appear to be all Patriot as much as he wants, it's not a convincing image when you delve into it.

The latest is FBI, who has lead characters representing a diverse and vibrant community of agents. On the face, it was as obviously manipulative as Madame Secretary. It's developed well enough, yet, as time goes by and we discover more shenanigans and outright illegal activities, the series is still a smoke screen for the actual Agency. The FBI would do well to be as upstanding as the cast makest it seem. It's not.
 
Plan2Live said:
Slides on semiauto pistols that don't move when fired annoy me. You see this in many, many movies.
Slides on semiauto pistols getting yanked off the frame disabling the pistol. I've seen this in numerous movies.
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Chicago PD comes to mind. I get tickled when I see people hold their pistol close to their eye. If they shot anything that had any pop to it they would lose an eye. I would love to see them shoot my 45 cal 1911 Commander like that.
 
Tirod said:
....... The latest is FBI, who has lead characters representing a diverse and vibrant community of agents. On the face, it was as obviously manipulative as Madame Secretary. It's developed well enough, yet, as time goes by and we discover more shenanigans and outright illegal activities, the series is still a smoke screen for the actual Agency. The FBI would do well to be as upstanding as the cast makest it seem. It's not.
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There was a tv series back from @1965 through 1974 called THE F.B.I. which starred Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as F. B. I. Inspector Lewis Erskine, made during J. Edgar Hoover's reign as FBI head-honcho. You could say the exact same thing about the tv show/agency back then as now.
 
.308 Norma said:
, the quintessential movie cowboy calls a Colt Walker a “Colt’s Dragoon” was distracting to me.
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To be fair, in the time the movie is set in the average person wouldn't have known the term Walker to be applied to that model. It would've been similiar enough to the advertised Colt Dragoon revolvers that I'm pretty sure that's what most people called the 1847s until collectors digged up the story on those being attributed to the Texas Army.
To add, only 1,100 of those were in existence. The sheer majority of people in the 1800s never even seen or heard of the Walker
 
Poper said:
I sat down to watch "The Sum of All Fears" last night.
The major flaw is at the beginning where there is a nuclear detonation. For some odd reason that particular nuclear bomb did not emit infrared radiation that should have arrived ahead of the blast. In reality, all of the main characters in the weak plot, particularly Morgan Freedman, Ben Afleck, Bridget Moynahan & James Cromwell, would have been fried before the blast wrecked them.
As it is protrayed, only the blast of the nuke need be considered.
What a waste of time.
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Well to be honest in the book, the terrorist killed the builder before the bomb was finished. In the book it was actually a Fizzle. The chemical ex went off, but only a small part of the main went.
 
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