A story I heard about Mr Foley. Kubrick was disgusted with the sound of a marching legion in the film “Sparticus”. Foley produced a key-ring full of keys, shaking them to make the sound that Kubrick wanted.
This is why I never really feel good about surround sound. It’s all fake anyway.
Honestly, that stuff doesn’t bother me, I want to be caught up in the action enough that I’m not paying attention. Still I love “The Mummy” where they make an attempt to keep track of the shots and choreograph in the reloading, grabbing a new weapon, etc. It does put action on a higher level.
How about when they show someone talking on a pay phone and they hang up. very rarely do you hear the coin drop sound that you hear in real life when you hang up a pay telephone.
And don’t say they had used a calling card! :mad:
“Schwing” and not “swish, swoosh”? :dubious: 
Lord knows I’m not a computer expert. But I’m going to assume that the computer we saw in that office was just part of a network (because if it was a stand alone computer, the hacker would have had to be in the room with them). It connected them, along with dozens or even hundreds of other computers, to a centralized computer where files were stored. The hacker was trying to break into the central records via one terminal and we saw them trying to stop the hacker getting in by typing in commands on their computer.
So all Gibbs did by unplugging their computer was cut them off from the central computer and stop their attempts to defend the files. The hacker was still connected and able to finish his work now that he wasn’t being interrupted.
In a similar vein, recent analysis of T. Rex anatomy has paleontologists believing that they couldn’t roar but squeaked instead. When I mention this tidbit at the natural history museum I volunteer at, I add that we don’t expect Hollywood to change any time soon.
And to add to the conversation, how about the “sching” when a sword is drawn from a leather scabbard?
This is the one that makes me crazy. If the police stopped to question me while I was gardening, I’m pretty sure I’d stand up and take off my dirty gloves. But I guess we’ll have to see when and if the time comes… :rolleyes:
One that makes me crazy is the apparent inability of some writers to figure out how long it takes to go certain places. I saw and episode of X-Files where the timeline showed one character waking in Baltimore at 8:30 in the morning, and next thing you know, it’s about 4 hours later the same day, and he’s in Rhode Island. Sorry, dude, unless you’ve got a very fast helicopter in your back yard, that ain’t gonna happen.
Similarly, on NCIS, the agents easily drove from DC to Norfolk and back in a matter of a few hours - because there’s never traffic in DC or on I-95 or around Richmond, or on I-64 to Norfolk, or in Norfolk itself. Not to mention California writers having characters on the east coast referring to highways as “the 495.” Nope, sorry, we don’t say that here.
Not entirely impossible. Leather scabbards typically have a metal fixture at their top. The sword can drag along that to make the noise.
I saw the documentary about T rex’s abilities. I don’t remember a squeak; instead, there was a very low-frequency rumble that was much more terrifying than a high-pitched roar. This was based on the probable configuration of the animal’s inner ear and examples of the vocalization produced by its closest living relatives.
Perfect, white teeth in every mouth, no matter when, no matter where.
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If Downton Abby were accurate, all the characters would have teeth like those soldiers in They Shall Not Grow Old.
The non-use of computer mice. Every computer is run by hitting a dozen keys in 1.2 seconds, triggering beeps and boops and sometimes 1990s progress bars.
Getting knocked unconscious and not requiring medical attention after regaining consciousness. Any blow that knocks you out should have more lasting impact, in my opinion.
Guns with silencers going “ffffffffft”.
military saluting indoors. It is done but only in certain cases. But movies/TV do it when it’s not done in real life.
I’ve been re-watching Bones and they fuck this up constantly; it’s obvious every single episode that they know absolutely nothing about the area. They’ve repeatedly done the “the 495” thing you mentioned, and at one point Booth refers to Glover Park as a “bad neighborhood.” Seriously?
About the traffic thing. I really like Bosch because of all the recognizable locations in Southern California they shoot in, but it drives me crazy, the way they just jump in a car in Hollywood and hop on up to Ventura or pop on over to Alhambra, or zip on down to Seal Beach like it’s a trip to the corner 7-Eleven. Any of those trips should take half a day in mid-day LA traffic.
Military uniforms. Most civilians don’t notice or care, but active duty and vets absolutely do, and it’s generally fairly obvious when they mess it up, which they almost always do.
The First Cavalry patch is big, loud, and very clear, so Hollywood wardrobe designers love to put it on everyone’s shoulder, regardless of their supposed unit, or even military branch. Whenever you see military uniforms in movies or TV, I can almost guarantee you will see it, especially in things produced before HD was ubiquitous.
there are always open parking spots right in front of where they want to go , even in a place like NYC
How do they get tires to squeal on dirt roads?
Unless it’s a Special Forces patch because every veteran in a movie or show is now an “Ex Green Beret” because it’s an easy shortcut to make him a badass.
And don’t get me started about berets… Costume departments usually don’t shape the berets so they look like floppy chef’s hats.
According to Tarzan movies, Africa is infested with Kookaburra birds.
Two cops going to question a suspect walk up the path to the door with their guns securely holstered. All said suspect needs to do is open the door and shoot both of them. IRL, the guns are out and the cops walk up from opposite sides of the lawn in a “V” formation. If the suspects opens the door holding a gun and turns to shot the one cop, the other one will shoot.
And don’t get me started about a person with a gun in a crowd of people and the cop begging him to drop it. Yes, Danny Reagen, I’m talking about you. You say it once: “Drop it or I’ll shoot” and if they don’t, you do.
