# Crappiest "Why the hell did they do that?" visuals in movies.

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**Created:** [June 20, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappiest-why-the-hell-did-they-do-that-visuals-in-movies/500394 "2009-06-20T14:39:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappiest-why-the-hell-did-they-do-that-visuals-in-movies/500394/41 "2009-06-22T22:15:44Z")

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**MOIDALIZE** said:

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> _Dune_, …
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> The worst part about the movie, by far, is how they depict the Harkonnens.

Yes. Lynch took a line from the book about the Baron being “grossly fat” and decided that meant he was gross _and_ fat.

**HPL**

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> Exactly. What’s the point of the Heart plug when the Harkonnens no doubt have many sharp objects which with to have fun cutting people up?

Stupidity. Okay, so you want a way to make sure any servant, etc, is quickly at your mercy should he/she try something. And then you want to make sure your rivals are easily stopped if they try something. And then next thing you know your whole family has the heart plugs. But wait, that puts you all at great risk to your enemies. Oops.

**Lynn Bodoni** said:

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> I can understand that the cat has been genetically modified to produce an antidote in its milk. I can’t understand the rat, though.

IIRC, each has been gengineered to only produce half the antidote - it takes both.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappiest-why-the-hell-did-they-do-that-visuals-in-movies/500394/42 "2009-06-22T22:30:02Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> Stupidity. Okay, so you want a way to make sure any servant, etc, is quickly at your mercy should he/she try something. And then you want to make sure your rivals are easily stopped if they try something. And then next thing you know your whole family has the heart plugs. But wait, that puts you all at great risk to your enemies. Oops.

Yeah…but I bet it was a polite society 🙂

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappiest-why-the-hell-did-they-do-that-visuals-in-movies/500394/43 "2009-06-22T22:37:27Z")

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> [@tim314](#):
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> Why do so many movies have the moment in the fight scene where the hero bends over backwards like he’s trying to get under a limbo stick in order to avoid his opponents attack. In the millennia-long history of combat, has anyone _ever_ actually used this move?
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> I’ve seen it in everything from Spider-Man, to the Matrix, to the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

It has become an established convention in action movies that an action hero can do things that would be impossible for an Olympic gymnast. It necessarily follows that the hero **will** do such things, regardless of practical combat utility, simply because of the [Rule of Cool.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool)

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