# Movies and Cell-Phones (not what you think) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103 "2002-09-12T13:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/21 "2002-09-14T00:49:13Z")
Lord of the Rings: “Hello, UPS?” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/22 "2002-09-14T01:21:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*El Elvis: Don’t you mean _The Shining_? \*\* God Damnit!! Yes, yes, I’m a fucking dumb ass. **The Shinning** is the movie I’m thinking of, but for some reason, the s’s got me. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/23 "2002-09-14T02:27:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\* > God Damnit!! Yes, yes, I’m a fucking dumb ass. **The Shinning** is the movie I’m thinking of, but for some reason, the s’s got me. \*\* Bart: Don’t you mean _The Shining_? Groundskeeper Willie: Hush, boy, you don’t want to get suuuued. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/24 "2002-09-14T05:37:58Z")
_Joan of Arc_ Joan: I got a message from God. He said I was supposed to lead my people to war. Salesguy: Ma’am, that’s just cellular static. He really said, “Feed your weevil some more”. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/25 "2002-09-14T07:19:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sdimbert \* > \*\* > > Ever see that episode that takes place back n the late 70’s, where Mulder and the Lone Gunmen meet up (for the first time, I believe) at the Defense Contractor’s convention in Vegas? Mulder pulls a “call phone” out of his pocket at one point that is the size of a cinder block. It was a nice bit. > > Also, how come Mulder’s cell phone works when he’s inside a boxcar full of aliens, buried beneath the desert floor in New Mexico. Mine loses service when I pass the freaking Sprint WorldWide Headquarters!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: \*\* Ya wanna know what’s really funny? I used to work for Sprint, and we got _great_ reception _inside_ the building, but the moment you stepped outside? Call drop city, baby! The movie _Gladiator_ would have been really different with cell phones. Maximus: Honey, I just pissed off the new emperor, get the kid and get the hell out of the house. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/26 "2002-09-14T07:38:07Z")
**Cujo** : “Hey, could you come shoot this dog for me?” ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/27 "2002-09-14T14:22:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Naz \* > \*\*Lord of the Rings: “Hello, UPS?” \*\* ROTFL!!! ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/28 "2002-09-14T17:42:56Z")
In addition to the X-Files, there are some cell-phone based plots that could not have been made more than a decade ago. Indeed, it wasn’t until 1996’s “One Fine Day” that I saw a movie that used portable phones as a plot device. More recently, “24” would have been radically different without cellphones (thinking especially of the scene where Kiefer is under a car, hiding from cops in a parking lot, while talking to his wife). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103/29 "2002-09-14T20:15:03Z")
Yeah I thought of “The Shining” as one. Though actually many horror movies would really lose steam with the advent of the cell phone… That scene in “Fargo” where William H. Macy’s wife tries to take the phone into the bathroom to dial 911 would have been different if she had a phone on her. Of course not a lot of people carry phones directly on them but it might not have hurt. And for a movie that incorporates mobile/cell phones- look no further than Jurassic Park III. Said phone gets swallowed by a spinosaurus. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-cell-phones-not-what-you-think/128103.md?page=1)