# Things you learned from movies. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785 "2013-09-27T06:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/221 "2013-11-06T19:22:14Z")
If you’re hysterically pointing a gun at someone, you can go ahead and hand the gun over to the person who is trying to talk you down - “Come on now, give me the gun…” - instead of placing it on the floor and kicking it away or something, because you can rest assured that the person you’re handing the gun to isn’t going to simply turn it around and shoot you right there. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/222 "2013-11-06T19:29:13Z")
If you are shot wearing a bullet proof vest, it is a legal requirement (or maybe one from the manufacturer) that once you realize you are still alive, you must open your shirt to reveal the vest you were wearing, even to people who are well aware that you were wearing it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/223 "2013-11-06T20:11:44Z")
Monkeys can fly. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/224 "2013-11-06T20:21:32Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > If you are shot wearing a bullet proof vest, it is a legal requirement (or maybe one from the manufacturer) that once you realize you are still alive, you must open your shirt to reveal the vest you were wearing, even to people who are well aware that you were wearing it. I keep hoping the vest will say “Eat at Joes” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/225 "2013-11-06T20:32:20Z")
No one must bother with exhaling when outside in cold weather, [**especially in the sub-zero Arctic**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7ls7v2uYQ). ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/226 "2013-11-07T01:08:56Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > No one must bother with exhaling when outside in cold weather, [**especially in the sub-zero Arctic**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7ls7v2uYQ). Funny, but I’ll give Hollywood a pass on this, given the expense and discomfort it would take to correct a really minor suspension of disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/227 "2013-11-07T02:18:47Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > lso and if TV counts, it is possible for two Brits in 21st century clothing, one of them black, evidently female and wearing jeans, to walk around Shakespearean London and not draw so much as a raised eyebrow until they meet the Bard himself. It’s political correctness gone mad. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/228 "2013-11-07T03:42:48Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > It’s political correctness gone mad. To be fair they did go out of there way to emphasize Martha’s race in the Family Of Blood arc, so they didn’t ignore it totally. But frankly it would get old if 10 minutes of every episode set in certain time periods was just random people going nuts over her. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/229 "2013-11-07T04:48:22Z")
Remember: Gift of the Time Lords That little invention can cover a lot of situations. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/230 "2013-11-07T04:59:48Z")
> [@grude](#): > > To be fair they did go out of there way to emphasize Martha’s race in the Family Of Blood arc, so they didn’t ignore it totally. But frankly it would get old if 10 minutes of every episode set in certain time periods was just random people going nuts over her. That was a quote : [QUOTE=Doctor Who] SHAKESPEARE: Psychic? Never heard that before and words are my trade. Who are you exactly? More’s the point, who is your delicious blackamoor lady? MARTHA: What did you say? SHAKESPEARE: Oops. Isn’t that a word we use nowadays? An Ethiop girl? A swarth? A Queen of Afric? MARTHA: I can’t believe I’m hearing this. DOCTOR: It’s political correctness gone mad. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/231 "2013-11-07T05:27:16Z")
Every window in Paris looks out at the Eiffel Tower. Every window in London looks out at the Houses of Parliament. Every journey through London goes through Trafalgar Square. Every journey through Rome goes past the Colosseum. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/232 "2013-11-07T06:09:48Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > That was a quote : Heh I didn’t remember the episode that closely. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/233 "2013-11-07T06:28:05Z")
Dull, boring grunt work is generally done while dancing with others to the sounds of an oldie hit. No wonder wages for shit jobs are so low … they’re so much fun! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/234 "2013-11-07T14:21:00Z")
Nobody needs to carry a purse. No matter how cold/windy/snowy/rainy it is outside, when you go inside your hair will not be messed up and your face will not be red. Your nose also never runs. Bicycles all have a bell that goes “ding ding” while you’re riding it. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/235 "2013-11-08T05:28:32Z")
On TV: If you are going to be abducted and tortured by a psychotic murderer, try to wait at least 23 minutes, because that means you may be the one that gets rescued at the end by the FBI 0.5 seconds before you’re garroted in the killer’s basement. Captured before the 23-minute mark? It’s curtains. Also, Berlin, Germany looks exactly like downtown L.A. except that the bars hang up German flags and have a 20 euro note on the counter. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/236 "2013-11-08T15:59:09Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > Also, Berlin, Germany looks exactly like downtown L.A. except that the bars hang up German flags and have a 20 euro note on the counter. It’s good to see that Toronto’s streetcars found a new home in Seattle and so many other U. S. cities. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/237 "2013-11-08T20:30:32Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > It’s good to see that Toronto’s streetcars found a new home in Seattle and so many other U. S. cities. Yeah and there’s an Honest Ed’s in New Jersey. (“The Long Kiss Goodnight” - omg I laughed so hard when I saw that sign all lit up in the background.) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/238 "2013-11-08T21:20:13Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Every journey through Rome goes past the Colosseum. Most of that’s stage setting shorthand. They show the Colosseum and it’s very clear that they’re in Rome to anyone in the world. It’s just like showing St. Peters means that something’s going to be about the Pope or the Vatican. Showing San Giovanni en Laterano is technically MORE papal than St. Peters, being his cathedral church as Bishop of Rome, but few people know what it looks like or where it is relative to St. Peter’s, so you’d have to explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/239 "2013-11-08T21:45:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > The jeans, on the other hand, must have stood out. But hey, the Doctor ran around in Pompeii in a trenchcoat and suit, without raising any eyebrows. The key is to act like you belong. > [@Askance](#): > > Every window in Paris looks out at the Eiffel Tower. > > Every window in London looks out at the Houses of Parliament. > > Every journey through London goes through Trafalgar Square. > > Every journey through Rome goes past the Colosseum. Look kids, Big Ben! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785/240 "2013-11-09T02:47:12Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > For me, the elevator scene in Terminator 2 stands out as a particularly ridiculous example. Just a note: On the T:2 Special Edition commentary, James Cameron said that Linda Hamilton suffered permanent hearing loss in one of her hears from the close-proximity discharge of Arnold’s gun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-movies/669785.md?page=13)