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| Canklefish |
Posted - 01/13/2008 : 09:36:31
Yep, it's the most over-used line in the movies we watch... we always know it when we see it, but we still deal with it!
I just saw it in 'Lethal Weapon' (I already judged myself, no need for a follow-up...)
but why do script writers include this in their repertoires?
Gotta run, Joshua wants a 'shot at the title!'(Lethal Weapon, again) |
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| Canklefish |
Posted - 01/18/2008 : 02:27:52
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
OK how's about one that's notable by its absence, namely: good-bye!
Have you noticed that at the end of movie phone-calls, no one ever says good-bye, they just hang up.
That's always seemed wrong to me. 
Bafta, you're dead right, where are the 'good-byes?'
And I was trying to come up with something witty to say on the subject, but everything fell flat when I 'previewed' it.
Personally, I hate to even say 'hello'(has to do with bill collectors and such), but that has nothing to do with film... |
| Canklefish |
Posted - 01/18/2008 : 02:21:48
quote:
Originally posted by benj clews
I'd go for...
"There's absolutely no way you're getting me into that!"
...shortly followed by a cut to said person in said thing looking angry.
Seems like the laziest trick in the book- avoid any need for explanation plus get a cheap gag out of it.
Yep, there's usually a 10-15 minute diatribe about how the supposed main character would NEVER consider doing what is being asked of him/her, but... with further consideration... hell,
I'll do it! |
| Canklefish |
Posted - 01/17/2008 : 02:06:45
quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
"I didn't sign up for this"
...said by a skinny guy who has wandered on to practice as the entire college football team run toward him.
Lucas should have said that, as they literally ran to tear his head off! |
| Ali |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 11:46:06
Not looking up numbers, or answering the phone after the first ring, are due to time constraints. Cliche lines are due to intelligence constraints on the part of the filmmakers.
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| Chris C |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 10:21:36
And people always answer after just 1 ring. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 09:45:42
They never need to look up numbers either, even when they're using a landline/someone else's 'phone. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 09:37:50
OK how's about one that's notable by its absence, namely: good-bye!
Have you noticed that at the end of movie phone-calls, no one ever says good-bye, they just hang up.
That's always seemed wrong to me.
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 07:53:47
I'll go with the horror genre where someone is always scared to begin with but there's one idiot out there saying something like:
There's nothing to be afraid of!
(And then this brave thing immediately gets offed by the monster du jour.)
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| TitanPa |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 02:23:16
quote:
Originally posted by silly
I was gonna say "I'll be back," but probably because I was watching Sarah Conner the last two nights; I'm not sure how many movies that has actually turned up in (other than the farce / satire flicks)
Other than that, I gots nuthin'.
I thought it was great when Arnold made fun of himself in 'Last Action Hero'.
Jack Slater: I'll be back! Ha! You didn't know I was gonna say that, did you?
Danny Madigan: That's what you always say!
Jack Slater: I do?
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| silly |
Posted - 01/16/2008 : 02:13:51
I was gonna say "I'll be back," but probably because I was watching Sarah Conner the last two nights; I'm not sure how many movies that has actually turned up in (other than the farce / satire flicks)
Other than that, I gots nuthin'. |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 01/15/2008 : 20:45:04
Which is a distant cousin to the ever popular sarcastic line.
"Houston, we have a problem."
Which is used so that everyone knows a problem has come about. |
| Wheelz |
Posted - 01/15/2008 : 17:37:41
quote:
Originally posted by Beanmimo
"I didn't sign up for this"
...Which is a close cousin to "I'm getting too old for this!"
(A line you'll also hear in Lethal Weapon, I think.) |
| Beanmimo |
Posted - 01/15/2008 : 17:28:55
"I didn't sign up for this"
...said by a skinny guy who has wandered on to practice as the entire college football team run toward him. |
| benj clews |
Posted - 01/15/2008 : 16:53:24
I'd go for...
"There's absolutely no way you're getting me into that!"
...shortly followed by a cut to said person in said thing looking angry.
Seems like the laziest trick in the book- avoid any need for explanation plus get a cheap gag out of it. |
| Wheelz |
Posted - 01/15/2008 : 15:02:01
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Originally posted by CankleFetish
Yep, it's the most over-used line in the movies we watch...
I'm nominating "We have a situation here!" for this title.
Usually barked over a phone or walkie-talkie, the line itself means absolutely nothing, but it's an easy/lazy way for a screenwriter to shorthand that something is wrong without actually having to write a descriptive or interesting line saying so. |
