Enigma
11-04-2005, 02:38 PM
This was lifted from MSN this morning and I thought it was amusing. The reporter elected to ignore giving the pratical reason for some/all of them but it does serve to point out how weird and bent out of shape the public can get over some of the most dumbest things.
Will the clichés never end?
OK, "CSI," we're giving you a break. For now. Because we really don't need to concentrate solely on the TV clichés you bring us when there's a whole world of TV and film out there going wanting.
Gifts…
“Whenever there is a gift-giving occasion on TV especially, the top and bottom of the gift box are always wrapped separately, so that the recipient only has to lift off the perfectly wrapped top, with the bow and ribbon intact, to get to the gift inside. Nobody wraps presents like that in real life, and more importantly, most people like to rip the paper and ribbon off in shreds. That's half the fun.” --Kim
Survivor…
“I have a pet peeve: On Survivor, he ALWAYS "goes and tallies the votes." I used to work in the election polls (before computers), and we tallied the votes by counting...that is putting a hash mark (tally) at the item that is being counted. Hasn't ANYONE ever corrected him?!” --Luanne
Goons
“I would like to know where the movie villains hire their goons. They are extremely loyal and even if the hero singlehandedly takes out a dozen of them, they keep coming. Sorry, but if the guy in front of me is shot, then I am gone.” --Jo
Rock the car...
“The worst car cliche is when you get a frontal shot of a person driving and they are constanly rocking the steering wheel left to right as they drive in a perfectly straight line. It especially happens a lot in soap operas.” — Rashia
Knock three times...
“In movies and TV shows, whenever a character rings the doorbell the person on the other side IMMEDIATELY opens the door, even if it is 2 in the morning or he/she lives in a mansion. It's like the person is standing at the door waiting for someone to ring the bell.” — Priya
Taxi!
“I just wanted to add one point to all of this, what about in New York movie or TV show people never have trouble hailing a taxi cab even when it is raining. I mean come on, I am a native New Yorker and catching a cab in Manhattan isn't ever that easy.” — Joyce
Timers…
“The ‘one second left’ cliché reminded me of the Timer Cliché: There's 30 seconds left on the timer, but in actual ‘real-life’ time that's going to be at least 5 minutes, unless, of course, that timer is for something that will Hurt the Bad Guy — then the timer will be right on time!” — Chelsea
“And ‘they’ always know EXACTLY which wire to cut-the blue or the red one! In Lethal Weapon, Gibson & Glover ALWAYS guessed correct! And it's always one second before.” — Diane
“Regarding the cliché about bombs and timers stopping with one second left, there's a notable exception to this. In the movie, ‘Goldfinger,’ James Bonds stops the bomb from detonating with seven seconds left to go. Why? Because the counter now reads, ‘007.’ (That's a great trivia question, by the way — people probably don't know it, but it can been logically worked out.)” — Bruce
Will the clichés never end?
OK, "CSI," we're giving you a break. For now. Because we really don't need to concentrate solely on the TV clichés you bring us when there's a whole world of TV and film out there going wanting.
Gifts…
“Whenever there is a gift-giving occasion on TV especially, the top and bottom of the gift box are always wrapped separately, so that the recipient only has to lift off the perfectly wrapped top, with the bow and ribbon intact, to get to the gift inside. Nobody wraps presents like that in real life, and more importantly, most people like to rip the paper and ribbon off in shreds. That's half the fun.” --Kim
Survivor…
“I have a pet peeve: On Survivor, he ALWAYS "goes and tallies the votes." I used to work in the election polls (before computers), and we tallied the votes by counting...that is putting a hash mark (tally) at the item that is being counted. Hasn't ANYONE ever corrected him?!” --Luanne
Goons
“I would like to know where the movie villains hire their goons. They are extremely loyal and even if the hero singlehandedly takes out a dozen of them, they keep coming. Sorry, but if the guy in front of me is shot, then I am gone.” --Jo
Rock the car...
“The worst car cliche is when you get a frontal shot of a person driving and they are constanly rocking the steering wheel left to right as they drive in a perfectly straight line. It especially happens a lot in soap operas.” — Rashia
Knock three times...
“In movies and TV shows, whenever a character rings the doorbell the person on the other side IMMEDIATELY opens the door, even if it is 2 in the morning or he/she lives in a mansion. It's like the person is standing at the door waiting for someone to ring the bell.” — Priya
Taxi!
“I just wanted to add one point to all of this, what about in New York movie or TV show people never have trouble hailing a taxi cab even when it is raining. I mean come on, I am a native New Yorker and catching a cab in Manhattan isn't ever that easy.” — Joyce
Timers…
“The ‘one second left’ cliché reminded me of the Timer Cliché: There's 30 seconds left on the timer, but in actual ‘real-life’ time that's going to be at least 5 minutes, unless, of course, that timer is for something that will Hurt the Bad Guy — then the timer will be right on time!” — Chelsea
“And ‘they’ always know EXACTLY which wire to cut-the blue or the red one! In Lethal Weapon, Gibson & Glover ALWAYS guessed correct! And it's always one second before.” — Diane
“Regarding the cliché about bombs and timers stopping with one second left, there's a notable exception to this. In the movie, ‘Goldfinger,’ James Bonds stops the bomb from detonating with seven seconds left to go. Why? Because the counter now reads, ‘007.’ (That's a great trivia question, by the way — people probably don't know it, but it can been logically worked out.)” — Bruce