Badger Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 35 minutes ago, Starlord said: People on foot being chased by a vehicle down a road who run perfectly straight and don't zigzag or veer off completely. To be fair, a puppy in the road tried that with me, lucky he was just fast enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Wait...you hunt Ewoks AND puppies?!?! What kind of monster are you?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netzilla Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 15 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: Racking a round into the chamber of a pistol every freaking time it's picked up or drawn. Often two or three times in a row. Thank goodness for infinite ammo. Likewise for pumping a shotgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netzilla Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Long drug-out unarmed fight where hero and villain are perfectly matched, until the villain pulls out a knife (or other weapon). Then the hero is suddenly untouchable. AKA, Never Bring a Knife to a Fist Fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, Netzilla said: Long drug-out unarmed fight where hero and villain are perfectly matched, until the villain pulls out a knife (or other weapon). Then the hero is suddenly untouchable. AKA, Never Bring a Knife to a Fist Fight. Never Bring Expectations of Originality to a Hollywood Film. drunkonduty and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BarretWallace Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 1:05 PM, slikmar said: This thread makes me think of Last Action Hero and some of the stuff there, like, "you know, tar sticks to most people". That's why I enjoyed Last Action Hero so much. In and of itself it wasn't a great movie, but it had so much fun poking fun at the action genre that I couldn't help but like it. RDU Neil and Christopher R Taylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Here's a relatively recent one. Why does every action movie now have to have a scene in a night club? Every villainous creep just loves to hang out in night clubs even if they are actively being hunted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 So how many action movies consist of nothing but cliches? ... it may be easier to list the ones that don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 It's the maverick cop that gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 The Presidential Bunker in the White House being the least safe place for the President. RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 The traitor in the Secret Service without any motivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 People getting killed for no good reason. What I like to call 'Steven Seagal syndrome'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 The character who tells who great his future is going to be only to be killed for no good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 hours ago, death tribble said: People getting killed for no good reason. What I like to call 'Steven Seagal syndrome'. You don't consider being Steven Seagal a good reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 9 minutes ago, Matt the Bruins said: You don't consider being Steven Seagal a good reason? There have been several deaths in Seagal movies which seem to be there just for the sake of it rather than for defending people, saving lives etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netzilla Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 When people are actively trying to kill you is the best time to profess/reaffirm your love and make out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 17 hours ago, Starlord said: Wait...you hunt Ewoks AND puppies?!?! What kind of monster are you?!?! I don't hunt puppies, I've just come across a few who have had more bravery than intelligence. Oh, and Ewoks, no shame in hunting them down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 12 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: Here's a relatively recent one. Why does every action movie now have to have a scene in a night club? Every villainous creep just loves to hang out in night clubs even if they are actively being hunted. Maybe, it comes from old Westerns, I love my old John Wayne movies, but every single one seemed to have a bar brawl free-for-all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 11 hours ago, death tribble said: It's the maverick cop that gets the job done. I don't mind that. It's when they don't get suspended for it, that is the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 1:30 PM, Cassandra said: That's why they gag her. I thought that was because she was a nag and a scold. *reflexively ducks and covers face from a slap from Cassandra* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 15 hours ago, Badger said: I thought that was because she was a nag and a scold. *reflexively ducks and covers face from a slap from Cassandra* I'm going to let that go because you hunt Ewoks. The world needs bathmats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 On another note, I think this article is appropriate here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 I'm going to go a bit meta with this one: a cliche that annoys me is movies where no one did the research, or where no one cared about accuracy, and you get little things that most people wouldn't notice, but which just jump out and ruin suspension of disbelief for anyone with knowledge of the subject matter. Action movies seem to be worse about this, or perhaps they just overlap with my areas of knowledge a little more than other types of movie do. Netzilla and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 Yeah... I work in IT. Oh, which reminds me: usually it's the awkward hacker in these films that that is truly indispensable. There she is with her laptop, remotely disabling security cameras, tracking bad guys by satellite, controlling traffic signals, transferring millions of dollars, and guessing unguessable passwords. All the 'hero' can do is run around and kill bad guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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