Things You Would Never Know Without the Movie Industry

[Techno]

Internet connections never play silly b*ggers and have a 'go slow'.
(Probably more true for TV shows.....Especially those sponsored by 'computer companies'.)
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

The English are the most evil people on the planet.

That is true.  

It's a phase. They've been through "Commies", "gooks", Japanese, Germans, Brits and now it seems to be Russians and Ukranians. 

[Aksu]

All WW2 German infantry is armed with MP40 Schmeisser.
WW2 German tanks look identical to post-WW2 American tanks, just with different paintwork.
Ground attack aircraft have guns registered to hit the ground exactly 2 m away from any target.
Hand grenades are filled with petrol to make fireballs.
Car doors and dry walls stop machine gun bullets.
All machine gunners are taught to shoot to the enemy to their front, not along the enemy lines.
All modern combat takes place at 50 m range.
RPG warheads travel at 100 mph.
All scabbards are lined with metal to produce scraping sounds.

And finally something I was actually taught at film school:
You only need to unbutton two buttons to take off any shirt.

Cheers,
Aksu

[Leon026]

People use Bing as their number 1 search engine
Shooting as petrol or gas barrels will make them explode

[ronan]

By god there is hope for us!!!!!!!!

That's what I was going to write !

[capthugeca]

You only need to unbutton two buttons to take off any shirt.

Must try that out on Mrs Capthugeca later.  


Hey, Aksu, which two buttons?

[fsn]

The cuffs.

[Orcs]

Must try that out on Mrs Capthugeca later.  

HMMM!  Not sure thats a good Idea, I can just here one or all of the following  following from Mrs C:-  

Why are you taking your shirt of?
Put That chest away

Or if your really in trouble

WHO TAUGHT YOU THAT TRICK ?? (Impying another female) - This will be made even worse when you reply " A bloke I know !!"  

[Last Hussar]

50m range?  Thats almost twice as far as reality!

Anything that has wheels is made of a surprising element called 'explodium', and any sudden impact causes the vehicle to explode - I saw a trailer for (I think) a Conquistador movie, a 16th cent cannon fell of a ledge and exploded on impact!

Similarly 'Bulletproofium' renders thin car doors and wooden tables impenetrable.

CCTV is all High definition, and can easily be used to identify people (I've seen CCTV, which obviously cant be real, where the best we could come with was "probably black".)
CCTV that isn't hiDef can easily be enhanced, possible due to hidden pixels.
CCTV in Enemy of the State can be rotated in a 3d CG environment to see what is in the bag behind Will Smith's body

People keeps pants on during sex.

Police interviews rely on shouting at people that you know they did it.  No lawyer ever objects in court to this happening without him there.

A vaguely credible supposition will lead the murderer to tell everything.

To get from the White Cliffs to Nottingham you need to go via the part of Hadrians Wall in the Housesteads section.

It is easier to shoot the 1 inch guard rail rather than the 6 foot man standing behind it (see also bulletproofium)

Human muscles are not only powerful enough, but arranged in such a way on the Archemedian principle, that you can pull a man up to your level with just one hand.

Locks can easily be picked with a paperclip

[Orcs]

People keeps pants on during sex.

But I've heard you always keep your socks on!! 

[Last Hussar]

Your missus is a liar

[FierceKitty]

Nobody ever fumbles their words, or hesitates when speaking.

I disagree here. Something that annoys me is overcompensation in the opposite direction: US scriptwriters in particular are so afraid of their dialogue's seeming composed or written that they exaggerate inarticulacy, and confine vocabulary to a very narrow range. I know many people who speak FAR better than they'd be allowed to in a movie, and I'm not only talking about English literature graduate students (who, God help us, often do speak down to Hollywood dialogue standards these days).

[Aksu]

Hey, Aksu, which two buttons?

Serious mode on: This was used as an example of how you want to edit out all the things you don't have to show, the viewer will get the idea with minimal cues. So when editing an undressing scene, it is enough to show the guy unbuttoning the (usually) top two buttons, you can then cut to another shot with the shirt coming off. Since that is what the viewer is expecting, you don't want to linger on the first shot and bore the viewer.
Actually this is sort of one of the few useful bits I picked up from art uni: don't spend time doing stuff that a viewer is not interested in looking at. At least that is my excuse when someone asks "why didn't you paint (insert missing detail here) on your figures?"
Cheers,
Aksu

[Last Hussar]

That's what Orcs tells the ladies about foreplay.

[capthugeca]

    You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
    The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
    A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
    It is not necessary to say hello or goodbye when beginning or ending phone conversations.
    Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
    All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
    A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
    If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.
    When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.
    Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at that precise moment.

[FierceKitty]

   Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments but not to watch the road if you're chatting up a bit of crumpet..
 
   When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English with exaggerated accents to each other.

[FierceKitty]

Roundshot explodes on impact.