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[ReiGun]

Power Rangers was basically a kids cartoon, but with real life people. Of course it's not gonna make any sense and looks completely stupid for us. :lol

Stop ruining my fun.

 

[Platy]

If the cameras in CSI has that much resolution, why they show a blurred, noised crap image for everyone ?

csizoom.jpg

inception one :

Spoiler

If the fall makes the hotel feel like zero gravity, why the hotel zero gravity don't make the snow part feel like zero gravity too ?

also, not sure if i wanted this logic being followed =P

 

[Doodis]

 

[BattleMonkey]

Why did no one in the matrix ever take body armor, why did nobody in inception have any armor either? They magically could produce guns but not armor?

 

[magnificent83]

inception one :

Spoiler

If the fall makes the hotel feel like zero gravity, why the hotel zero gravity don't make the snow part feel like zero gravity too ?

also, not sure if i wanted this logic being followed =P

Effects diminish the further you go up in a level. Thats why sato was alive in the snow level

 

[Axion22]

jesus fuck.... the explanations they come up with are even more ridiculous than the terrible disguise in the first place.

This is why I've never liked Superman. "I can do whatever the hell I need because I'm conveniently an alien who is super."

 

[Major Williams]

Why on earth do people not double tap or at least smash the face in the head of their arch enemy?

IF he's knocked out and you wanted to kill him and you're pretty sure you killed him, why not smash your foot into his eye or jump on his neck/head or put another bullet in his head??!!?! Just finish the job.

I'm sick of the bad guy, or even good guy for that matter, getting back up after they've been 'dead' to the viewer.

 

[DonMigs85]

Why do characters in Hanna-Barbera cartoons always run in place for a few moments and allow themselves to get hit by whatever's chasing them?

 

[Purkake4]

Why on earth do people not double tap or at least smash the face in the head of their arch enemy?

IF he's knocked out and you wanted to kill him and you're pretty sure you killed him, why not smash your foot into his eye or jump on his neck/head or put another bullet in his head??!!?! Just finish the job.

I'm sick of the bad guy, or even good guy for that matter, getting back up after they've been 'dead' to the viewer.

This is already falling into Evil Overlord List or TVtropes territory.

 

[Major Williams]

This is already falling into Evil Overlord List or TVtropes territory.

Why do you have to cheapen a good thing? If it's fun to talk about, just have fun buddy. Don't sit from your perch doling out cheap comparisons.

 

[Purkake4]

Why do you have to cheapen a good thing? If it's fun to talk about, just have fun buddy. Don't sit from your perch doling out cheap comparisons.

I am unfamiliar with the concept of "fun", it is illogical.

 

[jmdajr]

I don't know?
why do soldiers only wear helmets to protect the top of their heads?

why not?

 

[Freshmaker]

If they kill kyle Rees, wouldnt that stop the whole war and stuff?

Since he already exists, no.

 

[Osuwari]

If they kill kyle Rees, wouldnt that stop the whole war and stuff?

it would still happen, just a few years later.

all the T-800 sent back in T1 did was speed up judgment day. it was going to happen either way.


concerning the gas problem in BTTF3, the gas was discarded because it could mes up the engine after so many years of storage and Doc wasn't planning to have Marty come back for him.

 

[How About No]

I don't know?
why do soldiers only wear helmets to protect the top of their heads?

why not?

If black boxes on planes are indestructible, why not make whole planes out of black boxes?

 

[Drkirby]

Is Batman's costume presumed bullet proof?

I think in newer version it is stated to be so, and in older version Batman is presumed to just be to good to be hit by a bullet.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Inception (again):

Spoiler

In the snow fortress level, when Cobb needs Fischer and Saito to get inside the fortress faster, he makes Ariadne reveal the existence of the secret vent passageways to him, knowing that this is now also revealed to Mal who can sabotage everything. He then relates the info about the vents to Saito and Fischer through the radio.

Why didn't Cobb just hand over the radio to Ariadne, and have her tell Saito and Fischer about the secret passage while he covered his own ears?

Spoiler

Sometimes we do silly things in dreams and only realize they don't make sense when we wake up, like "Why did I have to bribe the conductor to let me bring my girlfriend on the train? I could've just bought her a ticket." Dreams are funny that way. The same thing with him trying to squeeze himself between those buildings, with his shoulders spread out wide.

 

[Mudkips]

:lol @ people trying to justify Lord of the Rings.

If the eye of Sauron is all-seeing, how did the ring get lost? How did they not find it when Gollum had it? How did they not find it when Bilbo had it? How did they not find it when Frodo had it? If the ring needs to be used to be seen, then it was certainly used when Smeegle and his buddy found it. It didn't move too far from the fucking Shire for many fucking years, so Sauron had plenty of time to burninate it and find the fucking ring.

If the ring is powerful, why not use it? It's the "one ring to rule them all", right?
Use it to kick Sauron's ass.

If the ring is too corrupting / is controlled by Sauron, then simply don't use it. Bury it. Encase it in magical elfin mythril so no one can wear it. You don't need to destroy the damned thing.

If you absolutely must destroy it in a special volcano, just fly it over and drop it in. If the forces of Sauron are massing around Mt. Doom, then you should fucking beat their asses in a proper battle before walking your ass to the volcano and plopping the fucker in. You're going to have to fight Sauron's dark forces anyway - ring destroyed or not. Might as well do it before they have a chance to make a billion more orcs.

Here's how you destroy that fucking ring if you absolutely have to do it:

Get your eagle, aegle, whatever and fly yourself far away. Wear the ring for a bit to get some attention. Take it off. While Sauron zerg rushes his forces to where he thinks the ring is, hop on your fucking eagle and take the scenic route back, then have your army hit Mt. Doom, and then just toss that fucker in.

 

[BertramCooper]

Wow, the Terminator universe is even more convoluted than I realized.

And it wouldn't be that much of a problem had they stopped at T2.

 

[magnificent83]

:lol @ people trying to justify Lord of the Rings.

If the eye of Sauron is all-seeing, how did the ring get lost? How did they not find it when Gollum had it? How did they not find it when Bilbo had it? How did they not find it when Frodo had it? If the ring needs to be used to be seen, then it was certainly used when Smeegle and his buddy found it. It didn't move too far from the fucking Shire for many fucking years, so Sauron had plenty of time to burninate it and find the fucking ring.

If the ring is powerful, why not use it? It's the "one ring to rule them all", right?
Use it to kick Sauron's ass.

If the ring is too corrupting / is controlled by Sauron, then simply don't use it. Bury it. Encase it in magical elfin mythril so no one can wear it. You don't need to destroy the damned thing.

If you absolutely must destroy it in a special volcano, just fly it over and drop it in. If the forces of Sauron are massing around Mt. Doom, then you should fucking beat their asses in a proper battle before walking your ass to the volcano and plopping the fucker in. You're going to have to fight Sauron's dark forces anyway - ring destroyed or not. Might as well do it before they have a chance to make a billion more orcs.

Here's how you destroy that fucking ring if you absolutely have to do it:

Get your eagle, aegle, whatever and fly yourself far away. Wear the ring for a bit to get some attention. Take it off. While Sauron zerg rushes his forces to where he thinks the ring is, hop on your fucking eagle and take the scenic route back, then have your army hit Mt. Doom, and then just toss that fucker in.

Actually, most of what you just asked is explained in the book.
The ring was lost when Sauron got defeated and it took hundreds of years for him just to regain the strength to start the search again.
Plus, the ring was magical and evil, it escaped from Gollum and found its way to Bilbo even though Gollum had it in hiding. All so it could make its way back to Sauron, so no amount of hiding/destroying it would have worked. Plus, the stronger in magic whoever held the ring was, the faster they got corrupted. So Gandalf and the Elves obviously would not be able to use it.

 

[vareon]

:lol @ people trying to justify Lord of the Rings.

If the eye of Sauron is all-seeing, how did the ring get lost? How did they not find it when Gollum had it? How did they not find it when Bilbo had it? How did they not find it when Frodo had it? If the ring needs to be used to be seen, then it was certainly used when Smeegle and his buddy found it. It didn't move too far from the fucking Shire for many fucking years, so Sauron had plenty of time to burninate it and find the fucking ring.

If the ring is powerful, why not use it? It's the "one ring to rule them all", right?
Use it to kick Sauron's ass.

If the ring is too corrupting / is controlled by Sauron, then simply don't use it. Bury it. Encase it in magical elfin mythril so no one can wear it. You don't need to destroy the damned thing.

If you absolutely must destroy it in a special volcano, just fly it over and drop it in. If the forces of Sauron are massing around Mt. Doom, then you should fucking beat their asses in a proper battle before walking your ass to the volcano and plopping the fucker in. You're going to have to fight Sauron's dark forces anyway - ring destroyed or not. Might as well do it before they have a chance to make a billion more orcs.

Here's how you destroy that fucking ring if you absolutely have to do it:

Get your eagle, aegle, whatever and fly yourself far away. Wear the ring for a bit to get some attention. Take it off. While Sauron zerg rushes his forces to where he thinks the ring is, hop on your fucking eagle and take the scenic route back, then have your army hit Mt. Doom, and then just toss that fucker in.

I know that some plots of the movie is stupid (if we're going with the "what if.." route there will be no fun movies anyway), unfortunately the examples you listed are ones that are explained or at least implied, unless you REALLY don't want to suspend your disbelief even for a little bit.

 

[jmdajr]

If black boxes on planes are indestructible, why not make whole planes out of black boxes?

now we're talking!

 

[LakeEarth]

And now for the real reason: Because the director (and actor) wanted you to be able to see his face so that you could read his emotions and be able to sympathize with him. You often see scenes in movies where the character should be wearing a helmet or otherwise have their face covered, but don't so that their facial expressions can be more clearly shown.

Another example : Tobey McGuire constantly taking off his mask at the end of Spiderman 2.

 

[G-Fex]

Holy crap, never met anyone who had actually seen this.

I did, at least some of it. The beginning is the highlight of the movie, not the main story with the girl :\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdQldhv_KK4

 

[AniHawk]

I think in newer version it is stated to be so, and in older version Batman is presumed to just be to good to be hit by a bullet.

Batman was shot in the chest in Batman 89, and it was shown it was some sort of bulletproof material. In Begins and TDK, he's wearing kevlar.

 

[neorej]

If black boxes on planes are indestructible, why not make whole planes out of black boxes?

Too heavy to build an entire plane out of it. Well, you could, but the damn thing would need a nuclear reactor just to get 2 feet off the ground.

 

[mushy45]

it would still happen, just a few years later.

all the T-800 sent back in T1 did was speed up judgment day. it was going to happen either way.

ohhhh so the whole point was so that john could survive

 

[SlipperySlope]

Why the fuck did George Lucas come up with midichlorians?

Why are the kids called Younglings? WHY?

 

[Pirabear]

In DBZ I always wondered why they didn't just do a solar flare on the enemy followed by a distructo-disc.

Start up for Distrcucto-Disc is really slow, most of the stronger enemies would've recovered from the temporary blindness and dodged in time.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Too heavy to build an entire plane out of it. Well, you could, but the damn thing would need a nuclear reactor just to get 2 feet off the ground.

Thanks for answering the question, cause the engineer inside of me woke up when I read that question and was soo ready to answer it using all the hightech terms from the world.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Why are the kids called Younglings? WHY?

Because they're like kids, but IN SPACE!

 

[Purkake4]

I'm just going to leave this here.

 

[Dead Man]

Why didn't John Mcclaine call back his wife on the airphone that he talks to her with in the beginning of Die Hard 2? They lost radio contact with the planes, oh noes, just dial her back dufus, you clearly dialed her directly at the start of the movie.

Mind blown.

I don't know?
why do soldiers only wear helmets to protect the top of their heads?

why not?

I presume your question was rhetorical, but in case it is not... They do not use full head helmets for several reasons. Current helmets do not stop all calibres of rifle round, and may be penetrated by a 90 degree shot from some rifles. Hearing and peripheral vision are very important to soldiers, and any extra survivability from covering up an extra 5% of the body surface is seen as being negated by losses to situational awareness. Also, it is kind of nice to be able to drink without having to manipulate a helmet. Food is also useful on patrol. Finally... because grunts never get the money spent on them, that's why!

 

[Acerac]

I'm just going to leave this here.

*Reads link, has 3 new tabs open by the time I finish*
Why did you have to do that?

 

[Purkake4]

*Reads link, has 3 new tabs open by the time I finish*
Why did you have to do that?

The tropes must flow.

 

[MechDX]

Is Batman's costume presumed bullet proof?

In Knightfall they discussed that there are many different versions of the basic Batman costume. All lookalike but made of different materials for different situations.

 

[VeryGooster]

Why didn't John Mcclaine call back his wife on the airphone that he talks to her with in the beginning of Die Hard 2? They lost radio contact with the planes, oh noes, just dial her back dufus, you clearly dialed her directly at the start of the movie.

Instead of the whole "her plane is circling and gonna run out of fuel and crash into the Potomac OH NOES" subplot, why not have the plane reroute to another airport with an available runway?

 

[Q8D3vil]

how come the bad guys never shot batman in the face ?! :lol

 

[Mr. B Natural]

Spoiler

Sometimes we do silly things in dreams and only realize they don't make sense when we wake up, like "Why did I have to bribe the conductor to let me bring my girlfriend on the train? I could've just bought her a ticket." Dreams are funny that way. The same thing with him trying to squeeze himself between those buildings, with his shoulders spread out wide.

Spoiler

Oh stop it. Dreams in inception are about as dreamlike as the result of having two coronas then doing 10 jumping jacks. People were having completely lucid conversations with one another and employing extremely complicated functions and tasks in completely fleshed out worlds throughout the entire movie. Don't start the "but in a dream" nonsense cause none of that movie had anything to do with how dreams work. It only kinda did have something to do with dreams when it was convenient to the plot, and for the most part, that wasn't the case.

To answer the previous person's question about the radio - The only reason (and it's a crappy one) is cause ellen page's character had a lapse of judgment when she let everyone know about the vent. The same kind of lapse of judgment people have when they're awake, cause, let's face it, these characters were awake but in a virtual reality. What is weird and not well thought out is why would a maze have an obvious short cut? Isn't then the maze no longer a maze? Why wouldn't someone take that shortcut? Wouldn't that shortcut thus be the main route? But if that were the case then you wouldn't see the cool mc escher stair death, right? So stupid.

 

[NullPointer]

I always thought that Batman had that big ole bright bat emblazoned on his chest as an easy target, as that was the most armored part of his suit. Its a bullet magnet.

See? Batman wrecks your shit with psychology.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

:lol :lol



:/

 

[Arthrus]

I was looking at my LotR Risk board the other day, and I couldn't help but notice that there's a much shorter path they could have taken, sort of toward Helm's Deep or something. Was there ever a reason given why they didn't go that way instead?

 

[NullPointer]

I was looking at my LotR Risk board the other day, and I couldn't help but notice that there's a much shorter path they could have taken, sort of toward Helm's Deep or something. Was there ever a reason given why they didn't go that way instead?

From Rivendell? They didn't head towards the Gap of Rohan because Saruman was watching over that chokepoint.

 

[Arthrus]

From Rivendell? They didn't head towards the Gap of Rohan because Saruman was watching over that chokepoint.

Not from Rivendell, but right out of the Shire. I was thinking before they found out he was evil it would've made sense to go that way, but it's been a while... I might have things a little mixed up.

 

[NullPointer]

I was thinking before they found out he was evil

As far as I remember there was no plan before that. It was just a matter of getting the cursed thing to Rivendell so all the serious types could ponder what to do next.

By the time they got there Saruman had already gone full-on power mad. So once the Fellowship was started they had three choices:

* Go through the Gap of Rohan, which would put them directly up against Saruman.
* Cross the Misty Mountains via the pass of Caradhras, which sounds fun, until you realize the mountain itself is actually out to fucking kill you.
* Go under the mountain through Moria and probably face a friggin Balrog.

You know, at this point it'd have been nice if the Eagles could've taken them just over the Misty Mountains. But then again, Eagles are all attention whores and wait for just the right moment to appear, and we never would've gotten the chance to see Gandalf all smoting ruin upon the mountainside.

(man, my geek is showing)

 

[Zoe]

Not from Rivendell, but right out of the Shire. I was thinking before they found out he was evil it would've made sense to go that way, but it's been a while... I might have things a little mixed up.

I'm not exactly sure of the path you're talking about, but looking at a map, they still had to go to Bree first to find Aragorn. After that, Rivendell is a straight line making the Gap of Rohan the furthest path.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Dr. Manhattan.

He' so emotionless and unconcerned and with the trials of the world he seriously considers doing nothing letting it get destroyed in the process, yet he's so vain he ditches his woman for a younger chick? WTF?

 

[G-Fex]

Why was the DOOM Movie so bad?


In Batman Forever Bruce should've had cameras at the gate to see Edward putting his stupid riddles on the gate. Ended the movie super sooner.

 

[Arthrus]

Dr. Manhattan.

He' so emotionless and unconcerned and with the trials of the world he seriously considers doing nothing letting it get destroyed in the process, yet he's so vain he ditches his woman for a younger chick? WTF?

You have to remember that he loses his humanity over a period of time. At first he still wears clothes and stuff too, but drifts away. It's understandable that he did both those things because of the order in which they take place.

EDIT: Makes sense, NullPointer. For Zoe, here's a picture (sorry for making it so big):

It's all resolved now though. Going to Rivendell makes sense, but earlier I thought they just went there because Frodo was stabbed.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Dr. Manhattan.

He' so emotionless and unconcerned and with the trials of the world he seriously considers doing nothing letting it get destroyed in the process, yet he's so vain he ditches his woman for a younger chick? WTF?

He becomes more detached and less human over time.