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Onyxmeth said:
scottie said:
Onyxmeth said:

I just got done watching Independence Day on TNT, and minus any other of the thousand little quirks in the movie, it really got me thinking about the thing I hate most about some movies. Why is it when a bomb is on a timer, or a sports game in a movie is running through it's final minutes and seconds, that time seems to slow considerably? Will Smith had 30 seconds on a timer to get out of that silly mothership before this nuke detonated. Approximately 1 min. 30 sec. later, the bomb explodes. Why? The timer is of your own creation movie makers! If you need a minute-thirty to get the scene rolling, then just make the timer for a minute-thirty! I think it becomes even more overbearing that now we have a show like 24 that manages to keep a running clock for 24 hours and doesn't miss a beat. Sports movies, action movies, anything with a timer.

Make. It. In. Real. Time.

Rant over. Thoughts and opinions?

 

In alot of cases the 1:30 shows what 3 different groups of people do in the 30s before the explosion

What movie is that? It sure isn't Independence Day. It took them over a minute just to get out of the ship, and the camera never cut to any other scene.

 

 

I haven't seen ID in years, so I'll take your word for it.

 

as for what movies/shows do it well, I can't remember, but whenever there is a timer in movies/tv I keep an eye on how much time each character spends.

 

If I remember any, I shall let you know



I believe the timer was spot on with TDK..not sure though



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Hmm, reminds me of an episode of Friends. One of the scenes during the credits at the end, Joey claimed that he could drink a gallon of milk in 10 seconds and it took like 30 seconds in total.



I hate the timers, too, but another annoying and frequent time paradox are those situations when, say, an F-16 is flying out-of-control towards the side of a building, and the ejector seat is malfunctioning. A quick cut of the camera shows 10 feet of space left before collision, then about a minute of the pilot messing the ejector seat, fixing it, then finally launching out by the time the airforce would have been reviewing the black box recordings.



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That always bothers me about movies/shows too.




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Snesboy said:
In spaceballs, when the ship is about to blow up, the countdown goes:

10, 9, 8, 6, and then the guys say, what happened to 7, then the computer says just kidding. it continues, then once it gets to 0 it says have a nice day instead of just blowing up.

In FF7: Advent Children, when Barret says Cloud has 10 minutes to fight Sephiroth, it is 10 minutes until they show him again. Cloud finishes off Sephiroth in 6. I was really happy about that.

 

Spaceballs is a great movie, and I'd imagine that's in there as a parody of every other movie that does this stuff.

It bothers me too, to the point where I actually time things to see if they're actually right or not. Then, when they aren't, I get frustrated that they couldn't have just put in the right amount of time, and then I move on and never think of it again. =)



Armageddon, despite being one of my favourite films, is guilty of this.

The timer jumps from 44 seconds to 20 in about 3 quick shots, then goes from 7 to 0 in at least 12!

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insomniac17 said:
Snesboy said:
In spaceballs, when the ship is about to blow up, the countdown goes:

10, 9, 8, 6, and then the guys say, what happened to 7, then the computer says just kidding. it continues, then once it gets to 0 it says have a nice day instead of just blowing up.

In FF7: Advent Children, when Barret says Cloud has 10 minutes to fight Sephiroth, it is 10 minutes until they show him again. Cloud finishes off Sephiroth in 6. I was really happy about that.

 

Spaceballs is a great movie, and I'd imagine that's in there as a parody of every other movie that does this stuff.

It bothers me too, to the point where I actually time things to see if they're actually right or not. Then, when they aren't, I get frustrated that they couldn't have just put in the right amount of time, and then I move on and never think of it again. =)

 

It's allowed because it isn't a serious movie.



Ya know, I hate this too, but there are 2 movies based on timers that I gotta let get away with it: Escape From New York and Escape From L.A. Timers are fucking nuts in those movies, but I can't stay mad at Snake or John Carpenter.