#Movie Gis

[astralbondpro]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) // Dir. Nicholas Meyer

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Errors, "Errors," and Sci Fi: The Nail Gun Gray Zone

I have more thoughts on errors in sci fi, specifically what does and does not count as an error. So I made a graph.

I'm a firm believer that at some point, your story will just be better if you bend certain rules of reality. A story with 100% realistic gun battles will be impossible for audiences to follow. One with ultra-realistic dialog will be boring and impossible to follow.

HOWEVER. Ice floats in water. Residents of now-Phoenix in the 1700s might've not known that, but it's hard to imagine anyone alive today who hasn't at minimum seen an image of a drink with ice in it. So GI Joe (2009) hinging a major plot point on a block of ice sinking in liquid water is widely regarded as silly and world-breaking. Same goes for The Strangers (2008) making a character unable to use her phone while it's plugged in and charging. Even in 2008, a solid majority of U.S. moviegoers owned cell phones and regularly used them as they were plugged in. Errors. Firmly.

But on the opposite end of the spectrum, you have "errors" that only bug a small subset of your audience with relevant expertise. You can always count on some of that subset to take to Reddit and whine pedantically about a 10-round gun firing 11 rounds, but I doubt those count as errors. My personal example is the lack of a character named Surprise in Inside Out — I've studied and taught Paul Ekman's theories, so to me the fact that they included only 5 of his 6 "universal" affects is always going to look weird. But I know that's less an error than a pet peeve, because there wouldn't be much for the character Surprise to do that isn't taken up by Fear or Joy. (The sequel also has a Surprise-ish and a Contempt-ish character, so there's that.) Same goes for the water main not being pressurized correctly in Batman Begins — I'll take city planners' word for it that Scarecrow's plan wouldn't work, but COME ON. It's a sci fi movie about a furry who makes a living punching aliens. If you want realism, watch a documentary.

That said. There's also that middle zone. What I call the Nail Gun Gray Zone, because it really is hard to tell how much some errors are obscure and piddly, how much they're mainstream and obvious. Because. Nail guns can't shoot nails. They're not projectile weapons. Not unless the story takes the time to show a character modifying the tool to override the fact that it has to be pressed flush against a board before it will fire. BUT. If you told me "99% of modern Americans know that!" I'd believe you. If you told me "only professional contractors know that!" I'd believe you. That poll clarified basically nothing — roughly 25% of respondents had used a nail gun, ~25% didn't know much about them, and ~50% had only seen one used. (I didn't ask "do you know that a nail gun can't be used as a projectile weapon" because then anyone who read the question should by definition answer "yes.")

Anyway, I think that a lot of online arguments about errors/"errors" in sci fi can be captured by the Nail Gun Gray Zone. Most of us can agree that only pedantic blowhards would say that the lack of Surprise ruins Inside Out, and most of us can agree that it'd be nice if The Strangers had simply broken Kristen's phone. Nail guns? One person's "oh come on, that looks ridiculous!" is another person's "it's called a nail gun, right? so why not use it like a gun?" and I don't think doing more polls will resolve it one way or another.

[a-dead-girl-in-spanish]

Same energy ~

[kojiandrew]

Andrew Koji + sunglasses

[shittymihodaily]

Day 9: I had a conversation with someone on pony town one time about them being friends

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[homosexualslug]

when you and your friends are joking about how there's going to be a mattel cinematic universe now after barbie was so successful only to realize that's exactly what has already been in the works for the last few years

note: blumhouse is thankfully no longer attached to this one

[randomtheidiot]

I think we should take all the main characters from late 90s/early 2000s Japanese kids shows about collecting marketable mascot characters and making them fight, lock them in a room together and see what happens.

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[arataka-reigen]

I cant begin to explain how horny i got watching deadpool & wolverine. Im sorry but they should have fucked on screen. This movie was garbage because they didn't fuck on screen.

[blue-star-above-me]

[astralbondpro]

Wayne's World (1992) // Dir. Penelope Spheeris

[devdas5z]

Sienna Miller as Baroness in GI Joe:Rise of Cobra

[robotclownindulgence]

Who cares about idw's mainline transformers comics when they made epic and based crossovers where captain kirk of the hit series star trek becomes a transformer and rainbowdash from cum jar beats starscream in a race. I love capitalism

[kojiandrew]

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) + Letterboxd Reviews ↳ Snake Eyes x Storm Shadow / Henry Golding x Andrew Koji edition

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[hooked-on-elvis]

Elvis Presley as Tulsa McLean during the making of his movie, GI Blues, between May and June, 1960. EP is showing his skills in martial arts on the movie set.

[rainbow-flavoured-skittles]

I made a couple Lego minifigures because the store had a ‘make your own minifigure’ thing. so now I have a ninjago oc I guess. I don’t know what her name is or her powers or anything but she exists now.