Episode 181: Don’t Look Up (2021)
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Poll question: what is your most-hated minor movie cliché? The rain starting right after a romantic breakup? The hacker saying “I’m in”? The fact that no one ever has trouble finding a parking space in a movie What often-used minor point just really sets your teeth on edge every time?
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One thing that bugs me every time is that “perfect timing” thing. The phone rings with the information they need after the characters have just talked about about what they need. The cure is magically invented, tested and produced just moments before it is too late. Sometimes the coincidences are just a little too much for me! It’s almost like everyone is following a script or something!
I thought of a worse one for me… the horror cliches where people do the stupidest thing like not leaving the haunted house or call or split up so they can all be killed one by one!
Both good answers, Vince. We HAVE to save the hero at all costs even if the antidote/vaccine might have side effects from having been thrown together in a dirty mens room sink with ingredients that have all expired. Science! Or, well, not. Or hey, how about the radio that’s turned on and just happens to have a news flash about the crime that the main characters are interested in? The horror teens? Don’t get me started. Thanks, Vince! I mean, Snowman!
The radio thing is another part of the “perfect timing” thing for me and it is so annoying! It could be used in a more natural ways. We just had a snow storm that brought zombie snowmen into the city and all the lights are out so, of course, I am going to go outside in only my undies to have a look. What could go wrong?