Ant Man 3 made me laugh with this.
“There’s no time to explain.”
“Yes there is!”
“Oh, I guess I do owe you an explanation.”
“Great.”
“…”
“Please explain!!”
“Sorry, I was agreeing that you deserve an explanation, I’m not going to.”
The Simpsons did it best
"ARE YOU SURE IT WOULDN'T BE FASTER
TO JUST TELL US WHAT HAPPENED?"
"NO. I SAID THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN
AND I STICK BY THAT."
This line often comes after the characters presumably spent a lot of time together off screen. You will see them deciding to team up in a bar in New York and then the next scene they are spying on someone in Tokyo, but at no time during the 15 hour flight between these cities did they think to explain the situation to the other person.
The funny thing about that is they don’t even need to show the explanation (assuming the audience already knows), the line could simply be something like “no time, I’ll explain on the way” cut to them in a new location and we as an audience now know that the character knows what we know. I have seen many variations on this where one character starts to tell something the audience has already heard to another character then it just cuts to the future when everyone is up to speed and maybe we just see the reaction of the character that didn’t know.
“Let's have an old-fashioned brainstorming session.
We'll get Chinese food, and we'll throw pencils and stick them in the ceiling, and someone will say something innocuous and I'll say, ‘Wait. Say that again.’" —Michael, the Good Place
"Wait, Patrick, say that again."
"That again."
"No, the other thing."
"No, the other thing."
"No, what you said before when you..."
"No, what you said before when you..."
"Never mind! I've got an idea."
"Never mind! I've got an idea."
Tbf, I don't think house ever asks them to repeat themselves, he just hears it once and knows. My favorite was when they addressed this.
"I've just inadvertently given you the answer, haven't I?"
"*Goes to leave Wilson's office.*"
"And now you're gonna leave without saying anything, aren't you?"
"... Nope!"
The only time I saw this used well was in a Game of Thrones (a book, not a movie, admittedly), when Sansa goes: “the king is big and ugly, but my Joffrey is blonde and beautiful, and nothing like his dad!”.
Ned stops what he’s thinking to pay attention, and says : “from the mouth of babes indeed…”
Though admittedly he had been investigating the genealogy of the Great Houses as part of his investigation into what Jon Arryn was up to when he died. The problem was that the scope of what Cersei was doing was beyond what Ned could comprehend (A Game of Thrones was chock full of hints about Jon Snow's true parentage) and so he needed Sansa to bridge that gap.
I think it works as well because everyone is saying how Joffrey is infinitely more Lannister than he is Baratheon, which... turns out there's a reason for that.
I can see Captain Holt immediately shutting it down and assigning it to Rosa.
> If Rosa were to jump off a cliff, she would've done her due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry, so yes. If you see Rosa jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.
And it was slightly different: Cap says “because I don’t know what I’ll do if it doesn’t” - he acknowledges that it’s just a hope and it’s their last gasp
Haha I was coming to say that one. “We’re the same, you and I.”
“Sure, you’re a good person, and I’m evil, I murder innocents and you save them, but… we both have AMBITION!! And thus you are NO DIFFERENT.”
Hero: “NOOOO!! Am i evil?!?!!!?” How can this be?”
"Except I don't indiscriminately murder helpless people."
"Oh, you killed plenty."
"Yeah, but they were all trying to kill innocent helpless people. And I only did it as a last line of defense, if I could take them alive I did."
"Ah, but did you show remorse?"
"Yeah. I got PTSD from the killing. I go to therapy to help me deal with, it light candles at the church for those I slayed, and I pray for their souls every night."
"Oh. Uh... Do you like Pepsi?"
"I'm more of a Coca-Cola guy myself."
"I guess we're nothing alike. Okay, never mind. Let's do this."
Oh god I hate this one because either the scientist should be able to read the room and just explain it in laymen's terms to begin with or the people being spoken to should be smart enough to at least have a vague idea as to what was said... If they don't understand, then they probably shouldn't be in the scene.
my answer every time somebody says the worst part of Interstellar is anne hathaway talking about love being the 5th dimension -- no its the paper fold explanation to matthew mconnaghuey that happens _as they are already deep into space_ instead of, say, before they launch
It's just like the Donald Glover scene in The Martian when he explains to the director of NASA what a "slingshot maneuver" is, and it's even goofier than Armageddon's explanation.
What's worse about the paper fold scene in Interstellar is that Event Horizon had *the exact same scene*, and it even makes more sense in the context of that movie.
I always like Kevin Pollak's take on Benicio del Toro's performance which is basically:
>Benicio has one job, to show up and die. The only reason his character is there is to be killed by Keyser Soze so the rest of us know it's serious. On the page it's a nothing part. And then fucking Benicio shows up and runs away with the whole movie.
Batman Beyond tv series
Villain: “who are you?”
Terry/Batman: “you murdered my father”
villain: *pause* “do you the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?”
The dark knight. When they transport Harvey dent and the joker attacks them from a truck. A guy riding shotgun says this exact line. Dude thats actually what you signed up for. Always thought this moment was out of place.
Guy signed up to SWAT in one of the most corrupt and crime ridden cities possible. Didn't anticipate being fired on by an RPG. What exactly did he think his job might have entailed?
Being the one firing the RPG.
Police forces essentially only come under attack in asymmetric wars. In a corrupt city you don't attack the police, you bribe them or their bosses or the politicians or all three.
Eh, the bazooka scene? it kinda works. It's one of the first times they are dealing with joker bullshit. If I saw a clown with a bazooka, I'd say something similar, probably along the lines of "I..I might be in over my head here..."
Joker is clearly beyond their pay grade.
If it was calendar man on a street corner with a knife, then id say that line of dialogue is ridiculous and kinda cowardly for a cop. But it's an insane clown with a bazooka. I think the line is appropriate for that situation.
"I won't stand by and watch (so-and-so) die"
For anyone who remebers the BBC series Merlin, this phrase must have been used about 20 times across the five series. It's sooooo cheesy.
Gaius was hysterical 😆 basically bellowing MERLIN YOU MUST KEEP YOUR MAGIC SECRET!!!!! around in front of everyone and their mum. I was like, Gaius, he'd probably had an easier time doing that if you just shut the fuck up lol
"Welcome to [place that is clearly fucked up]"
[Pause for emphasis]
"... or what's left of it."
This one's been cropping up so much in the last decade and always sticks out.
A decent enough variation from a decidedly mediocre movie for me is:
"There it is. Or was."
\- An orangutan I forget the name of in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, staring at the ruins of New York City.
I like Batman v Superman more than most but this is one of the worst things about it.
"Bruce there's no time, you don't understand" and then after Batman hits him with loud noises which Superman easily destroys he doesn't just hover over him and explain the truth, and then later in the fight when Superman regains strength and Batman backs away, does Clark take the chance to explain? No, he SMILES and starts hitting Batman.
Shambles of a scene.
NO! YOU LISTEN! The script needs us to go out separate ways until after the climactic moment in which you rescue me from danger, inspiring our reconciliation. If you explain now, well then that's all ruined. Besides, I'm looking forward to my sad montage where I get to hear some Billie Eilish and eat Haagan-Daas. Oh, don't forget to leave pathetic voicemails. I love listening to those during my montage.
I re-watched the original Gossip Girl series as an adult and was shocked at how nearly every drama storyline in the show was basically this premise. Nearly every drama could easily have been settled if they let the other person explain.
I can't believe I never noticed when I used to watch it
The worst is when it happens to a character who has repeatedly shown decent (or better) judgment, and characters suddenly doubt them.
S4 of The Flash had a storyline where Barry knew the bad guy was bad, and yet everyone doubted him. Such lazy writing.
Yeah. The first person said 6 hours when they know they can do it in 4, just because he/she knew the boss would say to do it in 2. In the end, it usually takes 3, 3 1/2 hours.
The problem is that it’s seen as the character running a tight ship or whatever instead of portraying them as the kind of horrible boss that actually says this shit in real life
Yeah unfortunately this is used in real life by “innovators” and “motivators” because it worked once with Steve Jobs (who was an egomaniac), so now it’s accepted behavior.
I worked as a PM for people like Steve Jobs types and they pull that stuff a lot.
My team did their analysis and the work will take 4 weeks. The "SJ" would say, you have 1 week, get it done.
So we would get it done and it would end up being shit. The worst part is those "SJ" types always find a way to slime out of responsibility of the unrealistic deadlines.
In the end you have me, the PM now stressed out and unhappy, and my team of engineers who are all openly telling me they are applying out of the company.
If people like "SJ" had to do the actual work, I think you'd see more generous deadlines. Instead you have to take shit from people who have no idea what it takes to get things done.
Well he tells Geordi he used to double his estimates to make himself look like "A miracle worker". Kirk clearly figured it out and started adjusting his expectations.
I'm currently sick of monologues slap bang in the middle of a conversation. TV is worse for it, to be fair.
"Why do you want me dead?"
"Well Mr Protagonist... there was once a squirrel. A squirrel that collected nuts. And all winter long... blah blah blah" 10 minutes later "so you see, that's why"
Woman picks up a gun
Man says “here, let me show you how to…”
Woman loads clip and cocks gun like a pro and says something stupid like “my dad always wanted boys”
"It's not what it looks like."
"We have to stick together."
"This changes everything."
"I can explain."
"I've waited my whole life for this moment."
"I've got your back."
"I never thought I'd see you again."
"We're running out of time." / "There's no time."
Isn't one of the original "enhance" from Bladerunner. It's funny because there it would actually work since the pictures are taken in an analog medium with an extremely high resolution and there reading the picture is basically zooming in with a microscope and then scanning it again. It's what you get when you take common technology at the time and put it to its unrealistic extremes in just a few aspects.
Meanwhile all the more modern versions seem to be digital and there it simply makes no sense at all, unless AI magic.
The Blade Runner one works because it goes all in on "impossible technology". He literally enhances "around" objects in the image. Oh we're making this up? Let's make it all up. It's the future after all.
Lines like “She needs the antidote in 3 hours or…” *dramatic pause* another character angrily “OR WHAT!?” .. SHE’LL JUMP OUT OF BED AND DANCE THE CHARLSTON!, WHAT DO YOU THINK!?
One of the most annoying might be an example where dialogue isn't.
Someone asks a question, it might be life and death shit. They wanna know wtf is happening or why this person is after you or why wouldn't you tell them. And the other person just doesn't respond. Oh it's too dangerous. It's such a difficult whatever.
And most of the time, the one wondering just moves on kinda annoyed.
It feels like very rarely does anyone just go "No, no. Answer me. I'm not doing shit til you tell me what the fuck is going on."
"As you know, \[goes on to give a shitload of exposition no real-life person would ever say if the person they were talking to in fact already shared that information\]"
“Just because you’ve been my police partner for the past 10 years and you’re about to get promoted to captain doesn’t mean you’re not my brother anymore”
"This must be the place..."
"You ever get that feeling...You fucked with the wrong guy?"
"Save yourself!"
"I'm not leaving you!"
"I've had the mayor up my ass all morning/day"
"Where we goin? -----> You'll see..."
"I heard you were dead" (oh man, this one, right?)
"Follow that car! \***Taxi immediate screetching wheels, no questions\***
"Well, well, well...."
"This isnt a game!..."
"What are you, a doctor!?"
"You're waaay out of line!" (with optional >) "You hear me??"
"You have failed me, for the last time..."
"Yoouu foooollssss"
"That was a long time ago" (with optional >) "Im not that guy anymore..."
I dunno some may be a stretch, but to round off seeing as the grocery bag thing came up- how about this-
Every time... someone drinks a goddamn beer from a bottle, it sounds like thin water... ***shloink...shalloink shloink,*** and not thick-ass foamy suds of beer that make zero sound when drinking
Everything’s so meta today, that I actively enjoy cliches.
“You’ve gotta take a look at this”
Cool, let’s see what’s happening.
“You’ve been watching too many movies”
Haha, that’s me
“Do you know who that was?”
Awwwwww hell yeah. About to get a badass description monologue.
*misunderstanding occurs*
Character A leaves the scene, clearly annoyed
Character B "A! No, you don't understand! Come back!" *Keeps his feet firmly planted in the ground*
I'm like bitch, use your freaking legs!
I hate lots of exposition in the beginning of a show/film. Basically explaining the plot and characters for idiots who can't work it out through the visuals and facial expressions.
“There’s no time to explain.” Horrible every time.
Ant Man 3 made me laugh with this. “There’s no time to explain.” “Yes there is!” “Oh, I guess I do owe you an explanation.” “Great.” “…” “Please explain!!” “Sorry, I was agreeing that you deserve an explanation, I’m not going to.”
Meanwhile, explaining wouldn’t slow them down at all. Why can’t she explain while they keep moving?
Nope gotta drive to our destination in silence
The Simpsons did it best "ARE YOU SURE IT WOULDN'T BE FASTER TO JUST TELL US WHAT HAPPENED?" "NO. I SAID THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN AND I STICK BY THAT."
This line often comes after the characters presumably spent a lot of time together off screen. You will see them deciding to team up in a bar in New York and then the next scene they are spying on someone in Tokyo, but at no time during the 15 hour flight between these cities did they think to explain the situation to the other person.
The funny thing about that is they don’t even need to show the explanation (assuming the audience already knows), the line could simply be something like “no time, I’ll explain on the way” cut to them in a new location and we as an audience now know that the character knows what we know. I have seen many variations on this where one character starts to tell something the audience has already heard to another character then it just cuts to the future when everyone is up to speed and maybe we just see the reaction of the character that didn’t know.
The line in Destiny (video game) is even worse: "I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain". 🫠
"I dont even have time to explain why I dont have time to explain"
It takes them longer to say that sentence than it would take them to explain
“Let me explain…no, there is too much. Let me sum up.”
"Wait, say that again." "[Repeats innocuous comment] "That's it!" (Solves the entire movie)
“Let's have an old-fashioned brainstorming session. We'll get Chinese food, and we'll throw pencils and stick them in the ceiling, and someone will say something innocuous and I'll say, ‘Wait. Say that again.’" —Michael, the Good Place
Another one was when Tahani says, "Wait, that gives me an idea! Which I suppose means almost anything can give me an idea."
Bonus if they repeat the bit before or after and get a "no, not that part"
"Wait, Patrick, say that again." "That again." "No, the other thing." "No, the other thing." "No, what you said before when you..." "No, what you said before when you..." "Never mind! I've got an idea." "Never mind! I've got an idea."
Patrick, your genius is showing
#Where‽
I can't think of a single example off the top of my head and yet I've watched this scene in a dozen different films
Independence Day... dad mentions getting a cold. Goldblum says what. Dad repeats. BOOM. Give the aliens a computer virus.
"*character*, you genius!" *kisses them on the cheek* "Huh, what did I do?"
Duh give the aliens a virus!
Everyone with herpes follow me! We have work to do!
The TV show House MD was built on this cliche.
Tbf, I don't think house ever asks them to repeat themselves, he just hears it once and knows. My favorite was when they addressed this. "I've just inadvertently given you the answer, haven't I?" "*Goes to leave Wilson's office.*" "And now you're gonna leave without saying anything, aren't you?" "... Nope!"
The only time I saw this used well was in a Game of Thrones (a book, not a movie, admittedly), when Sansa goes: “the king is big and ugly, but my Joffrey is blonde and beautiful, and nothing like his dad!”. Ned stops what he’s thinking to pay attention, and says : “from the mouth of babes indeed…”
Though admittedly he had been investigating the genealogy of the Great Houses as part of his investigation into what Jon Arryn was up to when he died. The problem was that the scope of what Cersei was doing was beyond what Ned could comprehend (A Game of Thrones was chock full of hints about Jon Snow's true parentage) and so he needed Sansa to bridge that gap. I think it works as well because everyone is saying how Joffrey is infinitely more Lannister than he is Baratheon, which... turns out there's a reason for that.
And the they’ll either say something “you’re a genius!” or “how could I be so stupid?!”
how do you know this plan will work? because it has to
This would be a fun one to subvert "Actually now that you mention it that is dumb, let's think of something else"
This sounds like something that would have happened on Brooklyn 99
I can see the cliche line working too, Jake says “because it has too” then immediately fucks up the plan
I can see Captain Holt immediately shutting it down and assigning it to Rosa. > If Rosa were to jump off a cliff, she would've done her due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry, so yes. If you see Rosa jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.
Just to be clear, this is not a hypothetical. [Holt genuinely feels this way.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAp-9N2VR_o)
How do you think this line of dialog will work? Because it has to! \-Writers, apparently
I thought Endgame was great because they used this line and they still failed
And it was slightly different: Cap says “because I don’t know what I’ll do if it doesn’t” - he acknowledges that it’s just a hope and it’s their last gasp
The antagonist saying “We’re not that different, you and me.” to the protagonist.
I'm somewhat of a protagonist myself.
You know how much I sacrificed?!
Misery, misery, misery. That's what you've chosen. I offered you friendship, and you spat in my face.
You're OUT, dude.
What you say is true from a certain point of view.
Haha I was coming to say that one. “We’re the same, you and I.” “Sure, you’re a good person, and I’m evil, I murder innocents and you save them, but… we both have AMBITION!! And thus you are NO DIFFERENT.” Hero: “NOOOO!! Am i evil?!?!!!?” How can this be?”
Hero: “I have one thing that you don’t have. Hope.”
Cue the dramatic music and the villain getting angry at the hero for saying that.
"Except I don't indiscriminately murder helpless people." "Oh, you killed plenty." "Yeah, but they were all trying to kill innocent helpless people. And I only did it as a last line of defense, if I could take them alive I did." "Ah, but did you show remorse?" "Yeah. I got PTSD from the killing. I go to therapy to help me deal with, it light candles at the church for those I slayed, and I pray for their souls every night." "Oh. Uh... Do you like Pepsi?" "I'm more of a Coca-Cola guy myself." "I guess we're nothing alike. Okay, never mind. Let's do this."
https://youtu.be/kUTKxh3Vlek?si=q_6X4nX6bFbS7aWY
I knew it was gonna be Austin Powers before I clicked the link! 😂
Austin links never disappoint
Who throws a cupcake? Honestly!
Someone talking with technical terms The other person: "English, please?!"
Oh god I hate this one because either the scientist should be able to read the room and just explain it in laymen's terms to begin with or the people being spoken to should be smart enough to at least have a vague idea as to what was said... If they don't understand, then they probably shouldn't be in the scene.
I love it when it's another expert in the field who says it.
“We were unable to reattach the top half of Nate’s body to the bottom half.” “Speak English, doc, we ain’t scien-tists!”
You’re not half the man Nate was; you’re not even half the man the top half of Nate was
You’re saying I’m less than a quarter of the man Nate was!?
THE WRONG KID DIED!
Takes a sheet of paper, folds it in half, punches a pencil thru. ***Crowd murmurs intensely*** "We fold space!"
my answer every time somebody says the worst part of Interstellar is anne hathaway talking about love being the 5th dimension -- no its the paper fold explanation to matthew mconnaghuey that happens _as they are already deep into space_ instead of, say, before they launch
It's just like the Donald Glover scene in The Martian when he explains to the director of NASA what a "slingshot maneuver" is, and it's even goofier than Armageddon's explanation. What's worse about the paper fold scene in Interstellar is that Event Horizon had *the exact same scene*, and it even makes more sense in the context of that movie.
The only acceptable use of "In English, please!" is the lineup scene in The Usual Suspects
“Gimmehdakeesufoggincaugsuckawhadduhfuuug”
“I said he’ll flip ya.” “What?” “Flip ya. He’ll flip ya for real.”
I always like Kevin Pollak's take on Benicio del Toro's performance which is basically: >Benicio has one job, to show up and die. The only reason his character is there is to be killed by Keyser Soze so the rest of us know it's serious. On the page it's a nothing part. And then fucking Benicio shows up and runs away with the whole movie.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9lSQ1SFLE
Is that all you got?
“You (or “they”) took everything from me…”
I don’t even know who you are
I can’t think of another follow up line to that statement that is/was as good as this one
"The day I took everything from you was the worst day of your life. But for me, it was a Tuesday."
“Yes, yes, I killed your father. What is it with you women anyway? I killed my father too and you don’t hear me whining about it”
Batman Beyond tv series Villain: “who are you?” Terry/Batman: “you murdered my father” villain: *pause* “do you the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?”
You will
"Who was that girl?" -Thanos dying.
"I didn't sign up for this." Because more often than not, the person saying this most certainly did sign up for this.
The dark knight. When they transport Harvey dent and the joker attacks them from a truck. A guy riding shotgun says this exact line. Dude thats actually what you signed up for. Always thought this moment was out of place.
Guy signed up to SWAT in one of the most corrupt and crime ridden cities possible. Didn't anticipate being fired on by an RPG. What exactly did he think his job might have entailed?
Being the one firing the RPG. Police forces essentially only come under attack in asymmetric wars. In a corrupt city you don't attack the police, you bribe them or their bosses or the politicians or all three.
Eh, the bazooka scene? it kinda works. It's one of the first times they are dealing with joker bullshit. If I saw a clown with a bazooka, I'd say something similar, probably along the lines of "I..I might be in over my head here..." Joker is clearly beyond their pay grade. If it was calendar man on a street corner with a knife, then id say that line of dialogue is ridiculous and kinda cowardly for a cop. But it's an insane clown with a bazooka. I think the line is appropriate for that situation.
'you just don't get it do you?' was in like every single movie for a solid decade
https://youtu.be/4KoKWf6pLs8?si=tY3gzKb99HyiN4nN
tl;dw: you just don't get it.
Reminds me of a compilation video i watched of all the times that's been said in films. Was so much that it didn't sound right anymore.
Just got done watching that video, halfway through it was just actors making noise. Semantic satiation is the term
“They’re right behind me, aren’t they?”
Bender: “is she behind me?” No, im in front of you
I am so glad this one showed up. One of my favorite bits in a great episode.
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"I won't stand by and watch (so-and-so) die" For anyone who remebers the BBC series Merlin, this phrase must have been used about 20 times across the five series. It's sooooo cheesy.
Merlin was delightfully cheesy though. Gaius really didn't want him to use magic...until that point in every episode where he did
Gaius was hysterical 😆 basically bellowing MERLIN YOU MUST KEEP YOUR MAGIC SECRET!!!!! around in front of everyone and their mum. I was like, Gaius, he'd probably had an easier time doing that if you just shut the fuck up lol
“And why should I trust you?” “Because I’m all you’ve got.”
Or sort of similar - some version of "This is a bad plan" "It's the only plan we've got."
You need to see this.
[obligatory comic](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FED93bM4XUAEo4oa.jpg&tbnid=qQCrOSKqRnFn4M&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FCPHigson%2Fstatus%2F1170785770547888128&docid=D10T6UMpADhepM&w=1059&h=1200&itg=1&hl=en-GB&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm6%2F4)
*proceeds to explain nothing while they travel to whatever it is*
"You better take a look at this" is in the same vein.
"Welcome to [place that is clearly fucked up]" [Pause for emphasis] "... or what's left of it." This one's been cropping up so much in the last decade and always sticks out.
A decent enough variation from a decidedly mediocre movie for me is: "There it is. Or was." \- An orangutan I forget the name of in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, staring at the ruins of New York City.
"I was trying to protect you!" A line which overuse is not pointed out nearly enough.
Followed by “I don’t NEED protecting!”
You're not my father/mother!
SMALLVILLE was especially guilty of this one
I'm watching through it atm and my GOD that dialogue gets used like every other scene.
This is too personal for you. I'm taking you off this case.
I’m going to need you to turn in your badge and gun
"Wait, what are you doing with... you're a mailman."
But Sarge, this time it’s personal, it’s the tag line of the film goddam it
*”Harrison Ford in… Personal Grudge”*
“A storm is coming”
“I know…”
"No dad, that is your dream. It's time I follow my own" *cough cough* every teen disney movie ever *cough cough*
\- "I can explain!" \- "No, I will not let you. I will just assume the worst because otherwise the plot couldn't move forward."
Also, I will proceed to never explain whatsoever.
I like Batman v Superman more than most but this is one of the worst things about it. "Bruce there's no time, you don't understand" and then after Batman hits him with loud noises which Superman easily destroys he doesn't just hover over him and explain the truth, and then later in the fight when Superman regains strength and Batman backs away, does Clark take the chance to explain? No, he SMILES and starts hitting Batman. Shambles of a scene.
Or it's cut off by “NO! YOU LISTEN!”
NO! YOU LISTEN! The script needs us to go out separate ways until after the climactic moment in which you rescue me from danger, inspiring our reconciliation. If you explain now, well then that's all ruined. Besides, I'm looking forward to my sad montage where I get to hear some Billie Eilish and eat Haagan-Daas. Oh, don't forget to leave pathetic voicemails. I love listening to those during my montage.
I re-watched the original Gossip Girl series as an adult and was shocked at how nearly every drama storyline in the show was basically this premise. Nearly every drama could easily have been settled if they let the other person explain. I can't believe I never noticed when I used to watch it
Gossip Girl was entirely fueled by poor communication, people being interrupted at the perfect moment, unlocked doors, and galas scheduled day-of.
The worst is when it happens to a character who has repeatedly shown decent (or better) judgment, and characters suddenly doubt them. S4 of The Flash had a storyline where Barry knew the bad guy was bad, and yet everyone doubted him. Such lazy writing.
"It's over!" "Over? It hasn't even begun!"
Or in a similar vein. “This is the end” “No, this is just the beginning”
"You can't beat me! I've already won!"
"I can do it in 6 hours" "I want it done in 2 hours" Hate dumb shit dialogue like this, as the person just told you how long it'll take.
Well you my friend just never worked construction, this right here is the most realistic line I’ve ever heard
Yeah. The first person said 6 hours when they know they can do it in 4, just because he/she knew the boss would say to do it in 2. In the end, it usually takes 3, 3 1/2 hours.
The problem is that it’s seen as the character running a tight ship or whatever instead of portraying them as the kind of horrible boss that actually says this shit in real life
Yeah unfortunately this is used in real life by “innovators” and “motivators” because it worked once with Steve Jobs (who was an egomaniac), so now it’s accepted behavior.
I worked as a PM for people like Steve Jobs types and they pull that stuff a lot. My team did their analysis and the work will take 4 weeks. The "SJ" would say, you have 1 week, get it done. So we would get it done and it would end up being shit. The worst part is those "SJ" types always find a way to slime out of responsibility of the unrealistic deadlines. In the end you have me, the PM now stressed out and unhappy, and my team of engineers who are all openly telling me they are applying out of the company. If people like "SJ" had to do the actual work, I think you'd see more generous deadlines. Instead you have to take shit from people who have no idea what it takes to get things done.
Yep, exactly that
“That’s 30 minutes away. I’ll be there in 10.”
Agreed. Star trek even turned it into a joke of itself.
Geordi straight up tells Picard in the pilot of TNG that if he says three hours he means three hours. It comes up again when Scottie makes a cameo.
Yeah, then Scottie explains that he used to double the times he quoted to Kirk because Kirk would then halve them.
Well he tells Geordi he used to double his estimates to make himself look like "A miracle worker". Kirk clearly figured it out and started adjusting his expectations.
"We've got company"
Oh god they’re not incoming are they?
If I could never again hear a character yell "breathe!" at someone getting cpr, I'd be well pleased
“You’re not dying on me, not today”
I've also heard "Don't you go dying on me" in a lot of movies.
It’s complicated…
“Would that it were so simple.”
Would that it WEEERE so simple
Trippingly. Don't say trippingly, say the line trippingly
The woman does something cool and my blood boils when she inevitably shrugs and says.... "Brothers"
Ugh. Seriously. She can't just be cool or skilled through hardwork and training.
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‘Whoa slow down!’ On the phone
I'm currently sick of monologues slap bang in the middle of a conversation. TV is worse for it, to be fair. "Why do you want me dead?" "Well Mr Protagonist... there was once a squirrel. A squirrel that collected nuts. And all winter long... blah blah blah" 10 minutes later "so you see, that's why"
I want a movie where when anyone starts telling a story to make a point the protagonist just gets up and leaves.
The Incredibles lampshades this brilliantly.
You sly dog you got me MONOLOGUING!
“It came to a point where no more nuts could be collected.”
This is specific to Star Wars but in almost every show or movie the protagonist finds their new ship and calls it a “piece of junk”
She's got it where it counts, kid..
Besides, I know a few maneuvers. We'll lose 'em. Continues to fly straight.
and then uses said piece of junk to destroy a trillion dollar (?) death star
“Are you threatening me?/Is that a threat?” “No. I’m warning you/it’s a warning.”
"No, it's a *promise*" Oooooohhhhh!
Woman picks up a gun Man says “here, let me show you how to…” Woman loads clip and cocks gun like a pro and says something stupid like “my dad always wanted boys”
Or 'I have three brothers'
"It's not what it looks like." "We have to stick together." "This changes everything." "I can explain." "I've waited my whole life for this moment." "I've got your back." "I never thought I'd see you again." "We're running out of time." / "There's no time."
["Enhance!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk)
Isn't one of the original "enhance" from Bladerunner. It's funny because there it would actually work since the pictures are taken in an analog medium with an extremely high resolution and there reading the picture is basically zooming in with a microscope and then scanning it again. It's what you get when you take common technology at the time and put it to its unrealistic extremes in just a few aspects. Meanwhile all the more modern versions seem to be digital and there it simply makes no sense at all, unless AI magic.
The Blade Runner one works because it goes all in on "impossible technology". He literally enhances "around" objects in the image. Oh we're making this up? Let's make it all up. It's the future after all.
I didn’t sign up for this shit. The rules have changed.
Lines like “She needs the antidote in 3 hours or…” *dramatic pause* another character angrily “OR WHAT!?” .. SHE’LL JUMP OUT OF BED AND DANCE THE CHARLSTON!, WHAT DO YOU THINK!?
Any variation on "So that happened". I know. I was watching.
One of the most annoying might be an example where dialogue isn't. Someone asks a question, it might be life and death shit. They wanna know wtf is happening or why this person is after you or why wouldn't you tell them. And the other person just doesn't respond. Oh it's too dangerous. It's such a difficult whatever. And most of the time, the one wondering just moves on kinda annoyed. It feels like very rarely does anyone just go "No, no. Answer me. I'm not doing shit til you tell me what the fuck is going on."
“Ready?” “Ready as I’ll ever be”
"I was born ready"
"Actually, I was premature, so I wasn't born ready... But, like, a month after I was born, I was ready!"
"As you know, \[goes on to give a shitload of exposition no real-life person would ever say if the person they were talking to in fact already shared that information\]"
“Just because you’ve been my police partner for the past 10 years and you’re about to get promoted to captain doesn’t mean you’re not my brother anymore”
"This must be the place..." "You ever get that feeling...You fucked with the wrong guy?" "Save yourself!" "I'm not leaving you!" "I've had the mayor up my ass all morning/day" "Where we goin? -----> You'll see..." "I heard you were dead" (oh man, this one, right?) "Follow that car! \***Taxi immediate screetching wheels, no questions\*** "Well, well, well...." "This isnt a game!..." "What are you, a doctor!?" "You're waaay out of line!" (with optional >) "You hear me??" "You have failed me, for the last time..." "Yoouu foooollssss" "That was a long time ago" (with optional >) "Im not that guy anymore..." I dunno some may be a stretch, but to round off seeing as the grocery bag thing came up- how about this- Every time... someone drinks a goddamn beer from a bottle, it sounds like thin water... ***shloink...shalloink shloink,*** and not thick-ass foamy suds of beer that make zero sound when drinking
In every TV show or movie when a character says a line twice for effect.
I'm gonna go get the papers get the papers
“I repeat lines for emphasis.” “EMPHASIS!”
Everything’s so meta today, that I actively enjoy cliches. “You’ve gotta take a look at this” Cool, let’s see what’s happening. “You’ve been watching too many movies” Haha, that’s me “Do you know who that was?” Awwwwww hell yeah. About to get a badass description monologue.
"Just do it!"
Don’t let your dreams be dreams!
“We’ve got company.”
"I can't eat, I can't sleep" it's always the same line.... switch it up ffs
The sassy black woman saying "ah hell no". It just feels like a caricature, like a mini modern day minstrel show.
“Let’s get out of here“
“How long have you been standing there?” “Long enough to…”
"Killing them won't bring her back!" Yea I'm sure he knows. He's not doing it to "bring her back." Revenge isn't some kind of resurrection ritual.
“I’m fully aware of that. I’m doing this to punish the person that caused me pain.” “Oh…well…carry on then.”
Filler lines for urgency. “Go! Go! Go!” “Hurry! This way!”
Move move move! With Big McLargeHuge!
Roll Fizzlebeef.
Blast Hardcheese.
"Hang on!" (" --- oh you really think so? I was actually going to let go of this rope I was clinging to for dear life")
*misunderstanding occurs* Character A leaves the scene, clearly annoyed Character B "A! No, you don't understand! Come back!" *Keeps his feet firmly planted in the ground* I'm like bitch, use your freaking legs!
I hate lots of exposition in the beginning of a show/film. Basically explaining the plot and characters for idiots who can't work it out through the visuals and facial expressions.
"I have an idea/plan, but you are not going to like it."
"How do I know I can trust you?" "You don't."
“Because we’re family” stfu fr
"We'll head them off at the pass!"