Sabre Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I've not seen any of the saw film, don't want to. I have watched the traps on youtube though. I can't see how they work.For example, how does the reverse bear trap work? Also, when they have to stick their hand into a toilet of needles or whatever, why not just smash the toilet?Then there are saw like traps that are in alot of shows recently. In a recent episode of criminal minds, a guy puts this woman in a room full of broken glass with no shoes. Why didn't she use her jecket and trousers to sweep the glass away, or as a pair of makshift shoes?Maybe I'm just really clever or the writers are lazy, but does anyone else end up shouting at the TV calling the characters idiots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julius Quasar Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 People in horror movies are purposely made dumber to add to the tension, thrill, suspense, and drama I guess...I've seen all the Saw movies! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 To me it does the oposate, and make me want to see them die. You can have horror without the dumb, like in Dawn of the Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 It's possible to walk on glass barefoot without getting injured. Just be careful and not commit your full weight until you're sure you're not stepping on a point. Same principle as fire walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I'm quite often annoyed by movie characters seemingly lack of intelligence. The thing is however that if the scriptwriters didn't make the characters stupid, and thus force them to do things the stupid, hard way, it wouldn't be as entertaining to watch, at least not for those viewers who can't think out alternate ways themself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Just a sign that people are becoming dumber, instead of dumbing everything down, people should be learning to its level, but yes, I've noticed people being exceptionally dumb in horror movies, case in point, "Lets split up even though there's a psychopathic, undead, machete wielding murderer on the loose." I actually had a friend think I was dangerously insane in high school, he's right, but for the wrong reasons, I told him I laughed and cheered whenever dumb people died in movies such as the Friday the 13th series or the Halloween movies (the original good ones), and I said, "No, the person who goes into an engine room of a cruise ship alone to get good acoustics for her guitar while Jason is on the prowl deserves to get smacked in the head with it, they should not be breeding." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Oh, and have you noticed that no one wants to use a weapon in those movies, if someone came at me with a machete and I had a gun, I'd empty it into em, then take the machete and hack away for good measure, no such thing as overkill, just insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Oh, and have you noticed that no one wants to use a weapon in those movies, if someone came at me with a machete and I had a gun, I'd empty it into em, then take the machete and hack away for good measure, no such thing as overkill, just insurance.Actually, I never get scared of those movies where the villain is just human-sized, because if they for some reason excisted in reality, they wouldn't be much of a treath to me. Unless they came with a gun or other ranged weapon.But instead of bringing the fight to them and giving them a good whopping, the victims tried to run away, and get stabbed in the back when they reach a locked door they for some reason can't kick open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Exactly, I laugh at those movies, they're comedies for me, no one knows what to do and almost every decision they make is a bad one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 I think Scary movie 1 had it right when there is a table full of deadly weapons, but she takes a banana instead.What about Freddy Kruger? I haven't seen those films in years, but does anyone ever summon a giant robot or army or nanobots to eat him alive, or just make themselves invicable and unnumberable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krystal Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yes. Horror is the most illogical of genres. I mean, think about zombie movies. All you would have to do is get in a boat, or even just swim. Zombies can't swim. Don't hole up in a mall or school. Take a short trip into the middle of the lake. Worse, I don't care what kind of virus you have, a zombie wouldn't live for longer than a few days due to lack of food, lack of appropriate feedback mechanisms, and the relative danger of living in an abandoned city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxer Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yes. Horror is the most illogical of genres. I mean, think about zombie movies. All you would have to do is get in a boat, or even just swim. Zombies can't swim. Don't hole up in a mall or school. Take a short trip into the middle of the lake. Worse, I don't care what kind of virus you have, a zombie wouldn't live for longer than a few days due to lack of food, lack of appropriate feedback mechanisms, and the relative danger of living in an abandoned city.Then what do you do about food? You stay in the middle of the lake for the rest of your life, or rather, until you starve to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julius Quasar Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 It's possible to walk on glass barefoot without getting injured. Just be careful and not commit your full weight until you're sure you're not stepping on a point. Same principle as fire walking.Cool! Oh, and have you noticed that no one wants to use a weapon in those movies, if someone came at me with a machete and I had a gun, I'd empty it into em, then take the machete and hack away for good measure, no such thing as overkill, just insurance.Me too! The people in horror movies can be such cowards and crybabies.But instead of bringing the fight to them and giving them a good whopping, the victims tried to run away, and get stabbed in the back when they reach a locked door they for some reason can't kick open.Totally! At least kick the damn door open....xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Me and my friends came up with the idea that if zombies attack, we're escaping through the sewers, to hell with the normal means of exiting a city, those will be clogged by panickers, but who'd go through the sewer, and why would there be zombies there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yes. Horror is the most illogical of genres. I mean, think about zombie movies. All you would have to do is get in a boat, or even just swim. Zombies can't swim. Don't hole up in a mall or school. Take a short trip into the middle of the lake. Worse, I don't care what kind of virus you have, a zombie wouldn't live for longer than a few days due to lack of food, lack of appropriate feedback mechanisms, and the relative danger of living in an abandoned city.True, but then in land of the dead, they get through the moat ok. The main issue with Zombie films is that zombies wouldn't exist. They would either infect everyone and strave to death, or would be so inefective they couldn't catch anyone. That said, I like zombie films because of the survival type nature. Not all people can get to an island, and not all outbreaks infect the world.Most zombie films and games aren't about zombies. They often have a theme, or greater threat. In the 'of the dead' series, zombies are the spark, but it's people who are the flame. Even in the House of the dead series and Silent Hill series, you are blasting through zombies for a reason.Even when they are, they are still not that simple. 4eg. Resident Evil 3 is all about escape, as is 1 and 2. While it might be easy for me (living at the coast) to hop in a boat with a bunch of corned beef tins and wait it out, anywhere that is land locked, that isn't a realistic option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DRL Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Even when they are, they are still not that simple. 4eg. Resident Evil 3 is all about escape, as is 1 and 2. While it might be easy for me (living at the coast) to hop in a boat with a bunch of corned beef tins and wait it out, anywhere that is land locked, that isn't a realistic option.That means Switzerland is doomed.Yes. Horror is the most illogical of genres. I mean, think about zombie movies. All you would have to do is get in a boat, or even just swim. Zombies can't swim. Don't hole up in a mall or school. Take a short trip into the middle of the lake. Worse, I don't care what kind of virus you have, a zombie wouldn't live for longer than a few days due to lack of food, lack of appropriate feedback mechanisms, and the relative danger of living in an abandoned city.A common thing I have seen in zombie movies is that, at some point, one or more zombies seem to "drop" part of their bodies, e.g. an arm or eye, or wathever. Thus, if they themselves have trouble standing still, imagine what would happen if you hit them hard or shoot at them. Yet I have never seen this happen - and worse, when a zombie touches a person, he or she seems to lose his/her strenght completely and let the zombie(s) eat him/her.They would either infect everyone and strave to death, or would be so inefective they couldn't catch anyone.That is my point. They would be literally useless. When I was younger, I used to laught at these types of films. Either they were too unrealistic, or the main characters where simply st00pid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showtime 1-1 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 "Be careful! It's a trap!"I never though that horror was a good basis for anything, but that's just me. It is fun to watch other people get scared, though. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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