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[Professor Bear]

Poor jokes about the hoops some fans will jump through to justify stuff, I have always wondered whether other professionals stare with disbelief at the screen like I used to do when stupid stuff happens in a movie "Computers don't work like that!"

With computers you have the in-built getaround of licencing preventing tv shows/movies showing something like Windows without Microsoft's permission, so the characters are probably using a proprietary Linux OS that works differently.  I imagine most hardcore hackers would use their own OS to keep their systems secure from script kiddies/bots, so it kind of tracks.

I used to work as a glazier, so every time someone goes through a window in a show or movie I just think "nope."  Also every time someone uses any kind of glass cutting tool - you actually have to break glass from the opposite side of the glass on which you make a cut (ie: if you cut glass on the outside, you have to break it from the inside).

[TordelBack]

I imagine most hardcore hackers would use their own OS to keep their systems secure from script kiddies/bots, so it kind of tracks.

Makes sense,  just not sure why everything is rendered in a 96pt font, and why copying files to USB drives generate loud digital countdowns and giant red sliders.

As to your specialist knowledge,  "glazier" eh,  is that the Norn Iron equivalent of "locksmith"?

[Hawkmumbler]

47 METRES DOWN
It would be pretty hard not generate tension and suspense in a film where your two leads are stuck 47m down, running out of air with a couple of Great White Sharks circling.

The crossing open water scenes being particularly scary. They fumble the actual kills though and I genuinely think it would be better with [spoiler]the two endings swapped[/spoiler]. But overall, I enjoyed it despite still being twenty minutes too long on a lean run time.

It's a pity then that as a qualified Tec diver I found 47MD to be the best comedy in years, with absolutely hilarious lack of knowledge in diving methodology and technique, they should have been narced after the first 5 mins, and suffering explosive decompression by the second act.

Worst movie I saw last year.

Ah, but they had those bits of kit on that stopped that bit happening. I mean they didn't show it or mention it but it must have been there.

Two Words.

Gas. Narcosis. The whole movie was a 2 second hallucination before the bends set in. 

[Professor Bear]

Makes sense,  just not sure why everything is rendered in a 96pt font, and why copying files to USB drives generate loud digital countdowns and giant red sliders.

When you go open source, you can have your OS do anything you want and those things are probably just how the hacker rolls, daddy-o.
Or - and this is my personal theory - this is how the aging writers/directors/producers of these things have their computers set up to compensate for the declining state of their eyesight and hearing, AKA: death takes a down-payment.

[Tjm86]

... not sure why everything is rendered in a 96pt font, and why copying files to USB drives generate loud digital countdowns and giant red sliders.

Plus, you never see them stuck with the spinning beach ball of death or a 'cannot eject, file in use' error ...

[Rara Avis]

I liked Black Panther but some thoughts thereon:

Within the Marvel universe the events depicted in BP run more or less concurrently to events in Captain America Civil War and yet there is no reference to CACV in BP. BP features heavily in Civil War but the issue about how he can be fighting here and there is not addressed.

BP's best friend turns his back on him due to his failure to bring his fathers killer to justice yet [spoiler][spoiler]teams up with the man who set his fathers killer free - denying him that justice[/spoiler][/spoiler]

Which of the other Marvel hero's are as hen pecked? BP always seemed to have a female character jeered at or poking fun of him.

Where are there no African actors used? The majority of male actors are African American while the female actors are mixed nationality. It's just disappointing that a movie about a African nation was neither filmed in nor contained local actors.

I did however think it was a very interesting take on American - Vs- African ideas about being black. Although lol @ the idea of Wakanda opening their first outreach program in Oakland.

Also why didn't he just say [spoiler]no to the challenge[/spoiler] .. I mean come on ...

Just a few thoughts ..

BLACK PANTHER
I think someone already mentioned how closely the first hour resembled a BOND movie but my goodness, it actually looks like they reused the Casino set from Skyfall.
Enjoyable enough stuff. Would have loved the car chase to have been more practical leaping from vehicle to vehicle rather than just a cgi shooty chasy snooze.

The CG was a bit of a barrier to me getting fully into Black Panther to be honest, I felt like it all had that cheap weightless quality that took all the thrills and punch out of the action. I was surprised it was as bad as it was, given Marvel movies have a great track record with that stuff and this supposedly had a bigger effects budget than most of them.

That and I thought the third act was quite generic and predictable if you've ever seen another Marvel film. I know the structures all have a bit of a cookie cutter cut and paste feel to them at this point, but after the first half feeling more interesting than most Marvel movies in terms of the world-building and the villain and the character motivations etc. it did feel a bit like it ran out of ideas a bit midway through so just checked off all the usual beats.

Still really enjoyed it though, the cast were all brilliantly watchable, it just didn't dethrone the Thor and Guardians series' as my top Marvel movies.

[TordelBack]

Within the Marvel universe the events depicted in BP run more or less concurrently to events in Captain America Civil War and yet there is no reference to CACV in BP. BP features heavily in Civil War but the issue about how he can be fighting here and there is not addressed.

Surely BP takes place after the events of Civil War? For most of CW T'Challa has been hunting Winter Soldier to avenge the death of his father, at the end he[spoiler] realises his mistake, secretly brings Steve and Bucky back to Wakanda offering them sanctuary and treatment[/spoiler]. Then he makes his formal public return to Wakanda at the start of BP to take up his presumed succession as King.  At the end, we see[spoiler] Bucky has been under Shuri's care during the movie and seems to have got his marbles back, although still hasn't had a decent haircut this century[/spoiler]. 

Which of the other Marvel hero's are as hen pecked? BP always seemed to have a female character jeered at or poking fun of him.

In the MCU: Cap (Agent Carter and Black Widow). Iron Man (Pepper, Black Widow and Friday). Spidey (Michelle), Star-Lord (Gamorra). Thor (Valkyrie). Non-stop in all cases when they're on screen together... it's very much an MCU thing.   

[Rara Avis]

I don't know man, I watched CW after Black Panther and both events appear to take place in the immediate aftermath of the UN bombing and his father's death.

That was not my take on it .. I thought that the women in BP got the upper hand on him more often than not. I thought it was an attempt to market to the female African American audience by portraying BP as a man very much in need of the guidance of strong black women. He is surrounded by women (his mother, his sister, his love interest and his military leader). Not that there's anything wrong with that but I don't see other characters in the MCU receiving the same treatment.

Also the fact that it is ultimately a white guy [spoiler]Frodo Baggins that "saves" Wakanda in the end [/spoiler].. food for thought ..

[Jim_Campbell]

I don't know man, I watched CW after Black Panther and both events appear to take place in the immediate aftermath of the UN bombing and his father's death.

Very much not my impression either, I'm afraid.

[Mardroid]

I don't know man, I watched CW after Black Panther and both events appear to take place in the immediate aftermath of the UN bombing and his father's death.

That was not my take on it .. I thought that the women in BP got the upper hand on him more often than not. I thought it was an attempt to market to the female African American audience by portraying BP as a man very much in need of the guidance of strong black women. He is surrounded by women (his mother, his sister, his love interest and his military leader). Not that there's anything wrong with that but I don't see other characters in the MCU receiving the same treatment.

Also the fact that it is ultimately a white guy [spoiler]Frodo Baggins that "saves" Wakanda in the end [/spoiler].. food for thought ..

The director was black, so I doubt he was attempting to show black people in a negative light. Even the main villain was relatable and understandable in his motivations. [spoiler]And it was my take that the CIA chap played his part . They all saved Wakanda, and he was part of the team.[/spoiler]

[Rara Avis]

Apparently the events of Civil War begin on June 8 2016 and the BP events begin on June 23.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[abelardsnazz]

Open Windows. An attempt at a tech thriller that's way too contrived and ridiculous to make any sense whatsoever, which sometimes can give entertainment value, but not in this case. Pants.

[JOE SOAP]

Makes sense,  just not sure why everything is rendered in a 96pt font, and why copying files to USB drives generate loud digital countdowns and giant red sliders.

Probably because computers, like mobile phones, are the most anti-cinematic but almost unavoidable things to put on screen. 

[Eamonn Clarke]

The Wave on amazon prime.
Pretty good Norwegian disaster movie with some tense underwater scenes.

[Jim_Campbell]

Isle of Dogs. Can't say I'm familiar with Wes Anderson's oeuvre* but I rather liked it. Whimsical, charming, distinctly odd. Given a fairly specific time window to squeeze a movie in, it was this, Ready Player One or Pacific Rim: Uprising. To my considerable surprise, I'm glad I went with this...

*Apart from Nightmare on Elm Street. This seems a bit of a departure, stylistically...