Phrases of dialogue that should be outlawed

[vynsane]

or you have a guy say 'you've heard of C-4, right? this is C-8! it's twice as explosive as C-4!"

[Rollo Tomassi]

or you have a guy say 'you've heard of C-4, right? this is C-8! it's twice as explosive as C-4!"

I was thinking that, but I was gonna call it C-400!

[Diabolical]

It's like 9-11 times a thousand. That's right...911,000.

[Ran]

If we're including movie/video game cliches, I have an issue with the use of air vents as passage ways.

[vynsane]

THAT NO-GOOD, BACK-STABBING, MOTHER-PUNCHING, DUCK-FUCKING... he's right behind me, isn't he?

done with that.

[Diabolical]

I'm sick of seeing people smoke weed and hallucinate like they are on 'shrooms.

[kidhuman]

I'm sick of seeing people smoke weed and hallucinate like they are on 'shrooms.

Good point. That drives me freakin crazy.

[Rollo Tomassi]

When the protaganist is collected by thugs under nerfarious/sinister circumstances, and then you find out whoever's in charge wants to hire the person and/or send them on the main adventure. And they couldn't just call and ask.

Also, when someone is brought into a room bound and gagged and the person in charge is all shocked. "Are we not civilized?" or "What are we, animals?" This happened most recently in Iron Man 2 and bugged the shit out of me.

[vynsane]

"Are we not civilized?" or "What are we, animals?" This happened most recently in Iron Man 2 and bugged the shit out of me.

although, again, that seemed like it was meta-textual to show how much of a clichéd douche justin hammer (masterfully played by sam rockwell) is, and vanko's unimpressed reaction kinda drove the point home. but as such, it's the exception that proves the rule, and should be henceforth banned.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Animated films that use catchy popular chart toppers from the 60s, 70s, and 80s only because they think its hilarious to see animated characters singing those songs.

[Ran]

Animated films that use catchy popular chart toppers from the 60s, 70s, and 80s only because they think its hilarious to see animated characters singing those songs.

Not exactly the same thing, but as I was reading this post, I turned on the TV and Hot Shots was on. Just happened to be the montage scene set to "Only You".

[Rollo Tomassi]

Animated films that use catchy popular chart toppers from the 60s, 70s, and 80s only because they think its hilarious to see animated characters singing those songs.

Not exactly the same thing, but as I was reading this post, I turned on the TV and Hot Shots was on. Just happened to be the montage scene set to "Only You".

Another variation of this is the "pajama party montage" in chick flicks. The four lead actresses open a bottle of wine and dance around the living room singing to shit like Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" or some shit so the film can eat up seven to ten minutes without having any actual plot in it.

[Diabolical]

[vynsane]

i thought he'd be... taller.

what the fuck does that even mean? why would you assume someone is tall in the first place?

[anarky]

That has worked a few times. ESB was the first time, right? I can see why Luke expected the Jedi Master to be at least as tall as his astromech, given that the majority of aliens in SW are human-sized. However, given how famous Yoda was in the prequels just a handful of years earlier, and the involvement of half the Senate in the Rebellion, it makes no sense that someone, somewhere in the Rebellion would not have mentioned Yoda to him.

"You get in a situation like this, you've got to try to think like Yoda."
"Yoda? What's a Yoda?"
"Yoda! You know, Yoda. Leader of the Jedi. About yay big, puke green, pointy ears, talks backwards. Not ringing a bell? I guess he was before your time."

Or, come on, biggest plot hole Lucas walked himself into (without tossing in a memory wipe at the last second): If Anakin and Obi-Wan were celebrities during the Clone Wars, and Chewie worked closely with at least two Jedi who knew him personally (Yoda and Luminara, and, in the comics, Quinlan), why did he blow off Ben on the Falcon? Even if he's trying to keep a secret at that point, why not later say, "Han, tell Luke I knew all about his buddy. I didn't believe it was really Obi-Wan, thought he died ages ago and this was some old crank, but it obviously was him. There are other Jedi running around alive; I used to work with this dude named Yoda...."

And the line was parodied in Mickey's Christmas Carol, where the Ghost of Christmas Past is Jiminy Cricket.

But, yeah, aside from those two, the line blows. Unless we're counting comic books; the Joe team meeting the Original GIJoe and commenting that they always expected him to be taller works because it's a nod to the actual relative sizes of the toys.