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Movies set in the modern era are screwed now
- Thread starter Ether_Snake
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I'm actually curious how the writers of the upcoming Home Alone sequel / reboot will write around the modern conveniences of today. I can't imagine a scenario where a child of a wealthy family doesn't have access to a plethora of devices to FaceTime, Zoom, Skype with their parents.
On the flipside, having a Home Alone where the child has a plethora of devices to case havoc on thieves could be entertaining (thinking of that Google Home McCauley Culkin ad).
On the flipside, having a Home Alone where the child has a plethora of devices to case havoc on thieves could be entertaining (thinking of that Google Home McCauley Culkin ad).
How would he ever be left alone though? He can just call his parents while they're in the car.
All the phones are on silent until they get on the plane?
Maybe the dad is a boomer and is like "okay kids, this vacations is a no phones allowed zone!"
Even if you go the boomer dad angle, you still have to make up some reason why they can't access a computer or use someone else's cell while on the trip. Maybe the family goes to a place where there is no highspeed internet or cell reception for miles.
Finding your car, going to the right movie, licking envelopes..
I think in the case of Seinfeld you'd just find other things in modern society to base this stuff of (see Curb).
I know that when watching movies we are supposed to suspend our disbelief, but I wouldn't feel comfortable seeing groups of people on movies or series filmed this year and nobody wearing masks or being too close to others, mostly if we know that production was halted at some point during the pandemic. It's going to be weird for a while.
Need to get away from a ne'er-do-well? No need to have horsemanship, just jump into an automobile!
Large hulking brute advancing on you? Simply fire one of those new revolver pistols at him, without any need for fisticuffs or swordplay!
A character is sick! But instead of traveling across the lands to find the gods and a magical herb, you can just call a "doctor" to provide "medicine."
Large hulking brute advancing on you? Simply fire one of those new revolver pistols at him, without any need for fisticuffs or swordplay!
A character is sick! But instead of traveling across the lands to find the gods and a magical herb, you can just call a "doctor" to provide "medicine."
People paranoid enough to use home surveillance systems and you think you can't scare them anymore? People relying on tech gadgets for their daily lives in lieu of practical skills are the easiest people to scare. Hell half of what they own is to appease some fear or insecurities.
Plus in a pandemic people are refusing to wear masks and socially distance. It's not like human beings are realistic or logical, so why do films have to be?
The bad guys could just use some fancy emp sci-fi device that shuts down every electronic device in a 2 mile radius or something like that.
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I just saved Hollywood, please send me your cheques via PM.
It's interesting going back ro the first Scream the fact that Billy had a mobile phone made him suspicious.
Scream 4 though set well in the mobile phone era, continued the theme of phones as a means of psychological torment.
Writers find ways to make it work.
Scream 4 though set well in the mobile phone era, continued the theme of phones as a means of psychological torment.
Writers find ways to make it work.
It'll evolve like it always does.
Mulholland Drive has aged into a time capsule. That movie is incredibly changed by the 20 years. Cell phone affect it, incredibly.
An aside, the wife and I visited Winkie's last weekend and the likeness of it seems to have closed years ago. It's still there but the corner scenexhobo is barely there, if overgrown. Has an energy about it though and some honestly vibrant weirdness happened to us there trying to IG the scene randomly.
Mulholland Drive has aged into a time capsule. That movie is incredibly changed by the 20 years. Cell phone affect it, incredibly.
An aside, the wife and I visited Winkie's last weekend and the likeness of it seems to have closed years ago. It's still there but the corner scenexhobo is barely there, if overgrown. Has an energy about it though and some honestly vibrant weirdness happened to us there trying to IG the scene randomly.
I'm not sure what you intended by this sentence but I'm now imagining someone jailbreaking their phone to always show 100% battery and full bars as if that would help.
Tagline: "Don't share the wrong scream" or "Leave meeting...and your life!"
I intend to convey that a ridiculous nitpick deserves a ridiculous explanation. And we're living in a world where people refuse to wear masks during a pandemic, so maybe things people find unrealistic in films are actually eminently plausible in real life and thus not unrealistic.
Theres a ton of workarounds around that stuff.
What IS screwed is the concept of powerful people being brought down by a news story breaking. Trump has proven that nobody actually gives a shit so all these shows and movies were a powerful person is brought down by such a thing look silly, naive and unrealistic when compared to the real world
What IS screwed is the concept of powerful people being brought down by a news story breaking. Trump has proven that nobody actually gives a shit so all these shows and movies were a powerful person is brought down by such a thing look silly, naive and unrealistic when compared to the real world
last night my wife and i watched the blair witch project for the first time in forever and i was like "lol this would've been solved immediately if they'd had smartphones."
then we watched blair witch (2016) immediately after and turns out no, there are ways to write around it. not that it stopped the movie being bad, but you get the point
then we watched blair witch (2016) immediately after and turns out no, there are ways to write around it. not that it stopped the movie being bad, but you get the point
*bzzt* I just disabled your cameras with my super duper smartphone app. Now I can go into your house undetected!
there OP I fixed The movies for you.
there OP I fixed The movies for you.
Isn't this the trope of pretty much every sitcom? They'd solve all their problems if they'd talk to each other in a proper way.
And even "tech nerds" like those guys from BBT can't do it.
Man, this OP shows such a strong kind of class, geographic and imaginary provincialism and also such a looking back ideal of cinema that i am without recourse and must immediately leave the thread believing there is goodness in this world that is not to be found here.
Cell phone issue is solved with either no reception or battery going dead. The one that still shows up that is silly though is the person trying to start the car as they get away with it not turning over, that never happens with modern push button to start cars.
Okay well like half of those examples are nonsense lol, but it's true that modern technology renders a lot of challenges characters encounter in media completely obsolete. We're gonna have to keep coming up with more and more contrived workarounds
Movies/tv just get around it with the power/internet/service goes down.
There are lots of movies where someone check's their phone and no service or low battery.
EMP's in Batman, Ocean's 11.
There are lots of movies where someone check's their phone and no service or low battery.
EMP's in Batman, Ocean's 11.