the massive plothole thread

[Travesty]

Because there's no water on dirt.

But what about water vapor in the atmosphere?

 

[Majik1387]

I guess that depends on how diluted the aliens can take the water....?

 

[redhawk23]

yeah the watervapor didn't seem to do much to them

 

[Max J Power]

maybe they were stupid aliens?i mean stupid aliens who got the keys to the flying ship.

was the movie about aliens and Earth logic or was it about the characters from the house?

if Signs was all about the aliens and they would explain 50% of the movie's science i would agree.

It wasn't about the aliens as much as the characters, but the story's plot established the setting as being on a realistic Earth. Earth logic applied in all other aspects of the movie, so why wouldn't it apply to the composition of the planet? Signs is OK on the whole, but the logic of the "alien are hurt by water" reveal crosses the line between suspension of disbelief and lack of attention on the writer's part.

Because there's no water on dirt.

Water gets absorbed into dirt from rain and bodies of water, but I was thinking of water vapor in the air. It seemed like the aliens shouldn't have been able to breathe.

 

[spider-neil]

total recall

not really a plot hole, but if cohagen(sp) plan was to have quaid infiltrate the resistance he was sure going out of his way to kill him.
when cohagen's men grab quaid for the first time (near the white stairs) they were going to put a bullet in quaid's head, (what the **** did I do wrong?!')cohagen planned 'that'?

 

[LOBO3315a]

Water gets absorbed into dirt from rain and bodies of water, but I was thinking of water vapor in the air. It seemed like the aliens shouldn't have been able to breathe.

Well, obviously it was the act of spilling the water on them that hurt, not the water itself.

 

[Dave McFly]

okay, here is a good one for you that has always bugged me in Back to the Future part II. when Doc and Marty and Jennifer leave 2015 you see a shot of the time display as Doc enters the date: OCT 26 1985 9:00PM. Note the "Last Time Departed", you would THINK that Doc would have noticed that!:

If old Biff never took off with the Delorean the Last Time Departed should have read: OCT 26 1985 and whatever time in the morning Doc arrived to take them to 2015 .

 

[spider-neil]

okay, here is a good one for you that has always bugged me in Back to the Future part II. when Doc and Marty and Jennifer leave 2015 you see a shot of the time display as Doc enters the date: OCT 26 1985 9:00PM. Note the "Last Time Departed", you would THINK that Doc would have noticed that!:

If old Biff never took off with the Delorean the Last Time Departed should have read: OCT 26 1985 and whatever time in the morning Doc arrived to take them to 2015 .

so the bottom line is where the car 'came from'

* destination

* current time

* previous location

correct?

that being the case isn't the read out correct? biff when to 1955 to give his young self the sports book?

 

[LOBO3315a]

Well, one thing that the Doc was in the movie was a little scatter-brained. I guess its not totally inconceivable (I do know what that word means) that he was so focused on getting the future straight, they he would have overlooked the Delorian's controls being set to 1955.

 

[Dave McFly]

so the bottom line is where the car 'came from'

* destination

* current time

* previous location

correct?

that being the case isn't the read out correct? biff when to 1955 to give his young self the sports book?

yup, it is the day and time he left to back to 2015 , hell I caught that in the theater!

 

[DarKJediKnight]

Ex: The Joker's crazy plans throughout TDK.

What logic established by the story's plot did the Joker goes against?
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[danoyse]

yup, it is the day and time he left to back to 2015 , hell I caught that in the theater!

Well, I think of 3 reasons...

1. That point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance.

2. It could be the temporal junction point for the entire space-time continuum.

3. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence.

It's a plot hole, but at the same time...he also knew it was malfunctioning (when it kept accidentally going to 1885), so maybe he just brushed it off as a mistake when he was rushing back to 1985.

 

[The Joker]

What logic established by the story's plot did the Joker goes against?
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Nothing.

 

[DarKJediKnight]

Nothing.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Well, I think of 3 reasons...

1. That point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance.

2. It could be the temporal junction point for the entire space-time continuum.

3. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence.

It's a plot hole, but at the same time...he also knew it was malfunctioning (when it kept accidentally going to 1885), so maybe he just brushed it off as a mistake when he was rushing back to 1985.

Or he may not have noticed it. It was only there briefly. After he got back in the car, they immediately went back to 1985 and it would have changed again.

 

[danoyse]

Or he may not have noticed it. It was only there briefly. After he got back in the car, they immediately went back to 1985 and it would have changed again.

Exactly. They didn't even notice the sonic booms when Biff brought back the time machine.

 

[Dave McFly]

Well, I think of 3 reasons...

1. That point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance.

2. It could be the temporal junction point for the entire space-time continuum.

3. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence.

 

[Docker2.0]

I got one. Steven Seagal beating 10 guys at once. That's a major plothole!

 

[8Diagrams(WU)]

A plothole is something like in Revenge of the fallen where Megan fox has the means to revive Optimus Prime inside her purse most of the movie.

Another one is in the tv show heroes where Peter leaves his scottish gf from season 2 in an apocalyptic alternate future and promises to return to get her but after he leaves he never remembers her and shes never mentioned again (what a *****e!).

 

[bullets]

Another one is in the tv show heroes where Peter leaves his scottish gf from season 2 in an apocalyptic alternate future and promises to return to get her but after he leaves he never remembers her and shes never mentioned again (what a *****e!).

I've not called girls back before but that one took the cake.



Resident Evil : Afterlife

This movie was like " I see your plot hole and I'll raise you ....."

Spoiler

Alice basically gets cured and moments later her and Wesker crash into a mountain . The super powered Wesker is possibly dead but Alice walks away kind of flustered.
At the end of the filmt he bad guy is shot dead but manages to escape on a helicopter before Alice in company make it to the top floor , luckily Alice ,when no one was looking placed a bomb on his aircraft.

 

[Brother Jack]

Spider-Man 3:

Harry's butler neglecting to tell him that he knew the entire time that Norman was the Green Goblin. I almost couldn't believe it it was so stupid.

 

[Travesty]

What logic established by the story's plot did the Joker goes against?
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http://www.fanpop.com/spots/the-dar...okers-pointlessly-elaborate-movie-murder-plot

That sums it up for the most part. Either The Joker is purely 100% psychic, or there are plotholes that defy any sort of logic....even for a Batman story.

And I don't even want to get into the whole Melvin White thing. The Joker psychically finds a guy who pushes in the bullet, that Batman finds the fingerprint(which doesn't even make sense from a forensic point of view), who happens to have an apartment that they set a trap/distraction for the cops/SWAT/snipers, that is over the area that, once again, The Joker psychically knew that the Mayor would have a funeral with a 21 gun salute in a downtown area. All so The Joker could have a good shot at the Mayor, surrounded by cops, who apparently are trained NOT to catch any criminals, but instead, cower and run away from the sound of a gun, all while the SWAT and snipers who were looking for a shooter, can't find The Joker anymore.

I can elaborate more form that summary that I linked, but they do a good job at the cliff notes.

 

[Mister H.]

^ It boggles the mind. And I have to read and hear about how incredible TDK's script is.

 

[spider-neil]

A plothole is something like in Revenge of the fallen where Megan fox has the means to revive Optimus Prime inside her purse most of the movie.

Another one is in the tv show heroes where Peter leaves his scottish gf from season 2 in an apocalyptic alternate future and promises to return to get her but after he leaves he never remembers her and shes never mentioned again (what a *****e!).

what's funny is megan and shai RUN EVERYWHERE when they are friends with robots that transform into CARS. ha ha ha

 

[spider-neil]

^ It boggles the mind. And I have to read and hear about how incredible TDK's script is.

I'll tell you what I didn't get about TDK. there is a bullet in the wall that batman cuts out as a block, the next scene an automated gun is firing into several targets...why?