Inconsistencies or plot holes in films

[wiggydiggy]

They're the reason you don't see this problem much any more (and much fewer speccies on TV generally).
Pertwee Dr Who era? Less so ...

So why didn't she get laser surgery then?? eh?

Because Pertwee's Dr used a Sonic Screwdriver, it wasn't until Tennant's Dr that we saw a Sonic Laser though it was used by the Master and I wouldn't trust him to cut a cake with that much less perform surgery.

Also:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1rDgtYNkp8

 

[Alex321]

They're the reason you don't see this problem much any more (and much fewer speccies on TV generally).
Pertwee Dr Who era? Less so ...

They existed, although certainly not as common as nowadays.

She was in Dr Who from 1971-73. We were not well off, but my parents were still able to afford to get me contact lenses for my 18th birthday present in 1977, by which time both hard and soft lenses were available (soft being more than twice the price though). If they were available from high street opticians for people like me by 1977, somebody like her could have got some in 1971 I'm sure.

So why didn't she get laser surgery then?? eh?

But that wasn't available then The first laser surgery for eyes wasn't performed until 1987.

 

[matticus]

ok.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Just out of curiosity I went and read Katy Manning's wiki page. She has led an interesting life. Dated both Jimi Hendrix and Bamber Gascoigne's brother - in whose company she survived a horrific car crash - best buds with Liza Minelli. Done all sorts of stuff, all without being able to see very well.

On the timeline of contact lens history, the first time I ever heard of them MJK Smith was trying them out. He played for Warwickshire until 1975. Pertwee finished as the Doctor in 1974. My parents followed Warwickshire so MJK Smith's eyewear was news in our household. I distinctly remember my mum explaining to me what they were - bits of glass that you stick in your eye. EEEK! I still can't be in the same room when my wife puts hers in or takes them out.

 

[Moon bunny]

Aye he was fine, wasn't a full on fall. There was something (can't remember what) just below stage level that he stepped down into.

i do hope it was the horn of a tuba.

 

[captain nemo1701]

They're the reason you don't see this problem much any more (and much fewer speccies on TV generally).
Pertwee Dr Who era? Less so ...

So why didn't she get laser surgery then?? eh?

It would have made things a bit easier.

 

[Profpointy]

Aye he was fine, wasn't a full on fall. There was something (can't remember what) just below stage level that he stepped down onto.

Hopefully not the leader of the orchestra's 200 year old fiddle

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

What really grinds my gears is when prisoners doing hard labour breaking rocks are clearly not putting their backs into it. Give me 5 minutes with that bull whip... grrr

 

[DRM]

What really grinds my gears is when prisoners doing hard labour breaking rocks are clearly not putting their backs into it. Give me 5 minutes with that bull whip... grrr

I'm sure it was mentioned on something like "Who do you think you are" that in Britain, Hard Labour involved a hand rotated paddle in sand that the ne'er do well had to sit and rotate for several hours a day!
Edit: According to this it not just the above, some of it was torture
https://visitvictorianengland.com/2019/05/07/hard-labour-in-victorian-prisons/

 

[Aescott]

The Tomorrow War. Soldiers from the future materialise during a World Cup final between Scotland and Brazil to conscript humans to fight in a war 20 years hence, in which humanity is being wiped out and needs more troops to avoid extinction.

Ridiculous - Scotland? In a World Cup?

 

[captain nemo1701]

The Tomorrow War. Soldiers from the future materialise during a World Cup final between Scotland and Brazil to conscript humans to fight in a war 20 years hence, in which humanity is being wiped out and needs more troops to avoid extinction.

Ridiculous - Scotland? In a World Cup?

Have you been watching the Horror Channel?... it usually comes up with rubbish like this. Cheap TV movies featuring a cast of unknown actors, nearly always shot on the cheap in Canada, terrible over-acting, may feature a known face who needs the cash (Eric Roberts springs to mind playing an awful ship captain in some junk about monsters on an island) and filmed largely on industrial estates with everyone driving black SUV's. Also feature cheap CGI that makes 1970's Dr Who look expensive.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Have you been watching the Horror Channel?... it usually comes up with rubbish like this. Cheap TV movies featuring a cast of unknown actors, nearly always shot on the cheap in Canada, terrible over-acting, may feature a known face who needs the cash (Eric Roberts springs to mind playing an awful ship captain in some junk about monsters on an island) and filmed largely on industrial estates with everyone driving black SUV's. Also feature cheap CGI that makes 1970's Dr Who look expensive.

Its an amazon film, quite well made to be fair. Might have struggled in the cinema but its a good sci fi film to stream.

 

[stephec]

Have you been watching the Horror Channel?... it usually comes up with rubbish like this. Cheap TV movies featuring a cast of unknown actors, nearly always shot on the cheap in Canada, terrible over-acting, may feature a known face who needs the cash (Eric Roberts springs to mind playing an awful ship captain in some junk about monsters on an island) and filmed largely on industrial estates with everyone driving black SUV's. Also feature cheap CGI that makes 1970's Dr Who look expensive.

You've watched all the megashark/python/gateroid films as well then?

 

[matticus]

Sorry, but this mini-exchange made me laugh:

"Ridiculous - Scotland? In a World Cup?"
Have you been watching the Horror Channel?

 

[captain nemo1701]

You've watched all the megashark/python/gateroid films as well then?

The Horror Channel excels at junk like that. I just highlighted some of the clichés they do, don't really watch them but noticed a trend.
They do often feature a known name & the rest of the cast are D-list. It's common in the film/TV industry to get a 'name' attached to your script to sell it. Recently, there were two versions of Journey to the Centre of the Earth on a Sunday. One was the hugely enjoyable 1959 effort with James Mason & Pat Boone which is my favourite even though it doesn't strictly follow the novel (the only version that does is Rick Wakeman's 1974 album) but captures its spirit. The other was a god-awful pile of junk featuring 80's Greg Evigan from BJ & the Bear seventies series. Absolutely nowt to do with Verne's novel, just nicked the title and it featured...amongst other things...teleportation, a drilling machine plus giant cheapo CGI spiders. Obviously shot outside with coloured filters to look 'underground'. One funny thing about these movies is the truly awful over-acting, where do they get these people?.