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Back Seat Inviso-Syndrome

  • 02-01-2009 11:42am
    #1
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭


    In the same ilk as the phantom bus thread, let's air out our feelings on this over used condition that most individuals in movies seem to be suffering from

    Symptoms include:
    The inability to see someone crouched behind the drivers seat of a car, when in reality nobody could ever hide there and go undetected.

    There are way too many movies and TV shows that like to fall back on this tired approach to suspense. In my opinion it is a cheap tactic by the director to somehow change the location but ensure the killer/antagonist stays with the protagonists.

    For once I'd like to see the person notice the guy in the backseat and confront them, which should be easy as they would of obviously wedged themselves in so hard it would make beating them quite easy.


Comments

  • #2
    Average-Ro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭Average-Ro


    Accent reliance
    If your posing as a french/german/spanish etc. person theres no need to learn the language. Simply putting on the accent will fool any real french/german/spanish people.


    On the whole back seat thing, yes it's been used quite a lot. However, I dont think it's impossible to be able to hid there unnoticed. If I remember correctly, it was done decently in Back to the Future. Marty was hiding down behind the seat in Biff's car. The front seat and pssenger seat were one long seat, so it's would have been difficult for Biff to notice anything.


  • #3
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Isn't the backseat thing mainly used in TV tho? I can't think of any movie where it occurs (tho I'm sure it does - possibly in by the numbers stuff).


  • #4
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Average-Ro wrote: »
    Accent reliance
    If your posing as a french/german/spanish etc. person theres no need to learn the language. Simply putting on the accent will fool any real french/german/spanish people.

    actually to add to this and it happens mostly in spy related movies, when the hero or whatever needs to be discreet and speaks a foreign language, whoever he speaks to assumes he is a native, despite that abvious accent issue!


  • #5
    longshanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    or how about the fact that lorries never stop in films. a child falls out into the road, or a car loses control and ends up in the wrong lane, whatever, but instead of stopping, or even slowing all we get is nnnneeeeeeeeoooooooommm.... and the lorry speeds past


  • #6
    Average-Ro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭Average-Ro


    Stealth lorries, cousins to the buses. Don't you see the family resemblence?


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