gph 2:19 Wed May 19
Absurd plot devices
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People signing agreements, in front of lawyers, not to disclose a crime to the authorities.
Do they think the authorities will hold up such an agreement?
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southbankbornnbred
10:23 Fri May 21
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I started to write an award-winning drama yesterday, based on all of these plot devices.
Got past the first scene, which involved Perchanski stuck in QUICKSAND after taking a loud explanatory phone call from somebody called The Murderer, who'd escaped by hotwiring a car that exploded on impact with a detective's badge...
Then I took a break - popped on Netflix and realised that Lupin had already beaten me to the punch.
Fuckers.
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legrandefromage
2:38 Fri May 21
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Henchman unable to hit a barn door with an automatic weapon while the hero can take out a partially concealed baddie with his one remaining shot from a handgun. Something very wrong with henchman recruiting policies.
The last remaining baddie standing after a prolonged shootout is always the ringleader.
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bruuuno
2:16 Fri May 21
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Moncurs Putting Iron 7:00 Wed May 19
Ag
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Mad Dog
2:00 Fri May 21
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"Goddam it perchanski, I've got the mayor and the DA breathing down my neck, and you just destroyed the city mall chasing the perp
You've got 48 hours to crack the case"
Perchanski heads to a strip club. It helps with the case somehow.
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BBondsBootlaces
1:53 Fri May 21
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Cops handing their badge and gun in when on suspension.
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gph
1:42 Fri May 21
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"College Boy" = Aaron Cresswell
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gph
1:42 Fri May 21
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The first haircut I ever wanted was a Beatles moptop. I got overruled and got my usual "College Boy" cut.
This fact is of absolutely no use in guessing my password for anything.
Or I'm double-bluffing....
*gets locked out of WHO tomorrow...*
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arsene york-hunt
1:22 Fri May 21
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Computer programmes passwords solved after the third or fourth attempts based on a tenuous link seen by the detective.
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MrTrentReznor
10:08 Thu May 20
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Indicipherable series of numbers found by American detectives is a date in european format.
The girls name underneath is the name of a boat, yacht or ship.
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WCHammer
1:17 Thu May 20
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The ease at which any bent copper or OCG operative in Line of Duty is able to get immunity from prosecution..
Indiana Jones himself. Without him, the nazi’s still would have got the ark, opened it and all died. Waste of the little shitty monkey’s life
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Come On You Irons
1:03 Thu May 20
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Heroes/villains having the magical ability to hotwire any random car within 60 seconds if their first car crashes. No matter how much of a pickle they are in and how injured they might be!
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BRANDED
12:12 Thu May 20
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West Ham beating West Brom second from last game of the season with Sours losing to Aston Villa leaving them sixth with a draw to get Europa League footy.
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IsaacHock
10:54 Wed May 19
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One sided telephone calls designed to fil the audience in quickly.
"Hello Officer Wachowski. (Pause) My ex husband has been caught at the border trying to flee with a briefcase of money you say? (Pause) Yes, I should be worried that he will now hire a henchman to come after me and cut the power to my house."
Wouldnt Wachowski be saying "I'm not telling you anything else until you promise not to repeat it."
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Moncurs Putting Iron
7:00 Wed May 19
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You can get away from a car chase if you cause any US Agency vehicle to crash.
This is because:
1) US government agencies and Police forces buy vehicles designed to explode on impact.
2) As soon as it crashes it becomes a super magnet for other US Agency vehicles who have no choice but to crash into it and burst into flames themselves.
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Lily Hammer
6:36 Wed May 19
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...bouncing off the shaft WALLS etc.....
FFS!
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Lily Hammer
6:35 Wed May 19
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...see his (clearly a dummy) BODY fall down etc.....
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Lily Hammer
6:33 Wed May 19
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Some Saturday Morning Cinema cliffhanger endings took absolute liberties. I sympathised with Annie Wilkes in Misery, when she had her rant about it.
I remember watching one of those old black and white Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers episodes, where at the end he falls down a lift shaft and you see his (clearly a dummy) fall down into the shadows, bouncing off the shaft walks on the way. Certain death!
I thought, “Blimey! There’s no way of getting out of that one! I can’t wait to see what happens.”
The next episode, he falls into the shaft, but just managed to hold on to the edge before falling to his certain death, and pulls himself back up and out of the lift shaft.
I think that might have been the beginning of the end of my childhood innocence. I took my first step to cynical adulthood after seeing that. Completely betrayed.
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Worst Case Ontario
6:19 Wed May 19
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Dream sequences, vivid hallucinations, coma fantasies, etc. (that are not meant to be known as such)
"Oh, it was all a dream!
...or was it?"
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SecondOpinion
6:15 Wed May 19
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Sorry....goodbye
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SecondOpinion
6:15 Wed May 19
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Jaan Kenbrovin 6:03 Wed May 19
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Absolutely!
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Jaan Kenbrovin
6:03 Wed May 19
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Impolite phone manners. It seems the world is littered with it, going by tv and film.
Saying goodbye doesn’t take long.
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