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pandora_parrotI just watched that movie "Frozen" about a couple of idiots getting trapped on a ski lift some 100 feet in the air, over night. I'd like to point out the... stupidity that lead to their eventual situation:
First of all... The ski lift operator sent that pennant up... That means that that was the last set of skiiers. The fact that he let them go *after* the indicator was pure negligence. That violating the safety protocol resulted in people getting hurt should be no surprise to anyone.
Next, okay, fine, they got stuck up there. Let's review their... amazing decisions and realistic experiences...
Idiot #1 ignores the cable over his head and decides that the best way to get out of this is to jump...
STUPID METHOD: Jumping down 50 feet and taking the entire fall stiffly in your legs is BRILLIANT! It's actually a *really good way* to break your legs, and apparently, eventually get eaten by wolves.
TWO BRAIN CELL METHOD: As anyone that has done any sort of active sport that involves falling knows, you *never* take a fall like that. When you hit the ground, you roll. You go limp. You let your body turn into a rag doll. Because this way, you'll dissipate as much force as you can get rid of when you hit. I'm sure he'd have still injured himself, but the chances would have been slightly lower.
Ah... Idiot #2 finally notices that there's this *ladder* just a few meters down the cable and begins to climb towards it along the cable. Why the first idiot didn't notice this is beyond me. But there you go.
STUPID METHOD: Being descended from monkeys, we have four limbs. Therefore, it makes sense to *ignore* the bottom half of your body and try to walk over the cable using just your hands, going hand over hand. That idiot #2 could do this at all was an incredible feat of strength, but really, I don't buy it. Most people would just fall down.
TWO BRAIN CELL METHOD: Those other two limbs down there? USE THEM! Wrap them around the cable and slide down! Hell! You could probably even use that to hang there for a bit. Haven't these people ever climbed trees?! Use those damned legs!
Now... you might say that the cable would cut into their legs and make things even worse for them. But, um... Wut? I mean really... Why was that cable cutting into their hands at all? It was easily several inches thick! WTF?! Did somebody put razor blades in the cable to discourage people from climbing on it or something? There's no way in reality that that cable would cut into their hands unless it was modified.
Next up... I'm actually okay with idiot #1 being eaten by wolves. I mean, really, an injured person that is unable to protect themselves being eaten by wolves? Okay, I buy that. But later on, when idiot #2 finally climbs down? C'mon... Consider this:
You are the world's top predator. You are armed with multiple weapons. You possess enough strength to walk hand over hand on a cable for several meters. You are relatively healthy and able bodied. If this is you, and you manage to get killed by wolves, you *deserve* to die. I mean really, you're a disgrace to the human race. These are *wolves.* Just stand up, wave your hands around, and shout, and they'll pretty much leave you alone. If not, *attack* them with your weapons! How do you manage to get yourself eaten!?
Okay... so while idiot #2 is running off and feeding himself to wolves, with have idiot girl sitting on the ski lift chair with it about to fall off the bolts.
Excuse me? It's falling off the bolts? What? Was this manufactured by sadistic killers intent on killing passengers? I thought the weird icicles that appeared on it were pretty bizarre, but now it also has loosened bolts? How the hell does this stuff get into service? There's no way in hell that that little bit of motion would damage a chair lift. It takes *way* more abuse that that in the course of its normal service! Apparently, that chair was about to die already. And apparently was leaking. Leaking what? I don't know. It shouldn't be. But there it is.
And then the chair lift falls... And is caught by some sort of cable...
What the hell is that Cable!? Why is it there? Where did it come from? Can someone please tell me why there was a 30 foot cable hiding in the bolt assembly? What?! Was it the emergency cable to hold the cart in place just in case the shoddy manufacturing on the bolt fell apart?
Okay okay... Let's take a few steps back and talk about idiot girl a little bit more.
She drops her glove because she is too stupid to hold on to it while she smokes. Because of that, she managed to get her hand frozen to the pole. Um... wait... she fell asleep with her bare hand on the metal pole? Uh... Right. Just... right... These people are too stupid to live.
And peeing her pants? I hope she didn't like her genitals... Pointing that out... why wasn't she wearing waterproof pants like most skiiers? Again... what?
Okay... enough. :) The movie was actually pretty good, although a bit unintentionally hilarious when you watch it keeping some of these things in mind. But the characters act fairly realistically, if stupid at times, and the awful things that happen are really well portrayed. It's actually a good movie, if a bit unrealistic at times and relying a little too much on plot-tonium.
First of all... The ski lift operator sent that pennant up... That means that that was the last set of skiiers. The fact that he let them go *after* the indicator was pure negligence. That violating the safety protocol resulted in people getting hurt should be no surprise to anyone.
Next, okay, fine, they got stuck up there. Let's review their... amazing decisions and realistic experiences...
Idiot #1 ignores the cable over his head and decides that the best way to get out of this is to jump...
STUPID METHOD: Jumping down 50 feet and taking the entire fall stiffly in your legs is BRILLIANT! It's actually a *really good way* to break your legs, and apparently, eventually get eaten by wolves.
TWO BRAIN CELL METHOD: As anyone that has done any sort of active sport that involves falling knows, you *never* take a fall like that. When you hit the ground, you roll. You go limp. You let your body turn into a rag doll. Because this way, you'll dissipate as much force as you can get rid of when you hit. I'm sure he'd have still injured himself, but the chances would have been slightly lower.
Ah... Idiot #2 finally notices that there's this *ladder* just a few meters down the cable and begins to climb towards it along the cable. Why the first idiot didn't notice this is beyond me. But there you go.
STUPID METHOD: Being descended from monkeys, we have four limbs. Therefore, it makes sense to *ignore* the bottom half of your body and try to walk over the cable using just your hands, going hand over hand. That idiot #2 could do this at all was an incredible feat of strength, but really, I don't buy it. Most people would just fall down.
TWO BRAIN CELL METHOD: Those other two limbs down there? USE THEM! Wrap them around the cable and slide down! Hell! You could probably even use that to hang there for a bit. Haven't these people ever climbed trees?! Use those damned legs!
Now... you might say that the cable would cut into their legs and make things even worse for them. But, um... Wut? I mean really... Why was that cable cutting into their hands at all? It was easily several inches thick! WTF?! Did somebody put razor blades in the cable to discourage people from climbing on it or something? There's no way in reality that that cable would cut into their hands unless it was modified.
Next up... I'm actually okay with idiot #1 being eaten by wolves. I mean, really, an injured person that is unable to protect themselves being eaten by wolves? Okay, I buy that. But later on, when idiot #2 finally climbs down? C'mon... Consider this:
You are the world's top predator. You are armed with multiple weapons. You possess enough strength to walk hand over hand on a cable for several meters. You are relatively healthy and able bodied. If this is you, and you manage to get killed by wolves, you *deserve* to die. I mean really, you're a disgrace to the human race. These are *wolves.* Just stand up, wave your hands around, and shout, and they'll pretty much leave you alone. If not, *attack* them with your weapons! How do you manage to get yourself eaten!?
Okay... so while idiot #2 is running off and feeding himself to wolves, with have idiot girl sitting on the ski lift chair with it about to fall off the bolts.
Excuse me? It's falling off the bolts? What? Was this manufactured by sadistic killers intent on killing passengers? I thought the weird icicles that appeared on it were pretty bizarre, but now it also has loosened bolts? How the hell does this stuff get into service? There's no way in hell that that little bit of motion would damage a chair lift. It takes *way* more abuse that that in the course of its normal service! Apparently, that chair was about to die already. And apparently was leaking. Leaking what? I don't know. It shouldn't be. But there it is.
And then the chair lift falls... And is caught by some sort of cable...
What the hell is that Cable!? Why is it there? Where did it come from? Can someone please tell me why there was a 30 foot cable hiding in the bolt assembly? What?! Was it the emergency cable to hold the cart in place just in case the shoddy manufacturing on the bolt fell apart?
Okay okay... Let's take a few steps back and talk about idiot girl a little bit more.
She drops her glove because she is too stupid to hold on to it while she smokes. Because of that, she managed to get her hand frozen to the pole. Um... wait... she fell asleep with her bare hand on the metal pole? Uh... Right. Just... right... These people are too stupid to live.
And peeing her pants? I hope she didn't like her genitals... Pointing that out... why wasn't she wearing waterproof pants like most skiiers? Again... what?
Okay... enough. :) The movie was actually pretty good, although a bit unintentionally hilarious when you watch it keeping some of these things in mind. But the characters act fairly realistically, if stupid at times, and the awful things that happen are really well portrayed. It's actually a good movie, if a bit unrealistic at times and relying a little too much on plot-tonium.
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Date: 2011-01-01 09:30 pm (UTC)Not to mention audible explosions and flames that happen in space in just about every sci fi film you see these days.
Nevertheless, I totally agree...these things are purely for entertainment, and in fact do make films more fun to watch.
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Date: 2011-01-02 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 01:44 am (UTC)Fireballs could happen with the atmosphere of the ship, but zero-g kills convection, and the oxygen would die out rapidly.
I myself have no experience with space, so it would be believable to me, if I was not told that sciences says it can't happen because space is a vacuum. - ie its only unbelievable because we have been told not to believe.
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Date: 2011-01-02 02:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-01 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 12:11 am (UTC)The editing wasn't bad in that movie. I liked the way they drew out the tension before the tragedy. Watching that girl sleep and wake up with her bare hand on the rail was excruciating.
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Date: 2011-01-02 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-02 03:45 am (UTC)(I suspect that pouchedfox may be right when it comes to a starving pack of wolves. At least, I give the movie that much leeway.)
Movies I'd rather watch....
Date: 2011-01-03 04:51 pm (UTC)1)Turkish Star Wars
2)The House of the Dead
3)Catwoman(w/ Halle Berry)
4)House of Wax
5)Anything involving Barney the Dinosaur
Seriously, Frozen sounded like the director from The Blair Witch Project got loaded while at a ski resort, and was sitting on a toilet while watching Balto 5: Who Really Gives A Shit and this is what he came up with. I pointed and laughed when that guy got eaten by wolves due to the blatant stupidity-watching the commercial was painful.