Social Science Plot holes and inaccuracies

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Harry Potter had various stupid bits. In the Philosophers stone, Harry doesn't save the day, at all. Quirreldemort was never going to find the stone, and Snape was all over him.

In Goblet of Fire, Harry kills whoever it was Robert Pattison plays by joining the Triwizard Tournament. I mean, sure, he may have had some obligation, but he could have chilled in the common room, watching on Pay-per-view and racking up a big fat zero in every event.

In the book, he is late to one event, and there's no goblet coming after him to kill him.
I read all of this on cracked.

 

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Also, on the topic of signs...

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=signs

 

[Frothies Mcveigh]

Harry Potter had various stupid bits. In the Philosophers stone, Harry doesn't save the day, at all. Quirreldemort was never going to find the stone, and Snape was all over him.

In Goblet of Fire, Harry kills whoever it was Robert Pattison plays by joining the Triwizard Tournament. I mean, sure, he may have had some obligation, but he could have chilled in the common room, watching on Pay-per-view and racking up a big fat zero in every event.

In the book, he is late to one event, and there's no goblet coming after him to kill him.
I read all of this on cracked.

Cedric Diggery

But Harry doesnt kill him.

They try to grab the Triwizard cup at the same time, but it was cursed and used as a port key so they wound up in the graveyard and Voldemort just murders Cedric for fun.

 

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All I meant was Harry's entering the cup kills him.

 

[Frothies Mcveigh]

Fair enough.

 

[Caesar]

Obi Wan Kenobi is convinced like his master that Anakin Skywalker is the prophecised one who will "bring balance to the force".

Given that the light side of the force is a huge and powerful republic that rules virtually the entire known galaxy, and the dark side is a race of Sith that supposedly died out so long ago that they're almost mythic, why is he so surprised when Anakin turns out bad?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

The Fugitive. I've never even watched the whole movie, as the idea that someone would be convicted of murder on the flimsy evidence presented was so ludicrous.

 

[Caesar]

I could understand that if it was a legal drama, but who even cares about the setup? It's one of the most awesome chase movies ever.

The part where he survives the swan dive off the aqueduct is far more annoying.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I could understand that if it was a legal drama, but who even cares about the setup?

They could have at least made it vaguely plausible, though. I guess I saw that bit and thought if that's the best they can come up with I'm not going to waste my time with the rest of it.

I'm happy to throw in a bit of suspended disbelief for a movie, for example the premise behind Saving Private Ryan is pretty dodgy too, but I was able to overlook that one. Maybe the difference is that Ryan drew you in with a great opening before you got to the plot hole, whereas Fugitive opened with the plot hole then hoped you would stick around for the good bits.

It's one of the most awesome chase movies ever.

I didn't get that far.

 

[Jesse Custer]

Obi Wan Kenobi is convinced like his master that Anakin Skywalker is the prophecised one who will "bring balance to the force".

Given that the light side of the force is a huge and powerful republic that rules virtually the entire known galaxy, and the dark side is a race of Sith that supposedly died out so long ago that they're almost mythic, why is he so surprised when Anakin turns out bad?

Obi Wan didn't quite get it unfortunately..

 

[Crimson Azure]

Gremlins Feeding after midnight – Don’t get them wet; OK, fine. Don’t expose them to sunlight; sure, why not? Don’t feed them after midnight; um, how’s that again? If you can’t feed them “after midnight,” at what point during the day does it cease to be “after midnight” so you can feed them again? For that matter, how does the mogwai know what time zone it’s in? Suppose I get my mogwai in New York and then take a vacation to San Francisco — should I not feed my mogwai after midnight Eastern Time or Pacific Time? And what about Daylight Saving Time? Considering the consequences, these details seem pretty important.

 

[Freakie]

Gremlins Feeding after midnight – Don’t get them wet; OK, fine. Don’t expose them to sunlight; sure, why not? Don’t feed them after midnight; um, how’s that again? If you can’t feed them “after midnight,” at what point during the day does it cease to be “after midnight” so you can feed them again? For that matter, how does the mogwai know what time zone it’s in? Suppose I get my mogwai in New York and then take a vacation to San Francisco — should I not feed my mogwai after midnight Eastern Time or Pacific Time? And what about Daylight Saving Time? Considering the consequences, these details seem pretty important.

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Quality post.

 

[Walesy]

That question was asked in part two- I believe the answer is that if you ask that question, you'll get attacked by a gremlim.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Gremlins Feeding after midnight – Don’t get them wet; OK, fine. Don’t expose them to sunlight; sure, why not? Don’t feed them after midnight; um, how’s that again? If you can’t feed them “after midnight,” at what point during the day does it cease to be “after midnight” so you can feed them again? For that matter, how does the mogwai know what time zone it’s in? Suppose I get my mogwai in New York and then take a vacation to San Francisco — should I not feed my mogwai after midnight Eastern Time or Pacific Time? And what about Daylight Saving Time? Considering the consequences, these details seem pretty important.

i always figured it was within the second half of the night that the gremlins can't be fed, the midnight rule was just a rule of thumb... once the sun rose, they can be fed again

 

[Jethro!]

How do you even know the alien reaction to liquid water is an allergy? From what the movie showed, water to alien flesh is the equivalent of acid to human flesh. AFAIK I'm not "allergic" to Sulfuric Acid - but I still don't want any splashed on my skin...


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That's exactly right Bouvet I wouldn't want sulphuric acid on my skin. That's why I would not go to Venus where it rains the shit. My point of most poorly written and researched movie stands. Less plot holes in Mortal Kombat Annihalation.

 

[krusden]

I didn't get that far.

you're joking?

you've missed out if you've never seen all of the fugitive.

 

[Walesy]

In the butterfly effect, when Ashton Kutcher stabs himself through the hands as a kid, technically he shouldn't have just woken up in the future with some crazy "stigmata" effect, he should have changed history and followed a path in which he was that crazy kid who stabbed himself through the hands.

 

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>>Implying time is cyclical...

 

[placebo]

If I may quote from cracked.com:

On Empire Strikes Back:

So there's the famous sequence where Luke gets trained by Yoda on Yoda's shithole of a planet. To break up the sequence, the film cuts to the Millennium Falcon getting chased by the Empire to Lando's cloud city. When they arrive, they get captured, at which point Luke has finished his training.

Well, that doesn't work. Were they chased for months? Or was Luke trained in an afternoon? Either we were spared some extended scenes on board the Millennium Falcon featuring starvation and debates about when they'd have to eat Chewbacca, or becoming a Jedi is easier than getting a cub scout merit badge.

 

[c00lcat]

One of the 5 exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration.

Haha this is what i thought straight away

But I just looked at that link you posted - so they can multiply food. Therefore gopower is kind of right about not needing a job haha. Find a few different sources of food and keep multiplying them for the rest of your life

 

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If I may quote from cracked.com:

On Empire Strikes Back:

So there's the famous sequence where Luke gets trained by Yoda on Yoda's shithole of a planet. To break up the sequence, the film cuts to the Millennium Falcon getting chased by the Empire to Lando's cloud city. When they arrive, they get captured, at which point Luke has finished his training.

Well, that doesn't work. Were they chased for months? Or was Luke trained in an afternoon? Either we were spared some extended scenes on board the Millennium Falcon featuring starvation and debates about when they'd have to eat Chewbacca, or becoming a Jedi is easier than getting a cub scout merit badge.

Have you read the 'Luke is a virgin' article? Genius.

 

[Echo Bravo]

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, they meet the guardian of the Holy Grail. He is a French crusader from the First Crusade (1096-1099), so how come he can speak English? Even if he could speak English back in his crusading days, he would speak Old English which is hugely different to modern English.

 

[TheBigT]

Also in Harry Potter.
Voldemort ends up killing snape because he believes he needs to in order to gain control of the eldar wand. But he also knows Dumbeldore didn't kill Grindelwald, because he did himself. So why does he assume dumbledore gained control of the eldar wand without killing its previous master?

 

[Caesar]

Disarming the owner in a duel works the same as killing them - IIRC that's how Draco became the wand's master (he disarmed Dumbledore before Snape killed him).

So presumably Dumbledore disarmed Grindelwald at some point (I can't remember).

 

[Illinois Nazi]

"Look at these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise."

Unless they're shooting at Luke Sywalker or Han Solo of course, then they suddenly couldn't hit a target the size of Jabba the Hutt's backside.