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Old 12-04-2010, 06:52 PM
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Chris,

You being in IT, I'm glad you bring up the point about the bleeping noises whenever there's a computer screen in a show. It drives me absolutely bonkers. It downright insults my intelligence.

In fact, the bleeping computer screens is even more annoying than the camera shake. It's turned into a bit of a joke with my friends and I. Whenever I go to an ATM to download some money, I make those bleeping noises. Or, if a friend is over and I have to head on over to Google to do a search, I'll make the bleeping noises as I type and increase the intensity of the bleeps as the search results pop up.

And, whilst we're on CSI: *, if anyone's interested in a /proper/ forensic investigation show, I'd highly recommend Silent Witness (14 seasons and counting). I'm hooked.

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Old 12-04-2010, 07:08 PM
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It's certainly being overused now. For certain scenes it definitely enhances the emotion of the story but you don't need it for everything. Something that really annoys me is a certain food show where every shot is either out of focus or seeming cut in half... err, I want to SEE the food, not some out of focus blur whilst the cameraman zooms in on the hostess's assets...

+1 Humayun for Silent Witness, an awesome show and the only cop show I'll watch.
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Old 12-04-2010, 07:20 PM
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Simon,

Emilia Fox. :dribble:

Can I recommend, quite possibly, the greatest show ever written for TV? The Wire. IMDb it. At lask check, 9.7/10. I saw two episodes, and bought the boxed set as soon as it was released a couple of months later. I'm savouring it and only watch an episode once every few weeks. It's too good to finish!

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Old 13-04-2010, 02:05 AM
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Chris,

You being in IT, I'm glad you bring up the point about the bleeping noises whenever there's a computer screen in a show. It drives me absolutely bonkers. It downright insults my intelligence.

In fact, the bleeping computer screens is even more annoying than the camera shake. It's turned into a bit of a joke with my friends and I. Whenever I go to an ATM to download some money, I make those bleeping noises. Or, if a friend is over and I have to head on over to Google to do a search, I'll make the bleeping noises as I type and increase the intensity of the bleeps as the search results pop up.

And, whilst we're on CSI: *, if anyone's interested in a /proper/ forensic investigation show, I'd highly recommend Silent Witness (14 seasons and counting). I'm hooked.

H
HA HA HA!

Thanks H, I knew there would be a kindred spirit to agree with this.

My other pet hate is a scene where there is ABSOLUTELY NO TEXT on the screen, just some schematic of a building and / or graphics of the story, and then the computer "operator" merrily bangs away on the keyboard whilst blabbing on about how powerful the computer is or the analysis its doing. 150 keystrokes fly by with the screen changing, zooming in, information gets called up and photos appear.....ALL BY BANGING AWAY ON THE KEYBOARD AT 100 MILES AN HOUR???????

Please, can someone show me the Operating System that exists that can do this? NEVER a mouse in sight.

I think the worst scene ever to use this drivel was (in an otherwise good movie.....Halle Berry....dribble...) was Swordfish with John Travolta and Hugh Jackman, where he is creating a banking hacker program on half a dozen screens with NO mouse again, and bashes away on the keyboard while a music video plays and he survives a montage of garbage cut scenes and camera changes etc. I mean really!

Jurassic Park also did this ("I know this operating system..." yeah bullcrap you do!) and Mission Impossible ad nauseum....

Sorry, got sidetracked......and off topic.......again.

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Old 13-04-2010, 02:10 AM
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My other pet hate is a scene where there is ABSOLUTELY NO TEXT on the screen, just some schematic of a building and / or graphics of the story, and then the computer "operator" merrily bangs away on the keyboard whilst blabbing on about how powerful the computer is or the analysis its doing. 150 keystrokes fly by with the screen changing, zooming in, information gets called up and photos appear.....ALL BY BANGING AWAY ON THE KEYBOARD AT 100 MILES AN HOUR???????
Should I mention Abby from NCIS? l o l

That character grated on my nerves so much I stopped watching the show!

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Old 13-04-2010, 05:35 AM
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What exactly is she btw?
the token goth/metal head/tattooed biker chick/ nerd/geek/ peircing freak?

Quite a lot of tokens taken care of in that role.

Another hilarious , seemingly over the top production thing that certainly
dates a show is the starting credits running through about the first
3 or 4 ad breaks.

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Old 13-04-2010, 12:29 PM
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Jurassic Park also did this ("I know this operating system..." yeah bullcrap you do!)
hahaha, I had a pretty big WTF over that one as well...
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Old 13-04-2010, 01:27 PM
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Should I mention Abby from NCIS? l o l

That character grated on my nerves so much I stopped watching the show!

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Aww, now H, Abby is a cutie, we know she is full of crap, there is just something about a smart goth scientist.....

oh dear.

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Old 13-04-2010, 01:59 PM
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yeah, leave Abby alone. Best part of the show.

Been watching original Star Trek lately and they use the camera zoom in/out to very poor effect when they go on Red Alert. Now that you've drawn my attention to it, it really is annoying.
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Old 13-04-2010, 02:57 PM
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Another hilarious , seemingly over the top production thing that certainly
dates a show is the starting credits running through about the first
3 or 4 ad breaks.

Steve

Oh yeah Steve,

Good call on that one

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Old 13-04-2010, 03:42 PM
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What about TV ads that employ the same shakey/ move like a doco camera effect??????
They really annoy me!!!!
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Old 13-04-2010, 05:28 PM
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Sorry gents, I show no quarter for Abby.

annoying++;

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Old 13-04-2010, 11:42 PM
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As I have a mild case of Parkinson's that's all you ever get from MY videos!! True Cinema Veritas
Hey I should apply for a job on NCIS. Union rates!!
By the way - what are people real job is to find hash brownies on Aircarft Carriers and bust CPO's for selling ammo to gun-nuts doing investigating murders and such?
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Old 14-04-2010, 03:10 PM
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Read this article today which relates to this topic in a way:

Season Finale of House shot entirely with Canon 5D Mk II
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Old 14-04-2010, 03:57 PM
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Am I officially a grumpy old man?

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Do you really want me to answer that Steve
Maybe your just too picky LOL
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