TOTP - Top Ten Things That Only Happen In Movies
Rowland from Dark Compass has his ten ten list of things that only happen in movies that he sent to topofthepods@gmail.com. Jon and Rob come to the conclusion that your standard Hollywood script isn't exactly intelligent design in todays www.topofthepods.com top ten podcast:-
- 10 – The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris
- 9 – It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting.
- 8 – Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you personally at the precise moment it's aired (aka Six Feet Under).
- 7 – Cars will explode instantly when struck by a single bullet.
- 6 – No matter how savagely a spaceship is attacked, its internal gravity system is never damaged.
- 5 – One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at once
- 4 – You can always find a chainsaw when you need one.
- 3 - In Middle America, all gas station attendants have red handkerchiefs hanging out of their back pockets.
- 2 – Anyone can land a 747 as long as there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
- 1 – The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. Nobody will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building undetected.
6 comments:
What about martial arts movies? I just love that a shuriken (throwing star) with points an inch long can kill someone when thrown from 40 yards away.
And let's not forget those groovy 600-shot revolvers...
"Middle America" is a clumsy, pants term that basically means all of the United States except the big cities on the East and West Coast. It's generally used by people in those big cities who like to think they're more sophisticated than their rural countrymen ("rural" being very relative here). So it's more of a cultural term than a geographic one.
I live in the middle of North Carolina, much nearer the eastern edge of the US, but this is "middle America" culturally.
Paul
lol i just listened to some old TOTP shows and top 10 reasons why i is proud to be american was so funny!
If you live in Leith (home of Irvine Welsh's "Trainspotting"), many of the telephone numbers start with the mythical American area code 555. I know mine does; I keep hoping to hear my actual number crop up in a film sometime, but it's never happened. So, the chances are if you were sad enough to ring a number you found in a film, you'd end up speaking to someone round here. Most likely a ned or junkie. Probably.
The Reason its 555 is because thats is the onl telephone number that it not in use in the here in the states every other phone combination is usually someones real number. And if films use someones actual number and the get rung up its usually some idiot that trys to sue the film company.
Words that should not be said on this (or any other show):
- Windows
- Microsoft
- Bill Gates (more a name than a word... But still)
- Anything to do with... Well you get the idea....
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