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Old 07-18-10 | 05:02 AM
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7. Beepy Computers

That's the worst. Man I hate it. Along with the flashy and incredibly user-nonfriendly interface and/or OS. It so stupid and it really affected my enjoyment of 24 in the later seasons. Unfortunately it's a problem in pretty much every single show and movie (except Millenium, The X-Files and The Wire - they even use a mouse(!) in those)
Old 07-18-10 | 07:47 AM
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I'd add cat noises to that. I immediately get annoyed when someone throws something across the street, out the window, etc. and you hear that cat noise. How many neighborhoods have lawns full of cats being hit by random objects? And, usually, I would guess that I cat would just run away rather than make a noise.
Eh, I give this a pass because it's done for comedic effect. Different rules for comedy.
Old 07-18-10 | 08:49 AM
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When Nedry slips and falls in Jurassic Park, that cartoonish sound they used almost took me out of the whole movie
Old 07-18-10 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by troystiffler
I love this Rollerball scene (a really good scene, in a really so-so movie, IMO). Please watch this clip from begining to end and listen for the sound effect.

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LOL! I knew when you mentioned rollerball (I didnt capitalize it on purpose) this was the scene you were gonna post. We walked out of that movie toward the end. Pure garbage!
Old 07-18-10 | 12:55 PM
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When Nedry slips and falls in Jurassic Park, that cartoonish sound they used almost took me out of the whole movie


You do not know the power of the slide whistle.
Old 07-18-10 | 01:53 PM
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When Nedry slips and falls in Jurassic Park, that cartoonish sound they used almost took me out of the whole movie
I remember watching that as a child and not being completely sure if that was a genuine slide whistle noise. Once I got it on VHS, I was pretty confident it was, and it nearly ruined the entire movie for me.
Old 07-18-10 | 04:49 PM
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Those gunshot sounds in eighties action movies especially Die Hard 2. Every pistol(McClane's cop-issued Baretta and the bad guy's Glock) sounds exactly the same and every machine gun, whether its a M-16 or a MP5 all sound identical.
Old 07-18-10 | 06:28 PM
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The worst for me (true of both TV and movies):

A person is on the phone and whomever is on the other end hangs up. You almost always hear the dial tone in movies/TV, but in real life, you wouldn't hear anything. You don't get the dial tone until the disconnection takes place on YOUR end.
Old 07-18-10 | 06:34 PM
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Re: The 7 Most Inaccurate Movie Sound Effects

Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
The worst for me (true of both TV and movies):

A person is on the phone and whomever is on the other end hangs up. You almost always hear the dial tone in movies/TV, but in real life, you wouldn't hear anything. You don't get the dial tone until the disconnection takes place on YOUR end.
Good catch.

I hate the sound effects for 'karate' fight scenes.
Old 07-18-10 | 06:37 PM
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....specifically Karate? I know KUNG FU sounds..and it's the style of the genre. but Karate? Does Karate make a different sound?
Old 07-18-10 | 06:52 PM
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....specifically Karate? I know KUNG FU sounds..and it's the style of the genre. but Karate? Does Karate make a different sound?
I meant any sort of martial arts .
Old 07-18-10 | 06:55 PM
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You mean like....the jumping in the air sound from the 70s flicks? that fabric twirling in air sound..I love it. Inaccurate...sure. But..it's the genre. Or the snapping sound when people get hit? I love that too...

Old 07-18-10 | 07:10 PM
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You mean like....the jumping in the air sound from the 70s flicks? that fabric twirling in air sound..I love it. Inaccurate...sure. But..it's the genre. Or the snapping sound when people get hit? I love that too...

Yeah, those "air" sounds. I don't really mean "hate", just thinking more in the context of thinking that they sound wildly inaccurate.
Old 07-18-10 | 07:46 PM
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i really hate the falling down sound effect in old Warner movies. Watch The Wild Bunch, cold Hand Luke and Enter The Dragon for examples (shit they use the same sound effect in the cartoons)
Old 07-18-10 | 10:48 PM
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Re: The 7 Most Inaccurate Movie Sound Effects

Originally Posted by Trevor
Yeah, those "air" sounds. I don't really mean "hate", just thinking more in the context of thinking that they sound wildly inaccurate.
well you did use hate..and hate is a strong word. lol. Inaccurate oOOOohhhhh HELL YEAH...still good stuff though. At least the visuals lived up to the sounds. the crazy shit HK did/does.
Old 07-19-10 | 11:17 AM
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Was that sound effect really used for the Rollerball clip? I watched the DVD back in the day and don't remember a cartoon Foley being used.

The Jurassic Park slide whistle is legit though.
Old 07-19-10 | 12:24 PM
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Re: The 7 Most Inaccurate Movie Sound Effects

Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
The worst for me (true of both TV and movies):

A person is on the phone and whomever is on the other end hangs up. You almost always hear the dial tone in movies/TV, but in real life, you wouldn't hear anything. You don't get the dial tone until the disconnection takes place on YOUR end.
Off topic......it drives me crazy because no one ever says goodbye after a phone conversation on TV or in the movies. They just hang up.
Old 07-19-10 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
Video-game sound effects in movies are really bad. They were using the Atari 2600 Pac Man sounds up until the late 90s if not further.
I remember being annoyed that they still used those sounds in the mid to late 80's, when the NES and that generation of systems were well into place.
Old 07-19-10 | 01:36 PM
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The only movie I can think of that used the correct sound for an eagle is Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
Old 07-20-10 | 05:31 PM
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How about bullets whizzing by in war/action movies?
Old 07-21-10 | 12:01 AM
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The tsk tsk tsking of rats. They don't make that sound.

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