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Beery · 10-14-05, 05:20 PM

I must admit I don't find it fun. I generally find overblown special effects kind of insulting (unless they're in a sci-fi or fantasy setting). It's kinda like when a bullet weighing an ounce or two blows a bad guy back 10 feet like he's been hit by a train. The first thing I think when I see such things is "Don't these idiots think I went to school?"

When a drama or history-based game or movie comes along and shoves a situation down my throat that I know is outright fantasy based on what we learn in 6th grade school physics, I don't say "Ooh, wow, cool!". Instead I'm wondering why these folks get paid five figure salaries to treat me like an ignorant child.

10-14-05, 05:20 PM	#3
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I must admit I don't find it fun. I generally find overblown special effects kind of insulting (unless they're in a sci-fi or fantasy setting). It's kinda like when a bullet weighing an ounce or two blows a bad guy back 10 feet like he's been hit by a train. The first thing I think when I see such things is "Don't these idiots think I went to school?" When a drama or history-based game or movie comes along and shoves a situation down my throat that I know is outright fantasy based on what we learn in 6th grade school physics, I don't say "Ooh, wow, cool!". Instead I'm wondering why these folks get paid five figure salaries to treat me like an ignorant child. __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.