Stupid Plot Points

[Andrew]

I noticed, while in Best Buy today, that "Neon Maniacs" is out on DVD.  What I remember about the film is that the undead members of "The Village People" are living under the Golden Gate Bridge.  They come out at night and kill people.  Finally, some of their intended victims discover that the monsters are vulnerable when doused with water and the creatures are finally defeated.

So, let me get this straight, a bunch of monsters that cannot stand water are living under a bridge, in San Francisco?

(I had a similar problem with common sense after watching "Signs.")

Let us not even get into the argument over Gar reading the Bible in "Star Crystal."

Can anyone think of any more glaring problems with a movie's big plot points?

[Brother Ragnarok]

Yeah, the stupid cyborgs in Future War enslaving two entire races of creatures because they were too damn lazy to build themselves thumbs *vomits in frustration*.

Brother R

[Fearless Freep]

I still haven't figured out why in so many Kaiju movies, alien races possessing intersteller travel, ray guns, and who knows what else technology, decide thay have to use giant creatures to conquer the world

[jmc]

The heroes being able to use their laptops to infect the alien computers with a virus in INDEPENDENCE DAY.

[dean]

you know, i didn't think that the computer virus idea was really that bad for independence day [sure its not perfect, but it makes some kinda sense, unlike some of the examples we've seen already]  maybe they need to show how they did it properly; i can't imagine hacking into an alien's computer to be easy.  though wouldn't the nuke they exploded ruin anything they achieved through the virus, or at least make it pointless [they could have blown it up in the first place the silly duffers!]

i agree on the one on signs; the aliens can travel in space and climb up walls and run really fast, yet they don't bother making a waterproof suit or something is beyond me.  that and despite their seemingly physical prowess at being able to climb onto roofs and whatnot, they can't open simple doors; they're supposed to be problems solvers, then why not take off the screws on the hinges or something??  despite these stupid points, i loved the movie though.

[Neon Noodle]

Here's one that has plagued me to this day:

The Terminator (first movie) sets the rule that nothing dead can go back in time, hence why Arnold (surrounded by living tissue) gets to go back. Yet in the second movie this rule is pretty much ignored for the Liquid Metal Killer....Oy Vey....

[fritz21]

In a bad disaster movie entitled TERROR ON THE 40TH FLOOR(take note at this canidate, Andrew), there is one scene where several firefighters are attempting to control a fire. Then one of the hoses catches on fire, and a desperate struggle to put it out ensues.
Excuse me!? Why would FIRE HOSES of all things be flammable!? Not only is that just common sense, but there's WATER coming through it! Fire hoses can catch, but only in temperatres in excess of 800 degrees Farienheit. At which point the firefighters would be unable to remove their jackets to smother the fire.

[wickednick]

I want to clear up something real quick in Signs.I love the movie and had no problem with them being vulnerable to water.The big complaint about it is that why would an alien race who is vulnerable to water want to take over are planet.If you actually pay a little atention to the movie you will find out that the aliens were not after are planet but the people themselves.The aliens also left on there own terms after they had abducted enough people.
Ill admit that I do have a problem with them having trouble opening doors, but Im not going to use that to stop me from liking the movie.

[JohnL]

>The Terminator (first movie) sets the rule that nothing dead can go back in time,
>hence why Arnold (surrounded by living tissue) gets to go back. Yet in the
>second movie this rule is pretty much ignored for the Liquid Metal Killer....Oy

Or why Skynet didn't just stick a small nuke inside a terminator skin and send it back.