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In Lethal Weapon 2 the South African Consulate is covertly involved with drug money which has come to the attention of the police. So their insane solution to keep their operation going is to carry out co-ordinated set of attacks on the LAPD investigation team?! Wacko There would be wall to wall international media coverage if 6 or 7 police investigators were killed within a simultaneous timeframe as depicted in the film.

Given the drug dealing aspect they would also risk having the federal agencies involved such as the FBI & DEA, not to mention the American government itself demanding answers of the South African government. 

Leo Getz. Why would the LAPD be tasked with protecting a Federal witness? Surely the FBI would have him in protective custody especially if he's a high value target on a half a billion drug operation. 
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The South Africans had a lot riding on "diplomatic immunity" in that film.
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In Jaws (premiering on RTE2 now) the lads are drinking on the boat and singing songs. Quint and Hooper are absolutely legless drunk when Jaws starts attacking the boat.  Suddenly the appear as sober as a judge and Quint is able to stand in perfect balance shooting a rifle at the shark on a rocking unsteady boat right at the edge without falling into the water.

In reality a man that drunk with a firearm on a small wooden bpat at sea would be stumbling about the place and would be lucky not to kill anyone and in all probability he would fall off the boat into the water.

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Legend has it that John Sullivan took a trip to Hollywood to trace his ancestry and family tree. Upon discovering his ancestors were Jewish, he changed his name to spielberg and hung out there for a while

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Originally posted by McG McG wrote:

Legend has it that John Sullivan took a trip to Hollywood to trace his ancestry and family tree. Upon discovering his ancestors were Jewish, he changed his name to spielberg and hung out there for a while

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Another plot hole.  Brody had a rifle on board.  Why didnt they just shoot the fish?  They had numerous opportunities.

Another one is when Brody is stabbing the fish with a spear of some sort and you can hear it hitting the metal of the fake shark

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Watching Taken on RTE 2.

Liam Neesons daughter is in the bathroom and he tells her to leave the bathroom and hide under the bed when the men are taking her friend in the Paris apartment at the beginning of the film. From there she is taken.

Why doesn't he tell her to lock herself in the bathroom and/or ring the police as she was on the phone?

Or the other option is to make a run for it
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Because he had to do what the script dictated he do.
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Ah there’s no need to be such a party pooper there now Shamwich 

When our kid Liamo tries to get into the girls apartment in Paris after the kidnapping, he uses a brown paper bag with messages to appear as a resident. These paper bags are typically American and not to be found in supermarkets in Paris. Unless of course, he carried groceries for the deception on his transatlantic flight?
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He was likely shopping in an establishment that was a little ahead of the environmental curve in not using plasticClap
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At the start of Rocky IV, Rocky and Apollo arrive home right after they had their “you owe me” fight at the end of Rocky 3 “ding ding”

Rocky’s son is 3 maybe 4 in Rocky 3. Yet when the two arrive home after the fight for the start of IV, his son is at least 6/7. 
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it was a stressful fight.  It aged him. 
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Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Because he had to do what the script dictated he do.

This film was released during the script writers strike a number of years back.  It was a b movie plot that was lying around and they released it with a decent sized budget as they had ran out of a list scripts.   It’s a pile of sh*te of a movie that falls into the it’s so sh*t it’s good category.   It was never meant to be a big budget huge movie.  It was very profitable I believe.  Hence sequels etc. 
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Originally posted by irishmufc irishmufc wrote:

In Lethal Weapon 2 the South African Consulate is covertly involved with drug money which has come to the attention of the police. So their insane solution to keep their operation going is to carry out co-ordinated set of attacks on the LAPD investigation team?! Wacko There would be wall to wall international media coverage if 6 or 7 police investigators were killed within a simultaneous timeframe as depicted in the film.

Given the drug dealing aspect they would also risk having the federal agencies involved such as the FBI & DEA, not to mention the American government itself demanding answers of the South African government. 

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Originally posted by McG McG wrote:

At the start of Rocky IV, Rocky and Apollo arrive home right after they had their “you owe me” fight at the end of Rocky 3 “ding ding”

Rocky’s son is 3 maybe 4 in Rocky 3. Yet when the two arrive home after the fight for the start of IV, his son is at least 6/7. 

Did the son not age dramatically between rocky 4 and rocky 5 too? He comes back from the drago fight and the same kid is a grumpy teenager!
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Originally posted by fr larry duff fr larry duff wrote:

Originally posted by McG McG wrote:

At the start of Rocky IV, Rocky and Apollo arrive home right after they had their “you owe me” fight at the end of Rocky 3 “ding ding”

Rocky’s son is 3 maybe 4 in Rocky 3. Yet when the two arrive home after the fight for the start of IV, his son is at least 6/7. 

Did the son not age dramatically between rocky 4 and rocky 5 too? He comes back from the drago fight and the same kid is a grumpy teenager!

A sage observation alright.
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Worse still Rocky comes home to a different house from the end of Rocky IV to the start of Rocky V.  One he leaves California and arrives back to a house in wintery Philadelphia
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Worse still Rocky comes home to a different house from the end of Rocky IV to the start of Rocky V.  One he leaves California and arrives back to a house in wintery Philadelphia

Did Paulie not mess up when they were away and sign power of attorney to the accountant who took everything leading to the move back to Philadelphia?  
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Originally posted by sausy sausy wrote:

Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Worse still Rocky comes home to a different house from the end of Rocky IV to the start of Rocky V.  One he leaves California and arrives back to a house in wintery Philadelphia

Did Paulie not mess up when they were away and sign power of attorney to the accountant who took everything leading to the move back to Philadelphia?  

They supposedly came back to the same house and then after a day or so realise they have lost their home and have to move back to the sh*thole of Philly inner city
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