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Head injuries in Movies/TV

posted 7 years ago by PeteRose (2893)
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Is anyone else very tired of this trope? A while back I was into the show LOST, which had its ups and downs (and probably one season too many, but I was satisfied with its conclusion) and virtually every episode someone would get knocked unconscious by a stick or a rock or a fist or (most commonly) a semiautomatic handgun.

Now when you have more than 20 episodes per season and somebody is getting knocked out every episode (sometime multiple KOs per ep) it begins to get a little ridiculous. A Glock to the skull could just kill you right there, but I don't think I've ever seen that happen in a movie or show. Are there any? Do head injuries ever carry the weight they should in our recreational media? I'm also looking at you Marty McFly for the many brain bashing you withstood.

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Interesting issue you touched on here Pete. With all the news/stories/controversy around concussions in sports these days. It seems to me in movies a quick bonk on the head would knock a guy right out, Princess Bride being my favorite. Seems like something the Myth Busters should look in to.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I just watched an episode of Jessica Jones where a main character took a serious blow and was fine a little bit later, it's getting to me. It's worth noting the character does not have super powers

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Having never had a concussion, I can't really describe what it en-tales. I have however played competitive hockey for several years and have never actually seen a person get knocked out cold and I have witnessed some intense head shots. Even it other physical sports like boxing or MMA I have never seen someone get knocked out.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Yes getting knocked out takes a lot and would probably be very serious

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I played hockey too! I've hit my head all sorts of ways and never lost consciousness, do not want to

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Yea! I have taken some blows. I have even had a couple teeth knocked out. Never lost consciousness or even come close to it

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

And in real life a loss of consciousness is the main thing that would determine a probable necessity for a medical evaluation, which these characters never get

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Now a days in sports they take any kind of bump to the head more seriously.

Something funny from my child hood. From the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. After the big final fight at the end between the turtles and the foot clan the police chief says "someone get some doctors out here" It is one of the only movie scenes I can remember where someone in charge actually asks for doctors after a huge fight scene

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I like the parts where the knocked out foot clan members slink off the edge of the screen to make room for the Shredder

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

The foot clan seemed way too easy to knock out. Especially since like 100 of em couldn't take down the turtles (in that scene in April's building before it lit on fire)

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Never lower your eyes to an enemy

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

NINJA VANISH!

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

One of my favorite non sequiturs to pull out at the right moment and stimulate conversation is, who is this Oroku Saki? to mixed results

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

What about....

I MADE A FUNNY!

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

That one's good, or in Raf's voice, where do they come up with this stuff?

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

I loved the way the turtles mouths moved when they were eating.

Pork rind? Pork rind!

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I may have seen that movie more than almost any other. I like Sam Rockwell's anything you want, we got, anything you wanna do, do it I really wanted to hang out in that warehouse on Ladman Island

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Dude! Until now I had no idea that was Sam Rockwell. Thank you for that little bit of movie trivia. Gotta say he looks about the same now. Dude has aged well. As i kid I was obsessed with this movie.

"He's a claustrophobic"

"I never even looked at another man before:

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Yeah it was pretty to close his first movie I think, also he just won an Oscar, and deserved it

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

I am gonna break out TMNT this weekend, have a few beers and laugh myself silly. See if I pick up on any jokes I might have missed as a kid.

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I am drinking a beer right now and am changing to it, but I gotta get a pizza to go with it

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

It doesn't look like it is on Netflix so I might have to do some searchng

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Do you happen to be familiar with Massive Head Wound Harry, an older SNL skit?

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Yeah I forgot out him haha

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Always wanting to rest on a white couch. Classic

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[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

Sounds familiar. Was that Chris Farley?

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

I think it was Dana Carvey

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[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

He might have done it too. I remember Dana Carvey and Chris Kattan both doing it over the years.

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[–] TexasJack (12516) 7 years ago

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