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Nitpicks

posted 10 years ago by rbcp
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What better way to show your love for a movie than to complain about the plot.

1. Why didn't Kevin and the alien assassin guy just bring their own doomsday poison? They could have set off their own poison and THEN worked on killing the General. Really, planet Hondo shouldn't care about what happens to General Trius, they should just care that the virus happens.

2. That nuclear missile sure reached the comet fast. According to General Trius, it needed to travel through several solar systems and slingshot around a few planets. Seems like it'd take more than an hour to make it that far.

[–] rrandcoyote 10 years ago

OK, I'll play, but understand, I adore everything about this flick, including it's "flaws". The plot holes just make me love it more. The following just shows I've watched it too many times!

3. There's an outtake on Facebook that shows Jay as Kevin on fire after the crash. (Nils actually is in charge of the fire extinguisher, so how is that for a trust exercise AND a low budget production.)
Anyway...
Their spacesuits protect them from a catastrophic spaceship crash, but are not fireproof?

4. Bill works 140 miles away from his home in Brooklyn. When they bust into his job to launch the rocket, the Brooklyn police respond, and then go to the club instead of the museum.

5. A rocket launch would destroy the museum & surrounding vicinity.

6. When the General & Kevin escape from jail, they retrieve their helmets & instruments in moments. Their possessions would have been locked away.

7. A single karate chop or punch knocks people out. This is a standard trope from every movie in the world, and I'll just pretend that Hondonians have special knockout powers. FREE PASS

8. Dee Snyder saying let's "rock this b****" , but these guys aren't rockers as such. Their music is sweet & wonderful. Not head banging. That night they sing a beautiful ballad.

9. A comet that was heading for Hondo is heard blowing up on earth. A comet explosion would not be heard on earth. If it was, the earth would have been in a panicked state of alert knowing a comet was heading our way. If Hondo was this close, we'd know about it. It would be closer than the moon.

10. My biggest peeve: This movie is not a blockbuster hit it should be! Why isn't this making these brilliant people enough money to become Hondonians full time if they wanted to? Follow them on Facebook & Twitter. Buy their tee shirts & music. Tell everyone you know about it!

HONDO!!!!!

[–] rbcp 10 years ago

I forgot about his work being 140 miles away. So now we're to believe that in the 2 HOUR DRIVE from his work to the club, that the cops couldn't have caught him? They wouldn't have thrown down a few spike strips? There wouldn't be a LOT of cop cars and helicopters involved by that point? Especially since they had that entire 2 hours to realize that they were probably the ones responsible for setting off an 8 story rocket.

11. Two hours of a police chase, the last part of it taking place in Brooklyn. Traffic doesn't move too fast in NYC. The cops would have easily overtaken them before they reached the club. Also that club owner is going to be in a lot of trouble after using his truck to run from the cops for 2 hours.

12. How did General Trius shake the charges of not having any ID, assulting a cop, busting out of jail, and setting off a huge rocket. The cops know he did all these things, yet the end of the movie shows them living happily ever after. I'm pretty sure every agency in the world would be after General Trius for the rocket incident.

And yeah, I hate that this movie isn't huge. I've been telling everyone I know about it and everyone loves it. I've watched it myself 3 times in the past week and I've watched all of Future Folk's live shows on YouTube. I wish there were more of them. I'm not sure exactly where this movie ranks in my list of favorite movies, but it will definitely be in the top 10 for a long time.

[–] rrandcoyote 10 years ago

And yeah, I hate that this movie isn't huge. I've been telling everyone I know about it and everyone loves it. I've watched it myself 3 times in the past week and I've watched all of Future Folk's live shows on YouTube. I wish there were more of them. I'm not sure exactly where this movie ranks in my list of favorite movies, but it will definitely be in the top 10 for a long time.

LOL, me too! Please to meet you, however virtually. Glad I'm not alone in my Hondonian OCD.

I'm under the impression that FF is something of a hobby, albeit a serious one, for the guys. They seem to do all their own PR, website, Twitter, Facebook, etc. They haven't announced any dates for this year for performances. They are aware that Netflix has reached a bigger audience for them. They received a number of reviews there. Good response.

I'm hoping they'll come to my neck of the woods. I've suggested a couple venues on Twitter, no answer. We shall see.

They were in my area long before I knew who they were. :( and an acquaintance of mine interviewed them.

Did you see the interview on YouTube? I believe it was for WXPN, although that's not my friend's interview. Some interesting insights.

Hondo!

[–] rbcp 10 years ago

Hondo! Yep, I saw that interview. I watched everything on both of their youtube channels. If they ever come anywhere near the northwest, I'll be seeing them play, probably multiple times. I'm seriously considering a trip to NY just to see them live.

[–] rbcp 10 years ago

13. General Trius plans to take his wife and daughter to some mine shafts to hide from the virus. If it's that easy to avoid the virus, then it has to be somewhat easy to just set the virus off in the mineshaft, or maybe put it in a bucket of cement and drop it in the ocean.

He was there for 11 years and never thought to do anything about the virus? Seems like he could have disassembled the container or disposed of it in some way.

14. Hondo and that other alien planet have mastered space travel, but can't figure out how to land their ships? What's with all the crash landings?

[–] rrandcoyote 10 years ago

#14... Bill says his spaceship wasn't designed for earth's atmosphere.

Of course, the whole movie could be a little girl's dream.

That would explain everything.

Hondo!

[–] jimmyolsenblues 10 years ago

Hondo

[–] c0y0te 9 years ago

Just saw this one yesterday and wow was I pleasantly surprised!

So now that I've said it, here's my nitpick :P

15- The two guys in their red spacesuits are being hunted by the police so they go to a club and ask the owner to hide them. He says yes but on one condition: You will play music here every night of the week, in front of a packed crowd and in those red costumes! Hmmm... ''Excuse me mister clubowner, but didnt you hear that WE ARE BEING HUNTED BY THE POLICE?!''

Anyways, what a great movie! I'll talk about it to all my friends who like sci-fi and/or great music!

[–] jimmyolsenblues 9 years ago

Hondo

[–] djj93312 (89) 4 years ago

16. A civilization that has interstellar travel capability and laser zap guns can't take care of a comet they've known about for at least 26 years? Okay, I understand it might be a bad idea to break up a body on a collision course with a planet, but there are alternatives like a tug of some kind, just to nudge it so it misses.