New Techniques Thread

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by Molokh

That's because in the movies it's meant to be sneaky/hard to defend against, while IRL it's telegraphic.

Yes. It's a common cinematic device: represent something extreme and rather unrealistic with precisely the opposite extreme on screen. It's the same logic that had Lee Majors running in slow-mo whenever Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, was running at 60 mph. Also the same logic that has attractive female movie stars moving in a slutty and cheap way when their characters are supposed to be acting subtle and seductive. Oh, and the same logic that has brilliant thinkers going around being distracted, forgetful, and underconfident.