This isn't exactly confined to Smallville. Often movies and television have people "type" when they're not supposed to just to have something happening in the scene.
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I thought it was silly how Chloe could stop a bank wire transfer just by hacking into canary's computer, lolComment
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And you'll notice, she's typing while a script is actually running. As if to imply that her typing is allowing the script to progress. How cheap and contradictive. I could understand if she were to hit the Enter key every couple of seconds, but to constantly rat-ta-tat-tat is bogus and apparent.Last edited by litew8; 02-09-2008, 02:48 AM.Comment
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Je suis d'accord! the inaccurate usage of computers (typing, hacking, cracking, etc) in this show really pisses me off.
LoL! I too was wondering what Allison was typing herself, like the director says "action" and she thinks "what will I write while I pretend to write?? I know, my name once and again!" or "the lines I'm supposed to say"
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What I hate is that the writers just use computers like magic wands. Can't figure out how to get out of this jam? Chloe can hack the pentagon and use her internet resources to track the sales of individual comic books. They have the probably most powerful Superhero ever at their disposal and this is what they come up with? nb hhhyuhyhuhyhyu <- What it looks like when someone smacks their head against a keyboard, just FYI.Comment
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I've always wondered what Allison types in those scenes (and in the few that Tom does as well). Sometimes I watch her fingers to try to see what letters she's typing away at to figure it out.
What I think is funny is that characters on shows either type a lot of just barely. Like a character will say "let me search the database" hit 3 keys and say "well, I've tried everything I know!"
Or conversely, like Chloe, will type for ages, fingers flying over the keyboard and then say something like "well, I put in her name and I couldn't come up with anything".
But htat's why Chloe is such an awesome sidekick. She does things with a computer that only Oracle could manage! (kudos to anyone who got that!)Comment
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The strange thing that I noticed was Lana in the episode when she was typing. She was viewing footage of Lex in the Isis place and she was typing like crazy. Maybe it's the type of technology that she uses in her video cameras to view someone that she has to type an entire paragraph instead of using a mouse.Comment
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Tom says he types his name over and over again...
ETA: oops, no spam beat me to posting that tidbit...
As for the typing, yeah that confuses me. I mean, there Chloe was, doing all this typing, but there were no text boxes up, no word processing documents...
Wouldn't clicks of a mouse have been more appropriate? But it doesn't surprise me. They clearly have no idea how to really use a computer on this show, they've had problems with that the entire series, Delete was a particularly bad example of this from the third season.Comment
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Love your reviews, Trip.Comment
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I was going to make a comment along those lines. No offense to TW, but he comes across in interviews as a pretty serious, boring guy.Comment
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There's an incredibly hilarious interview out there with Kristen (from Eonline) where he talks about this practical joke he played on Jensen & Jared from "Supernatural". That makes me think that he's not as serious and boring as he likes to make himself out to be in most interviews.Comment
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What did he he replaced the papers with? Hot, naked Clex Fan made manips?Comment
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