r/shittymoviedetails • u/HelloThereWhere • Mar 29 '23
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), what the fuck are these windows in Riri's dorm. Like seriously, who wants to be like 'time to go to bed, let me get down on my hands and knees to close my curtains, then grab a chair so that I can close my other curtains.'
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u/creative_user_name12 Average r/shittymoviedetails enjoyer: Mar 29 '23
WHO TF HAS 12 WINDOWS IN THEIR ROOM AND WHY TF ARE THEY STACKED LIKE THAT
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u/Sii_Kei Mar 30 '23
I don't understand why each of them has their own little curtain instead of having one grand curtain hanging from the ceiling.
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u/therealchadius Mar 30 '23 edited Mar 30 '23
Students: Man, all of these tall gray buildings are boring. Can you... make a cooler building.
MIT: OK, here's a new building. We told the architect to go nuts.
Students: Wait, not like that!
This is a real building. Yes, it's a new dormitory, official name is Simmons Hall. Students nickname it "The Sponge" because of all the windows.
This movie also shows the Stratton Student Center (it's one of the oldest of the New Wacky Buildings, so it has no right angles) and the Stata Center.
On the flip side, the MIT campus police HQ is still next to the student center, carved out of an old castle fort. You can see it the previous scene, when they refer to MIT as the equivalent of a Wakandan children's school. There's a Bank of America ATM on the upper right side of the frame but Field of View renders it unreadable.
This movie DOESN'T show MIT's iconic steps in front of 77 Mass Ave.
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u/MyOwnAntichrist Mar 31 '23
Jesus fucking Christ, how big is MIT? A university in my country is like... A building. A very big one, mind you, or a bunch of smaller ones facing the same yard. NOT AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK.
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u/therealchadius Mar 31 '23
Cambridge, Massachusetts is basically owned by MIT, Harvard, and a couple of smaller colleges. It's the primary reason why tuition is so expensive. Big colleges must be great colleges, right?
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u/ivanchovv Mar 29 '23
Yeah, wasting all that time and mental energy before and after bed. No wonder they couldn't find a cure for T'Challa's illness in time.
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u/HelloThereWhere Mar 30 '23
Just noticed how the sun is streaming in so I’m guessing they face north-west-ish and the fact that the thin curtains are barely blocking any light, imagine wanting a good night sleep before a summer test and not being able to because your shitty dorm room decided you should rise and fall with the sun like a Neanderthal.
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u/whizzers_going_down Mar 30 '23
i bet these nerds have a button where they push and all the curtains close
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u/Cheery_spider Mar 30 '23
Never seen black panter, but isnt wakanda like super technologicaly advanced? I am pretty sure she had something that closes them with a push of a buton.
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u/HelloThereWhere Mar 30 '23
This isn’t Wakanda this is MIT and also I have been given the harrowing information that this dorm is, in fact, real, and people actually have to live with these windows.
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u/Cheery_spider Mar 30 '23
Ooops, didnt know, I never watched black panter. I dont know what MIT is either, I will have to look it up.
As for the windows: whyyyyyyyyy?! I thought maybe the character just has unusuall taste and is willing to put up with the inconviniences, but why would you infict this on unwiling participants?
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u/Akirex5000 Mar 30 '23
I mean you could just install a big curtain that goes over all the windows at once. I don’t really see much practical use of just having all the windows have individual curtains. Do they expect someone to just be like “oh boy I love being able to close all the curtains individually. It’s very handy having this one specific window open when I need it”
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u/milksheikh24 Apr 01 '23
As a 5 foot tall student who lives in that dorm (Simmons), I leave the top 2 rows of curtains closed. But I really love the aesthetic and imo Simmons is the best MIT dorm 🧽🧽🧽🧽
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u/Comprehensive-Stop44 Mar 29 '23
She millionaire, she doesn't give a fuck
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u/CrimKayser Mar 29 '23
This is the kids dorm at college. She is not a millionaire.
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u/zastava_ Mar 30 '23
She could afford enough tech to build an iron man suit and had enough money to go to MIT, she’s definitely rich
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u/Shadowpika655 Mar 30 '23
and had enough money to go to MIT,
you do know scholarships exist...right?
as for the iron man tech...I initially thought they explained it was made with scrap metal but I'm not quite sure anymore
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u/GrimmOfThrones2187 Mar 30 '23
Riri Williams was able to build this in a garage. With a box of scraps.
Also she probably got a scholarship.
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u/AdEven3477 Mar 30 '23
Most MIT students get a ton of their parts from the institute’s trash. I’ve seen some really incredible things made with practically zero budget, so a flight suit wouldn’t be completely out of the question.
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u/filthysize Mar 29 '23
That is actually what an MIT dorm room looks like: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/b4/9f/e3b49f4fc4ff216babb6b92d08ded8fc.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/09/21/490921c73ed88421445d00bebca06d70.jpg