[Closed] Stupid things that they do on TV and films

did you just try to kill someone by twisting their neck and only realised they weren't dead when their eyes wouldn't close?

Baddies killing people by twisting their heads quickly. No it won’t kill you, amazingly enough our heads are actually designed to turn from side to side!

I saw one trying to kill an owl that way once. Took him ages.

There's the classic of just hanging up the phone without saying goodbye.

It also infuriates me sometimes when, say, a character is falsely accused of something they could just quite easily explain/provide an alibi for but for some reason they don't and it drags on and on.

Guns that never run out of ammo till the crucial shot to kill the bad guy.

Films, where people are meant to be driving fast doing about 20 gear changes, engine revving like mad, and when they show the speedo they are doing about 70mph.

You don’t shock asystole.

Never lock cars.

Always pull straight into parking place outside the building they are going into, even if it's central London / New York / Hong Kong.

Tyre squeal on dirt tracks too.

Gulp down hot drinks.

Never lock cars.

and if/when they do, the car beeps.

Not looking where they're going when they're driving.

Since the likes of Galactica, the Expanse etc. it now grates when I see space ships maneuvering as if they were in a planet's atmosphere rather than using thrusters etc.

At least give a nod to real physics.

I love it in the Expanse when they are decelerating but still heading towards a planet, spaceship reversed, with the engines burning blue.👍

Gulp down hot drinks.

Swigging from a full coffee cup that's clearly empty. I thought these people were supposed to be actors.

Never going to the toilet

Never going to the toilet

I'm more than happy to not ever see that - acting or not...

Instantly being an expert in the interface of whatever, new to them, custom system/program they are hacking into or using.

Hiding behind vehicles when being shot... Good luck with that in real life!

Not making way for dog walkers.

n0b0dy0ftheg0at
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Hiding behind vehicles when being shot… Good luck with that in real life!

Behind the engine block might not be too bad? I get your point though.

Drac
Full Member
Not making way for dog walkers.

You little stirrer you.😉

At least give a nod to real physics

Wish they would do this for CGI aircraft. The ones in Pearl Harbour for instance would have stalled out in some situations, pulled about 15g in others, and don’t start me on the roll rate of a Pitts Special for a P40.

Sex, done in 30 seconds and everyone happy.

Generally, things beeping when they are displaying something on a screen. People typing for everything that are doing on a computer. Does no one have to click on things in movie land?

Not making way for dog walkers

Shouldn’t dog walkers only be depicted levitating a foot above the ground, with a halo and accompanied by choirs of angels?

Sex, done in 30 seconds and everyone happy

This. What are they, machines?

Sex, done in 30 seconds and everyone happy.

Exactly...how they can spin that out for a further 20 seconds is beyond me...hardly real life!

Generally, things beeping when they are displaying something on a screen.

Like the special countdown timers on bombs that reveal exactly where they are by beeping nicely every second.

At least give a nod to real physics

Vehicles crashing through things and coming out unscathed on the other side. Gates, barriers, checkpoints, marketstalls, small trees...

Any and all of them would result in severe damage to the car rendering it an instant write off and maybe a slightly dented checkpoint. It's designed to stop a vehicle you moron, it will not let you drive through it at 80mph!

Showing close ups of people injecting themselves… WHY ?

Going for days using phones heavily and yet never seeming to stick them on charge.

Shouldn’t dog walkers only be depicted levitating a foot above the ground, with a halo and accompanied by choirs of angels?

No, they should have horns and carry a trident.

Sound in space. Did they never see a bell 🛎 in a bell jar at school!?

"Let's split up".

Sex, done in 30 seconds and everyone happy.

Exactly…how they can spin that out for a further 20 seconds is beyond me…hardly real life!

I'm including 15 seconds of begging and 5 of foreplay, admittedly leaving out the subsequent 5 minutes of apologising but you've got to allow some dramatic license.

Tyre squeal on dirt tracks too.

And wet roads.

When people are shagging on screen no one's laughing, joking or even smiling, they're all dead serious and smoochy.

the faster you type the quicker you can decrypt.

My pet hate is the Jericho trumpet first associated with the JU-87 and now used (as a sound effect) to signal that any plane (or even helicopter) is in high-speed dive. It's absolutely stupid.

Always pull straight into parking place outside the building they are going into, even if it’s central London / New York / Hong Kong.

Do you mean they should be reversing into the space ?

Nothing happens unless it is part of the plot.

They never charge their phone - except when plugging the wire in causes an explosion or reveals a clue
They never use the toilet - except when they do and overhear a key conversations
They never worry about physics - except when there is a key plot twist based on the exact change in momentum due to the change in relative
They never lock cars except when locking the car means a keyt character is trapped inside

Never lock cars.

and if/when they do, the car beeps

Mine does that...

School movies with most of the cast aged 25+….

Being able to hack into any CCTV system within a few seconds.

Never use Windows or any recognisable PC programme.

Ah yes - computer systems in general that don’t bear any relation to any actual operating system…

People getting injected or drinking sedatives and falling asleep in 2 seconds…

Shouldn’t dog walkers only be depicted levitating a foot above the ground, with a halo and accompanied by choirs of angels?

Now now Bin Bins don't be disrespectful to the new owners of all public spaces.

A car chase, how often do you see one?, people shouting at the top of their voice and waving in a crowded place to gain someone’s attention, people scrapping in the street. Perhaps I’ve led a too sheltered life!