Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:25     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
Anonymous wrote:A driving scene where the driver looks at the passenger while speaking, taking his/her/their (don't forget that!) eyes off the road for ridiculous amounts of time. They would have seriously run off the road!


I'm always yelling at them to keep their eyes on the road!

Lack of traffic. That it's always seamless to get from like downtown DC to rural Virginia in 15 minutes. (Lookin at you, Bones.)
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:21     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
They seemingly never repeat outfits. Ever.

Roseanne was perhaps the first and only show where people wore outfits more than once.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:21     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
How people end phone conversations abruptly. There’s never a goodbye, talk to you later, etc., - they just hang up.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:19     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
People walk in from a day out and head to the kitchen to eat or cook and never wash their hands.

This has bothered me since I was a young kid. The first thing we do is wash our hands when we come home.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:19     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
No toilets
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:16     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
How quickly legal cases are wrapped up.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:13     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
How people almost never finish a meal or take more than a bite or two.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:13     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
Anonymous wrote:Literally anything in any medical drama. I just cannot. I stopped watching Greys Anatomy when they closed the emergency room to host a prom, and during this prom Izzy went upstairs to visit her boyfriend/ husband with the heart issue and he has just died in bed, with no nurses or doctors or code blues, because they were all downstairs at prom apparently . In the CLOSED EMERGENCY ROOMz


Hahaha to this I will add anything legal, though I guess it probably goes for any profession. Like how in the West Wing the same 5 people do all the jobs, including giving themselves legal advice. (I guess that presaged the Jared Kushner era fairly accurately, but it's bizarre for any other real administration.)
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:12     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
The absence of clutter in most people’s homes.

The really nice neighborhoods most people live in.

NYC apartments — all of them.

Kids living in totally walkable neighborhoods and able to roam at will at very young ages.

Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 09:03     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
Literally anything in any medical drama. I just cannot. I stopped watching Greys Anatomy when they closed the emergency room to host a prom, and during this prom Izzy went upstairs to visit her boyfriend/ husband with the heart issue and he has just died in bed, with no nurses or doctors or code blues, because they were all downstairs at prom apparently . In the CLOSED EMERGENCY ROOMz
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 08:59     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
A driving scene where the driver looks at the passenger while speaking, taking his/her/their (don't forget that!) eyes off the road for ridiculous amounts of time. They would have seriously run off the road!
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 08:56     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
Anonymous wrote:What’s your biggest pet peeve?

Here’s mine: When two characters from the same foreign country speak to each other in broken, heavily accented English rather than their mother tongue. That never EVER happens in real life. It’s baffling to me why directors always do this. I mean, directors: If you can’t find two American actors who speak fluent German, then just hire a couple of German actors and use subtitles for their scenes. It will make the movie feel more authentic and the audience will appreciate that you respect their intelligence.

Agree! The Americans was really great about that--using Russian speaking actors. And having the American leads almost never speaking it!
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 08:47     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
High school kids in tv shows always go to the best colleges.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 08:38     Subject: Re:Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
I grew up in Alabama and bad southern accents in movies/tv really irk me.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2023 08:36     Subject: Unrealistic things in movies and tv shows that drive you crazy
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Forced diversity in recent shows/movies. They always have to have that one character that is gay or trans and it’s too obvious and on the nose. (Example: Bros)

I miss 20 years ago when a gay character just existed and wasn’t heavily stereotyped and over the top.


Genuinely curious what show/movie you are thinking of when you say this. I can't think of any examples.


Monroe on Too Close for Comfort way back in the 80s.

Nobody even addressed his sexuality directly. And he was the real star of the show.