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Things common in film, television and fiction that you have never encountered in real life. PART 2!

Someone ordering "a beer" at a bar.

by Anonymousreply 369November 21, 2020 6:46 PM

Someone who lights a cigarette and then puts it out immediately. At $12 a pack? Not likely!

by Anonymousreply 1April 15, 2020 1:31 AM

Sideway3s handing a cashier the exact amount needed and change never needing to be counted or given back to customer.

by Anonymousreply 2April 15, 2020 2:58 AM

And when someone orders "a beer" the server or bartender never asks what brand.

by Anonymousreply 3April 15, 2020 3:09 AM

People telling a restaurant employee they'll "have the regular".

by Anonymousreply 4April 15, 2020 3:15 AM

That's a good one, OP. It's true. You have to specify something, thereafter you can say "I'll have another beer."

by Anonymousreply 5April 15, 2020 3:20 AM

In the movies, after sex, nobody ever needs to wash up or pee, they never have to avoid the wet spot. Oh, and during sex, the woman is often half dressed. Or she’s naked, but they’re having sex under the covers.

by Anonymousreply 6April 15, 2020 3:23 AM

And after they have sex, if she gets out of bed she drapes a sheet around herself

(I have never, ever seen anyone drape a bedsheet around themselves after getting out of bed)

by Anonymousreply 7April 15, 2020 3:27 AM

Women wearing a bra during sex.

by Anonymousreply 8April 15, 2020 3:28 AM

People who do HORRIBLE things to each other and almost immediately thereafter they act like nothing happened.

(Eg: Pete Campbell revealing to Burt Cooper that Don Draper is really Dick Whitman.)

by Anonymousreply 9April 15, 2020 3:30 AM

Wasn't a lot of the unrealistic sex - bras, sheets under the covers, sheets afterwards - due to nudity restrictions. You still see a lot of that, but I also see more realistic depictions than previously.

by Anonymousreply 10April 15, 2020 3:33 AM

Buying milk by the quart for a family of eight.

by Anonymousreply 11April 15, 2020 3:49 AM

R1 it's similar to when they meet someone, take one bite of their food and then leave. What a waste of money.

by Anonymousreply 12April 15, 2020 8:30 AM

Working class families living in HUUUUGE houses

by Anonymousreply 13April 15, 2020 3:05 PM

- Dispute in a restaurant. Guy, leaving, throws money down on the table.

- Man and woman in a bed. Both get up. She’s in a bra and panties. He’s in underwear. (Yeah, right...)

- The whole Hollywood enforced concept of married couples in twin beds. (Really?)

- Otherwise hairy men with shaved chests. (Remember Jeffrey Hunter’s shaven armpits as Jesus?)

- Somebody shot or stabbed, but no wound or blood, and they just keel over. (Like the old western cliche, with the cowboy shooting once, and 3 Indians fall.)

- And why do so many children in movies always have perfectly combed hair? (As if they all just came from the stylist. Which they actually just did..)

by Anonymousreply 14April 15, 2020 3:20 PM

A lighter that stays lit as you throw it into a puddle of flammable liquid.

by Anonymousreply 15April 17, 2020 4:25 PM

People paying Barbra Streisand for sex.

by Anonymousreply 16April 17, 2020 4:29 PM

"Hi, it's me Stan!" ...everytime I visit Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia.

by Anonymousreply 17April 17, 2020 4:32 PM

Men have paid women who are less attractive than Barbra Streisand for sex

by Anonymousreply 18April 17, 2020 5:07 PM

People eating melted ice cream like soup.

by Anonymousreply 19April 17, 2020 5:26 PM

People just hanging up the phone without first letting the other person know that the conversation is over.

by Anonymousreply 20April 17, 2020 5:30 PM

[quote]People just hanging up the phone without first letting the other person know that the conversation is over.

One of my grandmothers always did that. My friend Wayne does it about half the time. He has zero in the way of social graces in general.

by Anonymousreply 21April 17, 2020 5:32 PM

R8 women do wear bras during sex. This one has, anyway. Depends on mood/situation. That's not the piece that needs to come off.

by Anonymousreply 22April 17, 2020 5:49 PM

Someone putting a chair under a door handle to keep someone else out.

by Anonymousreply 23April 17, 2020 5:51 PM

R22 We're not talking about what you do in the aisle at Walmart, we're talking about what happens in bedrooms.

by Anonymousreply 24April 17, 2020 5:52 PM

[quote] Man and woman in a bed. Both get up. She’s in a bra and panties. He’s in underwear. (Yeah, right...)

My favorite recently-historical example of this is GOSSIP GIRL, in particular bedroom scenes with Blair & Chuck. You would rarely see these two in a sexual situation without outfits; as I recall the few near-nude instances involved many sheets in the way and expensive lingerie that was not removed. More often than not during a boudoir scene College-aged Blair would have on a lab expensive & delicate but modest silk slip/chemise and looking immaculate, and equally-young Chuck would be wearing obviously high-end pyjamas, slippers & a robe. They were never depicted padding around post-coitus looking rough without pants or barefoot.

This was always so hysterical to me and I wondered whether I should be laughing, though I think it may have been a deliberate visual joke at the expense of the characters. By the middle-end the show became a campfest and merely an excuse for the designers to play around with retro fashions (regardless of their irrelevance to young teens & twentysonethings of the time) so I suppose it makes perfect sense.

And honestly I actually think it quite sexy and refreshing for a pretty couple to dress up like this for bed on the regular - in a cosy, quaint and very fussy sort of way. Of course it’s totally impractical and absurd.

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by Anonymousreply 25April 17, 2020 10:05 PM

[quote] (I have never, ever seen anyone drape a bedsheet around themselves after getting out of bed)

Well, mine ain’t big enough.

by Anonymousreply 26April 17, 2020 10:40 PM

[quote] The whole Hollywood enforced concept of married couples in twin beds. (Really?)

That hasn’t been a thing since the 1950s!

[quote] A lighter that stays lit as you throw it into a puddle of flammable liquid.

Obviously you’re not familiar with Zippo lighters. They stay lit until you close the lid to put them out. (Don’t drop it on your lap, trust me!)

by Anonymousreply 27April 17, 2020 10:42 PM

Houses on TV with nary an item out of place. They’re always perfectly dusted, beds made, never mail from that day on the countertop, or a dirty dish in the sink, nothing.

You’d think everyone has a full time housekeeper.

by Anonymousreply 28April 17, 2020 10:44 PM

Gay men with nothing better to do than offer fashion tips and dating advice to straight people

by Anonymousreply 29April 17, 2020 11:02 PM

Someone on a sitcom pops off some good zingers and no one cracks up or acknowledges the funny...except the live audience. It's like none of the characters have sense of humor.

by Anonymousreply 30April 17, 2020 11:49 PM

I prefer that to characters laughing at each other since that feels too self-conscious.

by Anonymousreply 31April 17, 2020 11:50 PM

Children smart-mouthing their parents. And living long enough to do another episode.

by Anonymousreply 32April 18, 2020 1:20 AM

People from wildly different backgrounds, upbringings, and social strata becoming a group of best friends.

by Anonymousreply 33April 18, 2020 1:25 AM

[quote]I prefer that to characters laughing at each other since that feels too self-conscious.

No. Because in real life people laugh and try to get cheap laughs and people laugh.

by Anonymousreply 34April 18, 2020 2:19 AM

People saying "besides, ..." casually and often.

by Anonymousreply 35April 18, 2020 2:32 AM

Everyone walks around them instead of them walking around other people, usually on a busy sidewalk.

by Anonymousreply 36April 18, 2020 2:37 AM

In a busy city, there is always a parking spot free right in front of wherever they are going.

by Anonymousreply 37April 18, 2020 2:40 AM

Pizza delivery boys never leave without fucking you first.

by Anonymousreply 38April 18, 2020 2:40 AM

[quote]In a busy city, there is always a parking spot free right in front of wherever they are going.

"Doris Day parking."

by Anonymousreply 39April 18, 2020 2:46 AM

Post link to part 1 thread

by Anonymousreply 40April 18, 2020 2:47 AM

R39 I learned that expression here on DL.

I used it last year when I pulled into a spot in front of a restaurant and my friend thought it was hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 41April 18, 2020 2:49 AM

Purposely getting close enough to someone without them knowing to:

(1) overhear something - causing the drama to unfold

(2) view them in their homes, peer at them, without detection - like detectives, or jealous lovers

by Anonymousreply 42April 18, 2020 4:31 AM

After they protest how much they hate you, you grab them and kiss them and they fall madly in love with you.

by Anonymousreply 43April 18, 2020 4:46 AM

^ Also, if a man and woman hate each other at the beginning of a movie, they be in love by then end of it

by Anonymousreply 44April 18, 2020 5:04 AM

Groups of police officers, e.g., "Criminal Minds," where there is not at least one stupid, dead-weight officer.

by Anonymousreply 45April 18, 2020 5:05 AM

R43 - I have seen this is gay porn too but, being porn, no one is surprised at the turnaround. But can be a hate fuck too.

by Anonymousreply 46April 18, 2020 5:26 AM

... seen this in ...

by Anonymousreply 47April 18, 2020 5:27 AM

Someone walks up to another character without making a sound and puts his hand on the person's shoulders just as jump-scare music blares on the speakers!

by Anonymousreply 48April 20, 2020 5:12 PM

r42, you've obviously seen "You" with Penn whatshisface.

by Anonymousreply 49April 20, 2020 5:31 PM

Bump

by Anonymousreply 50April 20, 2020 7:22 PM

[quote]For Canada: Chinese food coming in boxes. Ever since I was a kid it always came in a metal container with a cardboard lid. It was something I only saw on tv/in movies.

They don't have those boxes in Canada? My town in Massachusetts has several Chinese places and they all use those white boxes.

by Anonymousreply 51April 22, 2020 6:44 AM

The girl gets mad and runs away. The guy chases after her, makes it up by revealing true love feelings.

Never fucking happens. Guys today are like Fine! See ya, bitch.

by Anonymousreply 52April 22, 2020 6:56 AM

Finding someone who looks exactly like another person, enough that they can impersonate them.

by Anonymousreply 53April 22, 2020 6:59 AM

I just noticed on "My Brilliant Friend" that every time someone goes in front of a railway bridge, there is a train going over it. Every time.

by Anonymousreply 54April 23, 2020 1:20 AM

Someone in the earlier thread commented about how young people today see young people represented. i just finished watching a video of Joaquin Phoenix in QUILLS. Several posters commented about how 'old' Joaquin looked to be 26. Actually, he was 25 when it was filmed, but it brings up a good point: Many young people today have a warped sense of what a twnetysomething or even thirtysomehing year old looks.

by Anonymousreply 55April 23, 2020 12:57 PM

R53, just saw this AGAIN in The Dublin Murders, which is on either Netflix or Amazon. Was incredibly stupid to think that someone was an exact duplicate in looks AND voice for someone else and that four roommates would be fooled for even an instant.

by Anonymousreply 56April 23, 2020 1:56 PM

R34: Go find the Carol Burnett show online. Watch - in many scenes you can see them trying not to laugh out loud. Its too funny. Especially one in which Tim Conway is going on about something and Lionel Wagoner is trying none too successfully to stop himself cracking up.

by Anonymousreply 57April 23, 2020 2:02 PM

Gifts you don't have to unwrap--you just take the top off the box.

by Anonymousreply 58April 23, 2020 2:17 PM

That’s not at all what he’s talking about, r57.

He’s not talking about actors breaking character and laughing. He’s saying why don’t any of the [bold]characters[/bold] laugh at something that’s funny.

by Anonymousreply 59April 23, 2020 2:25 PM

R6, What?! The woman is usually starkers, while the MAN is still clothed!

by Anonymousreply 60April 23, 2020 2:36 PM

Carrying your groceries in a brown paper bag, out of the top of which peeps a loaf of French baguette and leafy tops of carrots.

Nurses wearing white dresses, white hose, white shoes, and little white caps.

Getting down on one knee to propose.

by Anonymousreply 61April 23, 2020 2:37 PM

[quote] Lionel Wagoner

Oh, dear. The man just died! Have some respect!

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by Anonymousreply 62April 23, 2020 2:37 PM

R6, R7, et al., re depicted sexual situations: "Things common in....." is, one should presume, to refer to today's media, now, the present, not movies from the 1950s or television programs not on cable.

One might as well say we have never seen in Real Life people communicating in mime, with captions.

by Anonymousreply 63April 23, 2020 2:42 PM

Okay, R63, so this is a retro one: offering or being offered a nightcap. People having decanters of whisky in their living rooms.

by Anonymousreply 64April 23, 2020 2:46 PM

[quote] Nurses wearing white dresses, white hose, white shoes, and little white caps.

I’ve only seen this on shows either from the 1970s or depicting the 1970s.

[quote]Getting down on one knee to propose.

People still do this. Everyone does.

by Anonymousreply 65April 23, 2020 2:51 PM

Regards nurses there's a color code now in hospital in the Georgia area. Mostly in dark blue, tech in medium green.

by Anonymousreply 66April 23, 2020 3:19 PM

R55 recently I watched a newer film version of ROMEO & JULIET with my teen niece, and she had much the same to say.

While designed as something of a historical-renactment and being quite dusty in tone & style this film was made using lead actors still in their teens & twenties and came out in 2013, so still stands as a fairly contemporary adaptation; nonetheless my niece griped that everyone and everything “looked so old and tired”, and that she was unsettled having to look at pale skin and untouched eyebrows and straggly hair and facial lines on the thespians in question. I myself thought the actors looked far too well-rested, polished and babyfaced for Shakespearean characters in their own temporal setting, but I’m nearly thirty so of course in the land of teenagers I know nothing and my opinion is worthless (shudder to think that I was the same way only a short time ago).

Still, I think you have hit on an interesting idea about change in visual culture and in the socialisation of ageing. My pet theory is that nothing has been more damaging to the psyche of youth than the infantilic animé trend of the ‘doll’ (no, not that kind, Ms. Lawson) married to the ubiquity of a cam-based HD world.

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by Anonymousreply 67April 23, 2020 5:15 PM

There was a 2013 version of Romeo and Juliet? That completely escaped my notice.

by Anonymousreply 68April 23, 2020 5:24 PM

I have students who consider the presence of coin laundries in a neighborhood a sign that it is a run-down and poor place to live.

by Anonymousreply 69April 23, 2020 5:41 PM

[quote]I have students who consider the presence of coin laundries in a neighborhood a sign that it is a run-down and poor place to live.

Umm…well…

by Anonymousreply 70April 23, 2020 6:41 PM

All windows with curtains open at night, lights on.

Parking spots wherever the protagonist needs them.

Characters going for hours and hours (on the run, say, or on an investigation), without a bathroom break or food.

by Anonymousreply 71April 23, 2020 9:32 PM

R55 r67 I agree. Its strange to frequently see comments on American entertainment sites referring to every actor or entertainer who doesn't look like a freshly scrubbed 16 year old looking "hardened " and "rough " . We all know someone in who looks extraordinarily youthful well into middle age but it's not quite as common as you would think from media portrayals. Frankly I prefer the more mature faces and would rather see more adult looking performers in film rather than yet another Kewpie doll face. But I suppose that's fallen out of vogue.

by Anonymousreply 72April 24, 2020 1:44 AM

Op is a shut in.

by Anonymousreply 73April 24, 2020 1:47 AM

People that say I will pick you up tonight or meet you tomorrow morning without specifying a specific time.

by Anonymousreply 74April 24, 2020 1:54 AM

[quote]Go find the Carol Burnett show online. Watch - in many scenes you can see them trying not to laugh out loud. Its too funny. Especially one in which Tim Conway is going on about something and Lionel Wagoner is trying none too successfully to stop himself cracking up.

I find that very unprofessional at the time.

But I really found it annoying when I heard that they wrote those "breaking character" moments into the script based on rehearsal.

It's very cheesy to do that.

Especially since Tim Conway was NEVER funny.

by Anonymousreply 75April 24, 2020 2:56 AM

Colored people knowing their place.

by Anonymousreply 76April 24, 2020 3:00 AM

[quote]Gifts you don't have to unwrap--you just take the top off the box.

This always cracks me up because it is so prevalent -- and ridiculous.

The person who wrapped the gift wraps the ribbon around the top of the box and then a separate ribbon around the bottom.

Nobody does that except in movies/TV.

by Anonymousreply 77April 24, 2020 3:03 AM

R72 Another example is LITTLE WOMEN. Christian Bale was 19/20 when he filmed that, and I think he looks pretty youthful, but I've seen many comments lately about how old he looks compared to Timothee Chalomet in the recent remake, Chalamet was 22/23, mind you. Yeah, if you're going to keep casting twentysomethings who still look like high schoolers, it's going to warp many young impressionable minds.

by Anonymousreply 78April 24, 2020 3:25 AM

R67 I'm not really sure what you're saying but I was a teenager when the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet came out. I asked my teacher if we could watch that one but he said it was too wild and put on the 60s version. At the time the 60s felt like they were 50 years away, I wanted to see the popular stuff. I was so bored watching it.

I recently saw it again and can appreciate it. That actress was beautiful. I think teenagers just want be where the fun is and are suceptible to hype.

by Anonymousreply 79April 25, 2020 1:44 AM

Every character has a relatively new car. No one has an old clunker or a far more than 3 years old, unless it’s for that character.

by Anonymousreply 80April 25, 2020 12:34 PM

Just watched an episode of King of Queens this morning. Todd stops at a gas station, (they are heading to a lake) he asks the guy to fill up the tank. Todd asks the guy for directions, he gets his gas and drives off. There was no exchange or even discussion of payment!

by Anonymousreply 81April 25, 2020 3:03 PM

The fuck is Todd?

by Anonymousreply 82April 25, 2020 4:05 PM

Doug, I meant Doug.

by Anonymousreply 83April 25, 2020 4:42 PM

To go along with the warped view on ages, what about people who think that fat people aren't really fat? Because so many people are obese today and the fact that the the past decade the entertainment industry has been trying to sell plus models and overweight people as normal and beautiful, I see so many comments about how some people in the past weren't that fat. I was watching clips of ROSEANNE and some people commented that she really wasn't fat. Yes, she was! She was most definitely obese in the early seasons, then was just fat when she slimmed down a bit.

by Anonymousreply 84April 28, 2020 3:26 AM

‘Is there a doctor in the house?’

by Anonymousreply 85April 28, 2020 3:30 AM

The Jeffersons and Friends having people randomly knock on their apartment doors/ring doorbells. The Jeffersons had a doorman--why did he let everyone go upstairs unannounced? Friends had an intercom/buzzer setup. I can remember it being used when Brooke Shields was stalking Joey and when the restaurant owner that Monica wrote a bad review about came to confront her.

by Anonymousreply 86April 28, 2020 3:36 AM

People driving a car the split second after they turn the ignition on. No warming up necessary!

by Anonymousreply 87April 28, 2020 3:37 AM

I do that with almost every car. What are you driving r87?

by Anonymousreply 88April 28, 2020 3:42 AM

I admit that I have only ever driven 4 cars over two decades, but unless there was a mechanical problem none of them needed to "warm up."

by Anonymousreply 89April 28, 2020 3:50 AM

I saw this on some Netflix show recently. Newly arrived in town heroine goes into local pub/restaurant, orders food, then someone she met that day approaches and says "so and so has a rental house you can stay in, let's go see it now" so they leave without telling the poor establishment owner to box food up or even pay. This whole scenario is over used.

by Anonymousreply 90April 28, 2020 3:52 AM

Walking stoically into the ocean fully clothed as a method for killing oneself.

by Anonymousreply 91April 28, 2020 3:55 AM

Except in Hollywood. A woman married to a man 20 years older than her.

by Anonymousreply 92April 28, 2020 4:01 AM

The “popular kids” in high schools being the football players and cheerleaders. My school was too big for anyone to really be popular and we didn’t even have a football team or cheerleaders.

by Anonymousreply 93April 28, 2020 4:05 AM

Hair. It rarely changes on shows or movies, even if a year has passed. Rich, poor, middle class, every man and woman seems to afford a fresh cut. The worst are the busy women with perfect (wigs) hair that have been curled and sprayed to death. The day can include a car chase, followed by a 400 meter dash in heels while dodging bullets from a gunman, just to duck out of the way from a series of explosions, only to end up a hand to hand battle. Yet their hair never falls flat.

Look at you Angels.

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by Anonymousreply 94April 28, 2020 4:11 AM

Thankfully this is starting to change, but it used to be that a gay kid under the age of 21 that takes part in their homosexual feelings has a 50/50 shot of ending the movie dead or broken hearted. Any movie that shows a gay hustler must include a beating or a straight up murdered. It's like puritans, posing as gay film makers, took over gay cinema from the 90s into the 2010s.

by Anonymousreply 95April 28, 2020 4:20 AM

Pushing food around your plate and never eating it.

by Anonymousreply 96April 28, 2020 4:46 AM

People who don't change their clothes when they come home from work. Eating dinner around the table and they're still wearing the same damn clothes.

by Anonymousreply 97April 28, 2020 4:49 AM

Everyone relaxing at home, and kids playing video games, all wearing shoes. Who does that?

by Anonymousreply 98April 28, 2020 5:24 AM

R90 speaking of rentals, a man or woman who is new in town looks for a place to rent on a low budget and it is absolutely GORGEOUS. Spacious, well lit, and nicely decorated. Never some dingy looking studio apartment the size of a walk in closet.

by Anonymousreply 99April 28, 2020 5:32 AM

A person with amnesia.

by Anonymousreply 100April 28, 2020 5:34 AM

Teenagers who "act out " and blame anger over their parents divorce. Usually when teenagers have trouble it's because of things happening outside the house or issues with peers. Or hormones.

Close platonic relationships with much older guys and attractive younger women. Most straight men do not develop familial /paternal feelings for women they are not related to.

by Anonymousreply 101April 28, 2020 5:40 AM

[quote]speaking of rentals, a man or woman who is new in town looks for a place to rent on a low budget and it is absolutely GORGEOUS. Spacious, well lit, and nicely decorated. Never some dingy looking studio apartment the size of a walk in closet.

Of course. This is Hallmark/Lifetime staple. A gorgeous little seaside cottage or adorable apartment over a shop on Main St. They will also land a job and meet their love interest in 2 days.

by Anonymousreply 102April 28, 2020 5:45 AM

"Hair. It rarely changes on shows or movies, even if a year has passed. Rich, poor, middle class, every man and woman seems to afford a fresh cut. The worst are the busy women with perfect (wigs) hair that have been curled and sprayed to death. The day can include a car chase, followed by a 400 meter dash in heels while dodging bullets from a gunman, just to duck out of the way from a series of explosions, only to end up a hand to hand battle. Yet their hair never falls flat."

In old movies women always wake up with perfume curled and coiffed hair

by Anonymousreply 103April 28, 2020 5:49 AM

Adults fucking teenagers and no one having an issue with it. Gossip Girl had an entire season where Nate, a Junior, was being blackmailed by some 30-something housewife and forced to sleep with her. His friends know what's going on but sort of shrug it off until they find a plot device to reverse the blackmail. No one thinks to just tell an adult. Most kids gossip so in real life an adult would catch on and follow up.

In every teen dramas, girls always date some bad boy in his 20s that shouldn't be fucking a high schooler. Yet, they will stay together for half the season. He will take her on coffee dates and maybe even attend a high school party where he fights with her ex. Basically, they guy is a loser, but on TV he's just that edgy hunk that every girl dreams of meeting for a fling.

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by Anonymousreply 104April 28, 2020 6:11 AM

Kids seem to be unaware these days that people in previous decades were slightly shorter and noticeably older looking than they were. Open up yearbooks from the 30's up until the 60's/70's and you'll see a bunch of teenagers who look like they could be up to 35 years old in today's day and age.

by Anonymousreply 105April 28, 2020 6:13 AM

r105 I think kids today look more mature, but the changes to makeup and camera lighting softened facial features. especially as compensation for HD.. Make up and film made women in the 90s look washed out.

TikTok kids sometimes look like adults. The abs and confidence doesn't help. Prison bait, all of them.

by Anonymousreply 106April 28, 2020 6:33 AM

Private detectives as numerous as accountants.

Henchman conveniently knocked unconscious with a punch to the jaw.

People being knocked back six feet by a single gunshot.

by Anonymousreply 107April 28, 2020 12:05 PM

All good ones, r107.

Forgot about those.

by Anonymousreply 108April 28, 2020 12:13 PM

R97, what are you watching?

I have not seen any scenes of people in work uniforms or grease stained overalls, etc. eating dinner.

Not to defend the movie version of reality, but the people who would change clothes after work, actually do in film. And the vast majority of people do not, just like in life.

by Anonymousreply 109April 28, 2020 12:13 PM

R107, going flying with gunshot impact is at least better than shrugging off one or sometimes multiple gunshot wounds, limping around and carrying on the fight. Utterly impossible, through shock trauma alone.

by Anonymousreply 110April 28, 2020 12:22 PM

Plane crashes Having a doppelgänger/double Becoming an orphan and being sent to an orphanage Wild animal attacks Rabies Quicksand

These were all sources of dread for me in childhood, especially quicksand. I’ve never encountered quicksand outside of a movie or television episode.

by Anonymousreply 111April 28, 2020 12:29 PM

Sorry about the formatting! There were line breaks in my list but I don’t know what happened to them.

by Anonymousreply 112April 28, 2020 12:31 PM

Bringing home a Christmas tree from the lot with two wooden boards nailed to the bottom. No one has to spend an hour fucking with the stand screws trying to get the fucking tree to balance!

by Anonymousreply 113April 28, 2020 4:44 PM

Characters receiving complex instructions absorb tons of detailed info without a problem. Pronounce names perfectly. Perfect memories

by Anonymousreply 114April 28, 2020 5:51 PM

[quote] Just watched an episode of King of Queens this morning.

Why?

by Anonymousreply 115April 28, 2020 6:35 PM

Well, R15, I'm not the person you are addressing but I imagine it's because we are all staying home and running out of stuff to watch. I've been rewatching SATC, Home Town, Two and a Half Men (the CS years), old movies like PinP and Sixteen Candles, next up I'll probably rerun W&G and Frasier.

by Anonymousreply 116April 28, 2020 6:42 PM

I hate the pop in on shows. Even when I go home to see my parents, I will knock on the door. You just don't walk into anyone's house.

by Anonymousreply 117April 28, 2020 7:21 PM

Gruff, nasty assholes who are also geniuses and exceptionally knowledgeable and competent in their field. Usually when someone acts like a piece of shit 24 /7 they are LESS competent, not more. And usually prone to major mistakes because they don't listen to other people's input.

by Anonymousreply 118April 28, 2020 7:25 PM

Businesswomen's Special at the sandwich counter

by Anonymousreply 119April 28, 2020 7:29 PM

Children acting out during emergency situations, like a zombie apocalypse or alien invasion. During emergencies families revert to their pack mentality and try to stay alive. Like they did during Katrina or during a tsunami. I don't see Tom Cruise's teenage son running off to join the military during an alien invasion, leaving his beloved sister behind on a hill. Just no.

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by Anonymousreply 120April 28, 2020 7:38 PM

R120, same with kids not being watched during a time of crisis thereby allowing them to do something really fucking stupid like the first scenes in A Quiet Place.

No one EVER turns lights on in movies. Night time and they are all stumbling around in the dark. First thing I do is turn a light on and always have a side lamp on at least even while watching tv.

by Anonymousreply 121April 28, 2020 7:52 PM

You reminded me r121 the darkness in horror movies. Woman hears a noise in their house. Instead of turning on lights, they creep in the darkness. Same with single females asking who's there into a dark room. Bitch, if someone is hiding in the dark, they aren't the type to answer your question. Lock yourself in your bedroom and call the police like any sane person.

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by Anonymousreply 122April 28, 2020 7:57 PM

and R122 let's not forget to drop the weapon after one blow thinking the monster is dead like the stupid bitch in Halloween.

by Anonymousreply 123April 28, 2020 7:59 PM

Women who decide to investigate the ghost, monster, or serial killer while wearing their sexiest lingerie

by Anonymousreply 124April 28, 2020 8:06 PM

Don't forget high heels and if they are running they always trip and fall or drop the keys they are holding. These are getting so cliched even some newer movies make fun of them.

by Anonymousreply 125April 28, 2020 8:10 PM

r123 never a good head shot with the gun.

Jump scares are the worst.

by Anonymousreply 126April 28, 2020 8:14 PM

The ability to magnify, enhance, or zoom in on minuscule details in low-res photos or video footage, resulting in perfectly clear results.

by Anonymousreply 127April 28, 2020 8:19 PM

I'm watching something called La Llorona right now about some old witch taking kids. Well, mom knows something evil is after her kids yet still insists on putting them to bed alone in their rooms and letting one take a bath upstairs while she is downstairs.

Would not happen in real life.

by Anonymousreply 128April 28, 2020 8:22 PM

R93 Where did you go to school? I went to a big high school in Massachusetts with almost every type of sport available, including tennis and lacrosse. The athletes, especially the football/basketball players and cheerleaders, were the most popular kids in school. Almost treated like Gods. Needless to say, homecoming and pep rallys were a very big deal. (I'm willing to bet that football/cheerleaders are an even bigger deal in Texas.)

And, yes, the cheerleaders wore their outfits to school, but only on home game days or during spirit week. Shows like GLEE exaggerate with Quinn et al. wearing them daily, but that's expected in satire.

by Anonymousreply 129April 28, 2020 11:09 PM

Multiracial gangs. The recent WSS revival made me think of it.

by Anonymousreply 130April 29, 2020 12:19 AM

R129 I went to the “Fame” school in NYC. It was a huge school and we did have sports teams, but nothing even remotely resembling the dynamic we see in the vast majority of TV shows and movies. There really were no “popular” kids, though a handful were particularly noteworthy for their talent. I actually went to college in Massachusetts, where I was shocked to hear of experiences like yours.

by Anonymousreply 131April 29, 2020 12:53 AM

Totally agree, r75. I don't care for it on SNL, either.

by Anonymousreply 132April 29, 2020 3:05 AM

R1 387

by Anonymousreply 133April 29, 2020 3:09 AM

R133

by Anonymousreply 134April 29, 2020 3:09 AM

That gets to me too r122. That whole "Hello!!! HELLOOO!!! I'm alone and vulnerable!!! Helllooooooo!!!"

by Anonymousreply 135April 29, 2020 3:10 AM

R133 and r134 here. Apologies for messed up phone keyboard!

Wanted to say to r87 that cars from this century don't need to "warm up."

by Anonymousreply 136April 29, 2020 3:13 AM

People who begin dating a doppelganger of their ex (or someone they pine for) but neither they nor the ex/crush notices the similarities; only their friends/family do. Off the top of my head, THE NANNY and FRIENDS did such episodes.

by Anonymousreply 137April 29, 2020 3:21 AM

Um, r137, you never heard of people having a type? My ex showed me pics of some of his exes and we could all be cousins.

by Anonymousreply 138April 29, 2020 3:25 AM

R138 I' have never seen it, as the title of the thread suggests Also, on TV/film, they're exact copies, usually because they're played by the same actor, not just similar in looks.

by Anonymousreply 139April 29, 2020 3:29 AM

A family of 4 or more sitting down and eating breakfast together on a school morning.

by Anonymousreply 140April 29, 2020 3:37 AM

Police officers giving a turn signal

by Anonymousreply 141April 29, 2020 3:49 AM

Convening with family members in the kitchen in the middle of the night.

by Anonymousreply 142April 29, 2020 4:25 AM

R113 That really did used to be a thing. You could buy Christmas trees that always had at least two strong wooden boards nailed to the base of the trunk to allow it to stand level. Of course this meant you couldn't water the tree so it dried out sooner but they usually still lasted a couple weeks.

by Anonymousreply 143April 29, 2020 4:32 AM

R143 that was probably back in the days when people didn't get a tree until a week or two before Christmas. Nowadays, people get one around Thanksgiving.

by Anonymousreply 144April 29, 2020 4:35 AM

Everyone has plastic surgery and new teeth.

by Anonymousreply 145April 29, 2020 4:35 AM

r142 I've done that. Usually some terrible crap went down warranting a middle of the night family chat. The kitchen works because it's away from the bedrooms and you might need coffee or something harder depending on the conversation.

by Anonymousreply 146April 29, 2020 5:16 AM

The weeknight family dinner table has a full place settings, as well as serving dishes, gravy boat, bread basket, etc. Ain't nobody got time for that shit.

by Anonymousreply 147April 29, 2020 5:26 AM

People driving to someone's house for a 2 minute conversation.

Characters starting said 2 minute conversation then seeing or hearing something they shouldn't have and dramatically leaving.

"You know what? I just remember that I forgot...I'll, talk to you later!" No one just up and leaves someones place like that.

by Anonymousreply 148April 29, 2020 5:27 AM

R39, I love the term Doris Day parking, and I use it once in a while, at least around my gay or savvy friends.

But when I'm with straight friends or family, and the situation arises, I call it Hollywood parking, and everyone knows exactly what I mean

by Anonymousreply 149April 29, 2020 6:15 AM

Something you see in the movies but never happens in real life, is a person turning on the nightstand lamp to answer the phone. Who needs all that bright light when you were asleep just a second ago. The phone lights up anyway, and it's not exactly like you don't know where the damn thing is even if it's a landline.

by Anonymousreply 150April 29, 2020 6:17 AM

That’s a great one, r150. I hadn’t thought of that until now. That’s hysterical.

R143, I didn’t know that. How quaint.

by Anonymousreply 151April 29, 2020 11:45 AM

Pregnant women who ALWAYS have their hands holding their belly.

by Anonymousreply 152April 29, 2020 11:49 AM

[quote]Who needs all that bright light when you were asleep just a second ago.

Especially since in movie/TV, turning off the lights doesn't cause darkness, anyway.

by Anonymousreply 153April 29, 2020 12:06 PM

Two characters come back from somewhere but wait till they get home to have a conversation that in real life they would've had in the car ride.

by Anonymousreply 154April 29, 2020 4:05 PM

Wet pavement. All the damn time.

by Anonymousreply 155April 29, 2020 5:56 PM

They turn on the TV or Radio and the news people are talking about the very story that is central to the plot.

by Anonymousreply 156April 29, 2020 6:37 PM

[quote] They turn on the TV or Radio and the news people are talking about the very story that is central to the plot.

And they hit the mute button when the commercial comes on.

by Anonymousreply 157April 29, 2020 6:53 PM

Breakfast is so polarizing. Kids either never eat and just run to the bus or they sit down for a grand feast. Rarely is it cereal or a pop tart.

by Anonymousreply 158April 29, 2020 7:04 PM

r157 I hit the mute button as well. After years of using streaming services for 95% of my TV viewership, I don't have the patience for commercials.

by Anonymousreply 159April 29, 2020 7:07 PM

r150 Older phones didn't light up and it's easier to find the phone with the light on.

by Anonymousreply 160April 29, 2020 7:10 PM

Serial killers who carefully plan out revenge plots against a group of people who did them wrong, like, 50 years ago.

Serial killers with genius level IQs

by Anonymousreply 161April 29, 2020 7:13 PM

r160 I think what he means is that the phone is right next to them on the night stand. The sound alone can lead you to the source. What good does the light do if you are only answering the thing. Older phones didn't have caller ID so there really was no reason to blind yourself with the side lamp.

by Anonymousreply 162April 29, 2020 7:15 PM

Groups of straight friends that don't racially match each other. That's RARE in real life.

by Anonymousreply 163April 29, 2020 7:17 PM

[quote] Rarely is it cereal or a pop tart.

Who would feed their kiddos a pop tart?! Why, that’s child abuse!

by Anonymousreply 164April 29, 2020 7:28 PM

Having a glass of water by their bed to drink from though it would be room temperature when they get to it. I always get up and go to the fridge for my cold water fix, though guzzled from the bathroom tap when I was younger.

by Anonymousreply 165April 29, 2020 7:33 PM

Prefacing a statement with "look—" to emphasize a point.

by Anonymousreply 166April 29, 2020 8:27 PM

R163, I was going to say the opposite---that on television groups of friends are always of one race. But this may be regional--in my cities, New York and Miami it is pretty rare to be in a group of just white people or just black people. Sometime in Miami, there are groups of just hispanic folk--but even that is rare.

by Anonymousreply 167April 29, 2020 8:47 PM

R167 I think the NYC elite tend to be mainly white. Sex and the City got that right but they were criticized for it after the fact. I agree with R163 that in the rest of the country (that is not La or NYC or Miami) friendships tend to be of one race.

by Anonymousreply 168April 29, 2020 8:59 PM

So did Seinfeld, r168.

by Anonymousreply 169April 29, 2020 9:55 PM

Re Gray's Anatomy: So many black doctors/surgeons. In real life, they would be nurses or custodians. Sad but true. They may dominate in basketball and football and marathons, but not in medicine.

by Anonymousreply 170April 30, 2020 8:53 AM

R166 visit Wales or the West of England sometime. There, sentences start with “look”, end with “look” and even link together with “look” as a punctuation mark.

by Anonymousreply 171April 30, 2020 11:08 AM

[quote] Older phones didn't light up

One could find non-digital light-up receivers as well as entire telephone units that flow in the dark since the late ‘80s-early ‘90s, which was 30 years ago.

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by Anonymousreply 172April 30, 2020 11:11 AM

[quote] Gossip Girl had an entire season where Nate, a Junior, was being blackmailed by some 30-something housewife and forced to sleep with her. His friends know what's going on but sort of shrug it off until they find a plot device to reverse the blackmail.

That was indeed a creepy subplot, but fairly realistic (straight boys IRL get high-fives for bagging a MILF) and in-keeping with how that show in particular handled every other dramatic unsettling problem they encountered (remember when Chuck pimped out his girlfriend Blair to his own uncle, to stop a hotel being sold? Yeah...)

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by Anonymousreply 173April 30, 2020 11:38 AM

R97 = Veda Pierce.

by Anonymousreply 174April 30, 2020 12:02 PM

R170 I don't think it's [italic] that [/italic] unrealistic.

by Anonymousreply 175April 30, 2020 1:17 PM

R170 must live in Bumblefuck, Flyover or has never been to a hospital anywhere outside of Bumblefuck, Flyover.

by Anonymousreply 176April 30, 2020 1:34 PM

I know, R176. In most hospitals I have been in, the majority of the doctors are Black, Indian, Latinx, Asian or Filipino. White doctors are the minority.

by Anonymousreply 177April 30, 2020 1:40 PM

[quote] the majority of the doctors are Black, Indian, Latinx,

*massive fucking eyeroll*

by Anonymousreply 178April 30, 2020 1:43 PM

Kids in disaster movies who are asthmatic. There's always one and they never have their inhaler with them forcing the adult to risk their life to get one. I am so sick of that one. We were watching something the other night and I called it.

by Anonymousreply 179April 30, 2020 1:49 PM

Was it Wold War Z? Thankfully, Brad drops his crotch fruit and beard off somewhere 1/3 of they way through the movie, then the movie really hits it's stride.

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by Anonymousreply 180April 30, 2020 1:52 PM

The other plot device is "let's all separate". Not a good idea.

by Anonymousreply 181April 30, 2020 2:06 PM

[quote] then the movie really hits it's stride.

Oh, dear!

by Anonymousreply 182April 30, 2020 2:18 PM

R178 Exactly! Those are just SJW posters trying to save face. Most doctors in the US are white, Indian, Asian, or Middle-Eastern.

by Anonymousreply 183April 30, 2020 2:21 PM

R181 is Brenda Meeks.

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by Anonymousreply 184April 30, 2020 2:27 PM

Blacks and Latinos are usually the nurses or custodians.

by Anonymousreply 185April 30, 2020 2:40 PM

And by Indian we mean those who come from India, not Native Americans.

by Anonymousreply 186April 30, 2020 2:43 PM

SJWs are very anti-white so don't expect to give them any credit.

by Anonymousreply 187April 30, 2020 2:46 PM

R177 How can that be if whites are the great majority? Blacks are only 12% of the population and Latinos are only 18%? Filipino are certainly lower than that.

by Anonymousreply 188April 30, 2020 3:01 PM

[quote] And by Indian we mean those who come from India, not Native Americans.

Oh, that’s good.

One would think the feathers would be unsanitary.

by Anonymousreply 189April 30, 2020 3:02 PM

R189 You didn't provide anything informative in your post but to try to play the race card.

by Anonymousreply 190April 30, 2020 3:04 PM

R190, it was a joke FFS.

I’m not playing the race card. Besides, that’s been played so many times someone must have gin rummy by now.

Calm down, SJW.

by Anonymousreply 191April 30, 2020 3:06 PM

I'm not an SJW. i'm a gay Latino who is sick of this censorship that the far-left has wrought upon us. I'm just so sick of it all. I want to go back to making art the way WE want to NOT how we're dictated to do so.

by Anonymousreply 192April 30, 2020 3:12 PM

Women carrying purses or leather totes: The bags are always perfectly shaped. IRL, everything falls to the bottom and the purses are bulky and awkward.

by Anonymousreply 193April 30, 2020 3:13 PM

Well then we’re actually in agreement.

Let me ask you this, though, how do you feel about the term Latinx?

by Anonymousreply 194April 30, 2020 3:13 PM

R194 I don't like it. I just associate it with SJW-ness.

by Anonymousreply 195April 30, 2020 3:15 PM

R178, we are not talking private practice. Hospital medical staff are residents, new doctors, and doctors who cannot get a practice going.

White doctors go into private practice. If you have a medical school in your city, you have mostly minority doctors in your hospitals.

by Anonymousreply 196April 30, 2020 3:31 PM

The pat-down by law enforcement. It can't be that fast and cursory. Wouldn't a real pat-down take some muscle and time?

by Anonymousreply 197April 30, 2020 3:34 PM

Moving on from the SJW topic. I think movies/TV forget about sleep. Too many commit the crime of saying rather than showing something. A character will say they are sleepy, but won't yawn, no bags under their eyes, and hair in perfect condition, despite being up all night. If they do yawn, it will be for that one little screen. In the next shot they will look well rested as the actor focuses on their lines rather than the physical state of the character after an all nighter. These show runners and movie makers need to visit a college campus early in the morning during finals week. This way they will get a better understanding of what an all nighter looks like on a person.

The show 24 was another offender of the sleep issue. Each episode represents 24 hours in a single day as he fights terrorism. Jack Bower never has to stop for a shit, a meal, or a general break. He just goes and goes.

by Anonymousreply 198April 30, 2020 3:37 PM

I just looked at the doctor directory of my local hospital's outpatient family medicine practice.

Looking at the first page of the directory:

Only two are white.

Two are black.

Four are Latinx

One is Indian

by Anonymousreply 199April 30, 2020 3:39 PM

Please let the doctor SJW stuff go. There are too many hospitals in the world for to avoid the anecdotes.

by Anonymousreply 200April 30, 2020 3:52 PM

[quote]Hospital medical staff are residents, new doctors, and doctors who cannot get a practice going.

Uh, no.

[quote] Four are Latinx

No, four are Latino. There’s no such thing as a latinx. A Latino on this thread just finished saying how much he hates it and disagrees with it, yet you feel you need to insult him more?

by Anonymousreply 201April 30, 2020 4:05 PM

This Latinx is fine with it.

by Anonymousreply 202April 30, 2020 4:10 PM

That is the entire basis for any Jennifer Love Hewitt show, R124.

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by Anonymousreply 203April 30, 2020 4:14 PM

Only (dumb) Republicans use SJW as an insult, r200.

by Anonymousreply 204April 30, 2020 4:54 PM

The interesting thing is how some people accept stuff they see on old television programs or films as real, even when the evidence of their eyes shows otherwise.

by Anonymousreply 205April 30, 2020 5:04 PM

That's not even close to being true, (dumb) r204. I find SJWism to be pernicious at times, and I have never voted Republican in my life. And I vote.

by Anonymousreply 206April 30, 2020 5:10 PM

[quote]One could find non-digital light-up receivers as well as entire telephone units that flow in the dark since the late ‘80s-early ‘90s, which was 30 years ago.

You could by a Princess® phone in the early 1960s. The dial softly illuminated when the room got dark. Two slogans associated with this were, "When the sun goes down, the dial lights up," and "It's little, it's lovely, it lights."

by Anonymousreply 207April 30, 2020 6:12 PM

[quote]One could find non-digital light-up receivers as well as entire telephone units that flow in the dark since the late ‘80s-early ‘90s, which was 30 years ago.

Just because they were available doesn't mean everyone had one. After the AT&T breakup, many people just continued to use their existing phones for many years.

by Anonymousreply 208April 30, 2020 6:50 PM

R172 That's a rather hot scene. Ralph has amazing genes and doesn't seem to age much.

by Anonymousreply 209April 30, 2020 11:05 PM

[quote]Ralph has amazing genes and doesn't seem to age much.

Really? I watched Ugly Betty for months before I realized he was on it.

by Anonymousreply 210April 30, 2020 11:20 PM

Ralph is a total fox & I’d still totally lick his face.

by Anonymousreply 211April 30, 2020 11:23 PM

everyone sitting at a full table but leaving either the head or foot of the table empty

by Anonymousreply 212May 1, 2020 12:32 AM

Why don’t R183 and every reply onward mentioning ethnicities of medical personnel take their tedious game of Racial Eggshells to their own dedicated thread?

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by Anonymousreply 213May 1, 2020 12:32 AM

A popular Jock or cheerleader who has a heart of gold despite hanging out with mean assholes. Usually people gravitate towards similar personality types, even when young .

by Anonymousreply 214May 1, 2020 1:44 AM

Scenes set in Paris where every window has a view of the Eiffel tower and people are walking around with a baguette in their shopping bag, inevitably you will always an accordion being played, usually near a sidewalk cafe.

by Anonymousreply 215May 1, 2020 2:47 AM

Oddly enough, due to Parisian zoning regulations that no buildings in the center city are more than six stories tall, many many windows do provide an unobstructed view of the Eiffel Tower.

by Anonymousreply 216May 1, 2020 3:02 AM

Doris Day cab hailing.

by Anonymousreply 217May 1, 2020 4:28 AM

R213 waited for six posts and EIGHT hours to state her boundaries.

by Anonymousreply 218May 1, 2020 11:46 AM

What is that, r217?

Because if you’re referring to something like raising your hand in the air and a cab is there, that’s the way it was and still is in Manhattan.

by Anonymousreply 219May 1, 2020 11:47 AM

That is complete bullshit. You've never had trouble hailing a cab because it was full, off duty, competition from other people?

by Anonymousreply 220May 1, 2020 11:59 AM

Very very rarely, and usually only during the height of rush hour. To say one has never had a problem would be disingenuous. However, walking into the street, waving your hand in the air and having a cab appear is the norm in Manhattan.

It’s a little more rare nowadays with uber and Lyft, but it’s not at all unusual.

by Anonymousreply 221May 1, 2020 12:02 PM

[quote]inevitably you will always an accordion being played, usually near a sidewalk cafe.

and always playing La Vie En Rose.

by Anonymousreply 222May 1, 2020 1:34 PM

The sound of police cars or an ambulance is heard approaching the scene of an accident or crime within seconds of it occurring and we have seen no one report it.

by Anonymousreply 223May 1, 2020 1:38 PM

R215 Spot on with the accordion. Similarly, whenever a show features a Native American, there is a recorder being played.

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by Anonymousreply 224May 1, 2020 3:52 PM

To continue with the theme above, any shot of a mid eastern country has an "exotic " woman singing in Arabic

by Anonymousreply 225May 1, 2020 6:44 PM

I just watched The Girl In The Mask episode of Bones about a Japanese girl that gets murdered and they played the Native American recorder music. I guess they were confused about what to play for Japanese people lol.

by Anonymousreply 226May 1, 2020 6:58 PM

R222 I have NEVER heard an accordion being played anywhere in France! I, too, am curious why this has become such a movie cliché.

by Anonymousreply 227May 2, 2020 5:58 AM

I once went to the Montmagny Accordion Festival in Quebec and a lot of the performers were French accordion players. So they are there somewhere.

by Anonymousreply 228May 2, 2020 1:02 PM

R228 My original comment should have been more clearly stated: "I have never heard an accordion being played IN PUBLIC anywhere in France!"

by Anonymousreply 229May 2, 2020 3:01 PM

Smashing cups and not cleaning up the mess. I just saw this is a movie where a man offered his wife a cup of tea after adding cream and sugar and she swiped it away and it crashed to the floor. They then had a conversation and neither bothered to clean up.

by Anonymousreply 230May 4, 2020 7:02 AM

Not something I'd normally encounter in real life, but still ridiculous in a fictional setting: someone gets shot in the head in a movie and you see a neat bullet hole with no blood coming out. I suppose it's to avoid an R rating, but come on. I had the misfortune of seeing footage of a man executed during the Vietnam War. He was shot in the head and the blood was gushing out like water from a garden hose.

Someone (usually a woman) is fleeing a killer and gets in a car. The car was working fine before, but she puts her key in the ignition and the engine stalls. This happens too often. She keeps trying to start the car as the killer approaches. Just before the killer strikes, she manages to get the car working and drives away.

by Anonymousreply 231May 4, 2020 7:58 AM

[quote]And when someone orders "a beer" the server or bartender never asks what brand.

Not strange where I live. Like the old Coke [bold]or[/bold] Pepsi thing, most small bars are one-brand bars, and it's obvious what brand it is - from the taps, from advertising names and logos, etc. Order a beer and the only question is what size. Most bars serve beer from a tap; they may also have a small selection of bottled beers, those you would have to ask for by name, and likewise if a bar has multiple types of beer on tap.

by Anonymousreply 232May 4, 2020 8:08 AM

[quote]My favorite recently-historical example of this is GOSSIP GIRL, in particular bedroom scenes with Blair & Chuck. You would rarely see these two in a sexual situation without outfits; as I recall the few near-nude instances involved many sheets in the way and expensive lingerie that was not removed. More often than not during a boudoir scene College-aged Blair would have on a lab expensive & delicate but modest silk slip/chemise and looking immaculate, and equally-young Chuck would be wearing obviously high-end pyjamas, slippers & a robe. They were never depicted padding around post-coitus looking rough without pants or barefoot. (R25)

That's some of the gayest shit I've ever read on Datalounge.

by Anonymousreply 233May 4, 2020 8:12 AM

R230 again. The same film had the hero's car plummet down a hill with him in it, do a few rolls and land upright. Being set in the 1950s he wore no seat belt and he got out of the car without a cut or apparent injury. What man. Well it was superhunk Keith Andes.

by Anonymousreply 234May 4, 2020 10:56 AM

[quote] Someone (usually a woman) is fleeing a killer and gets in a car. The car was working fine before, but she puts her key in the ignition and the engine stalls. This happens too often. She keeps trying to start the car as the killer approaches. Just before the killer strikes, she manages to get the car working and drives away.

To tack onto this: the killer is never racing towards the car to catch the victim. He’s always walking ominously slow.

by Anonymousreply 235May 4, 2020 1:04 PM

I’m sick of killers finding everyone. For once I’d like them to be like, “where the fuck did they go?”

6’5, 300 lbs, killers, in work boots, walking around silently. You’d hear their big ass before they even got to your front door.

Scream 3 &4,Sid lived by herself in the country. After everything she’d been through, I don’t think a woman that’s been stalked by multiple killers would move to the middle of nowhere with just a gun and golden retriever. I grew up in the country, the darkness can be scary as hell when you’re home alone. I personally feel safer in the city with a police force down the street and neighbors I can call on for help. Same for the JLC in Halloween remakes. Yet, Michael Myers is rarely able to stock Brooklyn and kill a bunch of kids.

by Anonymousreply 236May 4, 2020 7:21 PM

[Quote] Yet, Michael Myers is rarely able to stock Brooklyn and kill a bunch of kids.

I mean it's not impossible.

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by Anonymousreply 237May 4, 2020 9:31 PM

You got me r237!

by Anonymousreply 238May 4, 2020 10:19 PM

stalk

by Anonymousreply 239May 5, 2020 2:36 AM

Rain will always be accompanied by thunder and lightning. Always.

by Anonymousreply 240May 5, 2020 12:46 PM

A cherished item accidentally donated to charity and the rollercoaster ride of getting it back.

by Anonymousreply 241May 6, 2020 2:15 PM

It always rains in cemeteries.

by Anonymousreply 242May 6, 2020 2:17 PM

^^And/or is very foggy.

by Anonymousreply 243May 6, 2020 2:31 PM

And there is a wolf howling.

by Anonymousreply 244May 6, 2020 5:27 PM

A lottery win and the hard lessons that come with turning one's back on one's suddenly "poor" friends and family always lead our lucky winner to give the whole wad to charity before the comedy half-hour concludes.

by Anonymousreply 245May 6, 2020 5:32 PM

I once gave my whole wad to charity.

I mean, he was an older guy down on his luck. He did give good head, though.

by Anonymousreply 246May 6, 2020 5:41 PM

People who live way beyond their means. Rewatching SATC during shut down boredom it's beyond ridiculous that CB wore furs, Manolos, Dior and Gucci and went to every fabulous party and overpriced restaurant every fucking night.

by Anonymousreply 247May 6, 2020 7:10 PM

I know what you mean R247. I thought the same thing when I watched Big Little Lies recently and somehow Shailene Woodley's single mom character works PART TIME as a bookkeeper yet can afford a cottage right on the beach in Monterey. BULLSHIT.

by Anonymousreply 248May 6, 2020 7:18 PM

I was actually thrown off by the SATC girls weekday breakfasts. They lived at various parts of the city with different work obligations. It just didn't seem like a Marketing Executive (?) and a high achieving lawyer would make a leisure breakfast outside of a weekend. How did Carrier's broke ass even afford the food? I especially love the episode where she's complaining about being broke while eating out at their breakfast spot. Mr. Big was a financial life saver. If they do a third movie, they need to do an alternate reality sequence that show's Carrier working nights at a WholeFoods to pay off some debts before going home to her department featuring an empty closet after selling her designer clothes.

Charlotte's ex-husband handing her that gorgeous Park Avenue apartment without even a fight ticket me off. They weren't even married long enough for that to be authentic. She would have left with some money and purchased a smaller place, not get a 3 bedroom UES palace do to his impotency. Those families don't stay rich by rolling over during a divorce.

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by Anonymousreply 249May 6, 2020 9:53 PM

Credit cards or bobby pins to unlock doors.

by Anonymousreply 250May 7, 2020 3:58 AM

Women pretending to be men dressed as women and actually fooling people.

by Anonymousreply 251May 7, 2020 4:36 AM

Joan Crawford acting like a human being.

by Anonymousreply 252May 7, 2020 6:08 AM

[quote] what about people who think that fat people aren't really fat? Because so many people are obese today and the fact that the the past decade the entertainment industry has been trying to sell plus models and overweight people as normal and beautiful, I see so many comments about how some people in the past weren't that fat.

Imagine the shock of this non-American landing in the country for the first time expecting most people to look like 'Friends' and 'SATC' only to learn that the people on TV are representative of a minority of the population. Most Americans with any sort of looks are told from a young age and driven into show business or modeling.

by Anonymousreply 253May 7, 2020 8:11 AM

People in the movies and TV wake up looking good. Not a hair out of place, never a crusty eye or drool marks.

What kind of streets do they walk on that they can come in the house, put their feet up tables and jump on couches and beds with their shoes on? And speaking of putting their feet up, the bottom of the shoes are always so clean with no sign of dust or debris.

by Anonymousreply 254May 7, 2020 8:16 AM

The black best friend/wingman to a white person is very rare in real life.

by Anonymousreply 255May 8, 2020 4:21 AM

My best friend/wingman is white. No one has ever commented on it being "rare."

by Anonymousreply 256May 8, 2020 12:47 PM

Having a "wingman."

by Anonymousreply 257May 8, 2020 5:05 PM

Or a plain Jane best friend who exists only to see the leading lady find true love. She wants nothing for herself. Her entire life is devoted to the happiness of her friend.

by Anonymousreply 258May 8, 2020 8:15 PM

A combination of looks, brains, personality and athleticism. In real life, if you look like Tom Brady, and can play like Tom Brady, then you’re likely to get Tom Brady’s ‘intellect’.

by Anonymousreply 259May 8, 2020 8:19 PM

She wants the leading lady, r258.

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by Anonymousreply 260May 8, 2020 10:22 PM

Among books, particularly British mystery series, liberal and intellectual inspectors who have Ivy tower interests like art and niche music.

by Anonymousreply 261May 8, 2020 10:50 PM

not shutting doors. Okay, maybe it's just me, but I'm sort of obsessed by this lately. Is every set about to collapse? People go into apartments, even to have a very private conversation, and leave the door open. Why? What is this?

by Anonymousreply 262May 8, 2020 10:53 PM

Not only that R262 but stepping away 2 ft and having a private discussion about the people standing 2 ft. away and acting as if they wouldn't hear you.

by Anonymousreply 263May 8, 2020 11:15 PM

R262, I seem to notice the opposite, that people are forever shutting doors when they enter a room, it doesn't seem natural to me

by Anonymousreply 264May 8, 2020 11:25 PM

well, I'm gonna pay attention to that this week r264, cause I swear it's a thing. The open door. But maybe I'm watching old sitcoms, which in fairness I am lately. Maybe that's changed.

by Anonymousreply 265May 8, 2020 11:28 PM

Exterior night scenes with barking dogs off in the distance. Especially in horror movies.

by Anonymousreply 266May 8, 2020 11:56 PM

People celebrating someone's birthday but no one ever sings the happy birthday song.

by Anonymousreply 267May 9, 2020 1:14 AM

No, that’s in the public domain and has been for about 30 years, r267.

by Anonymousreply 268May 9, 2020 1:16 AM

Dogs howling isn't common.

by Anonymousreply 269May 9, 2020 8:54 AM

Stunningly attractive people being single.

by Anonymousreply 270May 9, 2020 5:24 PM

R13, you don't really see working class families on yv. Name one TV show or movie with a working class family living in a huge house. Your thinking of upper middle class of which they mostly are. Most TV and films feature people that are upper middle class. They are over represented in through media.

by Anonymousreply 271May 9, 2020 5:28 PM

[quote] Your thinking of upper middle class

Oh, dear!

by Anonymousreply 272May 9, 2020 5:47 PM

[quote][R13], you don't really see working class families on yv. Name one TV show or movie with a working class family living in a huge house. Your thinking of upper middle class of which they mostly are. Most TV and films feature people that are upper middle class. They are over represented in through media.

Do the name [italic]Roseanne[/italic] ring a bell?

by Anonymousreply 273May 9, 2020 6:44 PM

Explosions with almost no fatalities. *Cough* Melrose Place *Cough* They should've saved it until two seasons later when everyone left. All we got was some 60 year old day player no one cared about.

by Anonymousreply 274May 9, 2020 7:00 PM

Good guys who get shot at 10000 times by the bad guys and survive. Luckily the bad guys always miss, even if they are trained snipers.

by Anonymousreply 275May 9, 2020 7:03 PM

r254 yes! There was a scene in The Morning Show, where Jennifer Aniston is woken up by her husband in the middle of the night. She looks exactly the same as she does when they are applying her makeup for her character's show. Actually, when they show her getting her makeup done, she looks completely the same because the real show's team had to put a pancake layer of heavy duty foundation on Anniston. But that bedroom scene made me roll my eyes. Between her botox-bloated face and Reece's horrible wigs, I was so distracted.

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by Anonymousreply 276May 9, 2020 7:30 PM

r273, Roseanne is one of my favorite sitcoms. They aren't upper middle class nor do they live in a big sprawling house. What is your point?

by Anonymousreply 277May 9, 2020 10:35 PM

Using a steak to treat a black eye. Who the fuck does that?! Why would waste a steak when you can use ice?

by Anonymousreply 278May 10, 2020 1:15 AM

[Quote]r277, you (or someone) had asked for an example of "a working class family living in a huge house." There was nothing said about a big, sprawling house, and I was pointing out that the Conners WERE lower economic people. The house, however, while not a mansion, did seem to be very large.

by Anonymousreply 279May 10, 2020 3:06 PM

[quote]you don't really see working class families on yv

The Middle (2009-2018) wasn't exactly upper crust, or aspirational; no one marvelled about how they could afford such a fine house or expensive lifestyle.

A shit series (I've seen all or part of a few episodes) but it wasn't upper middle class, technically it was middle class more than working class in that one character was a quarry manager and the other a dental technician (or something like), but they were not setting the world on fire with disposable income and consumerism and posh surroundings; they were not pushing hard against the upper middle of anything.

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by Anonymousreply 280May 11, 2020 12:18 PM

R276 Jennifer does look awful.

by Anonymousreply 281May 11, 2020 3:29 PM

R280, that certainly is a detailed though erroneous analysis of a show that you have seen "all or part of a few episodes," out of 215.

They were definitely working class, and the constant struggle with money was a recurring theme throughout all its seasons.

by Anonymousreply 282May 11, 2020 10:38 PM

People begin conversations in a car, but don't continue them until they're inside a building about to enter an elevator or ascend stairs.

People open their front doors to a knock or doorbell within seconds, as though they are simply standing by.

Suburban residents park in their driveways after grocery shopping and carry their bags from there, rather than pulling into their garages and entering their houses that way.

by Anonymousreply 283May 12, 2020 12:38 PM

Oh, r273, I am old enough to get the awesome allusion!

by Anonymousreply 284May 12, 2020 12:41 PM

[quote]Oh, [R273], I am old enough to get the awesome allusion!

I was hoping that someone might.

by Anonymousreply 285May 12, 2020 6:12 PM

Buying a mansion in the New England, despite being a single woman with two adopted children. Never understood why the aunt purchased that house in Jumangi. No one was even excited to live there. I adore the home.

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by Anonymousreply 286May 13, 2020 4:29 PM

When people are alone or with their close friends in scenes they are so demure. Really? You don't adjust your junk or scratch your butt? Must be nice!

by Anonymousreply 287May 14, 2020 12:01 AM

R296 Well her plan was to turn it into a Bed and Breakfast, which would have helped with the mortgage. Plus she probably got put in charge of the life insurance from Judy and Peter's parents. And remember the house sat vacant since Alan disappeared so the price was greatly reduced.

by Anonymousreply 288May 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Oops meant R286^^.

by Anonymousreply 289May 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Laptops that get carried around from place to place to place and used for hours and hours and then brought home and used again...without ever plugging it in. Never a charging cable in sight on the home desk either.

Phones and laptops don't require charging in film and tv land.

by Anonymousreply 290May 14, 2020 3:26 PM

People opening a B&B as if that were an easy and sure way to make money.

by Anonymousreply 291May 14, 2020 3:42 PM

You're right r288, I completely forgot about that lol. It was still gigantic inside, must have been a bitch to heat.

by Anonymousreply 292May 14, 2020 5:27 PM

Dangling off the edge of a cliff or the wing of a plane is no biggie if you're the hero.....but probably deadly if you're a disposable supporting character or the villain

by Anonymousreply 293May 15, 2020 12:08 AM

In line with that, r293, people fall off a cliff and are able to grab a branch to save themselves on the way down, or the hero catches them by the arm once they've fallen over a balcony or out of the plane or whatever and is able to pull them up, with one arm.

by Anonymousreply 294May 15, 2020 3:45 AM

Characters who fall in love, and there's some back story about how they grew up together or were high school sweethearts.....but the actors are clearly 10-20 years apart in age.

Or actors who are 20-30 years apart being cast as siblings

by Anonymousreply 295May 15, 2020 5:02 AM

I just realized that I have not watched a single movie since this pandemic has started. I’ve been on a TV kick but no movies lol. This thread just pointed that out for me.

by Anonymousreply 296May 15, 2020 3:01 PM

Olive-skinned, brown-eyed parents with kids who have blonde hair and blue eyes (or vice versa)

by Anonymousreply 297May 15, 2020 4:57 PM

People reading a book waiting for someone to come home so they can have a talk.

by Anonymousreply 298May 15, 2020 5:19 PM

What do you do when you are waiting for someone? Read a magazine?

by Anonymousreply 299May 15, 2020 6:30 PM

[quote]What do you do when you are waiting for someone? Read a magazine?

I masturbate in anticipation.

by Anonymousreply 300May 15, 2020 6:33 PM

It's almost always at night, 299. Who knows when they're going to roll in. Do it at the breakfast table.

by Anonymousreply 301May 15, 2020 6:39 PM

R295 Unless they're supposed to be the same age, they could be half-siblings or the parents had one child when they were teenagers and the other child in their 30's/40's it's very uncommon but not impossible.

by Anonymousreply 302May 15, 2020 6:40 PM

Maybe, but there are lots of movies where people 20-30 years apart are supposed to be full siblings

I saw a movie called Haunted not too long ago where Kate Beckinsale (born in 1973) plays the sister of Anthony Andrews (born 1948). Their ages are not stated but it's clear the characters aren't supposed to be 20+ years apart in age (the characters were in school at the same time)

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by Anonymousreply 303May 15, 2020 6:54 PM

[quote]Or actors who are 20-30 years apart being cast as siblings

Tell me about it.

by Anonymousreply 304May 15, 2020 8:57 PM

Buying a Christmas tree on freaking Christmas EVE?!

by Anonymousreply 305May 15, 2020 11:19 PM

That’s when you get the best deal. The tree lots want to sell all they can before it’s too late.

by Anonymousreply 306May 15, 2020 11:32 PM

R297 It's called recessive genes.

by Anonymousreply 307May 15, 2020 11:34 PM

r307, the thread is about things more common in movies and TV than in the real world. In the real world it isn't very common for brown eyed people to have a blue eyed kid.

by Anonymousreply 308May 15, 2020 11:49 PM

That annoys me too, R305. Nobody does that.

by Anonymousreply 309May 16, 2020 12:06 AM

Let's not forget the relatives and friends at funerals or weddings who give moving, coherent, thoughtful award-winning soliloquys. Ya, right! Real people give tangent-filled cringy, dull ramblings.

by Anonymousreply 310May 16, 2020 12:52 AM

I've heard that some people used to do the tree on Christmas Eve because Santa was supposed to bring the tree. If you watch the infamous "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, you'll note that the fab four are putting up a tree on Christmas Eve.

by Anonymousreply 311May 16, 2020 1:30 AM

R64. When I worked in Macys Bridal Registry iI always mentioned those scenes so men would buy them.

by Anonymousreply 312May 16, 2020 1:33 AM

R311 I think putting up a tree on Christmas Eve is not as uncommon as one might think. I think, at one point, it was more common to put the tree up on Christmas Eve. On a personal note, my parents were "over" Christmas around the time I entered my early-teens and started to put up their tree on Christmas Eve around that time. Then gave up on it completely, but that's neither here nor there.

by Anonymousreply 313May 16, 2020 3:01 AM

That thing where they repeatedly bang on the phone - I can't even remember what those hang-up buttons are called - going, "Operator. OPERATOR!" The operator is never there. I'm old and I never saw that done.

by Anonymousreply 314May 16, 2020 3:42 AM

Fully African-American parents that produce mixed race looking kids.

by Anonymousreply 315May 16, 2020 4:06 AM

R315: The Cosby Show is a good example. The 2 older daughters, Sondra and Denise, were played by women of mixed race. Bill Cosby originally wanted Vanessa Williams for Sondra and also considered Whitney Houston for the role.

Fun fact: The actress finally chosen to be Sondra is 10 years younger than Phylicia Rashad, the woman who played her mother. That situation doesn’t happen in real life.

by Anonymousreply 316May 16, 2020 9:08 AM

Wanna bet, R316?

by Anonymousreply 317May 16, 2020 11:19 AM

r316, not to mention Cliff and Claire I think went to high school together in the show's story, yet she was clearly a decade younger than him.

by Anonymousreply 318May 16, 2020 12:55 PM

If Aretha is your example, you lost the bet. She was 12, not 10, when she birthed her first child

However, there have been confirmed cases of girls as young as 5 giving birth. The 5-year-old was a case of precocious puberty. Sadly, many of these girls were impregnated because of rape.

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by Anonymousreply 319May 16, 2020 2:38 PM

People flip each other the bird A LOT more in film/tv than I've ever seen in real life. In real life, it seems to mostly be used in traffic!

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by Anonymousreply 320May 16, 2020 6:12 PM

Poor people who fret about the rent but still have plenty of money for Starbucks, going out eating and drinking with friends, a gym membership, expensive hair and makeup and a designer wardrobe.

by Anonymousreply 321May 16, 2020 7:19 PM

^ Yeah, in movieland it seems like all women have designer wardrobes

by Anonymousreply 322May 16, 2020 8:01 PM

The cops/investigators always stumble upon the killer just in time to prevent him/her from killing again. I see this on Criminal Minds and Endeavour a lot.

by Anonymousreply 323May 16, 2020 8:11 PM

r322 or their clothes look new, in style, and just off the rack. Unless, they are in a rural setting, then the wardrobe gets the poverty hint and they age their clothes a bit, whether they are the wealthy farming family or work in the diner. This is why I love the Costume Category for the Academy Awards. Costumes are an art that anyone with a fashion degree can't achieve. The ones that know what they are doing are worth every penny.

by Anonymousreply 324May 16, 2020 9:14 PM

That reminds me, sometimes a movie designer does a character's clothes and they all look similar, except in different colors, for example similar neck lines or shoulder design or buttons…

I think in real life it's rare to have a half dozen variations on the same silhouette

by Anonymousreply 325May 16, 2020 10:09 PM

Someone up thread mentioned Police doing a 5 second pat down on a suspect. On LivePd it can take up to five minutes for an officer to finish a search. Some people carry an amazing amount of stuff in their pockets.

by Anonymousreply 326May 16, 2020 10:15 PM

Someone tails somebody and drives 5 car lengths behind them forever and they go unnoticed. Even if they are the only two cars on a rural two lane road.

by Anonymousreply 327May 16, 2020 10:19 PM

^ that goes the same with following someone in the street or into a shop.

by Anonymousreply 328May 16, 2020 10:22 PM

Uh oh. We’ve got company.

by Anonymousreply 329May 16, 2020 10:24 PM

Garbo called them customers. I believe we have a customer Mr. Green.

by Anonymousreply 330May 16, 2020 10:27 PM

[Quote] Poor people who fret about the rent but still have plenty of money for Starbucks, going out eating and drinking with friends, a gym membership, expensive hair and makeup and a designer wardrobe.

I feel so attacked right now.

by Anonymousreply 331May 16, 2020 11:12 PM

R58 yes! The top and bottom are individually wrapped.

Also tv remote controllers that "click" when you press the buttons.

by Anonymousreply 332May 16, 2020 11:35 PM

People will set something like a bag of groceries in the bed of a pickup truck, usually right behind the driver's seat area, and the bag of groceries is still in the same spot when the final destination is reached. In actuality, that bag of groceries would be all over the truck bed the second a right- or left-hand turn was made.

by Anonymousreply 333May 16, 2020 11:56 PM

Poor people also live in beautifully staged, fully accessorized homes.

by Anonymousreply 334May 17, 2020 4:10 AM

Why do you need to boil water when a woman goes into labor unexpectedly?

by Anonymousreply 335May 17, 2020 1:21 PM

R335, everybody loves placenta-flavored Ramen noodles.

by Anonymousreply 336May 17, 2020 1:23 PM

People waking up from a coma with perfect hair and makeup!

by Anonymousreply 337May 17, 2020 1:32 PM

In police movies, no matter what happens or how violent or outrageous, especially where an officer discharges his weapon, when the shift is over the cop goes home; in real life the cop would be tied up at the station house for hours, filling out reports, meeting the brass, etc...

by Anonymousreply 338May 17, 2020 2:34 PM

Patients ripping out their IVs and walking out of a hospital.

by Anonymousreply 339May 17, 2020 7:06 PM

I’ve done that. Why just last week I did.

They told me I could die, but they’re

by Anonymousreply 340May 17, 2020 7:18 PM

RR334 Yes, and impeccably clean and well-organised....

by Anonymousreply 341May 17, 2020 8:08 PM

Murderers who conveniently confess on the witness stand

by Anonymousreply 342May 17, 2020 10:54 PM

Salad bowls filled to the brim with absolutely no room to toss it. And even if it was tossed already, you couldn't dish it out without spillage.

by Anonymousreply 343May 18, 2020 3:32 AM

Criminal masterminds with dozens of henchmen in matching outfits all ready to die for the boss. Their thugs are all lousy shots, too, since they fire at the hero dozens of times without hitting him, and can be rendered immediately unconscious with a blow to the face or back of the neck.

by Anonymousreply 344May 18, 2020 1:09 PM

Instantly accessing the most arcane and private information with just a few keystrokes.

I can barely Google myself without getting hundreds of irrelevant hits.

by Anonymousreply 345May 18, 2020 2:44 PM

R345 And they don't even do proper Boolean searching techniques!!

by Anonymousreply 346May 18, 2020 2:48 PM

When the characters live in a huge house, but there are only 2 bedrooms. "You'll have to stay in Timmy's room." Same thing with bathrooms, why would a 4000 sf house have 2 bedrooms and 1 bath?

by Anonymousreply 347May 18, 2020 9:06 PM

One does want a study and a separate gift-wrapping room, you know.

by Anonymousreply 348May 18, 2020 9:42 PM

As the investigation reaches a shocking conclusion as to the identity of the criminal, the lead detective sends his partner and any children to stay at the out-of-town home of a relative. This safe house, usually unoccupied, will look like a lake retreat of a tech billionaire, calling into question the very different career choices and fortunes of close members of the same family.

by Anonymousreply 349May 18, 2020 11:14 PM

Cemeteries are always really foggy, for some reason

by Anonymousreply 350May 18, 2020 11:38 PM

R347 much like The OC where Ryan had to stay in a pool house because there was no room in the Cohens McMansion.

by Anonymousreply 351May 19, 2020 7:18 AM

It’s the corpse’s gasses, r350.

by Anonymousreply 352May 19, 2020 1:31 PM

People using laptops always close the lid when stopping or even pausing their work on them. You almost never see someone walk away from a laptop without closing it.

People go into pools if water without taking wallet, credit cards, and)or phone out of their pockets. They will have time to strip off a shirt, but the $1000 phone in their pocket is if no concern.

by Anonymousreply 353May 23, 2020 7:17 PM

Cough puking.

by Anonymousreply 354May 23, 2020 8:08 PM

r351 that made sense. In the first episode Mrs. Cohen didn't feel comfortable having some hoodlum that Sandy brought home stay in the house. She even mentioned being worried about Ryan corrupting Seth. So the pool house was a compromise, despite the home's 10,000 unlocked doors. Ryan loved the freedom and view that the pool house brings so he stayed out there.

I was more shocked that the Cohen's didn't have a house keeper. Yet no one is ever seen cleaning anything in that place.

by Anonymousreply 355May 23, 2020 9:24 PM

Car tires that squeal during chase scenes on dirt roads.

by Anonymousreply 356May 24, 2020 12:50 AM

The piano that mysteriously appears on a set when a character feels the urge to jump into a musical number but is never seen again.

And let's not forget the other character with amazing piano skills to be able to play on command and play to with someone singing to them.

by Anonymousreply 357May 24, 2020 2:58 AM

And when characters start singing along, they all know the words and come up with choreography on the spur of the moment!

by Anonymousreply 358May 24, 2020 3:11 AM

Gay sex without showering first.

by Anonymousreply 359May 24, 2020 1:58 PM

[quote]Someone ordering "a beer" at a bar.

that and a ton of other things mentioned here I've frequently encountered

by Anonymousreply 360May 24, 2020 2:07 PM

R359, or after.

by Anonymousreply 361May 24, 2020 2:10 PM

Holding my black boyfriend's hand at the Oscars.

by Anonymousreply 362May 24, 2020 3:01 PM

Or during.

Oh, wait.

by Anonymousreply 363May 24, 2020 3:01 PM

I'm sure that someone, in recent times at least, had a black boyfriend with them at the Oscars and probably held their hand. It just wasn't a white male back in the '40s.

by Anonymousreply 364May 24, 2020 5:22 PM

Marrying someone by accident. Just because you take vows in front of a minister doesn't make you married. You need to get a license from a civil authority.

Yes Tina Fey, I'm talking to you.

by Anonymousreply 365May 27, 2020 3:50 PM

Taking a bet to make a person fall in love with you......but then falling for that person for real!

by Anonymousreply 366May 27, 2020 5:28 PM

My pussy has been beted on and conquered.

by Anonymousreply 367May 28, 2020 7:35 AM

Some asshole in my life showing up at my door on Christmas morning apologizing because they had a Christmas Carol experience the night before.

by Anonymousreply 368June 3, 2020 3:23 AM

[quote]Obviously you’re not familiar with Zippo lighters. They stay lit until you close the lid to put them out. (Don’t drop it on your lap, trust me!)

I almost set my car on fire once when a lit Zippo fell out of my hand and landed on the floor. I stopped using Zippos and switched to Bics after that.

by Anonymousreply 369November 21, 2020 6:46 PM
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