Unrealistic things you see in films or TV programmes.

[Twinklettoz]

Inspired by watching El Camino on Netflix... Lots of breaking of burner phones. Literally just snapping them in half... Er I'm sure that doesn't stop your phone being traced.. Surely it's the sim card you need to destroy..
What do you find unrealistic in films or on TV?

Yes it’s necessary. They keep their little notebooks in the pockets and then pull them out to interview people while their teacher/crime writer sidekick looks suspiciously about the room as they are about to crack the case.

I wonder what they actually write in the notebook when filming the scene.

Anyone more senior than a sergeant doing any actual boots-on-the-ground investigative work in a police type drama.

And similarly The prospect of a detective chief superintendent doing anything other than sitting about in an office shuffling paperwork. Doing house to house ? Don't make me laugh !

@Surprisedpikachu

I always find when someone knocks on a door, it’s always opened immediately, as if someone was just standing behind it. Or if someone wants to tell someone else something in confidence, they move about 4 paces away from the rest of the people in the room - as if the other people wouldn’t be able to hear them!

They clearly don't abide to the MN code of "never, ever OPEN THE DOOR"

In crime dramas people confess when presented with circumstantial evidence that wouldn't result in a search warrant!

Oh yes definitely the sex. Where two people randomly meet in the stationery cupboard at work, have mad passionate sex. No condom is ever produced. Then unless it's a dry ejaculate, no jizz running down the leg.

Guns. My Dad used to say they were often inappropriate for the distance they were shooting from. For example a pistol shooting at a target a long way away in cowboy films.

Woman comes from PIV within less than 30 seconds. If only :) and of course… no tissues needed.

The big one that I find silly is how easy it is to find parking exactly where the person is going. Parking always available.

The Eiffel Tower is visible from every single window in Paris.

People in soaps never watch soaps.

When a couple argues about their relationship both of them have to face the camera.

Nobody ever goes to the loo! Oh and people just say bye or hang up the phone, none of this "well see you next Tuesday for coffee, tell bill I say hi, hope your haircut goes well".

@Twinklettoz

When there's a fight scene.. 1 man vs 6 he always manages to fight off all 6 men and come out unscathed.

This winds me up. The way they seem to line up so he/she can take one out at a time. Surely the point of 6 vs1 is that the 6 all pile in at once.

On the same theme, the way that you can have 4 people shooting AK-15s or whatever and somehow miss the person running straight in front of them. Yet when the hero has an awkward moving shot through a window, round a corner they can do it in one with a pistol.

@ZombieEthel

Women surviving the apocalypse with smooth armpits.

Right?! I barely survive the day.

Not sure if this has been mentioned, the unrealistic sex!

Commercials for laundry products. The dirty clothes go in, clean and pressed clothing comes out. I need a washer and dryer like that!

The Hollywood move. "I see your $100 and I raise you $100."

Wouldn't happen, it's against the rules of poker. It's just for dramatic suspense

What rule is it against? It’s a completely legitimate move @LavendulaAngustifolia

When someone is somewhere they are not supposed to be, when they’re sneaking around someone’s house or office looking for something, they hear a noise and they say “Hello?”

The family's children are always super-duper, top-of-the class intelligent, and/ or are particularly talented at something.

It would be interesting to have children who struggle academical or are even just average for a change.

Wherever they drive to there’s always a perfect car parking space.

How much freedom people with kids have;do they have an invisible Mary Poppins living with them?

I am just watching Merlin as I am reading this . Arthur has just been hanging on by his fingertips to the edge of a cliff and managed to pull up his whole body weight — while wearing chain mail and armour . He must be bloody strong !

That’s completely different as it is MAGIC.

Sex is always with a bra on, he's always puts his pants back on before going to sleep

Never finish drinks or meals

Premature babies (soaps especially guilty) - they just get it all wrong

@Twinklettoz

When people brush their teeth. No toothpaste foam in mouth from brushing and they don't rinse properly.

Why would they rinse? You dont rinse after brushing. If you do then you're cleaning your teeth wrong.

@Surprisedpikachu

I’ve often noticed as well in American tv programmes the mum will have made a massive luxurious breakfast with pancakes and fruit and the husband or child will come in, drink a sip of juice and leave….such a waste 😂

Yes, this infuriates me. I'd be delighted if someone prepared a lavish breakfast for me. (Plus I'd pass out before lunchtime if I'd only had a grape and a sip of orange juice for breakfast.)

Get out of bed at a decent time you lazy, ungrateful sods!

@ScreamingMeMe

The family's children are always super-duper, top-of-the class intelligent, and/ or are particularly talented at something.

It would be interesting to have children who struggle academical or are even just average for a change.

The Middle is about a very average family, and all the kids have problems!