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?

Speaking of merlin, why does Morgana get away with smirking like that? They’ll be saying ‘oh my gosh I wonder who poisoned merlin and nearly killed him?’

Then she does a really obvious smirk and will say ‘yes I wonder who did that.’ If I was Arthur I’d immediately ask ‘why are you smirking, was it you? You’re pulling an evil face.’

@Takethe

No, it isn't.

If you say, "I see you," then that's a call. That's it. Your move is over. You cannot then say that you want to raise.

You might be allowed in some places, but most tables wont allow that. If you want to raise then you just say raise. You cant say the above phrase and get away with it at most tables.

@Fiddliestofsticks Ahh of course. I was trying to work out what was wrong with reraising.

A bloke starts the day clean shaven and wakes up next morning without a millimetre of beard growth.

Women that say, ‘I’ll just take a shower’ at some new boyfriends house, when they’ll have no hairdryer/makeup/clean knickers etc, like who does that?

Women who have immaculate makeup despite being in some kind of apocalypse.

Nobody in a soap ever seems to have a cat? Lots of dogs, maybe cats are too tricky to have on set?

@Surprisedpikachu, I’ve noticed that too. When I’m on a diet and this happens it drives me mad, why wouldn’t they eat?

Also when someone super seriously ‘I’ve got something to tell you’ (and us watching the show know it’s something important). then they get interrupted and after that the person says ‘what did you have to tell me’ and they say ‘oh, it’s not important’.

There’s no way I would let it go, I would be so intrigued and would demand that they tell me right there and then.

You have Quads at almost 2 years old don’t make a bloody sound. Yes I’m looking at you, Corrie. I get it’s hard to cast quads maybe even impossible but you perhaps should have thought of that before doing the story line.

People just miraculously get jobs and fit right in with everyone.

They all know each other’s birthdays and phone numbers even if they’ve never even if they’ve never so much as spoken a word to each other.

People can come back from the dead and very few or no questions are asked.

People have very private conversations in public with their (big booming foghorn call the boats in) voices

@Kanaloa

Morganas smirking, that made me laugh so much and is so true.

What also used to puzzle me was that Merlin would go off to ask the dragon for advice and always did the complete opposite. Why did he even bother asking him, he always just aggravating him for a finish.

@Twinklettoz

You never see people do number twos in soaps either. Always a shower, always a number 1. But never a number two.

Would you really want to watch that in a soap, or indeed any programme though?

A member of your immediate family moves abroad and NEVER contacts you or attends a family event again.

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit

A member of your immediate family moves abroad and NEVER contacts you or attends a family event again.

My sister only moved 150 miles. She doesn't even bother to attend family funerals.

House sales are completed in a day.

When people are left money again they just get it straight away no probate no nothing.

No one ever just lets one tip and does a massive fart. 🤣

The number of times in TV dramas people say "besides". Who says this in real life??

The length of time someone can hold their breath under water.

I know @3luckystars it bugged me so much! She was basically telling them she was doing it. Another show that’s so bad for it is Hannibal. I love it but he will cook someone for dinner, then they’ll say ‘what meat is this by the way?’ Instead of answering normally, he’ll smirk to himself, give a really long pause, then say ‘hmmmmm rabbit’ in a way that would make me say ‘erm no what is this I’m eating.’

Like if your name rhymes with cannibal and you’re a cannibal be a bit less obvious about your cannibalism.

Lol I meant to write he will cook dinner for someone but it works both ways to be honest.

When people have an argument, one leaves, one shouts don't leave but they never go after themm. They just sit there and watch them leavem

When the police call at houses to question them, the occupants wander about, carry on ironing etc and seem quite unconcerned.

A nerdy character, usually a normal school kid, always turns out to be such a skilled hacker that they can type in a bit of gibberish and bring down an entire criminal organisation in a few clicks.

Eastenders - has Sharon ever had a proper job? How do people on Albert square afford their houses on the kind of wage you’d get from working in a pub/cafe/club?

When it rains they don't get stupid frizzy hair like real people.

Also, everyone in American has a phone number beginning 555. I know why but it irrationally annoys me.

When a SWAT team is about to storm a dangerous site, and the entire team is appropriately clad in body armour and carrying automatic weapons. All except for the fearless protagonist who enters wearing their everyday clothing, armed with a pistol.

When people kiss immediately upon waking up without brushing their teeth (I seem to recall the one exception being America's Sweethearts, where the kiss happens through bedclothes).

A percentage progress bar for money tranfers.

In EE no one has a washing machine.

Also on a serious story line why would Sukis son is it Jags his name have needed protection and ended up being killed. He in their eyes robbed a shop and clobbered Martin Fowler (I talk more about him in a minute) over the head. I’m not saying that’s okay but he was hArdly a child abuser or an OAP beater was he. Surely someone like that would just be left alone.

The way Sonia just got Rebecca and Denise just got Raymond back. That would never happen. You can’t be unadopted even if their adoptive parents do pass away.
They’d either be put in the system or go to live with suitable relatives just like children of biological parents.