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?

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

Love this thread!!!!!!

Labour and birth from first contraction to baby out in maybe one hour max?! "The fundamentals of caring" was maybe 5min!!!!!!

@gizmo4

They never have curtains pulled in the bedroom when going to bed.

Or the light on. There is always light shining in the actor's face. My room needs to be dark, ESPECIALLY my face

I don't know anyone in reality who spends so much money drinking coffee in a cafe within walking distance of their home / getting takeout from nearby place regularly.
EastEnders is point one for the cafe. Jist go home and put on the kettle.
Aus soaps for the general point (esp Home and Away!) people popping in with coffees from the diner etc which must be lukewarm by now instead of popping on the kettle. Eating at the diner / restaurant or fetching takeout literally 5 nights a week. Occasionally someone will make home cooked food but it must cost a fortune!

Women waking up in bras or going to the bathroom after a 'good sesh' but wearing the bed sheet. Sorry but my modesty is long time after a 'good sesh'. He's (presumably) been inches from your bum hole and balls deep in you but you need a bed sheet? Piss off.

Nobody ever finishes a cigarette or drink - stop wasting money!!

The sheer number of unplanned pregnancies (I'm looking at you Grey's anatomy) - these people are doctors, surely if they can finangle a beating heart, they can work out contraception. Most 16 year olds can do it, why can't you!?

I’be been a chef for 35 years and not once has there been a good guy chase a bad guy through my kitchen.
If I’d known this was the case I’d have chosen a different career path

People in soaps go on holiday at the drop of a hat, no hassle about getting time off work.

Haha i love the my fringe comment. Soooooo true.

@Mamamamasaurus

Women waking up in bras or going to the bathroom after a 'good sesh' but wearing the bed sheet. Sorry but my modesty is long time after a 'good sesh'. He's (presumably) been inches from your bum hole and balls deep in you but you need a bed sheet? Piss off.

Nobody ever finishes a cigarette or drink - stop wasting money!!

The sheer number of unplanned pregnancies (I'm looking at you Grey's anatomy) - these people are doctors, surely if they can finangle a beating heart, they can work out contraception. Most 16 year olds can do it, why can't you!?

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Also you always see people loading the washing machine, but I never see it turned on and start the cycle.

@MostlyNormalSometimesOdd

I’be been a chef for 35 years and not once has there been a good guy chase a bad guy through my kitchen. If I’d known this was the case I’d have chosen a different career path

I think this is the funniest thing I've ever read on Mumsnet! Thank you!!

@Twinklettoz

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

Squiggly lines... and sometimes they don't seem to even make the effort to squiggle!

@Anystarinthesky

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

Yes! And even better if the person the police are speaking to is working on their car or in a garage. They can slide in under a car and grunt in response to questions.

A LOT of courtroom stuff is not great. I’m a barrister and have friends who are advisors to various productions companies - what often happens is the realities, explained to them, are simply
Not dramatic enough or don’t do quite what the director wants from a scene.
View of lawyers is low already so it is a shame when the errors show impossible behaviour or shenanigans or underline misconceptions etc.

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This always happens on tv shows - someone will be ‘sorting laundry’ but they are just folding things in half and tossing them in a basket. Like why are you doing that? Just crumple them all into the basket and fold them when you’re about to put them away. It is such an odd way to go about things.

Don't you fold? Less creases if you fold

The sheer number of unplanned pregnancies (I'm looking at you Grey's anatomy) - these people are doctors, surely if they can finangle a beating heart, they can work out contraception.

I used to work with a Dr, when I last saw him he had 4 children, none planned.

People in a car, driving, and the driver turns his or her head to have a lengthy conversation with the passenger. LOOK AT THE ROAD, LOOK, LOOK! JESUS! My god, I get tense every time, even though I know they’re on a flatbed trailer or have green-screened scenery going past.

I sometimes record channel 5 daytime dramas and when a baddy is unmasked they give a full explanation to the victim of their crimes and why they are carrying them out before proceeding to try and kill anyone.

@BalloonSlayer

Oh God yeah weddings, always take place somewhere really stupid no real person would ever want their wedding, are conducted by a friend, and despite hundreds of guests their families are never there.

PMSL this is frighteningly accurate and I've never thought about it before. (Except I did in Parks and Rec when everyone got married at work! At work, imagine. Fuck. That.)

The TV is only on if someone has a guilty conscience and the news announces the police are looking for the perpetrator.

Home/interiors programmes where the presenter walks up the path to the front door with a camera behind them, then when the door is opened it switches to be from the perspective of the home owner with a camera behind them showing the presenter at the door. And the first camera has mysteriously disappeared...

It's been mentioned already, but, the police always shout 'police' and the suspect starts running. I keep thinking, why did you not wait until you were a bit nearer, before alerting the suspect.

I sometimes wonder what people who work in the various areas, depicted on tv, would think of certain things, e.g, hospital scenes and so on.

Childbirth - Kylie in Corrie gave birth on the sofa in the Platts front room, and was taken away to hospital afterwards. The sofa was still pristine.

@WeAreTheHeroes

Home/interiors programmes where the presenter walks up the path to the front door with a camera behind them, then when the door is opened it switches to be from the perspective of the home owner with a camera behind them showing the presenter at the door. And the first camera has mysteriously disappeared...

... and they seem surprised that the presenter has just turned up at their house. One would have thought having a TV Crew in their hall might have alerted them to the fact something was going on!

Haven't read the full thread so not sure if someone has mentioned this but it pisses me off no end...

American shows/films when a married couple with say 1 or 2 DC live in a massive house with most probably 5/6 bedrooms. Then couple have an argument and the husband is banished to sleep on the couch with pillows/duvet etc. Your house is huge buddy; has at least 5 fucking bedrooms and a max of 3 are occupied so why sleep on the couch and not a spare room.