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To get angry at tv characters pretending to drink from empty cups!

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HitsAndMrs · 15/12/2015 12:08

Soap characters especially. They drive me mad. I can see that coffee cup is empty so stop pretending to drink it.

Does anything wind you up like this?!

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iklboo · 19/12/2015 11:24

Ken is supposed to be 'edumacated' cos he went to University. His accent really changed from faux 'eee bah gum' in the early episodes to his current one.

ComposHatComesBack · 19/12/2015 14:09

Yeah but his current accent is refined Nottingham, not refined Manchester!

iklboo · 19/12/2015 15:28

This is very true......

MrsHathaway · 19/12/2015 16:39

DM was appalled when I revealed I couldn't hear the differences between the different characters on Coronation Street. She had moved from Sheffield to Lancashire (various bits) as a child but I was brought up Dahn Sahf.

I live in the north now. I can hear Warrington/Manchester/Cheshire/Bolton now, let alone Lancashire v Yorkshire.

Re Sherlock's violin, I think there are two problems.

(1) for set reasons, it would be complicated to have him actually play the violin (would be picked up by the wrong microphones). The bit that looks wrong is the fact that the bow barely touches the string and he's holding it in a fist so you can tell he's miming, just like when singers' throats don't move so you can tell they're miming.

(2) Sherlock is meant to be crap at the violin but not notice. That's the whole point. The sound they dub on is more like what he hears than what John hears!

So ... I'm on the fence. I've previously established those thoughts for myself so I don't throw things across the room during violin scenes.

In general, faked music is excruciating. Ditto faked anything skilful that the viewer has more experience of than the actor - fencing, rowing, skiing, etc.

hagsrus0 · 19/12/2015 17:11

Sitcom emergencies with first babies being born in a matter of minutes, and the mother doesn't even get her knickers off.

hagsrus0 · 19/12/2015 17:13

Yes to all the unfinished meals, and to all the luscious cakes that you know will be thrown or fallen into.

Catsize · 19/12/2015 17:14

hags, you are assuming that the mother is wearing any...

People seem to connect by phone in a remarkable amount of time on telly too.

hagsrus0 · 19/12/2015 17:15

People watching telly with the volume so low that other characters have no difficulty carrying on normal conversation in the same room, or on same sofa.

hagsrus0 · 19/12/2015 17:18

"you are assuming that the mother is wearing any."

Quite right - "You're pregnant, dear, so stop wearing knickers now just to be on the safe side!"

whatwouldaudreydo · 19/12/2015 18:02

All of these, plus always knowing ANY phone number off by heart when using a landline! Grrr...

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