Watched the new Luther episode today and there is a scene where Loofa yells that he can't possibly pick the padlock because it's pick resistant ... but I have taken up lockpicking as a hobby, and one of the easy peasy can't possibly fail locks is the Masterlock M3 - which is what was on screen. A character who carries lockpicks with them regularly should have been able to pick it faster than the director could say "cut"
As a computery person I feel 99.99% of everything ever said about computers in all TV/Film/Books is written by people who don't know what a computer is, what it's for or why you might use one... however, now that I've spent a few years with computer students I've realised that lots of people who should know these things don't so I feel less animosity to such things.
More specifically as a hackist - oh god no, it's never right (Notable exception would be Mr. Robot and even then not always perfect, or the beginning of Sneakers)
What things do other people know that make you cringe in movies and TV because you know it's BS?
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There was literally nothing right about the law in it. Series 2 was particularly awful, suggesting that the victim family got to pick the prosecutor and even stating that the prosecutor was “their” lawyer, and don’t get me started on the presentation of evidence to a jury that was then disallowed and the entire cross examination process.
It was shit.
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Since doing ambulance work.. all of those cpr scenes leading to a hero remarkably waking up with no use of a defib..
Or alternatively movies seem to like having a bunch of doctors shocking an Asystole/flatline rhythm...
Wouldnt be done in real life, as it doesnt respond to defibrillation and is almost always fatal..
I cringe every time I see someone on tv or films doing heart compressions as it's nothing like real life.
It's about time all schools taught first aid at every age group.
Also, from experience, anything involving "finance people". It's always Wolf of Wall St, and not the reality of sitting in boring conference calls being sarcastic while on mute and working out where's got the best deal on for lunch...
I can't watch Silent Witness for the same reason.
Why is that pathologist woman chasing the murderer through the woods on her own?! Why is she even here?! Get back to work you idiot!
Speculating as to how they're going to engineer that farce is as tedious as trying to guess what's going to happen to a lovely couple having a picnic at the beginning of Casualty.
I really barely watch TV at all so if I find it predictable God knows what regular viewers think.
A colleague once said that she'd rather find her boyfriend watching porn than CSI as it's closer to reality. Lucky chap.
The number of badly applied Rear Naked Chokes you see is unbelievable- & it's a basic technique.
Some are good though- Bourne, (Daniel Craig) Bond & John Wick spring to mind.
Star Wars Ep 1 is the worst for this. The big lightsaber fight is a masterful ballet of waving shiny swords above each other's heads.
The fact is however they are made as entertainment not documentaries and you have to suspend your inner nerd if you want to enjoy them.
I'm a big fan of '40's Film Noir and you often see people driving cars with no dashboard (obviously to get a clearer shot of the actors) but I don't let it spoil my enjoyment of a fantastic film.