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Character A, with a look of consternation: There's something I have to tell you.
Character B, giddily: I have something to tell you, too!
A: Oh, you go first.
B: [Yaps about news], then says What did you want to tell me?
A: Nevermind.
I love this post and it reminds of something else I hate.
Someone has an important piece of news to tell someone else.
Somehow, it is impossible to say this one or two sentences because of 'interruption' or someone else being there or whatever.
This device is used to ratchet up tension in the film/show, but only serves to make me angry and frustrated.
Sometimes the fact that they didn't say it leads to a misunderstanding of facts or feelings on the part of the other person.
I mean, come on.
If you have something important to say, it takes two seconds.
Hell, we all find time to tell people non-important things all the time.
The chief or supervisor of any modern workplace on TV, especially law enforcement entities, has an office that's all glass. No privacy. I guess they can never scratch their butt or get something out of their nose in their own office. Everyone who reports to them can see everything that happens in that glass office. But somehow the glass is totally sound-proof, because they have very confidential conversations there all the time, usually with lots of shouting, but no one else hears anything.
The aliens/zombies/bad guys/monsters/asteroids are coming! Death and disaster are imminent! We must flee! But first ... let's hug and have a drawn-out tender moment.
When the deafening chaos becomes low background noise and the director zooms in for the tender moment, I like to turn to my husband and whisper, "Neo. ... I'm not scared anymore ..."
When someone pulls the fire alarm pull station or sets off a smoke detector and sprinklers start spraying water. IT DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT IN REAL LIFE. STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT.
The gun that has a standard 15 round mag that never empties and never needs reloading
When someone gets kicked n the head or takes some very bad physical punishment. No you are not gonna get up and whoop a room full of dudes after one punted your head through the uprights.
The hero going at it with a handgun steps over real firepower like a SAW or AK
When a suspect is spotted WAY AHEAD of the arresting officers, or across
the street, and they yell to him...of course he starts running...Why don't you
get closer instead of giving him such a head start?
On TV and in movies, it's nighttime and everybody is going to bed ... with lights on all over the house. Kids are put to bed with a lamp or two on. Multiple lights on in the hallway. If it's dark outside, every single lamp in the house is lit. I just glare and mutter about the utility bill.
When a suspect is spotted WAY AHEAD of the arresting officers, or across
the street, and they yell to him...of course he starts running...Why don't you
get closer instead of giving him such a head start?
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And it is is all the cop movies!
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