Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[Treadwell]

People Hilariously Exposing The Totally Unrealistic Behaviours of Movie Characters

Movies are filled with stupid and funny clichés that just don't make any sense, so Twitter users came together to point out the most ridiculous examples.

www.sadanduseless.com

 

[Treadwell]

from that twitter thread

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Sort like how cops in movies and TV shows are always seen taste testing unknown powders to see if or confirm that it's some sort of narcotic.

Evidently, cocaine has the sweet flavor and texture of Fun Dip Candy...

 

[Treadwell]

Are they still doing that? (I don't watch cop shows.)
That was a thing way back on The Mod Squad!

 

[dascoyne]

Here's an oldie but a goodie. When you have people encountering a strange alien goo or phenomenon and they just stick their hand in it or stick a finger in the goo. Lady agent on Debris I'm talking to you! I think they even did this a few times on X-Files. That drives me nuts! I watched it with my nephew and he was cheering for her death because it was so dumb!

Or when they come across some alien life form and one of them is bold enough to stick their hand out to pet it.

"xxx, what are you doing?"
As xxx reaches out, "It's OK. It's OK."

How the hell would xxx know?

He/she expects The Abyss when they should be thinking Prometheus.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Man I loved fun dip as a kid. We rarely got candy so it was awesome when we were allowed to get it!

I would guess this was already mentioned, but just in case, in scifi shows when they can instantly interface with an alien computer, or use it, from a race they've never encountered. At least on ST, Data will often be in that situation and they make an attempt to explain him trying to figure it out or he compares it to similar species and bases the language on that.

 

[ScourgiousJinx]

Two people are playing chess... another person walks up, looks at the board for half a second, moves a piece, says "checkmate" or something similar and walks away.

 

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People Hilariously Exposing The Totally Unrealistic Behaviours of Movie Characters

Movies are filled with stupid and funny clichés that just don't make any sense, so Twitter users came together to point out the most ridiculous examples.

www.sadanduseless.com

I especially liked the one where the Mom has a huge breakfast laid out that even Martha Stewart would envy, and the kids bound into the room and say they have no time to eat and poof, they're out the door. Any real Mom would lose her mind at a moment like that.
I'd never thought of what a cliché that is, but yeah, I couldn't count the times I've seen that in movies and TV.

 

[joberg]

Two people are playing chess... another person walks up, looks at the board for half a second, moves a piece, says "checkmate" or something similar and walks away.

That has happened to me several years ago. Playing chess with my best friend in a café, minding our own business, when that old man walked by, looked at the board and BAM!! Check mate We couldn`t believe it!!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

That has happened to me several years ago. Playing chess with my best friend in a café, minding our own business, when that old man walked by, looked at the board and BAM!! Check mate We couldn`t believe it!!

Ok so myth busted I guess?


I think this was mentioned before, but I saw it happen again on two recent tv shows. When the dad on the show hears a noise he grabs a baseball bat to go investigate. I've never owned a baseball bat and there isn't one in my house! Never once have I seen them go to a safe and retrieve a gun like a sane person! I did see a movie recently where this happened and the guy had one of those small pistol safes on his nightstand and for once it seemed like common sense writing. If they aren't going to write the character doing what a normal person (well normal for the U.S. I guess), they should have the dad go downstairs with the bat to find the guy who broke in armed with a pistol or shotgun. Series finale.

 

[Lightning]

he grabs a baseball bat to go investigate. I've never owned a baseball bat and there isn't one in my house!

I keep a baseball bat behind the headboard. I don't think I'll ever actually need it, but I have to store it somewhere.

 

[HMSwolfe]

Franchises. Every single one of them. They’re all dead and tired. Don’t want any more of them. It’s rare now that one actually manages to be a film rather than the cinematic equivalent of a Big Mac—mass-produced and full of empty calories. Stop making franchises, at least until the corporate overlords and their ways die off.

 

[Treadwell]

retrieve a gun like a sane person! I did see a movie recently where this happened and the guy had one of those small pistol safes on his nightstand and for once it seemed like common sense writing. If they aren't going to write the character doing what a normal person (well normal for the U.S. I guess)

It might not be as normal as you think. Not that I've been in the bedroom of everyone I've known, but I have never come across a nightstand gun safe (or similar) in my life. Not once.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

It might not be as normal as you think. Not that I've been in the bedroom of everyone I've known, but I have never come across a nightstand gun safe (or similar) in my life. Not once.

You've never seen gun safes like these? 5 Best Bedside Gun Safes for Quick Access [Hands-On] - Pew Pew Tactical I have one, on each level of the house.

 

[Cephus]

You've never seen gun safes like these? 5 Best Bedside Gun Safes for Quick Access [Hands-On] - Pew Pew Tactical I have one, on each level of the house.

I haven't seen anyone with one either and that includes my brother-in-law who is a former cop and competitive shooter. He doesn't keep a gun under his pillow.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

I've only ever known one person who kept a gun in his bedroom, and that was in the closet in a safe. This includes many gun owning family members all over the States. If you sincerely need a gun THAT quickly in your own home you're living in the wrong place.

 

[Laspector]

I've got a pistol in the night stand by my bed. Fully loaded with one in the chamber. Ready to go if someone breaks in.

But, I live alone. I would never do that with children in the house.

 

[Riceball]

Next to my side of the bed I have a range of weapons accessible to me starting with a D cell Maglight.

 

[PoopaPapaPalps]

My books on evolution will scare away any would be ne'er-doer.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I've only ever known one person who kept a gun in his bedroom, and that was in the closet in a safe. This includes many gun owning family members all over the States. If you sincerely need a gun THAT quickly in your own home you're living in the wrong place.

I live in a really nice neighborhood and a couple houses over they had a home invasion at 3am a month or two back. Luckily the guy was there and not his wife. So it can happen anywhere.