That's most shows these days. If the characters had actually used their brains, most plots would never happen.Yeah... I'm pretty sure Idiot Plot was mentioned early in the thread, but it bears repeating. I lost track of how many episodes of TNG+ Star Trek would have been over by the end of the teaser if the main characters hadn't been temporarily stupid at just the wrong time.
That's most shows these days. If the characters had actually used their brains, most plots would never happen.
Yes, thanks to Ryan George.
It's really nothing new, using their brains has been something that characters don't do for a long time.That's most shows these days. If the characters had actually used their brains, most plots would never happen.
It's even better when, because they are ex special forces, they can automatically fly anything. Most real world fighter pilots couldn't even hop in a helicopter and fly because it's totally different. Now I'm talking real world, not scifi.
Sitting is boring. The filmmakers don't want the minds of the audience to wander off or fixate on some specific piece of set decoration while they're supposed to be listening to yet more exposition on whatever the subject matter might be. Walking briskly is more energetic, and it keeps everything in the background moving past as such a rate that it barely registers.The "power walk briefing". A government official is hurriedly walking through hallways while his sectary apprises him of an immanent- terrorist, alien, natural disaster threat. Is it that urgent to get wherever they're walking to that sitting down for a few minutes isn't feasible?
I saw this in person once. Some tint little female had gone through one of those "workout of the month" defense class and thought that made her a female ninja. She'd apparently go around intimidating men but not realizing she was generally in the South, where up to that time men were taught never to hit a woman (no matter much an idiot she's being).Fight scenes: How about the female lead action star jumps and wraps her legs around the bad guy's neck, spins around thereby twisting his neck, and dropping him to the ground. Yes, I realize this is an actual move that can be effective. But it seems to be a modern crutch, a "cool shot", to help the 120 pound female protagonist drop the 250 pound male baddie. Every. Single. Movie.
For a more "realistic" hand to hand fight scene involving a female lead, see Charlise Theron in Atomic Blonde.
I've never seen that before, what I do see is pilots being able to fly anything with wings, or rotors for that matter. But it is common for a lot of characters who are vets to be special operations vets (Special Forces is a special operations unit that's part of the Army and who are often better known as Green Berets). And most often, these former spec ops vets are former Navy SEALs to boot; they're rarely Army Special Forces, Rangers, Delta, any of the Air Force spec ops units like PJs, or even Marine (Force) Recon or Raiders. It's like the only special operations unit in the entire US military are Navy SEALs.It's even better when, because they are ex special forces, they can automatically fly anything. Most real world fighter pilots couldn't even hop in a helicopter and fly because it's totally different. Now I'm talking real world, not scifi.
And during that time they are often discussing this highly secretive/classified/urgent information out in the open, in public spaces or at least in other areas / hallways/ rooms of the bureaucratic building with underlings of much lower station or clearance.The "power walk briefing". A government official is hurriedly walking through hallways while his sectary apprises him of an immanent- terrorist, alien, natural disaster threat. Is it that urgent to get wherever they're walking to that sitting down for a few minutes isn't feasible?