Random things that bug you in movies and TV

[Kirby101]

Giant space ship, with big open spaces.
I don't mind in space-fantasy movies like Star Wars, but in more realistic, less futuristic shows, it makes little sense.
I was watching The Expanse on SyFy which takes place in the near future. The Martian ship has large, cavernous spaces. The amount of air needed to fill those spaces, plus the extra resources to build that much empty space that is still structurally sound is wasteful and stupid.

[DrNewGod]

Giant space ship, with big open spaces.
I don't mind in space-fantasy movies like Star Wars, but in more realistic, less futuristic shows, it makes little sense.
I was watching The Expanse on SyFy which takes place in the near future. The Martian ship has large, cavernous spaces. The amount of air needed to fill those spaces, plus the extra resources to build that much empty space that is still structurally sound is wasteful and stupid.

Coversely, the Millennium Falcon was always problematic for me, since it's supposed to be freighter, but has about the same cargo capacity as a swordfish boat.

[Kirby101]

Coversely, the Millennium Falcon was always problematic for me, since it's supposed to be freighter, but has about the same cargo capacity as a swordfish boat.

It wasn't a freighter per se. It was a smuggling vessel. A fast one, it did the Kessel run in 12 Parsecs. Think about how drugs are brought into this country, not in big cargo ships. (well sometimes, but hidden in larger shipments)

[DrNewGod]

It wasn't a freighter per se. It was a smuggling vessel. A fast one, it did the Kessel run in 12 Parsecs. Think about how drugs are brought into this country, not in big cargo ships. (well sometimes, but hidden in larger shipments)

"Millennium Falcon" on @Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millen...on?wprov=sfii1

Didn't bug me until the post-film materials established it as a freighter.

[Copper]

Couple of mine:

1) The Bulletproof Vest Reveal.
The hero gets shot, and is presumed dead. A moment later, he wakes up and opens his shirt, to reveal a bullet proof vest. Why? Is he unsure it worked?

2) The Mystery Operating System
Ok, maybe you could get away with this in the '90s, but personal computers are so ubiquitous now you have no excuse not to show one having a halfway plausible OS and not something that looks like the wet dream of someone who was tripping on acid watching Tron. Also, apparently you're not allowed to use a mouse unlesss its photo manipulation.

[Crawford Crow]

The villain has locked the hero into an empty room to give the hero time to consider cooperating with the villain. This gives the hero plenty of time to discover the entrance to the HVAC ducts, which happen to be big enough to hold an 18-wheeler. The hero immediately finds the exit that leads from his "cell" to the villains secret room. Hilarity ensues. :-)

[Guy1]

The villain has locked the hero into an empty room to give the hero time to consider cooperating with the villain. This gives the hero plenty of time to discover the entrance to the HVAC ducts, which happen to be big enough to hold an 18-wheeler. The hero immediately finds the exit that leads from his "cell" to the villains secret room. Hilarity ensues. :-)

Gokaiger, a Sentai show I watched, parodied this wonderfully.
spoilers:

A group of heroes were trapped in a room, alone. They found a vent They go through the vent, hoping to escape. Just when they reach the other side of the vent...they see the villain casually relaxing in a chair with a gun pointed right at them.

end of spoilers

[Crawford Crow]

The good guy shoots at the bad guy. The bad guy immediately drops dead. Always. The bad guy shoots at the good guy. Ouch, flesh wound. :-)

[hulahulk]

Windows without screens.


Every time we see someone climb through a house's window, there's no screen for them to remove or slide up first.

Let's let in all the mosquitoes, flies, spiders, dragonflies, bees, wasps, hornets, flying ants, beetles, cats, chipmunks, bats, birds, squirrels, leaves, pine needles, and drones, shall we?

[DrNewGod]

Windows without screens.


Every time we see someone climb through a house's window, there's no screen for them to remove or slide up first.

Let's let in all the mosquitoes, flies, spiders, dragonflies, bees, wasps, hornets, flying ants, beetles, cats, chipmunks, bats, birds, squirrels, leaves, pine needles, and drones, shall we?

Action happens only in flying bug-free zones?

[t hedge coke]

Windows without screens.

You'll be happy to know some students borrowed my apartment to shoot in the other week and put my screens back on so it would be "real." (I leave them off because I like to go out them onto the landing frequently, and don't need the hassle.)

[Kirby101]

"Millennium Falcon" on @Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millen...on?wprov=sfii1

Didn't bug me until the post-film materials established it as a freighter.

Okay, in TFA they called it a Cerillian class freighter.

[hulahulk]

You'll be happy to know some students borrowed my apartment to shoot in the other week and put my screens back on so it would be "real." (I leave them off because I like to go out them onto the landing frequently, and don't need the hassle.)

That's cool.

Yeah, it's usually the teen's room in movies or on TV that has no screens in the windows. So their friends can sneak in.

[RobinFan4880]

Coversely, the Millennium Falcon was always problematic for me, since it's supposed to be freighter, but has about the same cargo capacity as a swordfish boat.

A YT-1300 has a cargo capacity of 25-100 metric tons. The Falcon is listed as having 100 metric tons of cargo space. Here's the internal design layout of the Falcon.

[d.w washburn]

People in shows and movies who can't fight but after a montage are master fighters.