Random things that bug you in movies and TV

[Captain Smith]

Most every other civilization usually wears bathrobes or some pseudo-Roman togas. The authoritarian ones do wear pants.

[Scott Taylor]

RoboCop, Aliens, Battlestar Galactica (remake) off the top of my head. Probably more, but it still doesn't outnumber "its the future, so of COURSE its dystopian!" trope.

It was also in Enterprise, where Captain Archer and T'Pol shared a decontamination shower. Somehow I didn't mind, imagine that. Gotta get that radioactivity off!

[gwhh]

After a couple does the animal dance all night long or does a quickie in the middle of the day . Gets dress, with out cleaning up first.

[Timothy Hunter]

Movies set in a non-English speaking country where inexplicably the characters speak English. It doesn't ruin the movie for me, but it does take me out of even great movies like The Pianist and The Last Duel.

[Malvolio]

Or a man and a woman just had sex, no one else is there, but when the woman gets out of bed, she feels a need to wrap the bedsheet around her naked body. I mean, I know why they do that for a tv show on broadcast television or basic cable, or a movie that they want to have a PG rating, but it just seems ridiculous in story.

[babyblob]

It was also in Enterprise, where Captain Archer and T'Pol shared a decontamination shower. Somehow I didn't mind, imagine that. Gotta get that radioactivity off!

It wasnt Captain Archer and Tpol. it was Tripp and Tpol.

[gwhh]

Every time someone in a movie or tv show. Confronted with an unbelievable situation. Instead of listening to the one guy who can explain it all. They freak out. Instead of remembering to stay calm.

[Nate Grey]

Some character is getting the snot beat out of them. Someone (their loved one, a friend, etc) screams their name from the distance as they're watching them getting curb stomped. I know its happened in all of the Bayformers movies, but I'm starting to see it in other movies/shows, too. And I'm not talking about a quickie "Don't give up keep fighting" pep talk, they JUST scream their name.

[Starter Set]

Movies set in a non-English speaking country where inexplicably the characters speak English. It doesn't ruin the movie for me, but it does take me out of even great movies like The Pianist and The Last Duel.

On a related note, people speaking half English and half an another language. You see that a lot with Latino characters. Like" hello senor, como estas today?" or some ridiculous **** like that.

Who the hell does that lol?

Or characters using the same freaking word over and over again. Like "yallah" if it's an Arab.

[LordMikel]

On a related note, people speaking half English and half an another language. You see that a lot with Latino characters. Like" hello senor, como estas today?" or some ridiculous **** like that.

Who the hell does that lol?

Or characters using the same freaking word over and over again. Like "yallah" if it's an Arab.

On that note, I found this hilarious. I was watching a show where the guy was doing exactly that and it had subtitles at the bottom for the Spanish part. Subtitles are all in English. The guy says "Adios" and the subtitle said "Adios" and failed to translate the goodbye aspect.

[CSTowle]

There's a bit of a trope that latino folk in TV/movies do that, in order to get the authenticity but also not leave their non-Spanish speaking audience in the dark. I remember the wrestler Eddie Guerrero mocked this during his run in the WWE.

[Nate Grey]

This reminds me of a trope that's used so often they've finally made a meme of it: You're in Mexico, so of course everything has a yellow/brown tint. A Google search says its used to get across the mood or the feeling that Mexico is hot, dry, claustrophobic. Hmm...ok, but in specifically Mexico City, it tends to be temperate to COLD, yet the same filter is applied in movies that involve Mexico City (Spectre).

[Kirby101]

This reminds me of a trope that's used so often they've finally made a meme of it: You're in Mexico, so of course everything has a yellow/brown tint. A Google search says its used to get across the mood or the feeling that Mexico is hot, dry, claustrophobic. Hmm...ok, but in specifically Mexico City, it tends to be temperate to COLD, yet the same filter is applied in movies that involve Mexico City (Spectre).

Yeah, Mexico, a whole country defined by a few towns on the Texas boarder. Forget Baja, or Oaxaca or the Yucatan.

[Captain Smith]

Every cop show has a noble character who fights the DA SYSTEM. Boring. Private eyes who bring down major conspiracies or crime lords. When has that ever happened?

Every hero has a super hacker as a buddy who can crack any system.

[The Gold Stream]

kid/adolescent heroes like the goonies or home alone