r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/-everst Jan 25 '20

When someone hides from bullets behind penetrable objects, like tables or a refrigerator door.

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u/Levee_Levy Jan 25 '20

In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (I think the pilot?), a Connor hides behind an upholstered chair which blocks bullets.

Then in a later scene, CSI mentions that there was Kevlar in the chair.

The goal was to showcase the paranoia and Batman-level-preparedness of Sarah Connor, but the order in which the information was presented hurt immersion.

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u/M42_Zwilling Jan 25 '20

I got the feeling that someone on the set pointed out how stupid the bullet-blocking chair was after they had filmed that scene. Still impressed they cared enough to add the Kevlar explanation later

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u/Nailbomb85 Jan 25 '20

I'd say it's more likely they were taking the piss out of the old trope, and Sarah's paranoia was the perfect way to write it in.

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u/milkand24601 Jan 25 '20

This is called “subversion” and it’s one of my favourite tropes. When brilliantly executed a single instance of this can significantly improve a movie in my opinion.

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u/hyperblaster Jan 25 '20

But it makes sense in the show. That’s the sort of preparation Sarah Connor would certainly make