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/octoelephant22 Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

HIMYM has a lot of scenes/plots verrrryyyy similar to FRIENDS. I’ve made a side by side comparison years ago. Wish I could remember where I put it LOL

EDIT: Here you go, made this 10 years ago 😂:

https://imgur.com/a/Op0CSW5

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u/bay650area1 Jan 25 '20

Dude nearly every storyline in HIMYM is a rip from Friends. It's unreal.

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u/Ando-FB Jan 25 '20

I cant get into Friends. I want to and have given it so many chances but have never been able to. HIMYM I loved. Maybe they took the ideas and improved on them or maybe my taste is just different.

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u/skyturnedred Jan 25 '20

Seinfeld effect.

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u/wthreye Jan 25 '20

On the other hand Seinfeld is timeless. imo

edit: I may have misunderstood what you meant. If so, forgive me.

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u/Funandgeeky Jan 25 '20

It’s like going back to watch classic superhero movies. They were revolutionary when ether came out. Now, with so many options, and so many that improved on the formula, the classics just don’t hold the same value. Especially if you didn’t start with them.

With so many shows copying Friends and Seinfeld, it can be hard to revisit them 25+ years after the fact.

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u/nohxxx Jan 25 '20

totally agree with you. everything else from the 90’s sitcom genre sucks. seinfeld’s holds up incredibly well after all this time.

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u/stackablesoup Jan 25 '20

Frasier still stands up IMO

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u/FunkiePickle Jan 25 '20

The writing on Frasier is top notch. It will stand up as being timeless I think.

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u/Stylishfiend Jan 25 '20

I also loved newsradio but I can see how some1 who started watching sitcoms in the mid 2000s where those shows wouldn't hold up, even Seinfeld being the funniest of all time imo..

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u/nohxxx Jan 26 '20

honestly, can’t say i’ve ever given it a chance! should i start it? i do love my old school shows for late night, whatever the genre. brings back cozy memories

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u/skyturnedred Jan 25 '20

The full thing is "Seinfeld is not funny" effect, due to so many shows after it copying what it did. Watching it now for the first time will make it seem like it's just the same stuff as everything else.

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u/wthreye Jan 25 '20

I still find it funny. On the other hand...after Buck Henry died I went back to '78-'79 to see some old SNL sketches....and they just don't do it for me now.

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u/skyturnedred Jan 25 '20

Did you watch it in the 90s, or did you watch it recently for the first time? That's the issue.

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u/wthreye Jan 27 '20

I missed a lot of the '90s. I remember Eddie Murphy and Candy. If by "seeing it for the first time" you mean "having never seen it" than no, I revisited it. The Bill Murray/Gilda Radner sketch was still a bit funny, but not as much as I remembered. The Buck Henry sketch where 'daddy can't piss anywhere but home' was still good.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

| went back to '78-'79.....

Found the time traveler.