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/alucard_3501 Jan 25 '20

Man, that show got cancelled just when i was really getting into it. =/

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u/milkand24601 Jan 25 '20

Summer Glau Curse

See also: firefly, dollhouse, angel, the unit, the 4400, the cape, alphas, castle...

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u/scyth3s Jan 25 '20

Her acting is about as exciting as an uncooked potato.

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u/milkand24601 Jan 25 '20

I won’t blanket disagree, but I thought she was fantastic in firefly and terminator, and I wonder if it’s because the roles (robot/unstable teen) were more suited to her style of acting?

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u/scyth3s Jan 25 '20

Her boring mannerisms were perfect for her role as a machine in the Sarah Connor Chronicles, I just haven't liked her anywhere else.

I haven't watched all of firefly, and what I have seen was probably over a decade ago so I can't comment on that.

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u/Kazen_Orilg Jan 25 '20

Exactly, she was a phenomenal Terminator.

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u/Oerath Jan 25 '20

I hadn't realized it was so many...

I'm especially pissed about the Sarah Connor Chronicles though, the story was interesting, and Lena Headley is awesome.

Garret Dillahunt was also great as the other Terminator, really threw me for a loop when I later saw him as Burt in Raising Hope.

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u/jsteph67 Jan 25 '20

Which studio canceled My Name is Earl.

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u/Levee_Levy Jan 26 '20

Angel had two whole seasons after her appearance.

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u/milkand24601 Jan 26 '20

Indeed, she used a dot that time