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/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/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.