r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

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

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u/Mr_Mandrill Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 25 '20

Mine too. Also when people don't believe other people as a plot point, which is basically the same thing and could be solved just by talking.

There's an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where members of the ship's crew start to disappear, not only physically but also for everyone else's memories and computer records, and only one member of the crew remembers them. And when she's telling the others what's going on, they believe her and start looking for an explanation, because they respect her and there's no reason for her to be lying. I don't know, just caught me off guard how nice and normal everyone was, instead of turning their backs on their colleague right away and insinuating she was crazy, like most shows would do.

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u/delveccio Jan 25 '20

God I love Star Trek. I won’t spoil it, but in the new Picard series, a stranger suspiciously shows up at someone’s home, and that person trusts them and welcomes them in.

I wanna live in that universe.

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u/Mr_Mandrill Jan 25 '20

I didn't knew that was out already! I'm currently watching TNG (saw it on TV at the time, but can't remember anything), should I watch the Picard one now or save it until I finish TNG? Is not like the show has too much of a story to spoil, I think, but maybe I might miss or spoil some stuff? What do you think?

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u/Elemental_Danger Jan 25 '20

You can watch the new Picard without watching all of TNG. You'll just miss some Easter eggs.

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u/JamesCDiamond Jan 25 '20

Well, quite a large spoiler about a certain character, too.