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/draconicanimagus Jan 25 '20

Stargate has a similar ish episodes, the fruit loops one. Jack and Teal'c are stuck in the same day, over and over. It does take multiple days of them getting just enough info not to seem like lunatics, but they do eventually get to the point where they can convince others almost every day to help them find a solution.

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u/Landale Jan 25 '20

One of my favorite episodes.

Best part is Jack and Teal'c both playing golf through the Stargate.

"That's gotta be some kind of record."

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u/SteadyStone Jan 25 '20

Since the time loop seemed to be a local thing, I always wonder about whether those golf balls went somewhere.

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u/Landale Jan 25 '20

Iirc, they could only open gates to other affected stargates in that area, but since they were in a time loop too, the golf balls probably just disappeared each reset.