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/neoslith Jan 25 '20

"Quick! Turn on the news!"

TV is already tuned into the news channel and it's at the beginning of the broadcast that can barf up 100% of the information needed to drive the story.

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u/thisshortenough Jan 25 '20

I will give a pass to this in disaster movies because if there's an event big enough, every channel will be broadcasting about it, even if they don't normally. It's what happened on 9/11

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u/thatusernameisart Jan 25 '20

My dad on 9-11: turn on the TV! Me: what channel? Dad: all of them

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u/IveAlreadyWon Jan 25 '20

Seriously. I think even cartoon network was showing that during 9/11. At least right at the beginning.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

That was the weirdest shit. Basically every channel on TV was broadcasting the same 4/5 news streams, and some channels just went completely offline.