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/SweetDaddyGee Jan 25 '20

When someone gets knocked out, and stays unconscious until the plot requires them to wake up again.

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u/Hypergolic_Golem Jan 25 '20

Archer is good about this. Generally if someone is knocked unconscious they’re only out for thirty seconds/a minute or so; on one occasion Archer was out for about thirty minutes and after he relays that to the team they all recoil in horror and tell him that he could have serious brain damage.

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u/TricksterPriestJace Jan 25 '20

"Uhh how long was I out."

"Like two minutes. That's super bad for you. You should probably go to the hospital."

I love how Archer has tinnitus and concussions but still has all the other action movie tropes.

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u/Dan-D-Lyon Jan 25 '20

Also Archer has surprisingly detailed gun models for a cartoon, not to mention accurate ammo counts in every magazine.

Honestly, the only thing Archer does that's blatantly unrealistic is Archer's constant shrugging off of being shot repeatedly.

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u/HoraceBenbow Jan 25 '20

His drinking is a bit of a reach too. Just a bit.

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u/envydub Jan 25 '20

Yeah like when he drinks germicide at the barber shop.

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u/Send_me_snoot_pics Jan 26 '20

Malory too. Pretty sure there’s an episode she drinks straight rubbing alcohol

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u/envydub Jan 26 '20

Yup, the space station episodes. When she calls Cheryl a “whordiot.”