# Are you tired of the "TWO WEEKS EARLIER" trope in movies?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tired-of-the-two-weeks-earlier-trope-in-movies/983862 "2023-05-10T19:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tired-of-the-two-weeks-earlier-trope-in-movies/983862/41 "2023-05-11T21:31:26Z")

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Very funny!

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tired-of-the-two-weeks-earlier-trope-in-movies/983862/42 "2023-05-11T21:46:44Z")

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It doesn’t bother me that much. Honestly, it’s kind of ubiquitous at this point.

Like anything, it has to be done well. But I also get very frustrated at movies where nothing happens in the first 45 minutes and you have to decide - should ditch now or risk the next hour being equally boring. At least its a taste of things to come.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tired-of-the-two-weeks-earlier-trope-in-movies/983862/43 "2023-05-11T21:48:49Z")

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> [@JohnGalt](#):
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> Let me rewrite this as a Netflix show:
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> > [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> > Editors told me to stop it.
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> **Two weeks earlier**
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> > [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> > I started using this device in some of my stories.
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> **Present day**
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> > [@Dendarii\_Dame](#):
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> > So I did.

Ok, that’s pretty funny but…

It is more entertaining than originally posted (if read as prose).

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