But if everyone sits/stands still, the director won’t have an excuse to use the Shakeycam™.
Obviously, you don’t know many New Yorkers.
In schools, kids are always milling about in the hallways. The bell rings, and the kids either completely ignore it or start moving toward thier classes. In what universe do teachers not require students to be in class BEFORE the bell rings?
I suppose it may be just my own experience, but don’t most teachers know who their students are? So, if a male student decided to cross-dress one day and came to school as a girl, the teacher would notice that there was a new student in the class and that another one was absent?
Where have you seen it portrayed otherwise? I can’t recall any movie or show where a guy comes to class dressed like a girl and the teacher doesn’t notice.
It’s just a practical thing (from the director’s POV). On broadcast TV, full-frontal nudity is forbidden. In cable TV and movies, it costs extra.
This is unrealistic?
In my high school, we had first bell and second bell. First bell went off a couple minutes before class started and told you it was time to get going. The teachers expected you in your seat by the time second bell went, which is when class would start. Is that weird?
Over here, we had a bell that rang to signal “get to lessons”. I don’t know if that was just us or it’s a common UK thing, though.
It’s been mentioned before, but 20 year olds with minimum wage jobs can afford $3,000 a month NYC apartments. IRL, they’d be living in a shoebox with 4 other people.
I’ve mentioned it many times before:
People shoot guns in enclosed spaces. Then they hold a perfectly normal conversation without shouting.
Or how about post-sex? No cleaning up, no disposing of condoms, just roll over and go to sleep. Hmmm.
And passionate kissing first thing in the morning – even George Clooney must get morning mouth. Gargle and brush, then come on back to bed, honey.
Diceman mentioned people walking in and out of other people’s houses – plus they don’t close the door behind them. Don’t these people have cats, dogs, and kids that might scoot outside?
Exactly…I’d love to see a show where people shoot guns and then spend the next few minutes saying, “Speak up. I just shot a gun.”
:dubious: Ummm… I wholeheartedly disagree. If it’s not working, it’s not the hot tub or the pool my friend.
This happened in The Hunt for Red October. The conspirators all sit down around a meal and argue without eating. Then the captain, (who was smart enough to stuff his face while the others were bitching) tells them, “I’ve got it all figured out. Dismissed.” And they all have to leave five minutes after sitting down and before any of them (apart form the captain) got anything to eat.
People get DNA results in about 15 seconds.
On soap operas, all medical reports are delivered with the envelopes opened, then left to lie around where anyone can get to them and change the results.
Only when I’m really ticked off at someone. However, I will silently drop from conference calls without a word.
Or skeeters or moths or flies that might scoot inside? That bugs (heh) me too.
I think you meant to say each episode.
Along those same lines, the post - sex, no cleaning up, no disposing of condoms, jump out of bed and get dressed and run off. Just how far would the woman get before she looked like she just peed her pants? What a comfortable feeling that must be, to be carrying the wetspot around in your jeans with you. Ick
People go to crowded bars or dance clubs and can hear each other talk easily with no shouting. Crowded bars and dance clubs are never 1) really freaking loud, or 2) really freaking dark. Also, people don’t go to a bar, sit down, have a few drinks, and then be told how much it is and pay for it. They just leave some weird number of bills on the bar and go.