Here’s one that’s really been annoying me. Every time a woman comes upon a dead body, she screams this godawful loud high pitched scream. When a man comes upon a body he might gasp or say something but he doesn’t scream that awful scream.
It’s a dead body. Sure it’s freaky but when it’s clear it’s just going to continue laying there there’s no reason to scream like your child is on fire. Women should be tougher than that and react better.
They also imply that during O’Neill’s past in the 60’s, he impregnated the woman who then birthed Ben Browder.
Anyway that’s why, in the 200th episode, when they spoofed Farscape, Ben didn’t play his Farscape part, he gave it to Shanks. They all thought it would be fun to skewer other scifi shows but he didn’t want to go so far as to recreate his own role.
I have absolutely no connection to the military so a lot of the errors I can let go, but rewatching “The Incredible Hulk” last week before I saw “The Avengers” at the weekend reminded me of one. TO quote IMDB:
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Picking actors who look alike for all of the main roles. With my face blindness, it’s almost impossible for me to follow the plot unless they have different hair colors, hair length, facial hair, body shapes, styles of dress, or SOMETHING.
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I’m not the only one!
(I probably would not recognize my own wife of 20+ years in a crowd without looking at hair, clothing, stature, and other clues.)
What chance do I have of ever keeping the similar-appearing good guys and bad guys straight in a film if they keep changing outfits and the film keeps jumping back and forth? It’s annoying and kind of embarrassing to have to ask who is who.
And then the answer I often get is “(famous actor’s name) is the good guy”. If I could pick out a famous actor in a crowd, I wouldn’t be asking who the good guy was.
I often have a tough time keeping track of people as well.
With vomiting, the thing that throws me off is when someone is throwing up and it seems pretty obvious that they’re just spitting out something his mouth. From my experience watching vomit, there is usually more contents in a stomach than what can fill a mouth and it comes out a little more violently.
When it’s blatantly obvious that the show is being filmed in Canada but they’re trying to disguise it as a U.S. city. Case in point: “The Long Kiss Goodnight” - the characters were walking around “New Jersey” but the big ole Honest Ed’s sign in downtown Toronto was shining brightly behind them.
From a review I wrote of the film Hidalgo:
Watch some 80s sci-fi. Invariably the leads will be a bunch of pretty blond white guys. Yes, white guys can and do all look alike if they are all generic blond handsome boys and by the end of the movie I have no idea who did what,
I wish all of the directors would do that. If the actors all have different hair lengths/colors, the men have different facial hair, they have a variety of skin tones, characters have different dress styles, then I’m a happy camper.
Heh, I remember reading a forensic science book written by a medical examiner, and he said that whenever they’d have a particularly gross body and there were cops looking on, it was usually the dudes who freaked out and the women who stayed cool. 
You know what I’d like to see?
A scene where a character is bonked on the head by the main character and passes out. Then they wake up days later in a hospital, and struggle for the rest of their lives with permanent brain damage. Killing a guy accidentally is part of the job description for the heroes. Giving someone a permanent life-altering injury is another thing.
Humans don’t come equipped with an “off switch”, and we need to stop perpetuating the notion that you can tap someone on the skull and they instantly become totally unconscious, but will wake up hours later with no ill effects.
These have been mentioned but I’m going to re-mention and agregate:
Except in real life.
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I wish all of the directors would do that. If the actors all have different hair lengths/colors, the men have different facial hair, they have a variety of skin tones, characters have different dress styles, then I’m a happy camper.
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It sure would make for some funny-looking Nazis, though.
But by definition, you don’t need to tell NAZI’s apart. 
Presenting the Close Range Tranquilizer Rifle!
“Cranial contact with the butt of this rifle causes instant incapacitation for however long you need to take care of your business!”
“No Harmful Side Effects!”
“Knocking Someone Unconscious Has Never Been Easier!”
No kidding - there are some shows where characters get knocked unconscious about five to ten times per year - that’s Sidney Crosby levels of brain damage!
On a somewhat-related note, one of the best things I’ve ever read here was “Spongebrain Claire’smom” from “Heroes.”
You know, everytime I’ve actually been startled/scared enough to really scream? I’ve just come out with a squeaky little wheeze. Or a lot of moaning. That noise isn’t really natural.
That too. I don’t think I’ve screamed in surprise or terror once in my lifetime.
This is a more general one, but I hate when a show or movie makes it obvious that something bad or embarrassing is going to happen to a main character. Some movies I can’t watch anymore because I feel so bad for the person. For example Meet the Parents. Why do I want to watch a series of horrible things happen to a character I’m supposed to like?
That’s why I don’t enjoy Andy Griffith. I like the characters and the setting but it’s painful for me to watch Barney screw up every time (with few exceptions.)