Stuff in your otherwise favorite TV shows that bugs you

[Mr.Blue_Sky]

@tanstaafl

Just about any show… Characters in a noisy nightclub/concert/party/etc. can carry on a conversation in normal tones and can hear someone call to them from across the room. In reality they would have to be yelling into each other’s ears and still may not be able to understand.

One exception is when one character is trying to tell another character something embarassing:

Man: I mumble mumble mumble…
Woman: What?
Man: I said, mumble mumble mumble…
Woman: I CAN’T HEAR YOU!
(suddenly the room is quiet)
Man: I SAID, I HAVE A GIANT SORE ON MY BALLS!!!

[thwartme]

@carnivorousplant

That would be awesome. He would walk onto the bridge and say. “How are my little crackers today?”

…only he’d be holding a little tray of crackers that he’d just baked…

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

thwartme

[mhendo]

Well, i realize that i’m probably among a dwindling minority nowdays, but NYPD Blue is still one of my favorite shows.

That said, i was really annoyed when Andy Sipowicz (played by Dennis Franz) started having a romantic relationship with Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross).

I mean, Sipowicz’s last wife, ADA Sylvia Costas (Sharon Lawrence) was a pretty gorgeous woman, but at least she was somewhere close to his age. McDowell’s character is about 30 (if that), and we’re expected to believe that she is all ga-ga over the fat, balding, unrefined Sipowicz.

Don’t get me wrong, i love Sipowicz. I actually think he’s one of the best characters on TV over the last decade; well-written and multi-dimensional. But the whole media thing of constantly putting unattractive old men with beautiful young women gets a bit old after a while. God forbid they actually reverse the situation once in a while.