What makes you say that? O neg blood has none of the relevant surface proteins that would trigger an incompatibility reaction. O neg is called the universal donor as a result. It’s not as good as type matched, but it’ll work.
In fact, since AB pos has all three relevant surface proteins it can accept blood from all blood types. (A blood has A proteins, B blood has B proteins, Rh+ has Rh type. AB + has all three).
In addition to just trying to find actors that are the ‘right age’ another reason they use older actors is because it helps them stand out from the crowd. Having a (young looking) 20 year old (or group of 20 year olds) in a high school makes it easier for you to focus on them instead of the extras since they’re physically bigger and more mature and they just…look different.
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So you don’t like the episode of ST:NG where from a mere sliver of a being in a picture they are able to ‘extrapolate’ and identify the entire person?
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Not always. Sometimes, it is helpful for a defendant to testify, particularly if he’s claiming self defense. Also, there is nothing an attorney can do to prevent a defendant from taking the stand if the defendant wants to testify. You can advise against it, and possibly even make a record of you advising against it, but you can’t stop it from happening.
Outrunning an explosion. Sometimes you can’t do it on foot and it requires a motorcycle. Along with that you can escape harm from a nuclear blast by jumping behind a sturdy cardboard box, or ducking down an alleyway, because of course, explosions can’t go around corners.
I guess it falls under the general “guns” category but: Bulletproof tables, couches, fences, desks, drywall, etc. Someone shooting at you? Flip over a card table and crouch behind it!
Edit: I was just watching Lord of War where, in one scene, a guy flips and covers behind a wooden table in a restaurant which stops AK-47 fire and, in another scene, the lead character and his brother are almost killed in Beirut while walking behind a masonry wall when a firing squad with AK-47s on the other side shoot at their victims and the bullets fly through the wall. Not a whole lot of consistency there.
Or in Flashforward, when they use a security cam at a baseball stadium to enhance a picture of somebody clear on the opposite side of the stadium well enough to make out the design on a ring he’s wearing.
Most shows with jets: “Wheels up in five!” Um, no. FORTY-five, maybe.
The original cast of Glee had actors ranging in age from 19 to 27 playing characters who were supposed to be high school freshmen and sophomores. With the guys at least the youngest actors were playing the dorky/outcast characters (Kurt and Artie) while the oldest actors were playing the popular guys on the football team (Finn, Puck, Mike). IIRC at age 15-16 some guys really do look significantly older than their classmates, so in that sense casting actors of different ages may have been a better reflection of high school than just casting a bunch of 19 year olds. Although it did mean that by the second or third season some of the “boys” on Glee were 30…and looked it.
Another thing about firearms: you can’t silence a revolver. An automatic, yes; a revolver, no. Enough of the firing gas escapes from the tiny gap between the cylinder and the barrel to produce a sharp report.
My pet peeve is pretty specific and it comes up IRL a lot too. Treason.
Treason is the only crime as defined by the Constitution and it’s damn hard to prosecute on. But you wouldn’t think so from shows like “24” or just about any political forum.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, NOW GO…you know the one where the space ship or whatever is needing to dodge some incoming object or make some trajectory adjustment and instead of making a small move early and getting it done easy hollywood invariably goes for the stupid dramatic last second full burn bullshit. its as bad as cats that scream for no reason at all.
There’s a countdown to something horrible, and the characters are frantically working to stop it from happening. And they succeed IN THE LAST SECOND.
Or the writers who have absolutely no knowledge of simple astronomy and physics. Twilight Zone was one of the worst offenders, like the one that takes place on an asteroid that’s 9 million miles away . . . and it has earth’s gravity and atmosphere.
Or someone gets shot or injected with poison . . . and dies immediately.
