# What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311 "2021-02-06T04:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2830
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311/2830 "2023-09-25T16:49:53Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Yes, it was mentioned. Start with post 1600. A good reminder though.(I searched for “car door”). Ha, yeah, so it was, less than two years ago, and the car door post was actually in response to a post of mine where I mentioned how waist-high plaster walls in the Guggenehim art gallery were used as bullet shields in an action movie. I applauded Frank Lloyd Wright’s foresight in specifying they be made from bulletproof material. I may be [witnessing my own mental decay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-your-own-mental-decay/988436/1) 😲 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-tv-or-movies-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/932311)._