Perfect!
Also Mr. And Mrs. Smith.
I know it wasn’t that well received, but I enjoyed that one. And the TV series is much different, but arguably much better.
I haven’t seen the TV show but I really like the movie.
Not me. I found it really dumb and badly acted.
Good one!
Mine involves telephones, especially the old jangly sounding dial phones. Somebody, in their home ( usually ) is engaged in very light conversation, or minor chores, or even just lounging. The jarring clang of the telephone begins…ring after ring after ring. only after at least eight rings does the protagonist even seem to show awareness that the phone is ringing. Said protagonist vveerrry leisurely makes their way toward the phone, reaches the phone, often pauses to continue their jawjacking with others in the room, and finally picks up…after about 2 dozen rings. Nobody but nobody would ring that long. As kids when we were taught phone ettiquette, 8 to 10 rings was recommended when making a call, though most threw in the towel after about 4.
Unless it truly was an emergency, in which case the extended rings would be trying to signal that. However answering machines now usually cut in after 6-8 rings.
Also add in, the dramatic pause after picking up the phone, but before putting it to your ear.
In real life, the person on the other end would be going, “Hello? Anyone there? Is this thing working? Bob? Hello? What the fuck?”
How about what what I’ll call the “all purpose scientist”? A character works in some sort of science related field, therefore they’re an expert on every scientific discipline. Chemistry, biology, physics, geology – they know it all. I’ve finally gotten around to watching Manifest. In the early seasons Saanvi is shown to be a medical researcher. But in one episode in Season 4 apparently she’s also an expert on algae, and undersea vents. Because it’s all science, right? In real life I would expect a scientist to be an expert on their specific field of research, and I wouldn’t expect them to know any more than an average person about anything outside their field.
True facts:
I watched a movie about an Antarctic prison infested by prehistoric snakes, and the main character had a PhD in Advanced Sciences.
Guess what the wrote his dissertation about?
Those very same snakes.
Which was notable, because, as the movie revealed, there was no evidence they existed.
Even better is the all-purpose scientist who is also an all-purpose engineer. He (it’s always a he) is not only knowledgeable about most scientific disciplines, he can build anything you need. Probably using only coconuts and bamboo.
I take it you’ve never read any of Isaac Asimov’s science essays.
The Professor, from Gilligan’s Island.
Yes, but they have to come back to communicate what they have encountered. Sometimes they die, or are killed, and sometimes they just haven’t made it back yet.
Well, given the plot of these movies, and the desperation the caller often has in getting ahold of the person, yeah, they might.
I even recall seeing something (wish I could remember what) where the phone rings 8 or so times, then there is a short pause, then it begins ringing again, as though the caller thought maybe they had missdialed, and tried again, which makes absolute sense. The recipient, moving slowly to the phone, in total ignorance of what is about to happen (lots of dramatic irony, because the audience knows what the call is about), stops during the pause, but does not sit down again, then the second time gets to the phone after about 4 rings, so, 12 toral.
Damned I can’t remember this movie (or TV show). I do remember the person getting the call was tall, and had a hairstyle that put the show in the early 70s, and the caller was a small woman who looked a little like Patricia Hitchcock.
I was in the pub the other day, and a buddy was surprised I hadn’t heard of this thing he was talking about. " You’re so smart, you’ve never heard of X?!?"
“Well, that’s how knowledge works…” was my response.
Reminds me of this…
Genius Serial killers- most serial killers are everage, or slightly below average. Next, the Police or LEOs do not go to consult with serial killers about other unrelated crimes. Silence of the Lambs, other films, TV shows, even The Rookie love this false meme.
The second common belief is that, if not insane, then serial killers possess superintelligence. That, too, is not true. In fact, serial killers follow the societal norm regarding intelligence. There are those on the far ends of the bell curve, but most fall in the relatively same pattern as the rest of the population.
There is, however, a variation among serial killers themselves when considering a classification of organized versus disorganized. Organized serial killers have a slightly higher average IQ than do their disorganized counterparts, with a 99.2 average.1 Disorganized serial killers have a 92.8 average, with the average IQ among all serial killers having a 94.7 average.1 The far ends of the bell curve show extremes of 54 on the low end and 186 on the high end.1
Serial killers are simply people who’ve killed repeatedly, often in pursuit of rape/murder or other obsessions that require disposing of the victim. The fictional trope is of a diabolical genius whose clever strategies are what have allowed them to continue undetected for years; in real life it’s usually simply that a string of otherwise random murders don’t get connected or leave enough clues to provide a positive I.D.