# What takes you out of a TV show or movie that’s actually trivial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [September 23, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-takes-you-out-of-a-tv-show-or-movie-that-s-actually-trivial/1033299 "2026-09-23T01:49:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 213
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-takes-you-out-of-a-tv-show-or-movie-that-s-actually-trivial/1033299/213 "2026-09-30T18:46:18Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > You know, of course, that he never said that line. It’s attributed to more than one movie, usually **The Black Shield of Falworth** (1954). But it’s not in any of them. But it made for a great D&D line. We were playing with a DMs who just loved horses. She insisted on us getting all the details- horse blanket, saddle, and especially food right- she insisted our warhorses needed grain, not just graze. Our poor mounts were not doing well, since we had not brought many hundreds of pounds of grain along. Thus, when we saw a castle ahead, I asked if we could get grain for the horses there, and she said yes. So I said _“Yonder lies the castle of our fodder”._ 😛 > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Shaky Cam. > > It does not add realism to have jerky camera movements. In real life, people actually pan from one object or person to another without the visual target leaping about. I concur. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Grossly ahistorical movies are hard to accept. Oliver Stone makiing D.A. Jim Garrison into a hero uncovering conspiracy in ‘J.F.K.’, as opposed to the reality of Garrison being a semi-unhinged, self-promoting sleazebag, made that movie hard to take except as a sort of comedy. Yeah, too much. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > Ever-reliable AI informs us that "While on a tour of duty (war patrol), German U-boat crews conducted critical training drills (including crash dives)on a near-daily basis. Though maybe in the mid-'30s when the movie was set, they were more lax about such things. No global war at that time. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-takes-you-out-of-a-tv-show-or-movie-that-s-actually-trivial/1033299)._