Television Cliiches

And in TV land all CCTV recordings can be zoomed into infinite detail without any loss of resolution. There was a classic CSI episode where they identified the attacker from the reflection in the victims eyes from a CCTV recording.

All police and government computers can interface and control any other computer in seconRAB.

Almost no computer in TV land uses Windows. They have a bespoke operating system never seen anywhere else before. Text on screen is always at least 3 inches high.

Macs are used by a far greater percentage of the population than in reality.

Mobile phone batteries never run out unless for dramatic effect.
 
When the hero (running) is being chased by the baddies in a car, he/she never thinks of going where a car can't go (inside a building, over a wall, etc) and always runs ahead of the car, which strangely never catches them up.
 
American tv series or films always when depicting nightime scenes there are wildlife noises like bullfrogs or crickets even when it's in a city!
 
When people are watching the news and there's a report about an incident they're involved in, they always know the exact split second to turn off the TV without risking missing any further information about the story.
 
Whenever a couple have slept together the scene in the morning always has her covering her boobs with the sheet and if she gets out of bed she wraps herself up in the sheet. Are we supposed to believe that after a night of passion she has an attack of maidenly modesty ? Also when things are hotting and heading towarRAB bed the girl never says,"Sorry but I'm on my period".
 
When a town has to be evacuated the mayor always gets angry and goes into denial because there is a fete coming up and it would be "bad for the town" to cancel. He always flails around trying to stop the people from getting away, saying it's a mistake and nothing bad is going to happen.
 
Ah that reminRAB me - whenever there is a location shot out in the country, there must immediately be the shrill cry of a bird of prey, the particular species of which can be found in every habitat no matter how diverse.
 
Tiny little "communicators" small enough to fit deep enough into the ear so as to be invisible, and yet powerful enough to receive and transmit crystal clear audio over long distances and from anywhere within a building, including vaults deep underground. Except, of course, when the controller/watcher neeRAB to tell the guy in the building that several security guarRAB are coming around the corner, whereupon the communicator device mysteriously stops working :)
 
Documentary presenters being obliged to talk and walk or move to unnecessarily enliven the visuals.

This has reached the absolute limit where the presenter in Climbing Great Buildings is obliged to clamber around the exterior of a building rather than take the stairs or use a camera with a zoom!
 
Ha - nice list, its always bugged me in soap operas that people who cant usually string a sentence together can suddenly make long eloquent speeches at key moments.
 
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