Things I Don't Understand

[SC Minnie]

On the police type shows they catch the people and they always confess and explain how they did the crime and why. Or they are in the middle of a trial and all of the sudden confess. Like that happens a lot in every day life.

 

[Philagoofy]

Prostitutes are usually drug free, intelligent, kindhearted people.

 

[Todd&Copper]

When the killer has someone tied up & they are ready to kill them, they take the time to explain everything, thereby giving the person time to undo the ropes or they leave them with a ticking time bomb or some other type of impending death that won't come for an hour, again, giving them time to get out of it or be saved by someone.

Austin Powers totally busted on that. Plus, his son (not mini-me, the other one) said in one of the movies (the second one?) that if they can track Austin's every move, why not just shoot him when he is on the crapper instead of hatching elaborate schemes.

 

[TerriP]

Now see the thing that gets under the skin in our family, is when there is a fire arm being used.

This started with DH, and he has passed it onto me and the kids. When someone is firing a gun we all count the number of shots and you had better only have heard 6 shots, if the person is holding a revolver.

And god forbid if the special effects person doesn't match up the correct gun to what is written into the script. If the actor says something about his Sig/Walter/Berretta or the caliber of their gun, what they are showing on screen had better match.

Will you please let my DH come watch TV at your house so he will STOP DOING THIS at my house!?!??!?!

 

[pixiegoose]

HAHA I have pointed this out to my DH several times! It is irritating. And for the size of that house, how do they each have bedrooms that are equivalant to the size of a deluxe room at Disney? Then they each have a bathroom off of that. Your GF is right, if they actually turn down the hallway to go into "Sophias" room, they should be in the kitchen. AND why don't they ever eat? During the next episode you watch, if they are eating...they don't eat. And if they elude to it, it takes Blanche forever to eat an oreo! And then don't get me started on the all over the place story lines. Rose never graduated high school, then she did as valedictorian. (Also please note that any side characters, ie the murder mystery episode, are named Gloria and Michael.) WHY??? Don't get me wrong, I love the show! LOL...

It's bugged me forever, too! And what about the linnai (probably totally butchered that spelling)? Should that not be the patio area you see from the living room, behind the fireplace and sitting area that is never used? How is it at the other end of the house? And the fact that there are only 3 chairs around the kitchen table, even though there are 4 of them.

The illogical house is actually discussed here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088526/goofs


Military shows get me sometimes, too, but I can't watch them with my dad at all! He was in the Army for 26.5 years and has to point out every single inaccuracy.

 

[themarquis]

Oh, you would love House then. His whole staff, all of 4 people (6 if you count the original 2 who are in it for about 5 seconds every week now or 3 people if you watch the old episodes) can do all of the medical procedures themselves. They run all tests on the patient & the patient's blood etc, perform operations from removing appendix to brain surgery, oh and not only that, they always break into the patient's home, which by the way, never has an alarm, good locks, an animal that attacks or escapes or anyone else living there at the time they break in, to see what could possibly be causing the patient's problem.

But they never seem to come up with the correct diagnosis. That's up to House. Just as the patient has minutes to live; their kidneys failing, part of their brain was taken out, total dehydration and a lousy hospital breakfast, the patient is then given a pill or surgery is performed (again) and they walk out of the hospital the next day looking like they've never been sick a day in their life.

Oh yeah, House -- I love the way that all the doctors on the show do the constant menial bedpan changing, iv, dispensing pills sort of things!!! I'm sure that's TOTALLY realistic!

Another thing that happens on House besides the stuff you pointed out is that on the show, the patients always manage to dramatically vomit blood or explosively poo themselves or break out in a rash the SECOND one of the doctors enters the room. How convenient for diagnosing their illness! I'm sure in real life a patient never develops a medical problem non-instantly or when the doctors don't happen to be there....

It's never like "oh, the patient's chart or the lab results show that the patient is developing high blood pressure or whatever". (how boring would that be?) Instead, it's always "OMG the patient's eye just popped out right in front of me because he suddenly developed freakishly high blood pressure ..."

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Same thing with Jack Bauer on 24. The bad guys don't just shoot him when they get the chance. They talk to him and hold him hostage for a while, and then he gets away and saves the day. And right now they have Tony Almeida and haven't killed him, either. But I still love the show just like I love most James Bond movies .

I was thinking the same thing. Also, just once I would LOVE to see them do a split screen where they show what everyone is doing at that precise moment and have them show Jack either pulling into a Texaco and running into their restroom or show him in the drive thru at Wendy's getting himself a burger. I'd pay for that.

Another thing we have noticed a few times, and I think it was on Family Matters when we watch it on Nick at Night - when they show the house from the outside, it's a 3 story house similar to the house in Full House. Yet when someone falls through the roof (which has happened more than once if I remember correctly!) they end up landing in the living room 3 stories below! How the heck are you going to bust through all those floors and not to mention the furniture along the way just by stepping through a soft spot on the roof??

And the poster that mentioned not seeing 4 walls in any sitcoms - we were talking about that once and we did come up with one that we remembered seeing 4 walls - Home Improvement. In their living room/kitchen area you see one wall with the kitchen/eating area - one wall with windows and the door leading to the backyard - one wall with the fireplace, tv, bookshelves, etc. - and one wall with the door to the garage and the cabinet they kept their dishes in.

Yes, we watch too much Nick at Night.

 

[spacemountain]

Another thing we have noticed a few times, and I think it was on Family Matters when we watch it on Nick at Night - when they show the house from the outside, it's a 3 story house similar to the house in Full House. Yet when someone falls through the roof (which has happened more than once if I remember correctly!) they end up landing in the living room 3 stories below! How the heck are you going to bust through all those floors and not to mention the furniture along the way just by stepping through a soft spot on the roof??

haha I never noticed that

 

[Fintastic]

I'll admit one that bugs me. For the longest time, I was trying to figure out the layout of the Full House house. They had a set of stairs from the kitchen, and stairs in the living room, but only one stairs on the second floor? Where did the other staircase lead to? I assume also the second floor but I didn't see how it could be possible, unless there was a staircase we never saw on the second floor. But then, no matter which stairs they went up, they always ended up on the same set of stairs on the second floor. Weirdness.

That house always bugged me because there was NO WAY the exterior shot matched the interior of the house.

 

[alexandria674]

Prostitutes are usually drug free, intelligent, kindhearted people.

bwahahahaha The hooker with the heart of gold!
Another thing that bothers me is that whenever someone on a show or movie takes a trip, the eight year old can walk by herself in a foreign country without help or the parents really knowing about it. Like, on the Simpsons Bart and Lisa go by theirselves around London without the mom and dad really caring.

 

[pixiegoose]

Another thing that bothers me is that whenever someone on a show or movie takes a trip, the eight year old can walk by herself in a foreign country without help or the parents really knowing about it. Like, on the Simpsons Bart and Lisa go by theirselves around London without the mom and dad really caring.

Along these lines, the episode of Full House where Steph and Michelle get on a plane without tickets and make it to New Zealand gets me every time. How on earth did no one notice these extra children hanging out on the plane?! You would have thought somebody, be it the children's choir chaperones or flight attendants, would have done a headcount or something and figured out they were a few too many kids.

 

[bumbershoot]

This started with DH, and he has passed it onto me and the kids. When someone is firing a gun we all count the number of shots and you had better only have heard 6 shots, if the person is holding a revolver.

My first stepdad used to do taht too (probably still does). He would also watch for skid marks during chase scenes, on roads that hadn't been driven on. Smokey and the Bandit has tons of skid marks from previous takes...drove him nuts AND he loved it at the same time. Shows and movies are more careful about that stuff now, though!

On the police type shows they catch the people and they always confess and explain how they did the crime and why. Or they are in the middle of a trial and all of the sudden confess. Like that happens a lot in every day life.

Speaking of police shows...what about the CSI shows? Tell me, what on earth do the police DO? Because, especially in CSI Miami, it seems that the CSI techs do EVERYTHING. They interrogate, arrest, take to court, along with searching houses, running the lab work, checking out the guns/bullets, etc etc etc. I tell you, I had a friend who was a CSI guy in Portland, and his job was pretty limited! I don't think he EVER interrogated anyone, LOL.

Don't get me wrong, I love CSI Miami, but it's hilarious...why even have a police force, if the techs can do it all?????

 

[Disney Doll]

Along the same lines, what drives my wife batty is when the hero is fighting with the villain, and the lady who the hero is trying to save just sits there whimpering, instead of trying to do something to help fight the bad guy.

This has always annoyed me.
Note to anyone who might be trying to save me from villian, disgusting monster or crazed lunatic...I WILL help you in trying to stop/hurt/kill said villain, monster or lunatic.

 

[Shelton123]

The fact that on EVERY kid's show about a teen, the teen sneaks out! I'm tired of seeing all these teens sneak out to stuff, when I know that never happens... or at least not as much as it does on TV!

 

[Disney Doll]

And what about the young couple walking along the street in the evening, holding hands, hear a horrible scream from the only dilapidated house on the block which they just happen to be walking by. Of course, they must investigate, the door creaks open, they enter, and at that moment decide that they must become "amorous"...danger be damned!

My DH won't even watch medical shows with me anymore because I spend the whole hour saying "They wouldn't do that" or "Right, like the doctor is going to give the patient a bedpan" or "Oh for crying out loud a first year medical student knows shortness of breath and swollen ankles means congestive heart failure. It's no big mystery. Give him some Lasix!".

 

[fireflymedic]

On a fire sprinklier system holding a lighter to ONE sprinkler head and all the sprinklers going off

any fire in a building, hardly any smoke

 

[MarksMom2006]

It's bugged me forever, too! And what about the linnai (probably totally butchered that spelling)? Should that not be the patio area you see from the living room, behind the fireplace and sitting area that is never used? How is it at the other end of the house? And the fact that there are only 3 chairs around the kitchen table, even though there are 4 of them.

The illogical house is actually discussed here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088526/goofs

Wow! LOL I just went on that website. Ive never seen it before. It is all so true! The ages do change too much on that show! I can't figure out if they are say late 50's, how did they just up and leave their kids who are all in their early 20s. Notice too that Dorothy ALWAYS takes the seat facing the camera! You are correct too in that the lanai should be the patio area. Apparently they have a lot more space in Miami than we do here in MA!

 

[MarksMom2006]

Along these lines, the episode of Full House where Steph and Michelle get on a plane without tickets and make it to New Zealand gets me every time. How on earth did no one notice these extra children hanging out on the plane?! You would have thought somebody, be it the children's choir chaperones or flight attendants, would have done a headcount or something and figured out they were a few too many kids.

Well why when they got back did they have souveniers? How do the kids just always have money on them? I never had money when I was 11 or so!

 

[Philagoofy]

Almost everyone lives in nice, big single homes. No matter if it's a young widow with 3 kids, they have this sprawling house with a big backyard. Except for the L&O's, they all live in big, beautiful brownstones. Oh, and Full House, that was a row house.

Car chase scenes, they drive up onto the sidewalk & no matter how crowded it is, everyone manages to get away just in time. They always hit a fruit stand too. I can't tell you the number of fruit stands that get hit everyday in Center City Philly.

 

[Metsfan520]

I love how they can renovate these sitcom houses & make a mini-apartment out of the attic.