KnightswoodBear Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Folk in 24 forgetting / recovering from all sorts of physical and emotional trauma, blackmail and backstabbing a few episodes/hours after the event. If I remember off the top of my head folk have recovered from over the course of 1 day*: Open heart surgery Being shot in the head Moon to the face *One of these may actually be Star Wars. And they didn't recover. The others happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_blue Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 True that. It's actually quite funny watching him in other roles trying to be something else. can anyone remember him in renford rejects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 If I remember off the top of my head folk have recovered from over the course of 1 day*: Open heart surgery Being shot in the head Moon to the face *One of these may actually be Star Wars. And they didn't recover. The others happened. It was Chewie! I thought I'd gotten over that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 It was Chewie! I thought I'd gotten over that. We all did. We all did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shengus Khan Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Folk in 24 forgetting / recovering from all sorts of physical and emotional trauma, blackmail and backstabbing a few episodes/hours after the event. Was it season 3 where Jack kicked a heroin habit and survived a plane crash amongst many other things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Shengus Khan, on 17 Sept 2014 - 14:38, said:Was it season 3 where Jack kicked a heroin habit and survived a plane crash amongst many other things? Think he survived the plane crash in season 2. He kicked the habit in season 3 right enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 If a character get's a nose bleed, they have a serious brain tumour. If a character gets fired/quits their job, they have a new job the next day. it's never night time in soaps, people go 'clubbing' during the day If a character is steaming they will usually get sobering news Particularly in american tv shows, everyone drives home drunk/with a jag in them If something is taken the wrong way it's never corrected by the offending character straight away, it goes on for another half an hour, same with acusations and denials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock001 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The things with everyone dxriving drunk isn't really from TV. That's just what the US is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 When the actor of a character changes. VJ in Home and Away hasn't been seen for months. He used to be a 14yo skinny lad who's voice hadn't broken. Last night he reappeared as a 20yo 6ft surfie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 When the actor of a character changes. VJ in Home and Away hasn't been seen for months. He used to be a 14yo skinny lad who's voice hadn't broken. Last night he reappeared as a 20yo 6ft surfie. Don't watch Eastenders but see they've cast a new actor to play Ben yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Don't watch Eastenders but see they've cast a new actor to play Ben yet again. Isn't that because the previous one is in jail for Yewtree-type offences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Quite a few things here are just for reasons of brevity. You'd soon get pissed off with long scenes of Lenny Briscoe waiting for doors to be answered, or ancillary characters making small talk while Inspector Morse jogs off for a turd. I do like a bit of expositional dialogue, though. It livens up an episode of CSI Miami to no end if you imagine that the highly-trained experts are explaining their jobs to each other because they're trying to cope with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease. It also explains why David Caruso always looks like he's struggling to remember his next line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCelt67 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 A character can just walk up to the barman and ask for a bottle of beer/a pint, barman doesn't need to question whether the customer would like a particular brand of beer, no, just hands over some random bottle which is duly accepted. No one has ever heard of a pub crawl. Main character never have to wait to get served in a pub/club. No one has a previous life story, they just appear standing outside the empty house on the street with some boxes and within five minutes have a best friend. No one moves two streets away, or to the next area, they all move to Manchester or Scotland. The unemployed can afford to be neighbours with the guy who owns the local pub, café and chip shop. Have a hot date with the girl/guy you've been trying to impress for months? Then better head to the market for a new suit/dress. Show set in London, Birmingham, Los Angeles, or Detroit? Why not add to authenticity by having a 95% white cast. Another thing, on programmes like Saved By The Bell, did the kids all get up at 3.30am or something, as they always had plenty of time to do things before school started. Go to the Max, the skatepark, kidnap the rival schools mascot, clean Mr Beldings car, shit like that. Another thing, did Mr Belding hate his family? As from what I can remember, not only was he the 'Headie' of a school, but he also worked in his brothers shop in the Mall at the weekends. You have a young son for Christ's sake Mr B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Watching a programme where the presenter goes up to a house and knocks on the door. The occupant answers with a camera crew already in the house behind them and they act all shocked and surprised. . This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If something is taken the wrong way it's never corrected by the offending character straight away, it goes on for another half an hour, same with acusations and denials. This. It's like the Broons on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If anyone is looking to buy or rent they'll always find somewhere close by, usually in the same street as where they currently live. And they'll be able to move in tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 It seems to be really easy to obtain a gun in British soaps, regardless of any previous lack of underground activities/acquaintances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Overt, in-your-coupon, don't-give-a-feck about continuity breaks product placement. The worst I've seen was The Sopranos. The Porsche Cayenne, the Maserati Quattroporte, Pedigree, Coke cans everywhere, Michelin tyres, Crest toothpaste.......neverending bollox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Adverts for razors do my head in. The way they have clearly shaved someone with an electric razor, slapped some foam on him and then proceed to wipe off the foam with their superior brand of razor. Why not try it on someone with an actual beard or 2 day old stubble and the foam coming off full of hair, then we'd see how fucking good your razors are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Adverts for razors do my head in. The way they have clearly shaved someone with an electric razor, slapped some foam on him and then proceed to wipe off the foam with their superior brand of razor. Why not try it on someone with an actual beard or 2 day old stubble and the foam coming off full of hair, then we'd see how fucking good your razors are? And do it on some hungover fucker with acne who is late for work on the back of 2 hours sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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