TV Show clichés

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2256 Age : 40

I've always wondered why a person engaging in conversation with another person at a bar, never seems to take more than one sip of his/her drink - why don't they ever FINISH their drink!?

What else have you guys noticed?

Zooey Addict Number of posts : 17074 Age : 45

What about the never ending gun chamber? That one is a classic!

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37962 Age : 54

One I've always noticed is whenever a TV show does a Christmas episode, it always -- always!! -- is snowing on Christmas eve.

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Subject: Re: TV Show clichés Fri May 23, 2014 9:56 pm

Fat schlub / hot wife.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4201 Age : 39

Guy bursts into door, audience laughs

Zooey Addict Number of posts : 17074 Age : 45

Husband forgets anniversary. Another classic!

Metal master Number of posts : 992 Age : 45

It's not just about cliches (in fact, the homepage even says that theyre not there to categorize cliches), but the site www.tvtropes.org talks about this stuff quite a lot (no, im not spamming, i just happen to enjoy this site).

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

My favorite was always the two dates at the same time. That one never got old with me. Three's Company didn't mine that situation ENOUGH.

Zooey Addict Number of posts : 17074 Age : 45

jstate wrote:: My favorite was always the two dates at the same time. That one never got old with me. Three's Company didn't mine that situation ENOUGH.

Just saw, last night, a Frasier episode about that very same thing.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

Mglaffas81 wrote:: I've always wondered why a person engaging in conversation with another person at a bar, never seems to take more than one sip of his/her drink - why don't they ever FINISH their drink!?

What else have you guys noticed?

It's not particularly enticing TV to see a person drink their whole glass. What if it takes 20 minutes? You also don't see people sleeping without anything happening.

Metal master Number of posts : 924 Age : 56

Lari wrote:

Mglaffas81 wrote:: I've always wondered why a person engaging in conversation with another person at a bar, never seems to take more than one sip of his/her drink - why don't they ever FINISH their drink!?

What else have you guys noticed?

It's not particularly enticing TV to see a person drink their whole glass. What if it takes 20 minutes? You also don't see people sleeping without anything happening.

No one ever goes to the restroom either...

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7641 Age : 56

No one ever says "goodbye" when they hang up the phone - this is true in movies and on TV.

Subject: Re: TV Show clichés Sat May 24, 2014 6:06 pm

Witchfinder wrote:: No one ever says "goodbye" when they hang up the phone - this is true in movies and on TV.

Yes! I notice this all the time and it bothers me.

The King Number of posts : 23281 Age : 51

when car overturns it blows up.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37962 Age : 54

Witchfinder wrote:: No one ever says "goodbye" when they hang up the phone - this is true in movies and on TV.

...and (at least in the pre-cellphone, pre-voicemail era), whenever a TV character called someone on the phone, the other person always picked up on the first ring. The caller never got a busy signal or a wrong #. Smile

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Metal master Number of posts : 657 Age : 45

Everyone seems to take their coffee black.

Subject: Re: TV Show clichés Mon May 26, 2014 2:39 am

One that has always bugged me in tv as well as movies is people ordering food in a restaurant and rushing out without eating a bite.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4201 Age : 39

Car scenes are almost always POV from the windshield facing driver and passenger, never a passenger or backseat view.

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