Tropes that movies, etc. use that you hate.

[auntiehill]

The hero cop, firefighter, soldier, whatever, living a quiet life until the baddies show up, turns into a man almost superhuman in strength and stamina, and in the process, destroys three city blocks, kills dozens of the bad guy flunkies, and injures probably a score of bystanders while getting one or two head villains.

Every time I see this trope, I think about all the people cippled, left homeless, etc because the hero didn't walk away and let the authorities handle it.

 

[ToddKent]

I may be off base on this one but, are retirement parties a thing? Especially with banners, cake, huge employee attendance? I've never been to one, never worked at a place where they would do one and yet they happen all the time on TV and movies.

 

[John Clark]

I may be off base on this one but, are retirement parties a thing? Especially with banners, cake, huge employee attendance? I've never been to one, never worked at a place where they would do one and yet they happen all the time on TV and movies.

We had one a few weeks ago at our place.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I may be off base on this one but, are retirement parties a thing? Especially with banners, cake, huge employee attendance? I've never been to one, never worked at a place where they would do one and yet they happen all the time on TV and movies.

It depends on the workplace and the environment, but yes they are absolutely a thing. You often get people who have worked somewhere for a long time, and their colleagues will throw them a retirement party.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Just thought of another trope: The jaded, arrogant, stuck-up jerk who thinks they're hot shit because they've given up on everything. They're so convinced of how superior they are - they're right, and everyone else is wrong - that they just drop it all and walk away.

Typified in the most recent episode of ST:Picard by...

Spoiler: Picard

Guinan.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Just thought of another trope: The jaded, arrogant, stuck-up jerk who thinks they're hot shit because they've given up on everything. They're so convinced of how superior they are - they're right, and everyone else is wrong - that they just drop it all and walk away.

Typified in the most recent episode of ST:Picard by...

Spoiler: Picard

Guinan.

Well. that's an "interesting" take on the character.

 

[auntiehill]

A completely jaded way to look at the character....

 

[Push The Button]

I may be off base on this one but, are retirement parties a thing? Especially with banners, cake, huge employee attendance? I've never been to one, never worked at a place where they would do one and yet they happen all the time on TV and movies.

I’ve been to two actual retirement parties in the past thirty-five years. I would say that the chances of being granted a retirement party by an employer depend on how high-ranking or well-liked the employee is. The loyal twenty-year employee that was an asshole and that no one liked probably isn’t getting one.

 

[fireproof78]

I may be off base on this one but, are retirement parties a thing? Especially with banners, cake, huge employee attendance? I've never been to one, never worked at a place where they would do one and yet they happen all the time on TV and movies.

They are. Depends on the person and agency.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I don't know if this one has been mentioned, but how about the main character pulling up to the building and immediately finding a parking space right by the front door. No circling the parking lot/building waiting for a spot to open.

 

[J.T.B.]

I don't know if this one has been mentioned, but how about the main character pulling up to the building and immediately finding a parking space right by the front door. No circling the parking lot/building waiting for a spot to open.

A bit like plot-relevant news coming on the TV or radio at just the right moment for the characters to catch it.

Arrested Development got it.

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[FPAlpha]

Probably been mentioned before but perfect understanding of alien languages and systems, Star Trek is super guilty of this.

I was recently rewatching episodes of Enterprise - they board a completely alien ship they encountered for the first time, one of the characters watches a screen with completely alien symbols and goes "Must be some kind of cargo manifest". WTF?

Also in the same vein is how Starfleet personnel instantly knows how to operate the controls of an alien vessel in a language they don't understand, able to identify key hardware components and have technology that is universally able to be connected to alien tech without any special doodad or hotwiring.

I just love it

 

[USS Firefly]

I don't know if this one has been mentioned, but how about the main character pulling up to the building and immediately finding a parking space right by the front door. No circling the parking lot/building waiting for a spot to open.

And almost always let the lights on when they leave the car

 

[ToddKent]

I get annoyed when I see a character looking at a framed photo of themselves with other characters and the picture is just the sloppiest Photoshop job ever. It would take two seconds to snap a picture of the actors together somewhere and use that but they never seem to do it.

 

[the G-man]

And almost always let the lights on when they leave the car

A lot of cars these days, the lights stay on for a couple of minutes after you lock it.

 

[the G-man]

A bit like plot-relevant news coming on the TV or radio at just the right moment for the characters to catch it.

Arrested Development got it.

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The comic strip "Judge Parker" still does that, even in today's strip.

 

[UssGlenn]

It would take two seconds to snap a picture of the actors together somewhere and use that but they never seem to do it.

For one thing, it has to be made before production starts, so you'd have to get all the actors together early for a special photoshoot, with it's own unique wardrobe. It's only worth it if the picture is of plot importance like in Back to the Future.

 

[USS Firefly]

A lot of cars these days, the lights stay on for a couple of minutes after you lock it.

That is right but they do it with older cars.

 

[Owain Taggart]

For one thing, it has to be made before production starts, so you'd have to get all the actors together early for a special photoshoot, with it's own unique wardrobe. It's only worth it if the picture is of plot importance like in Back to the Future.

In most cases I've seen, they're older photos where they possibly have to dig through older photos from an actor's past to use, but maybe that's a different but similar issue. In other cases, the actors themselves simply aren't available anymore and the only thing they can do is cobble something up.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

How about the pet dog or cat that always knows when it's in the presence of evil? It will growl and bite or hiss and claw the person. I'd be a truly evil person if that were the case.