People Are Exposing The Totally Unrealistic Behaviors Of TV Or Movie Characters In Funny Tweets (40 Pics)
When you think about it, TV Land is such a weird place. Characters never seem to finish their meals (and leave most of their food untouched in cafes which hurts me on a personal level), they don’t say ‘goodbye’ when they end their calls, and whenever they switch on the TV, there’s always a news segment on that’s relevant to their situation.
Really, life seems much more convenient on-screen. But it is raising some eyebrows. So much so that the people over on Twitter are posting example after example of how bizarre life is when you’re a film or TV character. Scroll down to check out these funny quirks and remember to upvote the ones that made you pause for a moment.
Pop culture and entertainment expert Mike Sington, who is a former Senior Executive at NBCUniversal, explained to Bored Panda that unrealistic scenarios and acting decisions are required to keep the plot moving on a TV show. "No one wants to see characters eat a full meal, that would bring a storyline to a screeching halt! Things like seeing a relevant news segment playing can immediately fast forward a storyline or emphasize a plot point. It’s a common tool that writers use," he said. And we fully agree. (Though the Joey Tribbiani in all of us is wondering how good the meal has to be to get featured from start to finish.)
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And I don’t ever crash unless I’m the bad guy or I need more emotional scarring
It’s the tablecloth that annoys me... we never use tablecloths except at Christmas
Mike was brutal but honest in his evaluation of how much excitement there is any single one of our lives. "I’d estimate 80% of your real life would have to edited or rewritten to make it compelling and interesting to watch on screen. That may sound harsh because your real life is interesting to you, but probably not so much to a mass audience."
He added: "Deep down you know it because you’re only posting the highlights on social media. You’re actually already self-editing your own life for your audience."
We rarely think about how peculiar people act in movies and on TV shows because we’re so used to things that we don’t notice the discrepancies between their behavior and our lives. In other words, we’ve fully absorbed the weirdness and we’re no longer bothered by it… unless somebody on social media reminds us of it.
The trend seems to have been started by Tom Cox, a British author who was born in Nottinghamshire. He has published nearly a dozen books so far and plans to release 2 more in 2021. Some of the themes that he repeats in his books have to do with cats, golf, folklore, wildlife, local history, rock, and rambling.
Tom’s thread, which he started on the 26th of February, got over 15k likes and soon spread like wildfire. In fact, if you’ve been browsing Twitter this weekend, you might have noticed at least one or two people sharing the weird things that characters tend to do that befuddle us.
However, there are plenty of good reasons why movies and shows are so far removed from our daily lives. In brief, living as a human being is… quite ordinary. There’s lots of downtime. Lots of unscheduled pee breaks that get in the way of dramatic moments. And plenty of dullness without anything exciting happening.
What? You guys needs to go to the toilet directly after waking up? I always have breakfast first
Bathroom straight after waking up for me. I always thought that was normal.
Of course that's normal, that's why they don't do it in movies and tv, they're medical marvels
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I envy anyone who can hold their pee all night. I have an overactive bladder so I’m lucky to get 3 hours of sleep before I wake to go
I often wake up needing to pee really bad about half an hour before my alarm goes off. I hate it, because it feels so futile to go back to bed for 25 minutes, but I don't need an extra 25 mins in the morning to sit on my a**e and wish I was still in bed.
And my hair and makeup are still perfectly in place, and my breath won't gag a goat.
A lot of ppl on here are drinking/eating way too much too close to bed time
Oh dear Lisa, that's absolutely nothing comparing with people arriving home after a busy policial working day, and just jumping into bed without even taking clothes off! Grosser than that...
If you're a fella of a certain age get your prostate double checked. If it's enlarged it can cause that problem.
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Then again, characters in movies/TV almost never seem to need to go to the bathroom in general.
That's because, if they do, then there's something evil waiting in there,
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And your breath is minty fresh as you go into a make out session 30 minutes before work. You then run out the door half dressed.
I wake up in the morning desperate and that's after having two or three trips to the loo during the night!!!!! Getting old sucks! 😂
Don't forget, no one wakes up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.
My teenage son never has to pee first thing and can go to class without and spend hours there. It's baffling other than perhaps he's just dehydrated.
*me, who only takes a pee once a day*: What is this... do you guys actually have to pee when you wake up? How annoying.
*you, severely dehydrated and in danger of developing kidney issues*
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That’s why it’s so important to edit real life into something that’s fit for watching. Sure, there will always be some people who have the patience to watch paint dry/somebody working in their cubicle all day long only to go back home, microwave their dinner, and play video games. However, it doesn’t make for riveting TV for the vast majority of us.
By editing out inconveniences like needing to eat full meals (and the guilt of leaving so much food behind, as well as wasting food), showing people working and doing ordinary stuff like washing the dishes, scriptwriters, directors, and actors can get to the most exciting and interesting tidbits. The meat of things, so to speak. (Halloumi if you’re vegetarian, lettuce if you’re vegan.)
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that audiences tend to have very short attention spans. Digital Information World explains that back in 2000 we had an average attention span of 12 seconds. In 2015, this dropped to just over 8 seconds. Research has shown that our attention spans are dropping.
The media we consume changes how attentive we are which in turn changes the media even more. In a fast-paced world, there’s no time for patience, no place for slow storylines and buildup, and especially no room for boring things that regular people do in real life that would mess with the fast pace of the story.
Haha, yes, and I'm always like "Why doesn't he/she just tell... ah, it's a movie..."
Also, simply walk away after giving a snippet of information. "You should talk to X, I can't say anymore, I already said too much"
However, even though our attention spans might be decreasing, it’s not just that. They’re being fractured as well. One screen isn’t enough for us anymore. A recent Total Audience Report that was conducted in 2018 by Nielsen showed that a whopping 88 percent of adults living in the US used their digital devices while watching TV either rarely, occasionally, or frequently.
That means that a single screen is no longer enough to please viewers who are busy googling stuff related to what they’re watching, posting their thoughts about what’s happening on social media, or discussing the show with their friends. It’s a different form of engagement that doesn’t necessarily mean having your audience’s eyes glued to one screen.
Something else that we rarely think about (unless you’re a pro in the field) is how strangely people talk. When you’re chatting to someone (masked) face to (masked) face, everything sounds great. But if you happen to record or film the conversation, you might find a different side to the tale: the way that we speak in real life is often disorganized, broken, and unclear.
And always on some obscure instant message platform, nothing anyone has ever seen.
That implies they aren't aware of the muzzle energy of their particular firearm. For instance .38 Long Colt likely wouldn't come out the other side of their head. By comparison, 9mm Luger would have the aforementioned effects.
That’s why scriptwriters have no other choice than to write dialogue that people can actually understand. Sure, not many people speak this way IRL, but we have to think of what’s best for the audience. Do you want to listen to a guy or gal ramble on for 10 minutes or do you want a confident protagonist who enunciates well, argues well, and drops snappy one-liners?
and you will be an expert in pathology, fingerprints, and ballistics
And don't forget to victoriously announce: I'm in!' when you discover the password.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that ‘realistic dialogue’ has no place in filmography. It does, but it has to be skillfully crafted. Filmmakers like Woody Allen create realistic-sounding dialogue and it can be jarring to most of us who have grown up on a diet of delicately-curated sentences.
Hello, i am a boob in a TV drama. I am never, ever allowed to be seen because it's indecent and yucky. But if i grow on a leading female character, i am supposed to look perky and abundant through her clothes to make people know i'm there. My good friend nipple is allowed to be clearly seen if it grows on a male actor, of course.
Yeah, well, you can't actually put everything in now can you? You also don't see people actually walking/driving/biking somewhere the whole way. Or sleeping from beginning to end... That's not something you see that is actually not happening in real life. Like table cloths and turning your head for ten seconds at a time while driving...
Showers in the movies are there for crying or having sex. Not for washing.
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Hello, I live in a movie. I can take days off work with no notice, and can instantly afford first class plane tickets on the first flight out of here to tell someone something that I apparently can't tell them on the phone, and that I spent the whole rest of the movie not telling them.
Also, there's always an available seat on the plane.
And you always end up with a terrific seat mate who never tries to hog your seat, too.
Hello, I am a person in a movie and some police officers visit me to ask me about a case that happened 20 years ago. And of course I remember everything with every small detail (whereas I can't even remember what I ate last week!)
And I never hesitate if asked for an alibi, I know exactly what I have done every hour of days, weeks or months ago.
And was never just at home, totally by yourself, zero witnesses even seeing you go in or out, or hear your TV through the evidently two foot thick, completely soundproofed cheap apartment walls.
Hello, I'm a person in a horror movie and, no matter what kind of ghost / demon / murder is in my dark house, I will never turn on the lights or buy new brighter lamps. And when I listen to something suspicious, I will say a "HELLO?!" out and loud to check if everything is ok.
I always ask in the dark downstairs " Who is there?" And the answer sadly never is "Just we pea cans".
like the monster/ghost/thing is gonna be like "HEY IM HERE IN THE KITCHEN WANT SOME FOOD?!"
I would pay to see that movie
What about the actress who wakes up in bed at the crack of dawn wearing full make up, with false eyelashes (not crushed) and a shiny lip-glossed mouth?
And perfect hair, plus minty fresh breath.
Haha yes!! Oh and she has perfectly placed breasts in her negligee', she's supposed to be braless because she's in her bed of course, and both breast's remain inside her nighty even while she's "sleeping" on her side (position). You get the picture!
Hello I am almost any female character, other than grandmothers, and I like to wear impossibly short skirts that just cover my butt when standing. I never have to sit or bend down for anything!
And two sizes too small.
Hello, I am the protagonist/deuteragonist/other minor good character in a movie who has just bashed the serial killer over the head with a heavy object, and instead of hitting them again to make sure they're dead, or tying them up/locking them away until the police show, I question if they're dead, and lean over/touch the body, enabling the killer to grab me because they were fine the whole time.
Why only hit them once? Why not bash the s**t out of them to make damn sure they’re dead?
Don’t forget to turn your back on the serial killer while you call someone.
Hello, I am a scientist in a scifi movie and I'm going to take off my helmet on an alien spacecraft/planet because O2 readings are normal, without doing any further data collection and regardless of potential biohazards, pollutants or other alien nasties that might turn me inside out with one whiff.
Hello, l am in a movie and I have sex with a guy I just met and it's really hot and no one is nervous, we both know what the other likes and we both have insane orgasm. Also no one laughs or talk, it's dead serious all the time. Oh, and we don't need to wash afterwards (or before), we just fall asleep naked covered in bodily fluids - but with modestly covered private parts.
Or use birth control, because we’re that damn confident the other person is completely healthy and doesn’t sleep with strangers. Oh. Wait.
And if boobs are present, they are also modesty covered, but it is still clearly obvious they are so firm and perky, they stay front and center. These girls do not slide to the side
I am a minor baddie in a movie. As soon as I receive a flesh wound to the arm, I fall down, instantly dead.
As soon as the hero pokes me, I'll die.
or I am a minor actor who will be slightly battered/bleeding/wounded who someone will run to me and ask 'Who did this?' and and I will say something stupid like 'The unicorn was leaving on a jet plane' and instantly die, leaving everyone befuddled as to what I said. But will make perfect sense at the end of the move.
Hello, I'm a movie villain. I have perfect aim except when I'm trying to hit the protagonist even though he's running in a straight line and keeps poking his head out of cover.
I'm a professional hitman who can kill many trained police, etc but when it comes to the hero, I'll miss my shot and get killed by him instead.
I am middle-aged in any film or TV drama, and therefore of no value except as background as the aunt/teacher/deadbody even tho' in real life I am the same age as the actress playing the lead *teenager*.
Or actually young enough to be the ancient male lead’s daughter in real life, but in the movie he ends up with the 20 year old playing my granddaughter instead.
Hello I'm the phone that never needs Charging regardless how many calls were made and the only time I'm out of juice is during emergencies
I am the hero in an action movie or tv show. Whenever I am near an explosion the force pushes me to safety with no injuries.
And my ears are totally fine!
What???
I am an actor shooting a weapon, it's never as loud as a real one, and there's no gunpowder smoke.
I am a working-class British person in a film designed to appeal to Americans. I speak like the Queen and live in a house the even Ivanka Trump would describe as "over the top".
Hello, I am a person in a crime tv show. I will only appear to be mildly upset when I am told my husband/wife/best friend/roommate has been murdered and will immediately begin answering questions. I will also be rude to the cops at some point for no apparent reason.
Even if I’m completely innocent.
Hello, I’m an asshole haunting the comments section of this Bored Panda article, and I keep downvoting everybody, just because I’m an asshole. And I think no one is going to call me out on it. Tee-hee-hee! (You can now consider yourself called out, asshole!).
Hi..I'm a sci fi character...my ship travels across billions of miles at light speed to random planets where I will bump into people I know...
also everyone in the universe speaks english
Random trivia: If we are talking about 'Doctor Who' that is actually explained quite well and often. The TARDIS has 'Translation curcuit' that connects to her travellers telepathically. So, the diffirent languages are translated directly to the brain of the traveller and when they speak they are actually using the language of whatever planet they are on or being they are speaking to. A bit like the 'Babel fish' in 'Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy'. The more you know?
Yes, typically movies are in the language of the target audience. You're sure you want otherwise?
Hello I'm a person in an action movie! I have a 6 bullet gun that fires nonstop! Bullets never end unless I'm a villain and I'm aiming the main character....
Hello. I'm an alcoholic police officer. I have an excellent memory so I'll remember everything you said even if it involves 20 different people/10 different locations/15 different times/days. And I'll always know where to go to after hearing this information.
Hello, I live in a movie. I have 2 minutes to start the computer program to save the world! I type in password and open up program without internet issues or software updates.
Hello, I'm a madman with a blue box and I go around London luring young women into my box and telling them they can see every time and space reply if you know what series I'm talking about :)
And the young women are all like "Seems reasonable " and go right along
Hello I'm a villain in a horror movie and I always walk casually towards my victims! No need to run! Even if they are running like crazy I will catch them!
Hello, I am a person in a movie and when I am taken hostage and when my blindfold is removed I will not need to blink or adjust to the light. I am also a killer and instead of a headshot I will shoot at the protagonists torso and not check if I my bullet managed to kill.
Ever notice that no one who is tied up ever has an itchy or runny nose or hair falling into or tickling their face and driving them batshit crazy because their hands aren’t free and they can’t scratch or blow their nose, or get that damn hair out of their face?
Bruh yes
I am a person in a movie or tv show and every room I walk into has every single light on, unless it's a horror or an ep of CSI.
Hello I am a lonely house on the hill waiting for a lonely family to show them some surprises in my attic or basement. Did I say a child has been murdered and wants his/her soul to get free?
And no one ever tells them until they start experiencing strange s**t, what happened in that house. Because I believe, in most states at least, that realtors are required to advise prospective buyers that a property has the reputation of being haunted, and whether there have been verifiable reports of paranormal activity. Also if any horrific crimes were committed on the property. That way, if people still decide to move in, they can’t say they weren’t warned. I think it stems from the Amityville case, where it’s still kind of up in the air whether the reports of paranormal activity was credible, or were used to either make money or back out of the sale. Apparently, no one told the family, who was from out of town, about the DeFeo murders that happened there several years prior.
Yeah but it's not necessary to show characters going to the loo. Movies don't want to be too long, and nobody really cares that we don't hear of them doing their 1s and 2s
Unless they’re specifically going for a laugh or gross out.
Hello, I am a cop in a movie. Someone has just called me to their home. I knock on the door but nobody answers. I just throw my shoulders against it a couple of times and it flies open. Hello, I am a person who gets punched or slapped hard on the face. My face never swells. Even if my nose gets broken it will look as pretty as before I was hit. Hello, I am a woman who goes to bed each night in full makeup. I awake the following morning with my make completely intact and as fresh as when I first put it on. In fact you will never see me putting makeup on. I look like that always.
Hi, I'm a teenager in tv/movie and I get away with insulting my parents daily and the only consequences are a glare or an eye roll.
Hi! I'm in a Movie/TV show and a lot of murders have just happened. Instead of calling the police (which I assume is an offence for failure of rep