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What's your pet peeve when it comes to tropes? What bothers you when you see it in a show or a movie? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee

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I'll go first. Mine is the instant knockout drug. Like Dexter's intramuscular injection that causes someone to immediately lose consciousness. Or in the movie Split where there's the aerosol spray in your face that makes you instantly unconscious. Or pretty much any time someone uses chloroform.

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[–] FlashZordon@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Die off-screen? Definitely alive and will show up the next act.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

Bullshit happy endings.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

You've clearly never been affected by an instant knock-out drug!

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Grenades. A hand grenade has a kill radius of 5 meters and an injury radius of 15 meters. You're not going to toss one around a corner and survive.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

It's Always Sunny makes a joke about this. They throw a grenade in a car, expecting it to be a huge awesome fiery explosion.

Instead, "poomf" and the car alarm and airbags go off with a little bit of smoke.

"That's it? Well maybe the cops will think we just like, disintegrated or something I don't know"

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The super badass guy. Just seems so lame.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I have grown to really fucking hate deus ex machina in any form. Luck is always a factor, but c'mon. It usually comes down to lazy writing and they just couldn't be assed to come up with an explanation.

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 2 points 10 months ago

I can tolerate it, if it was prefaced earlier.

People do tend to come to the aid of others when they're needed the most - it happens.

But if a truck comes barrelling towards Jason Vorhees and knocks him into a train, allowing our characters to run away, that's a hard no.

[–] t_berium@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

When they are kissing right after waking up with that morning breath.

[–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ever try holding your breath for as long as a TV or movie character is getting smothered to death? It’s not even uncomfortable.

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

The worst is when a show or movie establishes that X can't be done, because Y. Then in a later scene X is done without addressing anything about Y. It's actually pretty common, especially when run time needs to be padded with a side quest.

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