Television vs real life
POSTED BY: SerenityValley
UPDATED: Saturday, October 25, 2003 04:07
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Maybe The Professor would have manufactured birth control pills out of some exotic plant found on the island.
But you're onto something. Major Nelson would have been all over Jeannie, that is if Roger hadn't beaten him to her.
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Wow , on the Firefly forum no has come to the subject of weapons yet !
Here's my two bits :
1. Nobody aims when firing a weapon.
2. Magazines are replaced for dramatic purposes and not for replenishing bullets.
3. It takes just one bulet to kill regular bad guys while Evil boses and Heros can take lots of punishment .
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Smart & witty quips in response to arguments, (ie: just about anything on the WB) don't usually shut an argument down, or get a laugh.
They usually result in a greater argument or a stupid look.
That's if....you can think of something witty & smart when you are arguing.
Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”
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Up until a couple of years ago I would have answered this question with
On TV people always walk into rooms without switching the lights on.
But I've recently discovered that normal people do that too! Just not me...
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The gatling guns on modern jet fighters and helicopters have an "ack-ack" sound instead of buzzing (the only exception I've seen is in "Blackhawk Down").
Handgun and rifle shots never sound real either.
Cars exploding when you shoot the gas tank. That's hard to do even if you're using incendiary rounds.
People open car doors at night and the dome light never comes on.
Cars leaping into the air and coming down hard enough to break the axles, and they just keep on going.
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"Say that to my face."
"I said: you're a coward, and a piss-pot. Now, what are you gonna do about it?"
"Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so that she could get behind you."
*WHAP!*
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1. In TV, when people get shot by a low caliber round, they fly backwards in a huge arc.
2. In TV, Heroes don't freak and get emotional when they are forced to take another life. They just take it in stride.
3. In real life, "heroes" usually don't joke around and get all funny (when they've never been funny before) after they've killed someone. "Get the point," after someone is impaled. "Don't loose your head," after someone is decapitated, etc.
Fox sucks! Viva Firefly!
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On TV, people order food in restaurants but hardly ever eat it.
On TV, classes only take 5 minutes.
On TV, everyone always wears make-up everywhere.. even getting out of bed.
On TV, beautiful women in mini skirts make the best lawyers.
On TV, people rarely wear the same clothes twice, unless they help define the person in which case they always wear the same clothes. (Columbo, Superman)
On TV, MacIntosh computers are completely compatible with any alien species computer system.
On TV, all evil masterminds are completely invulnerable except for 1 little known weak spot.
On TV, all species of animals can talk to eachother and understand human speach, but humans can't understand animals. Same goes for babies.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
--Stephen Hawking
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On TV people shot with any gun fly back in a big arc.
On TV people who are shot rarely bleed more than a few drops. And thre is rarely any brains or intestines lying around.
On TV firearms with no hammer make cocking noises when you point them at someone.
On TV people with guns wait for a dramatic moment before pumping a shotgun to load or reload the chamber.
On TV a doctor is better at intubeating people in an awkward position than Paramedics. (This is what turned me off of ER.)
On TV people who are reciving oxygen get the nose tubes rather than a mask.
On TV cops test cocaine by eating some!!
On TV a chopper can crash and explode and the crew runs out unharmed. (Killed A-Team for me.)
They don't like it when you shoot at them. Worked that out for myself.
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