Another Way to Avoid Writing: Pet Peeves On-Screen

[holdouttrout]

abyssinia4077 and I were talking about our on-screen pet peeves. Hers has to do with bad science. Mine is any time it calls for a character to "play" piano. Ninety-eight percent of the time (yes, I'm making that up), the hand movements aren't even in the right SECTION of the piano. Even when they don't show the hands, I can tell by body language whether or not the actor is even making an honest attempt.

And don't get me started on music syncing.

So what's your pet peeve? Something you know so well that any little thing wrong jumps out of you and takes you right out of the story?

Comments

[stargazercmc.livejournal.com]

Chess games. It drives me nuts when anyone shows a chess match and a) none of the pieces' positions make sense, b) when they edit and the pieces are in suddenly different places where they could never get to, and c) when you actually see someone move a piece the way it can't be moved. I'm like WTF?

Incidentally, one of the reasons I love to watch the character of House play piano is because Hugh Laurie plays (really well, in fact) and it's always him they're showing.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

I don't know chess well enough to play be concerned about it, but if I did, that would drive me batty.

House plays piano! Yet another reason I ought to love that show--and yet, somehow, I'm ridiculously hard to reach these days with television. Sigh. Still--just that news makes me very happy.

[majorsamfan.livejournal.com]

ZOMGosh! I so can't believe I didn't put Hugh Laurie in my top five I would have sex with without question! *flails*