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

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

OMG. I can't watch CPR on Tv at all.. because they always do it with bent arms because obviously the actor is still alive and they don't want to kill them...

But still, I'm usually shouting at the tv, "you're doing it wrong!!" Arrgghhh!

And when they come back to life after CPR I sit there going "hello? *flail* You need a defibrillator! CPR is just a stop-gap")

[abyssinia4077.livejournal.com]

And when they come back to life after CPR I sit there going "hello? *flail* You need a defibrillator! CPR is just a stop-gap")

Oh, no kidding! There's a Farscape episode where John teaches Aeryn to give him CPR in case he temporarily dies and it's a great episode and a fantastic scene and the CPR is a lot better looking than most tv CPR but...just...NO!

I still remember the first time I watched Lost and I picked up halfway through an episode and the doctor character found another character strung up by his neck and...pretty much did everything as wrong as possible. From then on I failed to believe he was a doctor.

I mean, I don't have medical training - just Red Cross First Responder stuff but I'm catching all this. They must have someone on set who knows better!

[majorsamfan.livejournal.com]

All writers, directors, producers and actors should be required to take first aid and CPR to get their SAG (or equivalent) cards. *nods* Yes. Mm-hmm.