Ever try holding your breath for as long as a TV or movie character is getting smothered to death? It’s not even uncomfortable.
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024
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YES, another one of mine. To be fair though, most TV shows and movies don't have the time to dedicate to an actual strangling or suffocation. Those things take a while.
Funny story. I took my dad to Saving Private Ryan. After the movie was over and we're walking away he turned to me and said...
"You know the actual D-Day took a lot longer than that."
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.
For that matter, when someone gets shot center mass and they collapse like Cypher just pulled them from the matrix
It's preferable to people getting shot and flying across the room, like in a John Woo film.
Fridging, it's just plain lazy.