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I wonder if the actors realize just how dumb these sorts of scenes are when they're filming them.

carapace 8y ago
They removed that part of scene from the episode on the DVD. I was watching for it and laughed when I realized it had been excised. Too embarrassing, eh?
the_af 8y ago
I suppose they don't realize it. To be fair, I can only tell when it's computer-related nonsense, but I absolutely cannot tell if (for example) medical dramas such as Grey's Anatomy are at all realistic, barring reasonable artistic licenses to make a scene more dramatic. The surgeons could be doing something as silly as "hacking the same keyboard" and I wouldn't know. The computer-related scenes in medical dramas are dumb enough that I suspect the medical stuff probably also is, but I can't tell.
- rbanffy 8y ago
  My aunt, who was a forensic doctor, would be driven up the walls by the absurdity of the CSI screenplays. I'm an engineer and they manage to trigger me into laughter. A bit is suspension of disbelief when some inaccuracy is needed by the story (like the sandstorm in The Martian) is tolerable, but completely messing up innocuous stuff you should have hired a field specialist to help you (physics, astronomy, police, medical, anything) with is inexcusable with the kind of budget even a lowly Sharknado has. Seriously: I love movies. I was torn between engineering and cinema in college. Let's join together to never again have a cringe worthy moment on TV (unless it's there for the comedy value).
- jakelazaroff 8y ago
  Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect
- tyingq 8y ago
  My mother, a nurse, likes House. She says there's plenty wrong, but enough right that it's not too distracting.
  - joopdevries 8y ago
    Wasn't there this trivia that comedy hospital series Scrubs was actually the most technically correct medical show?
    - surge 8y ago
      Yes, but it was mostly accurate in its coverage of life working in a hospital if anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGxzYo_YyY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGxzYo_YyY
icebraining 8y ago
In my limited acquaintance with actors which participated in dumb TV series, yes, they often do. On that note, I have no idea if this is true, but wouldn't be surprised: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/f2i7t/ive_written_for_tv_shows_like_csi_and_numbers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/f2i7t/ive_written_f...
wizardforhire 8y ago
Yes they do. I’ll leave these two links for everyone to play with. http://geektyper.com http://geektyper.com http://www.hackertyper.com http://www.hackertyper.com
koko775 8y ago
Yes- IIRC NCIS self-consciously tried to see how ridiculous they could make it.
- evgen 8y ago
  The interesting thing is that in the first few seasons NCIS got a lot of the computer tech mostly right (modulo some dramatic license regarding easy access to every possible data source the government might have) but as they relied more on Tim the IT guy as a convenient oracle for moving the plot along it quickly dove into "enhance, enhance, enhance..." mode.

They removed that part of scene from the episode on the DVD. I was watching for it and laughed when I realized it had been excised. Too embarrassing, eh?

the_af 8y ago

I suppose they don't realize it. To be fair, I can only tell when it's computer-related nonsense, but I absolutely cannot tell if (for example) medical dramas such as Grey's Anatomy are at all realistic, barring reasonable artistic licenses to make a scene more dramatic. The surgeons could be doing something as silly as "hacking the same keyboard" and I wouldn't know. The computer-related scenes in medical dramas are dumb enough that I suspect the medical stuff probably also is, but I can't tell.

rbanffy 8y ago
My aunt, who was a forensic doctor, would be driven up the walls by the absurdity of the CSI screenplays. I'm an engineer and they manage to trigger me into laughter. A bit is suspension of disbelief when some inaccuracy is needed by the story (like the sandstorm in The Martian) is tolerable, but completely messing up innocuous stuff you should have hired a field specialist to help you (physics, astronomy, police, medical, anything) with is inexcusable with the kind of budget even a lowly Sharknado has. Seriously: I love movies. I was torn between engineering and cinema in college. Let's join together to never again have a cringe worthy moment on TV (unless it's there for the comedy value).
jakelazaroff 8y ago
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect
tyingq 8y ago
My mother, a nurse, likes House. She says there's plenty wrong, but enough right that it's not too distracting.
- joopdevries 8y ago
  Wasn't there this trivia that comedy hospital series Scrubs was actually the most technically correct medical show?
  - surge 8y ago
    Yes, but it was mostly accurate in its coverage of life working in a hospital if anything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGxzYo_YyY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGxzYo_YyY

icebraining 8y ago

In my limited acquaintance with actors which participated in dumb TV series, yes, they often do. On that note, I have no idea if this is true, but wouldn't be surprised: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/f2i7t/ive_written_for_tv_shows_like_csi_and_numbers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/f2i7t/ive_written_f...

wizardforhire 8y ago

Yes they do. I’ll leave these two links for everyone to play with. http://geektyper.com http://geektyper.com http://www.hackertyper.com http://www.hackertyper.com

koko775 8y ago

Yes- IIRC NCIS self-consciously tried to see how ridiculous they could make it.

evgen 8y ago
The interesting thing is that in the first few seasons NCIS got a lot of the computer tech mostly right (modulo some dramatic license regarding easy access to every possible data source the government might have) but as they relied more on Tim the IT guy as a convenient oracle for moving the plot along it quickly dove into "enhance, enhance, enhance..." mode.