Whats interesting to me is the transition period in screenwriting. From the early 2000s to the early 2010s, characters would be shown carrying phones but would

Whats interesting to me is the transition period in screenwriting. From the early 2000s to the early 2010s, characters would be shown carrying phones but would still get into situations which could be solved easily with their mobile. But they’d act as if they didn’t have it. I found interesting watching the writers adjust their tropes over time. It’s also interesting to me that this problem, of storytelling in a world of instant communication, was first addressed in the original Star Trek. Various adventure story tropes had to be adjusted for communicators and transporters. Roddenberry et al admitted it was a headache sometimes.