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Drawn out scenes that don't advance the story serve no purpose, even if they are more reflective of real life. Real life is frequently boring; tell me you wouldn't skip that drive across town if you could "movie drive" it and be there in 4 seconds via jump cut.
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Star Trek.
"We've been thrown a long distance by a mildly annoyed alien entity. It'll take 78 hours at maximum warp to get back."
<commercial break>
"Phew, that was a long and dull trip back. Do you agree, Ensign Exposition?"
1. No one ever uses the mouse when they're on a computer.
2. Computer interfaces are cool looking, yet overtly complex to actually be useful.
3. People taking pictures with an SLR that obviously has a crappy zoom but when the photos are developed, it's like a 1000m zoom lens.
- Every button on any control panel will beep when pressed.
Every day, there are at least 3 nervous breakdowns on the Enterprise, when the incessant beeping makes someone snap.
- When the heroes have to quickly cobble together some manner of half-assed device to get a job done, they often have time to add in little indicator lights, error reporting capabilities, and something to make all the buttons beep.
"The back half of the compartment is about to get torn out and leave us exposed to space! Why aren't you done yet?"
"THE GODDAMN THING WON'T
BLINK WHY DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT??!?"