Especially at breakfast, orange juice, pancakes, bacon,toast! Then the husband ( who's a cop) walks into kitchen doing his tie, slurps his coffe, says he's late then walks out of the door!Usually in american films. Husband, wife and two kids sit down for dinner with about ten dishes of food spread out on the table - enough to feed ten people.
And they go to the local market to buy their best gladrags for the night! People in soaps have never heard of transport to get to city centres for shopping and online deliveries are non existent.
This is so spot on!I'm actually watching classic eastenders on gold at the moment (Lockdown boredom) and completely agree with all the posts.
It amazes me that people buy all their clothes on the market even though the west end is 10 mins away by tube. Also if they go out for a night, it will only be in walford. The new restaurant, then The Vic. God forbid they visit any other borough of London.
It also amazes me how many people are asked to "hold the fort" on the market for 10 mins, or jump behind the bar!
Washing machines are also thin on the ground, and apparantely everyone can afford a cooked breakfast every morning from the caff as well as a swift half at The Vic each lunchtime. Also if you leave Albert Square for good there are only two ways out, the tube station or a black cab. If you do come back years later someone (usually Pat) will have a room for you, no questions asked.
Children also disappear for several years (Martin) and then come back with a different head.
Also they just leave their house to go to work and all the lights are on - like, do you have money to burrrrrrn?Linked to lights, why does everyone sleep with a whole house of lights on in films?
I have mentioned here I love the shitty channel 5 afternoon crime films, there it is toally the opposite, they always seem to be eating etc in a house with no lights on for no reason!Also they just leave their house to go to work and all the lights are on - like, do you have money to burrrrrrn?
Edit to add: also, when characters run out of their home to chase after a crying friend or whatever, they might grab their coat but you never see them grab keys, so I always think “you’re going to get locked out!”
Sinister did this so well. All that creepy stuff happening and Ethan Hawke just never switched on a light ever!Walk in dark, why don't they ever turn on the light
this always reminds me of being in a cafe and someone ordering "a coffee" therr was a huge queue and it was obvious the barista was angry at the lack of specificationOrdering "a beer" in a bar
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