In case you had any doubts about hacking...
"Programming."
"Don't nobody code that fast lol."- lmoore0621
The better question is, what does Hollywood get right?
"Programming/hacking."
"Just about anything medical, including deaths."
"Just about anything dealing with space."
"Just about anything dealing with natural disasters."
"Actually, now that I think about it, I don't think Hollywood really gets anything right about anything."- Xyrus2000
"Objection!"
"Big-shot lawyers."
"Especially in big firms, it’s a lot of just endless hours in front of a desk doing doc review."
"Sincerely, someone studying to do endless hours in front of a desk doing doc review."- geeeeeetar
Season 2 Nbc GIF by Law & OrderGiphyThe irony...
"Acting."- passingshrew
For better or worse...
"Cops."- Mr_man67
Wake Up Coffee GIF by FOX TVDrop that baton!
"Conductor/performer."
"Oh my god just take a lesson or two and learn how to hold the instrument right."- soysaucemmm
Crunching those numbers... incorrectly...
Accountants. I'm sorry, but the action Thriller "The Accountant" starring Ben Aff-lack, was in no way a true representation of my job. - User Deleted
Defying all laws of motion...
"Physicists."
"It's hilarious how they act!."- Prestigious-Order-62
back to the future 121 gigawatts GIFGiphyAt least depending on where you went to school...
"Teaching."- sarahaudley
If we're being honest, most people tune in to watch films or television shows to escape from reality, and aren't usually looking for a documentary on these professions.
Though, for anyone thinking they want to be a scientist after watching Back To The Future... you might want to really think that one over...
Nevertheless, we're thankful we'll never be in any shortage of entertainment without ever leaving the comfort of our home.
But even binging new shows can get exhausting because that means we have to search thousands of other titles to start the next binge once we're done with a previous fixation.
Sometimes, revisiting a show we've already watched many times before brings us comfort–even though we know the outcome of every episode every time we re-watch them.
It's not about that. It's more like hanging out with your buddies.
Curious to hear about viewers and their go-to programming, Redditor BaguetteOfDoom asked:
"What's your 'comfort series' that you watch over and over again?"
We can rely on these shows for a good laugh.
And who doesn't love to be in stitches these days?
Hanging With The Bluth Family
"Arrested Development, daily."
– Portland-to-Vt
The Misfits We Grew To Love
"Freaks and Geeks!"
– unurbane
A Look Into The Lives Of The Creatures Of The Night
"What we do in the shadows"
– lina9000
"Jackie Daytona is comedy gold. His human disguise absolutely kills me."
– fodgeparker
Not Your Average American Family
"Malcolm in the Middle"
– spaghettispaceship
"phenomenal from the first episode to the last."
– BlueChamp10
Medical, courtroom, procedurals, and sci-fi adventures are all reliable genres we can revisit at any point, without having to understand minor, continuous storylines.
Just What The Doctor Ordered
"When I was in grad school it was House, M.D. No matter where I was at - dorm room, library, memorial union - if I was writing I also had House up on Netflix. During my year and a half I bet I watched that series 5 or 6 times. Such a great show."
– ISUgrad1313
The Perfect Portal For Escapism
"Stargate SG-1"
– Banqouuu
"I have watched so much SG-1 I couldn't even begin to count how many times I've seen it all the way through. I'm with you on that one."
– libra00
Further Adventures In The Final Frontier
"Star Trek TNG"
– bananabananovic
"Came here to say this. Each episode is so self contained it makes it easy to pickup and watch."
– ProtocolPhilosopher
Now, That Settles It
"Leverage."
"Fun little show. Pretty formulaic. But the good guys always win, the bad guys always lose, there's action, and a healthy dose of humor in every episode."
"The cast meshes very well together, too."
– LoudPancreas
Some classics just warrant viewing on an endless loop.
Time To Share Cheesecake With Old Friends
"The Golden Girls."
– Smilingtribute
"I’ve watched a golden girls episode almost everyday for the past 20 years. The jingle that plays right after the theme song puts me in the best mood."
– W1ldy0uth
A Personal Connection
"SpongeBob. When my dad passed the last gift I had from him was a huge SpongeBob plushie.. I religiously watched the series while trying to cope with my loss. And, as stupid as it sounds, SpongeBobs happiness and dorkiness often took me away from my dark times. He will always be my favorite."
"Edit: Thank you for all the rewards, I didn't expect it to take off like this. SPONGEBOB FOR THE WIN!"
"Always follow your heart, unless your heart is bad with directions." 💞
– lifesalotofsh*t
Aliens, The Supernatural, Government Conspiracies, Oh My!
"The X-Files"
– PatienceandFortitude
"Mine too! Going to rewatch Memento Mori and through Redux this week."
– stormbutton
My friends know this about me, but I'm a huge fan of the college drama, Felicity.
The show aired on the WB network in the late 90s-early 2000s and the showrunner was none other than J.J. Abrams.
The show is worth repeated viewing for me because the performances in that show were stellar.
I notice different subtle nuances that Keri Russell so brilliantly brought to the quirky character–who followed her high school obsession, Ben Covington, from Palo Alto, California to New York City–every time I re-watch my, yes, DVDs of the show.
Sadly, the controversial haircut is what has gone down in the annals of bad decisions on TV. But I assure you, the show is MUCH more than that.
But now that it's on Hulu, the sepia-toned, restrained, angsty drama still holds up and can be seen on Hulu. I strongly suggest you go watch it, and fall in love.
A "grave" mistake.
"No movie or tv show ever gets grave digging right."
"It would take you well passed sun up on your own."
" And they're digging Graves in a forest but never hit a big rock or a tree branch?"
"And seriously, you put a gun to my head and tell me to dig my own grave, I'm not doing it."
"I'm either swinging the shovel at you then lazily covering your body in leaves, or I'm getting shot and YOU can dig my damn grave."
"Win/win."- propagandavid
Is it really that easy?
"Most movies that feature hackers, especially 'Hackers'.- MidvalleyFreak
Not like any doctors I know...
"Grey's Anatomy."
"Their writers clearly never took the time to research medical code of conducts."
"In every single state in the U.S. those doctors would've all lost their licenses."
"Specially attendings f*cking residents."- PhillipLlerenas·
GiphyLost in translation?
"Different languages!"
" My auntie is speaks Indonesian and we were watching a movie and this one part a girl gets kidnapped and they start shouting at her in Indonesian."
"My auntie started laughing so hard and it turns out they were shouting 'spicy' at her and there was no context whatsoever."- phantomhiveo
Someone didn't read the recipe
"'The Princess Switch' on Netflix."
"There's a plot point where Vanessa Hudgens' enemy tries to sabotage her in a baking competition by cutting the wire to her stand mixer."
"Then Vanessa's character isn't able to make a fruit puree for her cake like she planned, and the competition judges point out that her puree could have been smoother."
"Who the f*ck would use a stand mixer to make a puree?"
"That is not what that is for."
"Use a blender or a food processor."
"Who wrote this?"- Melanie_Jellyfish
Where do you even begin?
"Fifty shades of grey, they have no clue how that works."- whipsyou
fifty shades of grey mine fsog GIFGiphyDefinitely "furious" about this one...
"'The Fast And the Furious' movies could've brushed up on some basic physics lessons.- Mona_Moans
"Anything car related in "The Fast and the Furious Movies."- Brianthelion83
They get such a bad rap.
"Ancient Aliens."- NobodyLikesMeAnymore
"They'll Never Take Our Freedom"... without some better research...
"Braveheart."- danebramaged01
Checkmate!
"I loved Code Geass but none of the writers clearly had ever played chess."- KoroSenseiTentacles
Chess GIF by NETFLIXGiphy"The Babe."
"That director knew absolutely nothing about Babe Ruth."- trippyboobies
Making light of a serious situation...
"Moon Knight."
"Marvel tried to mix DID, a very real and serious mental disorder, with a fictional world with purple space aliens and flying water dragons."
"Because they tried to do this they ended up not portraying DID well and many people who watched the show finished it thinking whatever was going on with the main character was purely fictional."- PinkFacialHair
Filling children's heads with nonsense!
"Not a show but an episode of a show."
"Pepa pig's the outback episode completely dumps on Australia!"
"I don't live in Australia, phantom strider does, and completely tore this episode to shreds due to how wrong they were!"
"If you don't know phantom strider he's an Australian YouTuber who does top tens."- coolpacks64
Scared No Clue GIF by Peppa PigGiphyEven science-fiction shows should know how the brain functions
"The last couple of seasons or so of 'StarGate'."
"Now don't get me wrong, it was a good and well-crafted show."
"However, the last few seasons were based purely off the idea that humans use 10% of their brains, period, as if the other 90% of the brain contained weird, untapped powers rivaling that of superheroes from comics."
" And apparently the power to ascend into a higher being made of pure light when it reaches 100% brain activity or some sh*t?"
"As opposed to common knowledge that we use about 10% at any given moment."
"My man, if you're using 100% of your brain for a long enough period of time you sure as hell will 'ascend', or descend, but not in the way that you think because you're having a g*ddamn seizure."- Defecticon9000·
"'Lucy'."
"Based on the bs premise that we only use x-percent of our brain."- natwashboard
Even more frustrating than trying to solve it!
"I have never seen an accurate media depiction of a Rubik's Cube being solved, and many animated shows even show cubes with impossible scrambles."
"It always pisses me off."
"Another thing that annoys me is the interpretation that solving a Rubik's Cube means you're smart."
"It doesn't require intelligence, just practice and study."
"If you have some spare time, it's not the hardest thing in the world to learn how to do and I'd highly recommend it."- Arson_Engineer
80s 1980s GIFGiphyAs if they didn't know that the fanbase would be knit picky...
"'The Book of Boba Fett'."
"I tried so hard to defend the show but I couldn't."
"They changed the character without development and before anyone says 'but the tuskans', he was with them for 5 years and he still was willing to kill grogu for his armor ."
"His damn armor."
"And the rule with respect part how and why does he want that he was never taught about it he was raised with rule with fear."
"And I know he saw the tuskans do it, but he has no experience in doing it or if it would work if they wanted it to work they should've made development leading to him learning its best to rule with respect rather than fear."
"The show needs a rewrite and there are many good rewrites on YouTube that would've made a better show."- R4ZORX1
The lack of first hand research is understandable...
"Any forensics show where they're examining a decomposed body while they're not wearing any masks or head-coverings but just going about their business like nothing."
"The smell of a decaying body alone will make you puke your f*cking guts out, but since they're doing forensics work they also can't have their hair dangling out."
"Also, shows or movies where firefighters rush into a burning building without their oxygen-masks on."
"You'll be dead from smoke-inhalation before you can say 'whoop-de-f*cking-doo'."- Few_Dance2106·
But they're very convincing...
"All the ghost hunting and big foot TV series bs."
"Spoiler alert... they never find anything !"- TheeDudeAbides
Awesome Ghost Hunters GIF by travelchannelGiphyOne imagines writers, producers and directors would be vigilant in ensuring that they were accurately depicting the worlds they were trying to convey.
Although, one doubts it’s the desire to see a completely accurate depiction of the Regency era that resulted in Bridgerton’s millions of viewers…
