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What is the trope for only discussing a plan right as they arrive at a destination
Bothered me for years. In a show people get on a transport going to a place for a thing, and it requires a detailed plan like assumed identities or a specific sequence of infiltration steps.
Then the camera cuts, they arrive, and only at that exact moment do they hand out assumed identities you need to be expert in, or only then the steps for infiltrating a place.
Memorable example is when Bucky, Zeno, and Sam arrive at Maripor to get intel, and as the car is intercepted by agents on a bridge, they get out and start talking identities.
Has bothered me for years. I don’t need a ton of exposition, nor an Oceans 11 level of detailed plan sharing. But at *least* cut the camera and start with “as we discussed in detail…”
u/Vo_Mimbre — 7 days ago