So, I admit I'm a bit hard of hearing, but I'm surprised how in TV and movies people on airplanes are able to make conversations without resorting to shouting and gesticulations to get even short messages across.
Is it a trope?
You don't need to see the scene, in fact it's more horrifying that you didn't. You know exactly what happened because it shows right before or after. Your mind has to fill it in.
Mulan: >!They come across a burned village. No need to see what happened, the Huns clearly came and destroyed everyone.!<
Mulan: >!Shan Yu asks how many men does it take to deliver a message after sending two captured soldiers away. A Hun replies 'One.' and draws his bow. The scene cuts off there, but clearly he shoots one of the soldiers.!<
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: >!Credence hands his mother his belt. It's stated that she physically abuses her adoptive kids. The scene stops, but it's obviously about to happen again.!<
KPop Demon Hunters: >!After a massive battle with demons on a subway train, Huntr/x enter the train to find it empty. Despite their effort, the demons took the souls of everyone. It really highlights the consequences of the trio failing.!<
What other examples of this trope have people seen?
I’ve been watching a lot of animated movies with my kiddos and I see a lot of the time, the grandma living with the family of the protagonist.
Swapped, The Lorax, Luca, Moana. I’m sure there are more but those are the main ones in rotation in our house lately 😂 maybe you could say Coco and Encanto, but that’s like full extended family dwelling, not just the gramma.
The grandma figure seems to be spiritually tuned in, a little mouthy/uncouth, and leads the protagonist on their journey.
Idk, just wanted to talk about this trope I guess, this family dynamic isn’t prevalent where I live. Is this pretty common in other parts of the world?
In an action scene they are fighting, and bump into or jolt a record player or similar which starts playing music which either energises the scene or is an ironic counterpart to the action.
You see it in horror movies quite often.
When a sitcom delivers an incredibly sad or emotionally resonant moment out of the blue.
Mitchell and Webb Look (Are we the badies?) - Old Holmes - The reality of a great mind in decline. "I know, John" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp02ubGuTIU
The Fast Show - Rowley Birkin QC - The perpetually pissed QC muses on the death of his love. "And then the war came along" - https://youtu.be/BMqRtc4pi24?si=qvvSgdissFXdVUQ8&t=731
The Vicar of Dibley - Make Poverty History - A great comfy comedy suddenly shifts gears onto the suffering in other countries - https://youtu.be/A2EVEHFv1zs?si=IIofTmbJwAr_zwO0&t=448
Just noticed these are all British sitcoms or sketch shows, are there any international examples?
... And of course they get out of the car ASAP and put themselves in a dangerous situation.
Have you noticed that in some car chase or high-speed scenes from movies and TV shows (live-action or animated) there are some semi-truck trailers or barriers that block the path of drivers? Cars may pass under those or, in same cases breaking barriers, but in many times they lose their roof if they're too low turning vehicles into convertibles! It happened frequently on action and comedy productions. And those scenes are often memorable! What are your favorite instant convertible scenes?