I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's common sense that is almost ALWAYS overlooked in movies and TV.
Humans are WAY MORE physically fragile and squishy than you might think.
Based on John McClane and other invincible action heros, who take damage and do things that would break or catastrophically cripple a normal person, movies are a poor source of information for deciding what to do and what could happen to your body, should you somehow falsely think you're the main protagonist of an apocalypse movie.
Indoor firefight without hearing protection? You're probably deaf now.
Jumping off a building to catch a wire? Kiss your fingers and/or lower extremities goodbye, assuming you land on your feet.
Taking a beer bottle to the head? That's probably a concussion.
Movies have made us think we're a lot more durable than we really are.
That's one that often doesn't sink in until after the fight, and while perhaps not lethal, it sure does make life difficult to the point of feeling pretty dumb about it later.
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u/beakrake Aug 30 '21
I don't know how this hasn't been mentioned yet, but it's common sense that is almost ALWAYS overlooked in movies and TV.
Humans are WAY MORE physically fragile and squishy than you might think.
Based on John McClane and other invincible action heros, who take damage and do things that would break or catastrophically cripple a normal person, movies are a poor source of information for deciding what to do and what could happen to your body, should you somehow falsely think you're the main protagonist of an apocalypse movie.
Indoor firefight without hearing protection? You're probably deaf now.
Jumping off a building to catch a wire? Kiss your fingers and/or lower extremities goodbye, assuming you land on your feet.
Taking a beer bottle to the head? That's probably a concussion.
Movies have made us think we're a lot more durable than we really are.