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pinky0926
02/07/24 5:03:35 AM
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Decided to watch the first episode of Reacher. Man can't walk 50 metres without some damsel in distress appearing in close proximity, needing a big tough guy with a unique set of karate skills.

There is surely a tv trope page for this. Protagonist is always surrounded by adventure.

Imagine if it was like in real life where basically nothing ever happens? Tbh I'd enjoy that subversion of the trope. Jack Reacher arrives in Tranquillville Virginia. Walks into a diner. Pays for his coffee. No one bothers him. One lady calls him "darlin". Goes home, watches a bit of tv, falls asleep. Spends his days feeling very frustrated that he can't put his hero cape on.

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Nukazie
02/07/24 5:06:46 AM
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yeah someone's really gonna love a show like that

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Ryangrad
02/07/24 5:08:50 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
Imagine if it was like in real life where basically nothing ever happens? Tbh I'd enjoy that subversion of the trope. Jack Reacher arrives in Tranquillville Virginia. Walks into a diner. Pays for his coffee. No one bothers him. One lady calls him "darlin". Goes home, watches a bit of tv, falls asleep. Spends his days feeling very frustrated that he can't put his hero cape on.
That's 10 minutes of a single episode, and the entire show is immediately cancelled because no one wants to watch nothing happen for seasons upon seasons at a time. lol

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pegusus123456
02/07/24 5:17:33 AM
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Ryangrad posted...
That's 10 minutes of a single episode, and the entire show is immediately cancelled because no one wants to watch nothing happen for seasons upon seasons at a time. lol
Seinfeld ran for nine seasons, just so you know.

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pinky0926
02/07/24 5:18:32 AM
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How about a comedy skit? I'm surprised key and peele haven't spoofed this idea before. Like why is it the protagonist is always followed around by danger? These small towns are unbelievably violent and chaotic.

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PurpleOutsider
02/07/24 5:57:22 AM
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pinky0926 posted...
There is surely a tv trope page for this. Protagonist is always surrounded by adventure.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysteryMagnet

There's this one.

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TimeForAction
02/07/24 6:09:01 AM
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What do you think the murder rate of Cabot Cove is?
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PurpleOutsider
02/07/24 6:11:38 AM
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TimeForAction posted...
What do you think the murder rate of Cabot Cove is?
Murder She Wrote's TV Tropes page says its 86 times the murder rate of Caracas, Venezuela, the most murdery city in the real world.

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The_Korey
02/07/24 6:14:19 AM
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So evidently, people try a lot of things in small towns?

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MisterPengy
02/07/24 10:33:46 PM
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TimeForAction posted...
What do you think the murder rate of Cabot Cove is?

I thought a lot of that show took place in other cities?

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Dakimakura
02/07/24 10:38:24 PM
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Thor happened

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Billyionaire
02/07/24 10:40:12 PM
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https://youtu.be/0CVLVaBECuc?si=vLo9Kl7dfNLcS_Ng

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pegusus123456
02/08/24 12:49:02 AM
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MisterPengy posted...
I thought a lot of that show took place in other cities?
There were still a fair number of episodes that took place in her hometown.

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DeadlyNinjaBees
02/08/24 12:53:08 AM
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Dakimakura posted...
Thor happened
He literally has been sleeping on my couch since last May. Im not even joking.

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Torgo
02/08/24 12:58:12 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Seinfeld ran for nine seasons, just so you know.


Seinfeld was a show about nothing, not a show where nothing happens.
It's a sit-com, but not a family or romantic sitcom like Growing Pains or Mad About You, and it's not about a workplace like The Office or Night Court.

See the difference?

Also, it's a comedy so the plot doesn't have to be really thick.

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HylianFox
02/08/24 1:00:25 AM
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TV and movies taught me that small towns are always run by corrupt officials and police.

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Axiom
02/08/24 1:02:06 AM
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HylianFox posted...
TV and movies taught me that small towns are always run by corrupt officials and police.
I wouldn't say they ran it but sheriffs definitely did what they wanted. The town cops were more by the book
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pegusus123456
02/08/24 1:03:12 AM
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HylianFox posted...
TV and movies taught me that small towns are always run by corrupt officials and police.
Thiiiiiiis is one of the few instances where TV and movies didn't make something up.

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Butterfiles
02/08/24 1:05:44 AM
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HylianFox posted...
TV and movies taught me that small towns are always run by corrupt officials and police.
"Everyone knows and talks about everything except for the brutal murder"

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Zikten
02/08/24 1:54:16 AM
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I think a show about nothing only works for comedy. I don't think a drama about nothing would work
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PurpleOutsider
02/08/24 2:28:28 AM
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Zikten posted...
I think a show about nothing only works for comedy. I don't think a drama about nothing would work
As long as the characters are interesting, it could work.

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Ryangrad
02/08/24 5:59:28 PM
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pegusus123456 posted...
Seinfeld ran for nine seasons, just so you know.
And Seinfeld had a ton of things happening around them the whole time. You're mistaken a joke from the show as the actual show synopsis, if you're being sincere.

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modena
02/08/24 6:08:14 PM
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This topic reeks of Trailer Park Boys lol.

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pegusus123456
02/08/24 9:45:44 PM
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Ryangrad posted...
And Seinfeld had a ton of things happening around them the whole time. You're mistaken a joke from the show as the actual show synopsis, if you're being sincere.
I was also joking

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