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by SilasX 2146 days ago
Yes! I remember movies and TV shows would have scenes where a character is called and told to turn on the TV for breaking news. They'd see it the story instantly, and that was actually realistic! (Assuming it was big enough news to be on all channels.)

Today if you had such a scene they'd be like, "okay <presses remote, waits five very immersion-breaking seconds>".
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formerly_proven 2146 days ago
> Today if you had such a scene they'd be like, "okay <presses remote, waits five very immersion-breaking seconds>".

But they still have these scenes in movies

The way these scenes work now is "picks up phone - check the news!", they grab the remote, and turn the volume up on one of the many already running and tuned in wall-mounted 24/7 on TVs ... :)

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SilasX 2146 days ago
>But they still have these scenes in movies

Yes, and if such a TV turns on instantly, that scene is not realistic.

(I think if the were going for realism today, they'd say "pull up reddit/Drudge/google news".)

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