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<blockquote data-quote="fanboy2000" data-source="post: 4742952" data-attributes="member: 19998">More thoughts on realismHas anyone thought about the lack of realism outside of science fiction and fantasy? Ask a criminal lawyer about Law &amp; Order and you'll see what I mean. Or think about the layout of sitcom apartments, has anyone ever had an apartment with kind of layout? Doesn't anyone use the wall their TV is on?And this isn't a new phenomena. Anyone ever seen a Shakespearian comedy? Twin bother and sister who look exactly alike? Fraternal twins simply don't work like that. Neither do identical twins. While I'm at it, the Neo Classicism style popular during the Renaissance wasn't exactly realistic either. While I'm on the subject of film, TV, and theater, I'd like to point out that actors are trained to act un-realistically. Every acting class I've taken has said an actor is supposed to find out what the character wants and base their performance on that. It's well established in psychology that people do not act in a manner consistent with what they want. But that's what actor's are trained to do. I wouldn't be surprised some actors/acting coaches actually thought humans behaved that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fanboy2000, post: 4742952, member: 19998"] [b]More thoughts on realism[/b] Has anyone thought about the lack of realism outside of science fiction and fantasy? Ask a criminal lawyer about [i]Law & Order[/i] and you'll see what I mean. Or think about the layout of sitcom apartments, has anyone [i]ever[/i] had an apartment with kind of layout? Doesn't anyone use the wall their TV is on? And this isn't a new phenomena. Anyone ever seen a Shakespearian comedy? Twin bother and sister who look exactly alike? Fraternal twins simply don't work like that. Neither do identical twins. While I'm at it, the Neo Classicism style popular during the Renaissance wasn't exactly realistic either. While I'm on the subject of film, TV, and theater, I'd like to point out that actors are trained to act un-realistically. Every acting class I've taken has said an actor is supposed to find out what the character wants and base their performance on that. It's well established in psychology that people do not act in a manner consistent with what they want. But that's what actor's are trained to do. I wouldn't be surprised some actors/acting coaches actually thought humans behaved that way. [/QUOTE]

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