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late nite poll: Are there any tv shows/movies that you can't watch because you know too much about the topic? as you know, mine is Bones.

Posted by loosi at home (aka loosilu2) Mar 25 '13, 21:51

my older brother, who is a doctor, can't deal with any medical dramas at all. I respect that.

Responses:

The Walking Dead -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 26, 03:24
Don't "not watch" but do get irritated by archaeological inaccuracies or outdated concepts. -- nm - Meg Mar 25, 23:10 3
- American Salvage -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 23:35
- when did you roll back into town? -- nm - charlie Mar 25, 23:12 1
  - Late afternoon.....Fun weekend but verrry tired. -- nm - Meg Mar 25, 23:13
watching cop dramas with some actual cops...wait you arrest a guy after he drops the gun...but leave the damn gun on the floor...WTF -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 25, 23:07
M.A.S.H. - Stephen Mar 25, 23:00
I'm usually distracted by details whenever heavy metal concerts are portrayed. - con_carne Mar 25, 22:51 1
- -sky, +stage -- nm - con_carne Mar 25, 22:56
I stopped watching medical dramas when I started working in the ER. - Krusty Mar 25, 22:34
I have a low tolerance for outright misinformation, esp. if it can be dangerous; but I can distinguish fiction/entertainment from reality, and accept - b! Mar 25, 22:17 2
- we're not all like Ted -- nm - barnaby bear Mar 25, 22:29 1
  - right, some of you are much worse.-- nm - b! Mar 25, 22:31
I sometimes get annoyed with stock fraud/M&A type plotlines, but I don't boycott anything. - ralph wiggum Mar 25, 22:15 8
- I twig on science-y things obviously. My wife checks buildings in movies for code violations. - Reagen Mar 25, 22:34 3
  - But the kryptonite science was spot on! -- nm - Roger More Mar 25, 22:51 1
    - you can see they did their research. -- nm - Reagen Mar 25, 23:02
  - "You must never ever watch Die Hard, Mrs. Reagen" -- nm - Werner Herzog Mar 25, 22:36
- yeah well wait until you see my legal thriller "Blue Sky Falling" shit is REAL, yo! -- nm - charlie Mar 25, 22:21 3
  - Boiler Room is the one that got me. "The company has just IPO'd on the NYSE but it's all just a sham! There are no assets!" nm - ralph wiggum Mar 25, 22:26 2
    - were you yelling at the screen like the urban theater crowd? - charlie Mar 25, 22:28 1
      - "You aren't going to find the stock price of a delisted company in the newspaper, fool!" nm - ralph wiggum Mar 25, 22:32
No, I loved "30 Rock" even though I worked on SNL (nm) - howie Mar 25, 22:01 2
- 30 Rock was more parody. Studio 60 tried harder to pass itself off as the real thing. How'd they do? -- nm - Mop Mar 25, 23:02 1
  - fairly accurate with a dash of creative license. "SportsNight" on the other hand was wildly inaccurate. but I still love it. NM - howie Mar 25, 23:10
Kind of related. I heard the Grey's Anatomy writers dropped by our ER recently. One of our trauma surgeons is one of the consultants (and rumors - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 25, 21:59
Comic Book Men. it's a travesty to all collectors -- nm - peglegpete Mar 25, 21:57
You mean won't, right? I can't think of any shows that deal with Accounting so I am safe -- nm - amoxy Mar 25, 21:53 1
- This. The occasional plot line in a show but there's never a movie or tv show that's centrally about tax. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Mar 26, 04:46

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late nite poll: Are there any tv shows/movies that you can't watch because you know too much about the topic? as you know, mine is Bones.

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