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As some of you may know, I've recently started watching Supernatural, and an episode brought up a pet peeve of mine.
And that is:
Most storm and sanitary sewers are not large enough to walk through. Yes, there are some old large cities that have huge underground tunnels, and some storm sewer pipes are an impressive 42" - 60" in diameter, but not most of them. And if I recall correctly (and I might not) the episode in question took place in a mid-sized midwestern city. Kinda like where I live.
And I hate to break it to you, Sam and Dean, but 90% of our storm sewer pipes are less than 24" in diameter and most sanitary sewer pipes are 8" in diameter. Not exactly something you could walk around in.
Yes, it makes a great storyline, things hiding in the sewers and bad guys using them to navigate, but it is completely unrealistic. And dangerous. Not too long ago an engineer was killed when he went into an unfinished section of underground pipe was was overcome by sewer gases.
I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for a lot of things, but this one has always really bothered me.
Anyone else have Hollywood Faux Pas Pet Peeves?
And that is:
Most storm and sanitary sewers are not large enough to walk through. Yes, there are some old large cities that have huge underground tunnels, and some storm sewer pipes are an impressive 42" - 60" in diameter, but not most of them. And if I recall correctly (and I might not) the episode in question took place in a mid-sized midwestern city. Kinda like where I live.
And I hate to break it to you, Sam and Dean, but 90% of our storm sewer pipes are less than 24" in diameter and most sanitary sewer pipes are 8" in diameter. Not exactly something you could walk around in.
Yes, it makes a great storyline, things hiding in the sewers and bad guys using them to navigate, but it is completely unrealistic. And dangerous. Not too long ago an engineer was killed when he went into an unfinished section of underground pipe was was overcome by sewer gases.
I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for a lot of things, but this one has always really bothered me.
Anyone else have Hollywood Faux Pas Pet Peeves?
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And when the bad guys ask for millions in unmarked bills and it fits into a briefcase?! Ha! I did see a show recently where the guy knew he couldn't get away with all the money - even mentioned how heavy that much cash would be - and planned to only take part of it (he didn't get away with it, of course, because the good guys have to win!).
I once saved up about $300 in mixed coins... nearly threw my back out getting that into the bank. Money is HEAVY! (Oooh, yeah, isn't that how they determined which armored truck was the real one in The Italian Job? Not that that movie didn't have its issues...)
I think there's a reason that, in real life, armored cars aren't actually stolen/held up that often!