Things that annoy me every time

ON SERIES

You know, I am quite a binge-watcher. Once I find something that I enjoy, I save all the episodes so I can binge-watch them in one day/weekend/week. I find series more enjoyable than movies, but still well, there are certain characteristics of series (as far as series can have characteristics) that annoy me every time.

First of all

At the moment, I am watching The Walking Dead, for example. For those who haven't seen it: the world is pretty messed up because it is being taken over by zombies. Anyone who dies becomes a zombie, and those zombies want to eat the still-living people because that is what keeps them going. Not everyone's cup of tea, I get that, but really, it's more fun and exciting and definitely better than it sounds right now. Anyway, the only way to definitively eliminate the zombies is by shooting them in the head. Or stabbing or kicking, but ‘it’ is in the brains. So in the series, there is always a lot of shooting at them during every confrontation, and that always goes well. Really, the characters in this series have a bizarre talent for shooting. Except when it really matters. Preferably three minutes before the end of the episode. When it is really REALLY necessary that a certain zombie is killed right now – suddenly no one can aim and hit. So annoying.

Secondly

As far as I know, an average (or any) magazine holds 6 bullets, not counting the ridiculous machine guns. Maybe a few more, but it won't make much difference. What I don't understand is that in series where guns are the order of the day, characters can shoot at everything that moves for minutes without ever needing to reload their magazine. Refresh. Fill. I don't know what that's called. The only moments when the magazine is actually empty is when a previously mentioned zombie is right in front of you. Or when, in a world without zombies, the opposing party is about to gain the upper hand. Or when someone who has been shot at for God knows how long suddenly stands right in front of you. Then suddenly that damn magazine is empty.

Thirdly

In series (also in movies by the way) there is a tendency to work with extremely sharply defined time indicators. Things (only very important things by the way) happen only within 12, 24, 36, or 42 hours. Like: “No! Give me time to prove he is innocent!” “Okay, you have 24 hours. Otherwise, a lethal injection will be administered to this man who is your great love.” Something like that. How can you ever anticipate whether that will indeed be enough time? How can you ever perform Extremely Important Things under such insane time pressure? In the series or movie, there are also multiple shots of a ticking clock and by the way, that brings me to the next point.

Fourthly

In series where a bomb is used to blow up the building where an important character is at that moment, there will always be a timer visible indicating how much time is left before the bomb will explode. People, BOMBS DO NOT HAVE A TIMER. But in series, they do. Completely ridiculous. What is even more ridiculous is that the bomb will never actually blow up that character but will be defused two seconds before it explodes. By someone who had 24 hours to do it.