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The film/tv industry really really sucks at showing smart people.
Oppenheimer sucked. Barbie was only good in comparison to how much shittier stuff there is nowadays.
I haven't seen a movie in years where exposition scenes haven't felt like they were directed by a condescending 5th grader.
That will happen when you have writers who aren't as smart as the characters they're trying to write for and studios scared of putting out anything that audiences may not understand.
Throwback to this great rant:
TOPPETS OF TOP KEK
Sure and perhaps I'm wrong but just because you aren't one doesn't mean you don't know any. Heck they often get consultants for medical shows for some bits of realism. How hard would it be to talk to some actual scientists and engineers (would probably be pretty cheap) when you're already spending millions.
Hollywood uses experts on set all the time. And then ignores the expert's advice (and common sense) because the director wanted a certain "thing" that would never actually happen.
Low hanging fruit, but one example would be the movie "Lucy", based entirely on the debunked myth that humans use only 10% of their brain.
Another example: The beloved Game of Thrones episode "Battle of the Bastards" features several battle scenes that are physically impossible (like using a HUGE pile of bodies as a fortification). The director said he absolutely knew that his depiction was impossible. How many of his expert advisers do you suppose just walked away shaking their heads in puzzlement?
Hot take: movie goers are so used to suspension of disbelief that movies are too afraid to take risks that challenge the audience.
Like Netflix pushing every movie to say the plot.
But also, how many braindead takes from "influencers" or morons who don't understand the film.