The Random Blogger

Part of the success of entertainment media such as films and TV is that they allow you to escape reality, to become immersed in another world.

This is especially true today, with special effects that would be unbelievable to both actors and audiences just a decade or two ago.

And yet, I’ve always found it difficult to forget that what I’m watching is just an illusion, and that’s because many programmes and movies make mistakes that jar and snap you back to reality.

There are three mistakes, in particular, that always have this effect on me.

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I’ve commented before that I don’t like my time being wasted, and yet these days, if you have an email account, you’re likely to be suffering from another huge time-waster, a problem that is so large that some of the brightest boffins on the planet apparently can’t solve it.

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