[Black Summer S01E04] Tired Foreign Speaker trope

Submitted by razloric t3_1164of2 in television

The Asian girl and the guy sitting with her in the diner clearly do not understand a word each other is saying but are both talking their different languages to each other as if this is not true.

This is how belief suspension is broken........

My recommendation is to just skip this particular storyline and watch the others.

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TheNumberOneRat t1_j95yik7 wrote

Despite its flaws, I really enjoyed Black Summer. The zombie genre has been pretty done over, but the combination of really tough zombies plus highly cynical humans makes a good combination for a different vibe.

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slumpadoochous t1_j95fozf wrote

my biggest gripe about that show was that it was the cleanest, least destructive apocalypse I've ever seen. That, and I know this is nitpicky, but you see zombies take full brunt shotgun blasts at close range get up and their clothes aren't even torn, like, come on. Also, the school episode will piss you off way more.

That said, season 2 is pretty good.

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mickeyflinn t1_j9far3o wrote

> My recommendation is to just skip this particular storyline and watch the others.

My recommendation is too just skip the entire show. The first season was really messy and just meh. The second season was just terrible.

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[deleted] t1_j96i3wb wrote

this ? There's not a word of dialogue in the whole thing ..?

But, anyway, is such a thign as you describe really a trope? Can't say it's something I've seen a lot...

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razloric OP t1_j96mze6 wrote

It's episode 5 not 4. My mistake.

But did you watch the first season of lost ?

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[deleted] t1_j96snqw wrote

Never could get into Lost. But this bit in the diner.. it's alright. They have no-one but themsleves and are desperate. It doesn't matter that the other person can't understand them - they just need to vent.

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razloric OP t1_j96tn86 wrote

Yeah vent about "kids these days". That rant was such out of place phoney dialogue, the fact she couldn't understand it was just a bonus. But hey not knocking anyone who enjoyed the show.

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[deleted] t1_j96vhf7 wrote

Well, sure, but that's a somewhat different argument.

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annehuda t1_j96qgq8 wrote

I think there's an episode like what you describe in 1883.

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