#narrative focus aint just a river in egypt

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i was so excited (well kind of excited) for the hijack series but oh my god it's bad. and i havent even gotten to the good part yet! the first ep alone has so many plot holes (spoiler warning) from the behavior of the crew to the pilot opening the cockpit door just because they're pointing a gun at his fuckbuddy to the fact that he is able to CHANGE HIS MIND about the emergency on board talking to atc like "yeah never mind it's all good now" LIKE YOU HAVE TO LAUGH

#i get that fictional stories involving planes have to take certain liberties #because aviation is so highly controlled #but that is exactly the point #everybody knows that there are procedures and check lists for every little thing #it's completely ridiculous to expect your audience to believe that a pilot 22 years post 9/11 would simply open the cockpit door for the #hijackers (after knocking his first officer out with a fire extinguisher no less) #this guy SEES A MAN WITH A GUN outside his cockpit and rather than squawking 7500 or using that code when talking to atc #he's like um... possible security incident on board #i dont care if some screenwriter somewhere doesnt give two shits about aviation protocols #one single google search along the lines of #what pilot do when hijacker #and this could have gone somewhere #and ANOTHER THING #the real time narrative #😐 #these people made a seven hour long miniseries about a seven hour flight from dubai to london because #well thats the question isnt it? i sure as hell dont know #because they could i guess 😶 anyway point is #narrative focus aint just a river in egypt #the discrepancy between story time and discourse time exists because some things will always be omitted or summarized BECAUSE NOT ALL OF IT #IS INTERESTING #if you want to tell your story in real time you better have a reason for it #who the fuck looked at a seven hour flight (argaubly one of the worst experiences a person can subject themselves to) and thought #oh my god i wish i could watch this on tv #granted there's a bit more going on with the plane getting hijacked and all #but the pacing is already becoming an issue #and again: I AM ONLY ON EPISODE ONE #anyway im determined to finish this show #im still hopeful that it could improve (as i said: i havent even gotten to the good part yet. this is a show about idris elba negotiating) #and even if it doesnt at least ill be able to shit on it properly lmao