Script-Reading Doors: Difference between revisions

** In a possible case of [[Reality Is Unrealistic]], the TNG-era Star Trek production team once actually tried installing real automatic doors on the set rather than paying extras to pull back prop doors. It didn't work because--yes--thebecause—yes—the doors opening and closing at 'natural' times often spoilt dramatic moments in the script.

* In ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', one of the main characters has just had a heart-to-heart with his girlfriend, and as he walks away the door stay open just long enough for him to have a longing look back before closing -- despiteclosing—despite the fact that he's only just outside the door (and therefore presumably still in the sensor's range). In another episode, the doors to the conference room close just in time to keep the last guy inside, and they don't open when he steps back, then forward again.

** Similarly, the incoming visitors never step through the Stargate until the iris is open-- despiteopen—despite them having absolutely no way to tell how long it takes Hammond to make the decision to open the iris. (And sometimes it's a long time.) This can be handwaved by SG-1 members by saying their radio device has a feature that tells them when the iris is open, but it also happens with non-SG-1 members.