Fictional situations that you'd almost certainly die in.

[Imbalance]

Would the friction heat generated (in the muscles / body or maaaaybe from air resistance) by someone running at more than 700 km/h be enough to kill this person instead of the pyroclastic flow?

I mean, I don't know that it runs at maximum velocity as a constant, but assuming I'm close enough to the danger to warrant a hasty retreat, I'm almost certain I won't make it at any rate.

[Smoutwortel]

Pretty much what the title says. We root for heroes and often yell at people making dumb mistakes. What situation (from a movie, tv, book, etc.) do you think would almost certainly get you killed.

My big example: Nightmare on Elm Street. I am NOT a lucid dreamer, and have NEVER realized i was dreaming until after I woke. Pretty sure Freddy could have a field day with me and I would never realize I was dreaming, so no chance of waking myself up.

The more aggressive versions of high school musicals: I'm the weird kid and nobody likes the weird kid. Yes, I'm fit enough to flee, but when surrounded by muscle houses with knives I would have no chance.
Also being an action protagonist: I would not have the flexibility of body.

[Caledonian]

I hear tell that merely living in Cabot Cove is detrimental to one's health.

You win the thread, I fear.

There's a larger point buried in your devastating quip: who we'd end up being in the fictional scenarios matters greatly. The vast majority of people in the Star Trek universe live pretty nice lives, but the life expectancy for a low-level crewmember isn't all that great, and their deaths tend to be horrible.

Jessica Fletcher has nothing to fear, but she's the protagonist. We wouldn't be protagonists. We'd be guest stars at best, and probably extras.

[Peelee]

You win the thread, I fear.

HUZZAH!

There's a larger point buried in your devastating quip: who we'd end up being in the fictional scenarios matters greatly. The vast majority of people in the Star Trek universe live pretty nice lives, but the life expectancy for a low-level crewmember isn't all that great, and their deaths tend to be horrible.

Jessica Fletcher has nothing to fear, but she's the protagonist. We wouldn't be protagonists. We'd be guest stars at best, and probably extras.

Yep. One of my favorite reviews of Columbo read something very close to "A homicide detective investigates LA's rich and famous, who commit murder at a shockingly high rate".

[Mechalich]

There's a larger point buried in your devastating quip: who we'd end up being in the fictional scenarios matters greatly. The vast majority of people in the Star Trek universe live pretty nice lives, but the life expectancy for a low-level crewmember isn't all that great, and their deaths tend to be horrible.

Well, the life expectancy of low-level crew on the Enterprise at any rate, but it's a statistical anomaly within its own universe. The rest of Starfleet doesn't accumulate anything like its casualty level.

[Azuresun]

I don't think any suits have them, and the propulsion backpack might have seen some testing but isn't really in regular use either. The standard safety method for spacewalks is 'don't do anything even remotely un-cautious.' Honestly, even without missing the grip in that jumping scene, the guy was at risk of ripping his suit. Space is crazy risky and you don't do anything spontaneous. It's also crazy boring, which is why Hollywood spices it up.

At the end of The Martian,

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in the book, everyone not actively involved in the rescue is manning some important part of the spacecraft, and Watney comments that when they make a movie out of what happened to him, the crew would all be waiting anxiously in the airlock.

And in the movie, they're doing just that!