After Smithee burns the master print of the film, the studio panics, and is left wondering that to do, especially in view of the fact that the film cost $200m. You'd Expect: That the studio would try as best they can to reassemble the film from the various other takes and alternate camera angles that are inevitably created as part of the filming process. Instead: Apparently Smithee was ordered only to do one take of every single scene in the film, because actors are jerks and don't like performing more than one take of any given scene. As a result, they end up planning to sell the trailer as the actual film, until they come up with the "documentary" idea.
You come across an example of What An Idiot on a work's YMMV page.
You'd Expect
That "You'd Expect" would describe a course of action the characters had the ability to take, but chose to do what's described under "Instead" instead.
Instead
The "Instead" section explains that the actions suggested under "You'd Expect" were in fact impossible in-universe and leaves the impression that what it says under "Instead" was the best they could manage under the circumstances.
Edited by AndrusiThe same guy as all those other Andrusis. Except that one.
Removed:
- You'd Expect
- That "You'd Expect" would describe a course of action the characters had the ability to take, but chose to do what's described under "Instead" instead.
- Instead
- The "Instead" section explains that the actions suggested under "You'd Expect" were in fact impossible in-universe and leaves the impression that what it says under "Instead" was the best they could manage under the circumstances.
Edited by Andrusi The same guy as all those other Andrusis. Except that one.