suspension of disbelief 

the point at which you must give up all skeptisism, and just accept what goes against all that you think you know.

when odd job, in GOLDFINGER sends a lincoln Continental into the compacter, then places the 5000 or so pound block into the back of a 1964 ranchero, and drives off...well it must had a suspension of disbelief!

suspension of disbelief by sandspit October 18, 2007

suspension of disbelief 

A term used that is usually used in the context of entertainment, which can include reading, video games, television, and films. It refers to the reader/watcher's ability or desire (or both) to ignore, distort or underplay realism in order to feel more involved with the game, film, or book. This is a very common practice in many action movies, some books, but probably the most in video games. It is usually permitted and ignored because most people don't care about realism in their entertainment. It's also much more difficult to program a realistic game with highly realistic damage scales, movement, targeting, and more. Some games which are meant to be silly (grand theft auto) don't require much of this, because the entire atmosphere revolves around the less-than-serious style. However, some others attempt to be serious but fail to relay such. This still does not ruin the feel for most, though.

Some people have poor suspension of disbelief, or just don't prefer to use it. These people usually don't care for casual 'shoot em up' games unless there is a huge element of humor and stupidity that is integral to the game itself. They are sometimes perceived as tight asses, but in reality, they just prefer to keep their unrealistic games silly and stupid.

Sometimes, fan boys will take their suspension of disbelief too far and proclaim blatantly unrealistic things to be realistic in an effort to validate the game against 'invaders' who simply assert the truth.

Examples:

Live Free Die Hard - Stunts are too extreme for average cop, certainly a good movie, but the theme could have been portrayed in a much better way if done more realistically.

Resident Evil 4: Ability to dodge lasers, but not clumsy villagers. Headshots do not decapitate or kill, but neck breaks kill. Metal masks deflect bullets. Story of 'alien virus' does not nearly reconcile with these shortfalls and main character is unable to walk and shoot at the same time despite having supposed secret agent type reflexes.

Halo: Using assault rifles, pistols, and Jeeps in ad 2550 despite extreme advances in space travel. Highways, buildings, and tech that look identical to C. 2025

Starcraft: Organic creatures that can somehow tear through inches of armor and resist hypervelocity bullets and bombs. Missiles that can tear apart advanced alien buildings.

Starcraft is fun as an RTS, but it is simply difficult for some to get involved in the story because of these shortfalls in realism.

Halo and Resident Evil 4 are fun shoot em up games with the former having a more realistic damage scale, but both try to be too serious for the lack of realism. However, with suspension of disbelief, most people are okay with all of this.

suspension of disbelief by Shadow Creator October 27, 2007

Suspension of disbelief 

The last season of Game of Thrones

In the last season of Game of Thrones, the creators demanded the audience to put their brain aside, and just accept what is presented to them. What happened set an example that will forever be remembered as a failure of "suspension of disbelief".

Suspension of disbelief by ildron June 2, 2019

Cultural Suspension of Disbelief

Agreeing to anything someone from another country tells you, no matter how far fetched it may seem, lest you be revealed as ignorant and insensitive.

"Marie Kondo says we should thank all our crap before we throw it away. It kind of sounds like she just made that shit up, but let's just practice a little Cultural Suspension of Disbelief. That must be how they do things in Japan."

Cultural Suspension of Disbelief by Peter Auteur January 10, 2019

sexpension of disbelief 

An IMPLICIT call on long-past sexual-favours for current or future moral-support which may run counter to the inclinations of all but a minority in the group.

-- Okay, so, like you know how, formerly, people might have many kids to insure for some old-age security?

-- Yeah.

-- Whereas now we have pensions...

-- Okay....

-- So it isn't procreation anymore which provides benefits, but sex itself.

-- Ah-ha, so a broad network of past lovers with hope translates into a large network of friends.

-- Exactly. Benefits lead to friends, and friends can be called-on for help and moral-support even when it's challenging for them at-times.

-- Ah-ha, a sexpension of disbelief!!

sexpension of disbelief by sukadog April 14, 2011