It is all about willing suspension of disbelief, and which untruths are necessary for the setting and premise of the story, and which aren't. One example that came to mind when I saw this thread is the Disney movie Dinosaur-- okay, I'll accept for the premise of the movie talking, intelligent dinosaurs-- but it annoyed the hell out of me for there to be freaking lemurs in the move, because lemurs and dinosaurs (talking or otherwise) are separated by millions of years, and there was NO reason to toss that anachronism into the mix.
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