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I once heard a writer say that you can do whatever you want in the first ten minutes of a story, because at that point the audience is still willing to accept premises; but after that time is up you have to sit down and work with whatever you've established. Of course, some stories- some of the best stories- throw that out completely and just have strange things constantly and relentlessly happening. But then, in that case, Strange Things Will Happen becomes basically one of the premises.
Additionally, I think all fiction has a bunch of standard-background Premises You Sort Of Accept (I bet Tvtropes has a list, possibly partly IS a list) from the get-go, like Shoulder Wounds Are Probably Non Threatening, Unfeasibly Clever Conversations Will Happen and, of course, assuming Things Will Somehow Work Out In The End. Or at least END- I'm looking at you, Lord of the Rings.
The interesting part is when we get so used to accepting certain movie conventions that we begin expecting real life to follow them. For instance, expecting your automobile to land safely across after a big leap, or guns to be easy to fire, or CPR to work like it does in the films... or dinosaurs that can talk...
...Actually, they were real.
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