Existence of cellphone and google turns so many plots of even pre-1995 movies void.
Not only sci-fi, all of them - romances, dramas, action movies - it's very common to build drama by showing people doing something wrong because the other person can't tell them they are mistaken, or because they can't remember something and have to go to library or ask friend/old monk/whatever.
It's completely different world we're living, despite no hoverboards.
Maybe those particular plots, but just last night I was watching (more like passively observing) a show on NBC where something bad ended up happening because a character was distracted from answering her cell phone.
Indeed, now days you could still have dramatic tension by showing the character being distracted by some new attention seeking appliance.
Not only sci-fi, all of them - romances, dramas, action movies - it's very common to build drama by showing people doing something wrong because the other person can't tell them they are mistaken, or because they can't remember something and have to go to library or ask friend/old monk/whatever.
It's completely different world we're living, despite no hoverboards.