Can't they have simpler way to do it ???

Do you ever notice that a secret lair always have a secret entrance ? Well, there's nothing strange there actually since a secret lair with a not-so-secret entrance will have the possibility of a tourist or two accidentally entering the place, which is not really funny. Imagine what a tourist destination the torture room will be.
The only problem is most of the time these secret entrances have complex mechanisms to open. It's ranging from the standard flip-a-book-in-the-bookshelf to those press-switch-X-while-turning-knob-Y-counterclockwise-while-holding-you-breath kind of mechanism.

I can tolerate if only one guy is using it, but I've seen movies or series where many people are actually using it. So if one guy has to do that switch pressing while holding breath stuff, I can only imagine an office of, say, 20 people doing it every morning. And what a lunch break it must be.

I'm saying all this after I watched "Alias 4" yesterday. Sydney must go to a particular subway station, go to the end of it, open a door with a special card, then press about a dozen switches in that room and then the real door will be opened. That's just ridiculous. So picture a typical morning, a bunch of people in suits standing around at the end of a subway station without actually getting into a train. These people then go to a restricted area and switch a dozen buttons to actually get into the office. Some secret lair you have there, man. I'm sure no one will notice.

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