Continuity and C**k Ups on TV

[Badger_Boom]

One of my favourites is the Land Rover that appears for a split second in the final moments of Ice Cold in Alex:

 

[Badger_Boom]

It is about continuity and not about historical accuracy of uniforms I think 😂

As an example of good uniform research, look no further than Allo Allo. Lt Gruber's uniform and back story was apprently carefully chosen so that the slightly effete officer could be depicted sporting rose pink piping on his cap and epaulettes.

 

[MontyVeda]

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Another thing to consider is the Earth moving through space. When Einstein jumps forward one minute, Doc Brown should have taken into consideration where the planet & thus mall car park will be in space one minute into the future. If he didn't, the planet will have moved but the car would re-materialise in a different location!. He would need to take into account the speed of the planet through space and also angular momentum of rotation.
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no he shouldn't and no he wouldn't... the flux capacitor does all that for him, that's what makes time travel possible.

 

[yello]

'the script writer said so' explains all.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

For anybody watching Squid Game - no, standing behind somebody shot by a rifle is not a safe place to be.

 

[cougie uk]

Watch the launch of TB1 closely. As it goes down the ramp, it reads 'Thunderbird 1' down the fuselage face on to camera. However, the next shot is from the side, and it still reads the same face-on to camera down the fuselage and neatly slots through the rocket-shaped slot. Since when did it rotate 90 degrees?. You never see that.

BTW, anyone ever spot the orange/lemon grater on the hangar set?:
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Gotta love model set makers. They do put this into the CGI Thunderbirds Are Go.

Blimey. They must have huuuuge lemons on Tracy Island!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

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This image is from Larkrise to Candleford, the BBC TV adaptation of the Flora Thompson novels, published in the 1930s but set in the 1890s. This still shot exemplifies an absolute howler that is repeated again and again in period dramas, especially Jane Austen adaptations. The error in question is the ripe wheat in the field standing at all of 35cm tall. It was well into the second half of the 20th century before such short-strawed varieties were bred. In the 1890s, English ripe wheat would have stood typically at 90–120cm tall: where else did all that lovely roofing thatch come from? Perhaps we can forgive the 3m wide vehicle tracks just visible in the crop pattern, typical of a 21st century crop sprayer. However, come on BBC producers, have you never heard of CGI — a wonderful modern invention that can put all of these things right. As it stands, this is a 21st century lass on her way to a fancy-dress rave. Now everyone else can have a go at the bicycle!

Another well known one in that theme is the scene in Gladiator where his spirit is returning to his family home.
Those are tracks on the road made by motorised cars. Even if that road to the house was well travelled by horse drawn cart (unlikely), the hooves would have left no central grass. There's loads in Gladiator actually.

Doesn't matter in the final reckoning, it was a super film. It's fun to find these little slips though.

 

[DRM]

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Ice cold in Alex, near the end of the film, they drive past a Series 1 Land Rover, looks like an early to mid fifties model, not even the earlier model introduced in 1948

One of my favourites is the Land Rover that appears for a split second in the final moments of Ice Cold in Alex:

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Ahem, see the above

 

[DRM]

This is a possible one, couldn’t quite see in detail, but Sky TV series Cobra, Cyberwar.
The army have been called in to help out at an incident on the Kent coast and it looks very much like they’re sporting Air Training Corps cap badges on their beret’s

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Nothing new. Take The Fighting Temeraire by Turner

Depicts an old RN warship being towed for breaking up. Except, the sun is entirely in the wrong place for that river. Also, the funnel on the tug is in an improbable position from an engineering point of view. This was noticed by the printer when he went to make copies and he corrected it by putting the funnel in the right place. Turner went nuts and told him to put it back and destroy the prints already made.

 

[classic33]

Watch the launch of TB1 closely. As it goes down the ramp, it reads 'Thunderbird 1' down the fuselage face on to camera. However, the next shot is from the side, and it still reads the same face-on to camera down the fuselage and neatly slots through the rocket-shaped slot. Since when did it rotate 90 degrees?. You never see that.

BTW, anyone ever spot the orange/lemon grater on the hangar set?:
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Gotta love model set makers. They do put this into the CGI Thunderbirds Are Go.

The two silo's either side of the lemon squeezer are upside down "Super Snooper" periscopes.

 

[DRM]

Another well known one in that theme is the scene in Gladiator where his spirit is returning to his family home.
Those are tracks on the road made by motorised cars. Even if that road to the house was well travelled by horse drawn cart (unlikely), the hooves would have left no central grass. There's loads in Gladiator actually.
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Doesn't matter in the final reckoning, it was a super film. It's fun to find these little slips though.

Not film related but tied to the above, in Pompeii you can see the grooves in the stone road way worn by the laden ox carts used to transport goods round the city.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

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This image is from Larkrise to Candleford, the BBC TV adaptation of the Flora Thompson novels, published in the 1930s but set in the 1890s. This still shot exemplifies an absolute howler that is repeated again and again in period dramas, especially Jane Austen adaptations. The error in question is the ripe wheat in the field standing at all of 35cm tall. It was well into the second half of the 20th century before such short-strawed varieties were bred. In the 1890s, English ripe wheat would have stood typically at 90–120cm tall: where else did all that lovely roofing thatch come from? Perhaps we can forgive the 3m wide vehicle tracks just visible in the crop pattern, typical of a 21st century crop sprayer. However, come on BBC producers, have you never heard of CGI — a wonderful modern invention that can put all of these things right. As it stands, this is a 21st century lass on her way to a fancy-dress rave. Now everyone else can have a go at the bicycle!

View: https://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/955649433210732544

 

[Badger_Boom]

Not film related but tied to the above, in Pompeii you can see the grooves in the stone road way worn by the laden ox carts used to transport goods round the city.

When I worked there in the late 90s, a Japanese team was using an early laser scanner to 3d record the grooves to see if it was possible to work out the direction of travel and if there was a one-way system in operation.

 

[Badger_Boom]

Ahem, see the above

There are plenty of improbable TV/film plots that rely on someone not reading a complete message.