What's your most ANNOYING film/tv anachronisms/hist. inaccuracy? My vote-The Artist
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somnambulus
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Bullets flying through water is a big one for me. Bullets don't magically turn into torpedoes when they hit water -_-
Bullets flying through water is a big one for me. Bullets don't magically turn into torpedoes when they hit water -_-
wuher da brewer
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Everything in The Legend of Zorro, set in 1850 California.
Everything in The Legend of Zorro, set in 1850 California.
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The tape thing from Way We Were was a good one. That kind of really baffling daftness throws me right out of the movie and I spend the next five or six minutes wondering whether I've unknowingly crossed into a parallel universe, or whether the filmmakers are idiots, or whether they're actually right somehow and I'm the ignoramus. :lol
The tape thing from Way We Were was a good one. That kind of really baffling daftness throws me right out of the movie and I spend the next five or six minutes wondering whether I've unknowingly crossed into a parallel universe, or whether the filmmakers are idiots, or whether they're actually right somehow and I'm the ignoramus. :lol
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Well, now that you mention it... :lol
Well, now that you mention it... :lol
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Well come on then, Mr. Smart Guy!...:lol
WAS there some kind of common commercial magnetic tape recording device on the market in the 30s? I mean fax and TV both date back a lot further than people commonly think...I demand that you educate me on these matters.
Well come on then, Mr. Smart Guy!...:lol
WAS there some kind of common commercial magnetic tape recording device on the market in the 30s? I mean fax and TV both date back a lot further than people commonly think...I demand that you educate me on these matters.
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Yes there was. Everyone used it! :lol
Well come on then, Mr. Smart Guy!...:lol
WAS there some kind of common commercial magnetic tape recording device on the market in the 30s? I mean fax and TV both date back a lot further than people commonly think...I demand that you educate me on these matters.
Yes there was. Everyone used it! :lol
wuher da brewer
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Nobody commented on my Zorro post yet.
I've always loved Zorro. I understand he's a fictional character, and perhaps the precursor to Bob Kane's Batman, but he's still part of a real, historical setting. My mother used to have a stack of Zorro comics in Spanish from the Fifties that I would flip through when I was a kid. Growing up, I regularly watched the old black and white Zorro television show. I don't remember it well enough to recall how historically inaccurate it was with California in the 1850s, but everything about the setting and situations of Legend of Zorro is anachronistic for 1850's California. It pulls me right out of the movie.
Nobody commented on my Zorro post yet.
I've always loved Zorro. I understand he's a fictional character, and perhaps the precursor to Bob Kane's Batman, but he's still part of a real, historical setting. My mother used to have a stack of Zorro comics in Spanish from the Fifties that I would flip through when I was a kid. Growing up, I regularly watched the old black and white Zorro television show. I don't remember it well enough to recall how historically inaccurate it was with California in the 1850s, but everything about the setting and situations of Legend of Zorro is anachronistic for 1850's California. It pulls me right out of the movie.
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See, I *do* have these weird-ass gaps in my general knowledge. Dang! :lol
See, I *do* have these weird-ass gaps in my general knowledge. Dang! :lol
Re: What's your most ANNOYING film/tv anachronisms/hist. inaccuracy? My vote-The Art
No. The consumer could record on acetate 78rpm records, and movies and newsreels would record on those and/or nitrate film using optical soundtracks. Magnetic tape wasn't in use by the pros until the 50s, and not by consumers until the 60s.
(checking wiki) It was invented in Germany in 1928 but no one else knew about it until the end of WWII.
Well come on then, Mr. Smart Guy!...:lol
WAS there some kind of common commercial magnetic tape recording device on the market in the 30s? I mean fax and TV both date back a lot further than people commonly think...I demand that you educate me on these matters.
No. The consumer could record on acetate 78rpm records, and movies and newsreels would record on those and/or nitrate film using optical soundtracks. Magnetic tape wasn't in use by the pros until the 50s, and not by consumers until the 60s.
(checking wiki) It was invented in Germany in 1928 but no one else knew about it until the end of WWII.
Re: What's your most ANNOYING film/tv anachronisms/hist. inaccuracy? My vote-The Art
Yep. As a matter of fact the Allies were astonished to find out that speeches Hitler was giving from his bunker were actually recorded because the quality of audio was much better than their current technology was capable of. The Germans were using tape.
Yep. As a matter of fact the Allies were astonished to find out that speeches Hitler was giving from his bunker were actually recorded because the quality of audio was much better than their current technology was capable of. The Germans were using tape.
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Jay, yep, I know. Michael and I were just kidding around.
Radar was also invented in Germany, in (IIRC) the 1900s - something usually credited to the UK in the Thirties, at least in the Anglosphere. During the war the Axis was even using wire-guided missiles and bombs with TV cameras in the nose; little different in concept from the ones we think are so advanced nowadays.
Jay, yep, I know. Michael and I were just kidding around.
Radar was also invented in Germany, in (IIRC) the 1900s - something usually credited to the UK in the Thirties, at least in the Anglosphere. During the war the Axis was even using wire-guided missiles and bombs with TV cameras in the nose; little different in concept from the ones we think are so advanced nowadays.
bullitt3980
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If I watch an historical film, and I'm interested in the subject, I'll check the local library and start reading about the real history. And really a movie shouldn't be all your knowledge on a subject--how could Caesar's amazing life be shown in a two hour movie or a 16 part series? After watching Rome I started reading everything I could about Caesar and his times.
I guess one thing that annoys me is showing the military in the 80's and 90's still using Jeeps (Civilian CJ5's at that) . The Mutt took over the role during the 60's
If I watch an historical film, and I'm interested in the subject, I'll check the local library and start reading about the real history. And really a movie shouldn't be all your knowledge on a subject--how could Caesar's amazing life be shown in a two hour movie or a 16 part series? After watching Rome I started reading everything I could about Caesar and his times.
I guess one thing that annoys me is showing the military in the 80's and 90's still using Jeeps (Civilian CJ5's at that) . The Mutt took over the role during the 60's
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