Don't Movie Producers Know Better?

[FredTransit]

well continuity errors any sighted person can detect is just sloppy. Putting the wrong car/plane/train in shot and expecting nobody at all to notice is arrogant. I was talking to an actor mate of mine and (though he has no idea about cars himself) blames the quality of the production. Forget budgets. If something has detectable story, poor acting and is badly filmed the veiwer's eye will wander and notice other mistakes like the wrong car. He thought very few people cared or noticed. I had to admit that everybody I knew would notice the wrong vehicle!

[Bobthebeard]

well continuity errors any sighted person can detect is just sloppy. Putting the wrong car/plane/train in shot and expecting nobody at all to notice is arrogant. I was talking to an actor mate of mine and (though he has no idea about cars himself) blames the quality of the production. Forget budgets. If something has detectable story, poor acting and is badly filmed the veiwer's eye will wander and notice other mistakes like the wrong car. He thought very few people cared or noticed. I had to admit that everybody I knew would notice the wrong vehicle!

 

Very true! Plus, even if it is otherwise a decent production, the viewer then concentrates on spotting other continuity errors and loses the thread/plot of the programme.

Irritating.

[Negative Creep]

Going off topic, but it happens everywhere. For example I noticed this game cover recently, which has more anachronisms than I can count

 

 

 

But again, 99% won't know

[quicksilver]

Didn't see it myself but apparently there was a right howler in 'Foyle's War' last night - a Routemaster bus in wartime London (which my friend reckons was actually Dublin doubling as London). Not only was the Routemaster introduced in 1959 but this one was in 1990s refurbished condition with modern lights etc. It's not like restored pre-war London buses are any harder to find than Routemasters :

[quicksilver]

Didn't see it myself but apparently there was a right howler in 'Foyle's War' last night - a Routemaster bus in wartime London (which my friend reckons was actually Dublin doubling as London). Not only was the Routemaster introduced in 1959 but this one was in 1990s refurbished condition with modern lights etc. It's not like restored pre-war London buses are any harder to find than Routemasters :

[hennabm]

^^ yes I saw that and remarked on it - an RM in 1946 - laughable

[hennabm]

^^ yes I saw that and remarked on it - an RM in 1946 - laughable

[Junkman]

..Not only was the Routemaster introduced in 1959...

 

First prototype in 1954, first ones in service with London Transport in 1956.

 

It's not like restored pre-war London buses are any harder to find than Routemasters :

 

It may be difficult to find one in Dublin.

[Junkman]

..Not only was the Routemaster introduced in 1959...

 

First prototype in 1954, first ones in service with London Transport in 1956.

 

It's not like restored pre-war London buses are any harder to find than Routemasters :

 

It may be difficult to find one in Dublin.

[RichardMoss]

..Not only was the Routemaster introduced in 1959...

First prototype in 1954, first ones in service with London Transport in 1956.

 

It's not like restored pre-war London buses are any harder to find than Routemasters :

It may be difficult to find one in Dublin.

 

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

[RichardMoss]

..Not only was the Routemaster introduced in 1959...

First prototype in 1954, first ones in service with London Transport in 1956.

 

It's not like restored pre-war London buses are any harder to find than Routemasters :

It may be difficult to find one in Dublin.

 

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

[tonedepear]

[tonedepear]

[FredTransit]

I think Foyles War is filmed at Chatham docks and other UK locations, I will ask me mate who supplies the cabs.

[FredTransit]

I think Foyles War is filmed at Chatham docks and other UK locations, I will ask me mate who supplies the cabs.

[Junkman]

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

 

This has not gone unnoticed, I wonder what for, though...

 

The ferries have a height restriction of 4m, so a Routemaster can not be carried. You would need to send it over with a freighter and that could prove prohibitively expensive even for a filming company.

[Junkman]

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

 

This has not gone unnoticed, I wonder what for, though...

 

The ferries have a height restriction of 4m, so a Routemaster can not be carried. You would need to send it over with a freighter and that could prove prohibitively expensive even for a filming company.

[Junkman]

 

Remember the 20-speed E-Type in Brannigan?

[Junkman]

 

Remember the 20-speed E-Type in Brannigan?

[RichardMoss]

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

 

This has not gone unnoticed, I wonder what for, though...

 

The ferries have a height restriction of 4m, so a Routemaster can not be carried. You would need to send it over with a freighter and that could prove prohibitively expensive even for a filming company.

Ah, but you wouldn't be sending a routemaster - you'd be sending something older which would be a simgle decker, in all probability

[RichardMoss]

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

 

This has not gone unnoticed, I wonder what for, though...

 

The ferries have a height restriction of 4m, so a Routemaster can not be carried. You would need to send it over with a freighter and that could prove prohibitively expensive even for a filming company.

Ah, but you wouldn't be sending a routemaster - you'd be sending something older which would be a simgle decker, in all probability

[Junkman]

True, too. 'Older' (i.e. pre-war) single deckers (and even some ex-Dublin doubledeckers) are around in Eire, in fact, I know a collector of those.

However, most of their bodies were made by Irish coachbuilders. I wonder how many anoraks would notice if they used an Irish bodied pre-war single decker in a scene taking place in Dublin standing in for pre-war London?

[Junkman]

True, too. 'Older' (i.e. pre-war) single deckers (and even some ex-Dublin doubledeckers) are around in Eire, in fact, I know a collector of those.

However, most of their bodies were made by Irish coachbuilders. I wonder how many anoraks would notice if they used an Irish bodied pre-war single decker in a scene taking place in Dublin standing in for pre-war London?

[RichardMoss]

The fuunniest part of all is the idea of modern day Dublin being a match for WW2 London. Classic

[RichardMoss]

The fuunniest part of all is the idea of modern day Dublin being a match for WW2 London. Classic

[Inspector Morose]

Junkman wrote:

RichardMoss wrote:

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

 

 

This has not gone unnoticed, I wonder what for, though...

 

The ferries have a height restriction of 4m, so a Routemaster can not be carried. You would need to send it over with a freighter and that could prove prohibitively expensive even for a filming company.

 

Ah, but you wouldn't be sending a routemaster - you'd be sending something older which would be a single decker, in all probability

 

Erm, there's no 4m height limit on the cat to Dun Laoghaire. Took a Metrobus (4.42m) on there a few times now on various contracts with no ill effects.

 

On the subject of pre war London buses. A pre war Dublin bus could give more of a passable resemblance to a pre war London bus (ST or the ilk) to film makers, even though it's the wrong body make (hey, CIE bodies were almost copies of the pre war Leyland body anyway). Exposed radiator and thinner window pillars would look a little more correct than plastic front and 50s styling.

There is at least one pre war RT in Ireland anyway. What probably happened was that props were asked for an old London bus and the first one that turned up at the right price got the job.

[Inspector Morose]

Junkman wrote:

RichardMoss wrote:

There's a ferry between the UK and Ireland these days, though

 

 

This has not gone unnoticed, I wonder what for, though...

 

The ferries have a height restriction of 4m, so a Routemaster can not be carried. You would need to send it over with a freighter and that could prove prohibitively expensive even for a filming company.

 

Ah, but you wouldn't be sending a routemaster - you'd be sending something older which would be a single decker, in all probability

 

Erm, there's no 4m height limit on the cat to Dun Laoghaire. Took a Metrobus (4.42m) on there a few times now on various contracts with no ill effects.

 

On the subject of pre war London buses. A pre war Dublin bus could give more of a passable resemblance to a pre war London bus (ST or the ilk) to film makers, even though it's the wrong body make (hey, CIE bodies were almost copies of the pre war Leyland body anyway). Exposed radiator and thinner window pillars would look a little more correct than plastic front and 50s styling.

There is at least one pre war RT in Ireland anyway. What probably happened was that props were asked for an old London bus and the first one that turned up at the right price got the job.

[Junkman]

The fuunniest part of all is the idea of modern day Dublin being a match for WW2 London. Classic

 

They do this sort of thing all the time. Prague or Warsaw are often standing in for pre-war Berlin.

[Junkman]

The fuunniest part of all is the idea of modern day Dublin being a match for WW2 London. Classic

 

They do this sort of thing all the time. Prague or Warsaw are often standing in for pre-war Berlin.

[Mash]

I'd imagine filming anything in London these days let alone a period drama is extremely expensive and a complete PITA.

 

I let these historical inaccuracies bother me too much, more than it should but then I'm a right geek! Some of the other things that get me are the women's hairstyles in war films such as Battle of Britain and Where Eagles Dare - there's no attempt to change the 60s styles for anything resembling the 1940s, take a look at Susannah York in BoB to see what I mean.

 

Have we mentioned the complete bollocks that is George Gently by the way???!!!

 

For stuff made now, the US do it much, much better. Mad Men was a pleasure to watch for period detailing and even something like Captain America - the street scenes in that were fabulous for detail.