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Timmer Standard Userer	Just watched The Devils Brigade starring William Holden, what bugged me is the German tanks which were 'as usual' American Patton tanks tarted up with some German insignia (for an even worse example check out Battle Of The Bulge...not a genuine German tank in sight!), Even Saving Private Ryan didn't get it right...just check out that 'Tiger Tank' near the end, where'd they get that chassis?...close, but no cigar! I guess I'm a total anorak So, what continual film mistakes bug YOU?
posted 06-10-2001 05:30 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Timmer, you are not alone on this. As a prior military man and much history, a former teacher, I notice things like this all the time in war films of all kinds. For example in Objective Burma, weapons sounding like BAR's when they are something else and so on. Wrong planes, tanks and so forth, just as you noticed. John.
posted 06-10-2001 08:34 PM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	John and Timmer, you both know a lot more about equipment authenticity in war movies than I do, so I’m never really sure if I’m seeing accurate portrayals. One area I do know about that has rarely been correctly portrayed in movies is the high school. Maybe for its time Up The Down Staircase was accurate. Films like The Principal, Samuel Jackson’s 187, and Pfeiffer’s Dangerous Minds infuriate me with their portrayal of teachers and students. Teachers rarely stick around for that type of abuse, and they have 5 or 6 classes a day, not just one that rips on them all day. (P.S. Hey, Timmer, my daughter lives in Seattle and said she had gone on a date with a guy from Britain and had another date with him this week. I asked her where he lived in Britain. She said Wales. Oh, sigh, I do need to send her to geography school. Maybe he knows Gae. I do hope I get to meet him and that he has a “POSH” accent. Of course, if he hates film music, he is outta here. )
posted 06-10-2001 11:01 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	It's easy to talk 'posh' Mom, just stick a plum in your mouth and immitate Jeremy Irons or Anthony Andrews in Brideshead Revisited Though I don't speak 'posh', I can do a reasonable Michael Caine?! Gae's not in Seattle is he? ...and to keep on subject...anyone notice how often you saw the undercarriage of a B-52 'Bomber'landing in countless 1970's TV shows when it's supposed to be a commercial aircraft?!
posted 06-11-2001 04:52 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Hey Timmer, how about all the mistakes and toys in Giant Claw. In one scene the bird is trying to grab a model of a toy B-25 and earlier in the movie a F-86 Starfighter flies by him, he grabs it and viola, its a F-102 Dart now. Instantaneous change. John.
posted 06-11-2001 05:06 AM PT (US)

Gae Standard Userer	Originally posted by Joan Hue:- I asked her where he lived in Britain. She said Wales. Oh, sigh, I do need to send her to geography school. Maybe he knows Gae. I'm a bit confused by this cos Wales is in Britain Joan...or am I just misreading you? Timmer, unfortunately I cant admit to being the other man as my love life has been a petrified forest for a LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG time Gae [Message edited by Gae on 06-11-2001]
posted 06-11-2001 01:49 PM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	Sorry, Gae, I wasn't clear. I guess you would have to hear her within the context of our conversation. She responded Wales like it was a city like London instead of saying something like Cardiff in Wales. Sorry for being off topic here, John and Timmer, but Gae I do know that Wales is I think considered a principality of the United Kingdom and is on the western peninusla of Britian, but I've always thought of Wales as a separate country from England like Scotland or Ireland. Is that incorrect? Canada borders the U.S, but it isn't "in" the U.S. Isn't that the same thing as Wales?
posted 06-11-2001 03:38 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	John, LOL , I haven't seen Giant Claw for maybe 20 years or more...I can only hope that BBC2 or Channel 4 show it on one of there goofy monster film weekends that they do from time to time Mom, I've always considered Wales as a seperate country! 10 years ago I was travelling around California, we made a late night pitstop to get some food and coffee where we were asked by this Trucker 'where' were we from? "England" I replied, "oh, like New England on the east coast" he said, "No, like England across the Atlantic, Europe etc" I said hopefully? "oh, right" he says "England in LONDON!"...."yep, you got it" I said
posted 06-11-2001 06:01 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	....And trying to keep on subject... How many times does TALOS change in scale in Jason And The Argonauts?!
posted 06-11-2001 06:05 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	As a former history and geography teacher, here's a good one: I asked a class many years ago where is Australia located on Earth? One student said: "Its located in the Southwestern one-quarter quadrant of the Earth." I looked at him and said "Oh, Really?" 95 percent of Americans are ignorant of most geography. At least some of my students back then left my classes with some knowledge. How about that one, Timmer and Joan? Timmer, How about the Cape Canaveral Monsters? Did you ever see that winner? It has no monsters in it. John.
posted 06-12-2001 03:36 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Oh yes, one final comment, Timmer. While my wife and I were at the source of the Danube River in Germany, a bus load of English tourists came up and as they were unloading one of them was saying how much she hated the German food and how she wished she was back home having a cup of tea. I got a chuckle out of that. John.
posted 06-12-2001 03:42 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	LOL John, at least you were'nt on the Costas in Southern Spain with Beer bellied Lager men eating fish and chips while singing bawdy Rugby songs Cape Canaveral Monsters sounds like a film that I really must see
posted 06-12-2001 05:18 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Standard Userer	That reminds me, in a survey published by one of the leading British tour operators, one of the main complaints from holiday makers about holidays abroad was "too many foreigners". I thought that was really good. And I haven't seen The Giant Claw since I was about ten. It was one of my favourite films then. Hard to imagine it passing muster with a five-year-old nowadays.
posted 06-13-2001 01:26 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	When my high school class went to Tenerife (Playa de las Americas, to be specific) after the final exam, it was really strange that most people there - even those who LIVE there - are Germans. Back on-topic, I love checking out the IMDb's "Goofs" section. Particularly funny are for me those instances when someone in a film has a seemingly very clever idea to solve a difficult situation, though in reality it wouldn't work at all. (Like opening the door with the self-made magnet in Hollow Man) quote: Originally posted by John C Winfrey: 95 percent of Americans are ignorant of most geography. Actually, we learn about that (Americans & geography) in school. Good to hear you did your best to improve this situation, though I'm quite a fool myself when it comes to geography. Must go feed my kangaroo now. NP: Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
posted 06-15-2001 10:48 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Speaking of Australia again, there are two young college kids at KU who live over on Louisiana St., who have two large Australian Dragons. Very interesting creatures. The only problem is they have them in too small an area. They need more space. Both are around 15 to 20 inches long and look very prehistoric. Interesting creatures. I can see them in the window when I walk by on my route. John.
posted 06-15-2001 05:58 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by John C Winfrey: Both are around 15 to 20 inches long and look very prehistoric. Wouldn't they make excellent pets for YOU, Timmer? NP: Anton Bruckner: Symphony #9 (Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache)
posted 06-16-2001 06:15 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	INDEED! LOL ....where do I get em?!
posted 06-16-2001 06:47 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	Try Isla Nublar.
posted 06-16-2001 07:35 PM PT (US)

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