I took an elderly scientist friend of mine to Mohicans. I thought he would enjoy the historical aspect, yada yada. What he ended up doing was enjoying whinging about how wrongwrongwrong nearly everything was.

I went to see it (for the second or third time, I forget) with a friend who was with the Special Forces at the time. He was highly insulted over my Daniel Day Lewis lusting, because he said he also had to run up mountains, loading his gun while on the run, but carrying more gear "and wearing boots!"

heh.

wearing boots makes such a difference!

I had pretty good time in Basic, but once they got me in full gear, running up that hill through the woods made everything like molasses!

My mother has a hard time watching ER because she's a nurse.

I suppose each career has to suspend their disbelief for any move or TV show that depicts something in their industry, or geography. I know, after taking my EMT-Basic class that I had a hard time digesting a lot of medical emergencies in movies and shows. In fact, in SW episode 2?, when Anakin took his mother off the rack-thingy, I immediately blamed him for her death because he moved her and made her injuries worse. Or any scene where someone sobs over their dying loved one instead of trying to stop the bleeding.

At least the love-it/hate-it The Fountain got CPR right. These things mean something to me. And I half-think, that although an intelligent public must know that this is all fictional, that they're taking away something like "this is truth", "this is what New England looks like", "this is what CPR looks like", and that story, budget or no, the story-tellers are somewhat beholden to tell some smidgen of truth. That just because they think a west-coaster can't tell the difference, that they should'nt just fake it.

But it's not a perfect world.

double post, nothing to see here, move along.

Yeah, I have a hard time watching Bones because I've studied anthropology and what they do in that show is science fiction, not science.

"Pirates!"

Don't they have a hologram/3D thingummy that looks Trekkian?

He was highly insulted over my Daniel Day Lewis lusting, because he said he also had to run up mountains, loading his gun while on the run, but carrying more gear "and wearing boots!"

But how does he look in a loin cloth?

I'm always amused by actors tying knots.

How is Eastern Europe cheaper than tax-free Live Free or Frakking Die NH?

I think part of it's the cheapness, but part of it is that Romania is supposed to look kinda like the US looked then. Sure, you can still get into wilderness areas here, but they're usually parks with some kind of restrictions, or really hard to get to, or have all this beautiful wilderness with a cell tower in the background or some such thing.

I just finished watching The Love Story on The Waltons. I think it was something like 120. OMG, The Waltons love just grows and grows. I think I may have to buy a second set for my mom, 'cause I can't imagine letting this go, but she just has to have them.

One thing I think is really interesting, though: the complete lack of arc. One ep may span weeks, or months, or even years, but they follow that story through to the end, then the next ep there's no reference to anything that happened. I think this changed somewhat in later eps, where the kids started with long-term loves, kids, etc., but I remember this being the case with Little House too.

I suppose each career has to suspend their disbelief for any move or TV show that depicts something in their industry, or geography.

Oh yeah.

How is Eastern Europe cheaper than tax-free Live Free or Frakking Die NH?

I'm going to bet you can't get a decent hotel room for $1/night in NH. Or rent a whole house for $30/month.

I suppose each career has to suspend their disbelief for any move or TV show that depicts something in their industry, or geography.

Or hobbies. Since becoming a really avid swing dancer, dancing, and especially swing dancing, scenes are SO WEAK. (Seriously! He's not even leading! You can't do that with someone you've never danced with before! And etc.)

Oh, and - Hey! Long time no see everybody!