I really only care if they call it New York and it's not New York.
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Jesse - Jun 07, 2005 12:14:56 pm PDT #3841 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2005 12:16:21 pm PDT #3842 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really only care if they call it New York and it's not New York.
I'm guessing that Rumble In The Bronx doesn't slip by on any technicalities, huh?
I don't care if they call it city A and it's not city A unless they do something dramatic (general geography, or city B's notable landmarks).
bon bon - Jun 07, 2005 12:17:27 pm PDT #3843 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
but just cutting and pasting together footage from two different cities is called L-A-Z-Y.
I disagree, especially given the money involved.
Kathy A - Jun 07, 2005 12:18:57 pm PDT #3844 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
A few months back, I saw the first part of the Little House on the Prairie miniseries that was on ABC. They lost me when they were claiming to be in Kansas, and the Rockies were clearly visible in the background.
Yeah, right.
Jessica - Jun 07, 2005 12:20:09 pm PDT #3845 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I disagree. Most movies are not really about what stuff is in what city.
My personal Gotham issues aside, I get really distracted by movies that claim to take place in one city but are clearly being shot in another. If I can see the CN tower in the background while the characters are talking about being in NYC, it completely throws me out of the film, regardless of whether or not the location matters to the plot.
bon bon - Jun 07, 2005 12:20:34 pm PDT #3846 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
And this is just a species of the problem of conforming a mass market product to the knowledge of a subset. If I'm directing, say, The Day After Tomorrow, I hardly have the time and money to check everything with the chairs of the physics, geology and climatology departments at UCLA.
Jesse - Jun 07, 2005 12:23:15 pm PDT #3847 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I don't care as much if they're calling Random Urban Locale City X, as when it couldn't possibly be City X. Like on the X-Files when they went into a high rise and called it DC. Dudes, just call it Rosslyn!!
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2005 12:23:21 pm PDT #3848 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I'm directing, say, The Day After Tomorrow, I hardly have the time and money to check everything with the chairs of the physics, geology and climatology departments.
I think if your story hinges on it, put it into your budget.
However, movies are lies. Movies are constrained by politics, money, personalities, and many other things. Who knows who'd be more accurate with infinite power & budget, and who really doesn't give a rat's ass?
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2005 12:24:20 pm PDT #3849 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I clearly need to establish a department of suckology somewhere, so that filmmakers can consult with me, and I could prevent another Day After Tomorrow.
Jessica - Jun 07, 2005 12:26:59 pm PDT #3850 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm surprised you think they were able to suck that much without the assistance of a Suckology expert on set.