Anachronisms

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I've had a tellyfest today and been pissed off twice by lazy anachronisms:

in Merlin - Doberman Pinschers being used as tracking dogs

in Emma - a chap walking by a field of rape.

Sloppy work.

[bigbadwolf]

I know exactly how you feel PGC. Most of the female cast in Zena Warrior Princess had breast implants. Hardly late Antiquity!

[bigbadwolf]

They were also understanding and considerate towards homosexuals in The Sweeney.

[bigbadwolf]

Don't get me started on Alex Kingston's clean shaven tw_t in Moll Flanders.

[SeanMacGabhann]

BBW. Behave

[bigbadwolf]

Postman Pat's van was suspiciously nifty for it's era.

[bigbadwolf]

Robin Hood had an American accent in Prince of Thieves!

[bigbadwolf]

You could see the strings in Thunderbirds!

[bigbadwolf]

Don't get me started on Alex Kingston's clean shaven chuff in Moll Flanders!

That better Sean?

[bigbadwolf]

"BBW. Behave."

No. I'm having far too much fun.

[bigbadwolf]

Don't get me started on Alex Kingston's trim clopper in Moll Flanders!

Come on Sean, meet me in the middle eh.

[bigbadwolf]

Oliver Twist got "more" in the work house. Whatever lies will they throw at us next!

[bigbadwolf]

In case any of you a wondering about the eratic and mysterious movement of this thread, Sean is unfairly removing perfectly clean and respectable posts.

You'd never see that in Hackers!

[woofmarkthedog]

> I've had a tellyfest today and been pissed off twice by lazy anachronisms:

in Merlin - Doberman Pinschers being used as tracking dogs <

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They could have been Manchester terriers ( big ones maybe I give you but.. ) possibly.

[candj]

The style of telephones are usually what does it for me. Agree that American accents in any movie set pre 1900s and outside of America is irritating.

[SeanMacGabhann]

No sean isn't

[Administrator]

bigbadwolf, you may think that your posts are clean and respectable, others do not. You know this but you continue to do it, so please do not do it.

[????]

I hate the bit in Spartacus where Kirk Douglas has a burning torch in his right hand and an AK47 in his left..everyone knows Kirk Douglas was right handed

[Brendan]

The Dobermans are just one small part of all the hugely inaccurate aspects of post-roman Britain displayed in Merlin. I moan about them all the time.

My better half find it amusing that I?ll complain about the architecture or the style of their armour but have no problem with the wizard who talks to a dragon chained up under the castle.

[Muley]

Brendan, you're not Kevin McCloud are you?

[Brendan]

Kevin McCloud? Of the clan McCloud?

Is he that architect who you can only kill by decapitating him with sword?

No fucking way would an ancient Egyptian have spoken with a Scottish Accent by the way.

[Muley]

Oh, he only did that 'cos the ancient Egyptians were so hacked off with Robin Hood/King Arthur/Ghengis Khan/Jesus Christ etc. etc. speaking with American accents all the time.

Sean was so much better as the Scottish commander of a Soviet nuclear submarine in that 'Hunt For Missing Soviet Nuclear Sub With A Scot In Charge' filum.

[Muley]

Sean Connery, not MacGabhann, by the way...

[SeanMacGabhann]

Although I do gloss over that role on my CV it has to be said...

[Brendan]

Back on the American accents thing. I remember hearing once that the actual accent in which the Early Modern English of Shakespeare was spoken was more akin to the rural hillbilly type communities of the USA than to anything still existing on the British isles.

So there may be something in using American actors to play British mediaeval characters, like Robin Hood and Jesus.