Peckhamgatecrasher Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I've had a tellyfest today and been pissed off twice by lazy anachronisms:in Merlin - Doberman Pinschers being used as tracking dogsin Emma - a chap walking by a field of rape.Sloppy work. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 I know exactly how you feel PGC. Most of the female cast in Zena Warrior Princess had breast implants. Hardly late Antiquity! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 They were also understanding and considerate towards homosexuals in The Sweeney. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Don't get me started on Alex Kingston's clean shaven tw_t in Moll Flanders. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 BBW. Behave Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Postman Pat's van was suspiciously nifty for it's era. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Robin Hood had an American accent in Prince of Thieves! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 You could see the strings in Thunderbirds! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Don't get me started on Alex Kingston's clean shaven chuff in Moll Flanders!That better Sean? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 "BBW. Behave."No. I'm having far too much fun. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Don't get me started on Alex Kingston's trim clopper in Moll Flanders!Come on Sean, meet me in the middle eh. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Oliver Twist got "more" in the work house. Whatever lies will they throw at us next! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 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! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 > I've had a tellyfest today and been pissed off twice by lazy anachronisms: in Merlin - Doberman Pinschers being used as tracking dogs <_______________________________________________________________________________________They could have been Manchester terriers ( big ones maybe I give you but.. ) possibly. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candj Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 No sean isn't Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Administrator Posted October 5, 2009 Administrator Share Posted October 5, 2009 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 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 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muley Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Brendan, you're not Kevin McCloud are you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muley Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muley Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Sean Connery, not MacGabhann, by the way... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Although I do gloss over that role on my CV it has to be said... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8277-anachronisms/#findComment-255299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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