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Post by runhard on Oct 3, 2023 0:07:47 GMT -5
Well I caught a big story mistake tonight in The Hot Rod that happened between Jim Bob and Jody. Both returning veterans Jody tells Jim Bob that he saw action and after all he was at Pearl Harbor on the Midway. Well, first off in the episode Day of Infamy when Verdie comes to the Walton house she distinctly says Jody is on the Arizona and later finding out he was on leave and wasn't on board when it was sunk by the Japanese. Here's another big mistake the Midway wasn't at Pearl Harbor or anywhere nearby there because it wasn't commissioned until after WWII ended in 1945. It was named for the Battle of Midway that hadn't even happened yet so there was no such ship in the fleet with that name. It's a little thing but it deals with history so it's something that should've been caught right away especially because it was written by Scott Hamner.
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Post by patriciaanne on Oct 3, 2023 10:45:48 GMT -5
Well I caught a big story mistake tonight in The Hot Rod that happened between Jim Bob and Jody. Both returning veterans Jody tells Jim Bob that he saw action and after all he was at Pearl Harbor on the Midway. Well, first off in the episode Day of Infamy when Verdie comes to the Walton house she distinctly says Jody is on the Arizona and later finding out he was on leave and wasn't on board when it was sunk by the Japanese. Here's another big mistake the Midway wasn't at Pearl Harbor or anywhere nearby there because it wasn't commissioned until after WWII ended in 1945. It was named for the Battle of Midway that hadn't even happened yet so there was no such ship in the fleet with that name. It's a little thing but it deals with history so it's something that should've been caught right away especially because it was written by Scott Hamner. Good catch!! The historical inaccuracy was a bigger deal I think. I'm surprised no one caught that at the time. |
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Post by Brenda on Oct 3, 2023 18:57:24 GMT -5
I’m watching a season 8 episode of Little House on the Prairie. The year is 1886, and Laura and her sister-in-law, Eliza Jane, are attending a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson died in 1882. 🤔
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Post by patriciaanne on Oct 7, 2023 22:12:24 GMT -5
I’m watching a season 8 episode of Little House on the Prairie. The year is 1886, and Laura and her sister-in-law, Eliza Jane, are attending a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson died in 1882. 🤔 Lol -- they could have made it a Twiligjt Zone episode. 😉 |
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Post by nedandres on Oct 10, 2023 20:50:05 GMT -5
I think these things are much easier to research now. Before, it required a trip to the local library, or if someone was fortunate enough to have a history book on hand. That said, it would have been nice if more writers had done their homework!
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Post by patriciaanne on Oct 29, 2023 18:38:17 GMT -5
I think these things are much easier to research now. Before, it required a trip to the local library, or if someone was fortunate enough to have a history book on hand. That said, it would have been nice if more writers had done their homework! I just had to ask my dad. He was Google before there was a Google. 😉 And he was like that until the end of his life. It was as if he never forgot anything he ever learned -- at least as far as American history was concerned. |
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Post by Easton on Nov 1, 2023 8:27:24 GMT -5
I think these things are much easier to research now. Before, it required a trip to the local library, or if someone was fortunate enough to have a history book on hand. That said, it would have been nice if more writers had done their homework! I believe you hit the nail on the head. Research is much easier now, but look how easily history is screwed up even today on television and even in movies. Then there is actual history vs. remembered/imagined history. It's very easy for a writer to have a thought dealing with actual history and imagining a fictional event. How many people know (or would have known) the actual history of the Arizona? Even then, how many would have noticed the mistake?
Such a small error, I think, is forgiveable. It didn't affect the plot, but it enhanced the story.
To me, what isn't forgiveable is something like the complete rewriting of history in ARGO,
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