Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 2, 2023 16:21:15 GMT -5
Barrier free makes it sound like they’re able to run free and play and frolic. The wife’s placard reads “Disabled Person Parking Permit” and as we pulled into a blue parking space today she referred to it as a handicap spot. And with the shape of her knees these days I don’t think she will ever run or play or frolic again. I can’t imagine how many meetings and dollars in wages were spent to come up with barrier free as the preferred language.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 3, 2023 2:05:21 GMT -5
Foreigners might be shocked to find that France does in fact have towns and even cities outside of Paris and most of them aren't stuck in the 1940's. MOST of them. But you can see the Eiffel tower out every window right! Regardless of direction or proximity! >_> They do that for New York too... you can't see the Empire STate Building, or the World Trade Center... or the Statue of Liberty from every location anywhere in the city... also literally any time people drive in Manhattan... that... doesn't happen... cause if it did the entire running time would be the protagonists sitting in traffic...
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Jul 3, 2023 7:56:26 GMT -5
I’ve lived in Tokyo for the last ten years, so I’m not sure I could fit even an abbreviated list into a single post.
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Rubix Cube Johnny
Team Rocket
hopelessly trying to open a can of soup with a golf club
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Post by Rubix Cube Johnny on Jul 3, 2023 9:33:16 GMT -5
Manchester suffers from second city syndrome. So any big budget movie or TV show that needs a UK city, will be set in London.
Same reason Marvel villains and giant monsters attack New York and not Chicago.
Ironically pretty much all UK TV is now filmed in Manchester, and several big movies were filmed here because we offer good rates. They filmed Winter Soldier here. They turned Peter Street into New York with yellow cabs and everything it was weird.
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Rubix Cube Johnny
Team Rocket
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Post by Rubix Cube Johnny on Jul 3, 2023 9:34:04 GMT -5
Also I briefly lived in Hadfield south east of Manchester where they filmed The League of Gentleman.
Not one inaccuracy.
It's a local town for local people!
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jul 9, 2023 14:48:43 GMT -5
I just read that in the script Blade was supposed to take place in New Orleans. Filmed in Vancouver and LA. So the subway scene was impossible. Only way we could have a subway is if it had submarines instead of train cars.
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Dragonfly
Unicron
...is no Barry Windham.
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Post by Dragonfly on Jul 9, 2023 15:35:01 GMT -5
Bathing, swimming and/or hanging out in the Beaver River is a VERY bad idea.
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thirteen3
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Post by thirteen3 on Jul 9, 2023 16:00:49 GMT -5
The 2005 Jet Li movie "Unleashed" gives the impression that my home city of Glasgow, has no Scottish people in it.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 9, 2023 16:06:11 GMT -5
The 2005 Jet Li movie "Unleashed" gives the impression that my home city of Glasgow, has no Scottish people in it. At least it has people in it. Avengers: Infinity War has a ten-minute sequence set in Edinburgh that is completely devoid of people.
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Post by darbus alan on Jul 9, 2023 16:48:37 GMT -5
Barrier free makes it sound like they’re able to run free and play and frolic. The wife’s placard reads “Disabled Person Parking Permit” and as we pulled into a blue parking space today she referred to it as a handicap spot. And with the shape of her knees these days I don’t think she will ever run or play or frolic again. I have to look at what my placard says. My red temporary one just had the little wheelchair logo with TEMPORARY underneath it. Not sure what the blue placard says though. The signs on the spaces themselves around here all say "Handicap accessible parking" or similar language, though.
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BK From WV
Hank Scorpio
Claims to have sense of humor, probably stole it
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Post by BK From WV on Jul 9, 2023 17:56:48 GMT -5
In Silence Of The Lambs, there is a scene that supposedly set in Clay County, West Virginia. IMDb even lists Clay County as a filming location. I've lived in Clay County my entire life (46 years). I can promise you that nowhere in Clay County looks like they depict it. The Elk River in the movie is portrayed to look wider than it actually is. The funeral home (yes, we only have one) is in the town of Clay while it's out in the middle of nowhere in the film. There is no airport in the county yet there is one in the movie. I love The Silence Of The Lambs but these scenes always make me chuckle when I see them.
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bibboid
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Post by bibboid on Jul 9, 2023 19:03:49 GMT -5
I am always mildly annoyed when a movie has people arriving in Las Vegas. They always show a montage of casinos and the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign, always completely out of order and always while driving down a Las Vegas Boulevard which is devoid of traffic.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 9, 2023 19:07:10 GMT -5
I am always mildly annoyed when a movie has people arriving in Las Vegas. They always show a montage of casinos and the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign, always completely out of order and always while driving down a Las Vegas Boulevard which is devoid of traffic. I mean devoid of traffic is like every movie... cause they need the movie to happen
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King Koopa
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Post by 67 more on Jul 10, 2023 0:31:15 GMT -5
The most famous literary depiction of the Black Country is Mordor.
I'm assuming Peaky Blinders bleeds over into the Black Country at some point but I've never watched it.
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salz4life
Grimlock
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Post by salz4life on Jul 10, 2023 9:22:21 GMT -5
I’m from Medford, MA so I’ve been to Boston a ton. Anyway, I was just watching Family Guy and Peter mentioned he parked in the bad part of town when going to Fenway Park because he wanted to save $3. Yeah right! Parking in Boston is ridiculous. Parking by Fenway is some of the most ridiculous in the city. On the MLB website they list nearby parking options and it ranges from $35-$55. If you care to be frugal and know the city enough though you can find cheaper parking further away for around $10 or nothing at all. TLDR: Family Guy grossly underestimated how much money can be wasted parking by Fenway Park. Sounds like Wrigley Field in Chicago.... There is really no reason to park in Wrigleyville. Even if you are coming from out of the area, find the Howard L stop and take the L down to Wrigley. I think there are also park N ride spots as well where you can take the bus.
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