Even staring into Mark Harmon's piercing blue eyes won't distract me from scenic details.
Do any of you get distracted by the palm tree that towers over the house the suburban Philadelphia (PA) family on The Goldbergs resides in? They make sure the older son is wearing a Flyers jersey, but they don't notice the shrubbery when the family steps outside.
I grew up in suburban Philadelphia, so I am always trying to find trip ups in that show. They are spot on in a lot of their details, even up to the wallpaper in the kitchen that was actually in one of my friend's houses.
I grew up in suburban Philadelphia, so I am always trying to find trip ups in that show. They are spot on in a lot of their details, even up to the wallpaper in the kitchen that was actually in one of my friend's houses.
Maybe it's just me.
When watching a movie I get distracted by the water level in a glass not matching up in the next scene, a character's hair length changing depending on the filming sequence, actresses who never perspire in chase scenes, etc.
When watching a movie I get distracted by the water level in a glass not matching up in the next scene, a character's hair length changing depending on the filming sequence, actresses who never perspire in chase scenes, etc.
After moving to Cocoa Beach in the 80s it drove me crazy there were no mountains. Having grown up watching I Dream Of Jeannie, I thought I would be familiar with the terrain. I don't think I missed an episode of the sitcom which starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-looking-great-for-her-age-old genie and Larry Hagman, her handsome astronaut, whom she eventually marries.
Nope, no mountains. I lived in Cocoa Beach for nearly two years and only met one astronaut. Met a lot of surfers, but that is a whole other story, or two, or three.
And the Atlantic Ocean beach the bottle she lived in from 1965-70 washed up on, was on a different side of the country if you pay close attention.
I lived on Cocoa Beach when the Ron Jon Surf Shop didn't have a neon glow to it. Shuttle launches and Patrick Air Force Base's "routine military operations offshore" rattled the sliding doors of the condo I was renting and rolled me out of bed.
It is not just me! I just Googled "TV continuity mistakes" and saw there are countless movie and television errors documented -- most referring to Star Trek and the Golden Girls -- by amateur sleuths like myself.
Recently I overheard some people talking about the details in the film Gravity. They acted like they had been on a space station. Listening to them pick the movie apart bugged me a little as they tried to destroy the illusion. I was too distracted by seeing George Clooney in IMAX 3D to notice the "plot flaws."
Sure, being a blogger is almost as easy as being an armchair quarterback. Unlike print media and film, you can go in and fix your mistakes -- when they are pointed out to you.
That is one part of the process I am enjoying.
I always thought that being a continuity editor would be a good career path for me. Working as a reporter and editor for newspapers is where I really honed my fact-checking skills.
I always seem to know where the missing sock is in my laundry, I replace the toilet paper before the cardboard roll is completely empty and from wherever I am sitting in the house, I can pretty much direct the other people in my house to find what they can't locate.
Details, details, details.
Nope, no mountains. I lived in Cocoa Beach for nearly two years and only met one astronaut. Met a lot of surfers, but that is a whole other story, or two, or three.
And the Atlantic Ocean beach the bottle she lived in from 1965-70 washed up on, was on a different side of the country if you pay close attention.
I lived on Cocoa Beach when the Ron Jon Surf Shop didn't have a neon glow to it. Shuttle launches and Patrick Air Force Base's "routine military operations offshore" rattled the sliding doors of the condo I was renting and rolled me out of bed.
It is not just me! I just Googled "TV continuity mistakes" and saw there are countless movie and television errors documented -- most referring to Star Trek and the Golden Girls -- by amateur sleuths like myself.
Recently I overheard some people talking about the details in the film Gravity. They acted like they had been on a space station. Listening to them pick the movie apart bugged me a little as they tried to destroy the illusion. I was too distracted by seeing George Clooney in IMAX 3D to notice the "plot flaws."
Sure, being a blogger is almost as easy as being an armchair quarterback. Unlike print media and film, you can go in and fix your mistakes -- when they are pointed out to you.
That is one part of the process I am enjoying.
I always thought that being a continuity editor would be a good career path for me. Working as a reporter and editor for newspapers is where I really honed my fact-checking skills.
I always seem to know where the missing sock is in my laundry, I replace the toilet paper before the cardboard roll is completely empty and from wherever I am sitting in the house, I can pretty much direct the other people in my house to find what they can't locate.
Details, details, details.
I play this game all the time when I watch the Good Wife or any other "Chicago-based" show. It drives my husband nuts.
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