Movie Goof - Page 1
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author: L_Euler
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 12:56:34 pm
content: I went to see the latest Avengers movie yesterday. In the movie there is a time travel scene that takes them to 1970 New Jersey on a secret military installation. In two of the lab scenes there sits a open Tektronix 2336. I'm pretty sure it didn't exist until the early 80s.Also, 1940s scene at the end where the subject house has very modern roof shingles.

author: Dude111
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 01:01:09 pm
content: Ya its silly isnt it??People are full of all kinds of flaws....... Although MAYBE someone else brought that back also!! (One way to look at it)

author: vtwin@cox.net
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 07:27:56 pm
content: Those were not gaffs.It simply means when they traveled back in time, they ended up in an alternate multiverse where those things had been invented prior to the years where they were invented in this multiverse, that's all.

author: L_Euler
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 07:32:50 pm
content: I learn so much here

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 07:45:22 pm
content: Quote from: L_Euler on May 13, 2019, 12:56:34 pmThat would be 1982 for the Tektronix 2335, 2336, and 2337. They should have used a 465, 475, or 485.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 08:19:37 pm
content: Movies are not real or accurate?So disappointed.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 10:31:43 pm
content: This sort of thing happens all the time. I've lost count the number of times I've seen modern conrahead streetlights in movies that take place pre-1960s. I remember walking into the room when someone was watching Titanic and the first thing I noticed was a modern soft white lightbulb prominently visible in an open fixture. All that fanfare about historical detail and they missed something obvious like that.It's ridiculously hard to film any kind of complex scene taking place in the past that doesn't have *anything* not available in the time it takes place. Some expert on whatever niche item it is will notice but 99% of viewers never will.

author: ejeffrey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2019, 10:42:01 pm
content: I think it clearly means that secret military advanced technology labs had technology in 1970 that wasn't available to the general public until years later.

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2019, 01:07:34 am
content: Quote from: james_s on May 13, 2019, 10:31:43 pmI wish I could get those 10 watt lighters and matches adventurers use to illuminate dark indoor areas.

author: windsmurf
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2019, 02:18:57 am
content: Quote from: Dude111 on May 13, 2019, 01:01:09 pmExactly.. it just means Doc Brown was there first.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2019, 05:50:13 am
content: Quote from: james_s on May 13, 2019, 10:31:43 pmMurdoch Mysteries is an early 1900s steampunk sci-fi show where alot of stuff can be explained away as "they invented it" (they've had some really weird stuff). But even then they go through the trouble of animating arc streetlights (bright white light) and having squirrel cage bulbs (assuming carbon, but not sure, the current year of the show is unknown but most likely pre 1910). The relatively long lasting tubular flashlights may be a bit out of place, then again the hero invented one that emits UV, so again sci-fi wins.Also on Titanic, back then ships used 100V DC Edison systems, it would not make zapping noises when sparking, more of hissing and popping like a welder.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2019, 06:45:59 am
content: Maybe more engineers need to become film critics to rant in movie reviews about how non period accurate test equipment totally ruined there immersion in the film. Maybe then movie studios will hire an engineer to make sure there test equipment props are accurate.Also help them set up the trigger properly on oscilloscopes. They always have there sine waveforms drifting along the horizontal.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 16, 2019, 06:54:32 am
content: Quote from: Berni on May 16, 2019, 06:45:59 amThat would be intentional. A triggered fixed sine wave would not be as visually appealing and "techy looking"

author: Dubbie
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 16, 2019, 07:48:39 am
content: That is correct. I have put scopes into a bunch of commercials and movies too. Whether they are technically correct is my last consideration. Techie looking interesting movement wins every time!In fact often we have fun making stuff the most ridiculous we can.

author: Berni
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2019, 08:12:41 am
content: Yeah this is exactly what i was getting at. A on purpose drifting sine wave is almost always shown on scopes in movies.Just as ubiquitous as the 1KHz probe compensation square wave being shown on scopes that appear in stock photos.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2019, 01:29:41 pm
content: Let's reverse it on the normies and play scope pictures through them, clocks, 3d cubes, planets, mushrooms...