Now Tv

[bgmnts]

Does anyone here have Now Tv? If so, have you noticed they have a section at the moment called "Historically Innacurate" for films.

It contains films like Godzilla, Star Wars Rogue One and The Mummy.

Someone explain please.

[Keebleman]

The Mummy would involve a lot of stuff about Ancient Egypt, Godzilla would probably have references to 50s Japan that are checkable and of course Star Wars took place a long time ago.  All meat and drink to historians.

[holyzombiejesus]

Why's this in the book forum?

[touchingcloth]

The Mummy is the only one which really fits the category. Though, thinking about it, could Rogue One fit if it in some way contradicts the internal history of the Star Wars films, or Godzilla (presumably the 1998 version with Jamiroquai on the soundtrack?) if it contradicts earlier works?

[bgmnts]

Why's this in the book forum?

Apologies. I was too angry. Wasn't thinking straight.
Needed to vent.

[touchingcloth]

Apologies. I was too angry. Wasn't thinking straight.
Needed to vent.

It's shelf abuse, it's fine to abuse these shelves.

Why isn't the first "abuse" up there spelled "abuce"? What a language!

[Sebastian Cobb]

Is there a 'scientifically inaccurate' section? Is The Core in there?

[Sebastian Cobb]

Back to the Future II should be in there and all.

[touchingcloth]

And Contact. It says a lot I think that there is a section for historical inaccuracies but not for scientific ones. It's taken as read that people play fast and loose with science in films, but for some reason people expect anything with a basis in history to be entirely accurate.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Yeah I suppose you're allowed to make any old shit up in sci-fi as long as it's mildly entertaining while you're at it, it's only when it's trite do you get held to the standards of history.

If you want a workaround for historical stuff you can just set it in a different universe though like the guy from got did, who obviously wanted to play around with his ideas without bothering to do any research.

[touchingcloth]

That's the whole point with high fantasy though really, set it in a facsimile of the real world but add some goblins or be-titted wenches of wheels of time or whatever. It is possible to do historical dramas without setting up an alternative universe and without your audience giving a fuck, though - take Deadwood for example - I don't think I've ever heard anyone review that show based on its historical accuracy.