2023 TV

[sunday]

Good background

 

[Ssnake]

7 hours ago, lucklucky said:

there is something that is quite irritating now, actors are incapable to fake drinking a beverage.

I suppose the actors are encouraged not to drink anyting at all because it makes editing harder (continuity errors if the beverage level goes up between cuts); same with, most egregious case, nobody actually eating anything in the Big Bang Theory (all the more irritating because every episode had at least two scenes with the cast sitting down for lunch, or for dinner).

Not sure if the actors are to blame; suspect it's the producers driving this for post-production cost cutting reasons.

[R011]

14 minutes ago, Ssnake said:

I suppose the actors are encouraged not to drink anyting at all because it makes editing harder (continuity errors if the beverage level goes up between cuts); same with, most egregious case, nobody actually eating anything in the Big Bang Theory (all the more irritating because every episode had at least two scenes with the cast sitting down for lunch, or for dinner).

Not sure if the actors are to blame; suspect it's the producers driving this for post-production cost cutting reasons.

Try eating or drinking a realistic amount of food and drink in a scene - and taking a dozen takes of it.  That and continuity explains a lot.  Not to mention food that was edible at the beginning if the day when filming started might be much less so eight or twelve hours later under movie lights.

[sunday]

5 hours ago, R011 said:

Try eating or drinking a realistic amount of food and drink in a scene - and taking a dozen takes of it.  That and continuity explains a lot.  Not to mention food that was edible at the beginning if the day when filming started might be much less so eight or twelve hours later under movie lights.

Actors in TV ads of foodstuff need to eat the thing that it is announced. So they provoke vomit between takes.

[Stuart Galbraith]

6 hours ago, Ssnake said:

I suppose the actors are encouraged not to drink anyting at all because it makes editing harder (continuity errors if the beverage level goes up between cuts); same with, most egregious case, nobody actually eating anything in the Big Bang Theory (all the more irritating because every episode had at least two scenes with the cast sitting down for lunch, or for dinner).

Not sure if the actors are to blame; suspect it's the producers driving this for post-production cost cutting reasons.

Im told when they were filming 'Ice Cold In Alex' they used real beer, because it was all they had that looked realistic. By the time John Mills did the last take, he admitted it was completely pissed.

 

[Ivanhoe]

Some chucklehead posted a gripe that the new Shogun series doesn't have many blacks in it.

 

[lucklucky]

15 hours ago, Ssnake said:

I suppose the actors are encouraged not to drink anyting at all because it makes editing harder (continuity errors if the beverage level goes up between cuts); same with, most egregious case, nobody actually eating anything in the Big Bang Theory (all the more irritating because every episode had at least two scenes with the cast sitting down for lunch, or for dinner).

Not sure if the actors are to blame; suspect it's the producers driving this for post-production cost cutting reasons.

I don't see the problem of filling or taking out liquid from a glass.

[NickM]

2 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Some chucklehead posted a gripe that the new Shogun series doesn't have many blacks in it.

 

"Pipe hittin' Gangstas" in the land of the Rising Sun?

[Stuart Galbraith]

Shogun in da hood.

Straight outta Tokyo

White Ninjas can't jump

 

[Ivanhoe]

[R011]

There may have been some Black Africans amongst the Portuguese traders allowed into the country.  Single digit numbers if any and probably in subservient roles.  Their TV counterpart characters would be lucky to get any lines at all let alone a notable role.

[Ssnake]

8 hours ago, lucklucky said:

I don't see the problem of filling or taking out liquid from a glass.

I'd be pressed to make a good case. But I think the people on set know the problem and still do it for reasons that we don't fully understand because we're not working in this business.

[R011]

It turns out to be harder than one might think, especially given the pace of TV shooting.  There's no lack of footage showing food and drink and similar continuity errors - like length of smoked cigarettes - and other mistakes like Starbucks cups left in shot in Game of Thrones.

[Tim Sielbeck]

3 hours ago, R011 said:

There may have been some Black Africans amongst the Portuguese traders allowed into the country.  Single digit numbers if any and probably in subservient roles.  Their TV counterpart characters would be lucky to get any lines at all let alone a notable role.

Historically, there was one who became a Samurai under Oda Nobunaga.

https://youtu.be/tY3_9iywbF4

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Started a new show on netflix this morning. British Army officer is called home because his father is dying. The eldest son is supposed to inherit the estate and the title, but because he is a coke head, the title passes over to the second son. He finds out there is a canabis farm on the estate, put there by his father. He doesnt like this, but discovers his brother owes other drug dealers 8 million pounds, and whom promise to take it out on his genitals if they dont get it. Thus far, the most impired casting (other than Edward Fox in a 5 minute cameo) is Vinnie Jones as the presumably homocidal (he always plays homocidal) but animal loving gamekeeper on the estate.

Basically, its an Ealing comedy as seen through the eyes of Guy Richie, and thus far at least, it looks promising.

 

[NickM]

On 3/12/2024 at 5:33 PM, R011 said:

There may have been some Black Africans amongst the Portuguese traders allowed into the country.  Single digit numbers if any and probably in subservient roles.  Their TV counterpart characters would be lucky to get any lines at all let alone a notable role

Makes sense to me! A Bakongo Prince was sent by his father to accompany the Portuguese back to Lisbon to learn more about these strange new visitors, where he joined some Conquistador mission to the New World--a Black African Conquistador

Edited March 25 by NickM

[sunday]

Despite the existence of a community of descendants of a 17th Century Japanese diplomatic expedition in the province of Sevile, one does not see a lot of Spaniards with Japanese looks in contemporary TV.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasekura_Tsunenaga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coria_del_Río

Also, yes, that samurai was obviously a Nazi.

[Stefan Fredriksson]

3 Body Problem. Netflix.

Like many others I was moderately cautious when seeing who some of the creators are. Also I had no idea at all what it was about (actually thought it would be comedy about disposing bodies). I was pleasently surprised. I think it was well written, entertaining and intriguing. Afterwards I have seen several YT-videos about the books, so I guess why most sci-fi-fans already know about this. Apparently there is also a Chinese version of the first book. Afaik the Netflix version takes parts from all 3 books. I especially like the Dark Forest theory.

Edited April 8 by Stefan Fredriksson

[Ssnake]

7 minutes ago, Stefan Fredriksson said:

Apparently there is also a Chinese version of the first book.

Well, the author is Chinese, and published it in China first. Technically you're not wrong, but you're still not "technically correct" (which is the best correct, we all know).

[Ssnake]

9 minutes ago, Stefan Fredriksson said:

I especially like the Dark Forest theory.

One of the slightly less discomforting explanations for the Fermi paradox.

[Soren Ras]

On 4/8/2024 at 1:24 PM, Ssnake said:

Well, the author is Chinese, and published it in China first. Technically you're not wrong, but you're still not "technically correct" (which is the best correct, we all know).

[Stefan Fredriksson]

When I wrote the first post, I knew the author is Chinese. Which possibly makes me technically wrong, but morally correct. 🙂

Edited April 10 by Stefan Fredriksson

[Rick]

Been watching "Mythbusters" lately. Interesting. 

[TrustMe]

Just watched the first episode of Fallout on Amazon Prime Video. I've never played the computer games but the show was a subtle blend of sci-fi, violence and comedy. I will definitely watch the other episodes.

[sunday]

On 4/11/2024 at 3:51 PM, TrustMe said:

Just watched the first episode of Fallout on Amazon Prime Video. I've never played the computer games but the show was a subtle blend of sci-fi, violence and comedy. I will definitely watch the other episodes.

Seems quite good