# Film Bloopers most people missed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011 "2014-03-31T18:49:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/41 "2014-04-01T22:32:42Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > What about just dragging a post or iron frame behind a horse to scrape a road smooth? Was that in practice in that time? I take it that you have never used heavy equipment. It takes a great deal of force to grade a road and a steel, not iron,blade to do so. It would also be unnecessary if you don’t drive vehicles with wooden wheels or if you simply ride horses over them. The roads in almost every Western is clearly created for use by the cast and crew vehicles filming the project and it’s not a replica of what would have existed at the time. It’s the difference between a cobblestone lane and an asphalt paved road. > [@Trinopus](#): > > The “travel across country” scenes early in “Silverado” are funny in this way. If you know your great American South-West, you can see that they wander across immense expanses of land, far more than the premise of the film suggests. It isn’t a “blooper” exactly, just a rather substantial indulgence of artistic license. Actually, in _ **Silverado** _, they really don’t go that far. They simply traveled around Northern New Mexico, mostly in the areas north,east and west of Santa Fe. That’s where it was filmed and the terrain really doesn’t look that different. In _ **The Searchers** _, the narrative makes it clear that the Comanches, a tribe native to what is now and was then. Texas, are the antagonists in the film. That means that one would expect to see them in hills and on the plans of West and Central Texas, not 400 miles away in a very distinctive portion of the country. If one were to set a film in Milan and then film it along the Amalfi Coast, several hundreds miles to the south, the difference would be noticeable and it would throw one out their sense of disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/42 "2014-04-01T22:36:40Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > Not necessarily a film blooper, but the ABC show _GCB_ took place in Dallas. It was a guilty pleasure for some of us, because IIRC, the pilot was shot in the city. We initially watched it, if only to spot various landmarks or familiar locales. It was so cheesy, it got us hooked. > > Well, eventually, I guess they moved production to California, because one episode centered around a barbecue. In the background, you could see some mountains. Mountains in the DFW area. Pretty much all of my friends caught that and had a good laugh. > > (\*Cheaters \*also filmed a great deal of their episodes in Dallas, and so we’ll watch that for the same reason. I saw a “confrontation” once, and at one point, a friend was hired to play “the other man” for an episode. He took the role and has some good stories from the experience.) CBS’ _ **Criminal Minds** _ often has this problem, as it is clearly filmed around Southern California and yet it attempts to use locations in that the area to represent various parts of the US. They set one episode in Dallas and it was clear from the plant life and the occasional glimpse of a hill that they were nowhere near Dallas. Or Texas, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/43 "2014-04-01T22:47:12Z")
In _The Two Towers_, during the scene where Faramir and his men surround Aragorn et al., Faramir doesn’t even notice that his sword drops out of its scabbard as he remounts his horse. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/44 "2014-04-01T22:54:34Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > In _The Two Towers_, during the scene where Faramir and his men surround Aragorn et al., Faramir doesn’t even notice that his sword drops out of its scabbard as he remounts his horse. Eomer. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/45 "2014-04-01T23:02:13Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Because he either has a freakish healing factor that woulda shoulda closed the piercing I have pierced ears and haven’t worn earrings for about 25 years, but the holes are still there and I can pass a narrow wire through them if I’m careful. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/46 "2014-04-01T23:11:20Z")
> [@SiXSwordS](#): > > This one is fairly well known, but in Silence of the Lambs ([which has quite a few errors](http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1160/corrections)) the Officer Pembry, is introduced as Office Petrie. > > > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > > :dubious: All of those “errors” seem more like someone just wasn’t paying attention to the film. And the officer introduced is Sergent Patrick, not Pembry. Pembry is a different character. And someone wasn’t paying attention to their own cite, > [@](#): > > **Corrected entry** : When Dr. Lecter was introduced to the police in Tenn., their names were Sgts. Boyle and Petrie. When he’s escaped from his cell, he said, “Ready when you are Sgt. Pembry”. That name is repeated later when Sgt. Tate says “It’s Jim Pembry, now talk to him”. Someone should zoom in on his name tag, to see what his name really is. > > **Correction** : Sgt. Patrick (not “Petrie”) and Sgt. Pembry are two entirely different persons. Pembry is much younger than Patrick. Further evidence can be found in the end credits, which lists the actors in order of appearance: Sgt. Boyle is listed way before than Sgt. Pembry. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/47 "2014-04-01T23:35:01Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > I have pierced ears and haven’t worn earrings for about 25 years, but the holes are still there and I can pass a narrow wire through them if I’m careful. Yeah, but _you’re not a superhero._ Bruce Willis’ character in _Unbreakable_ is. Specifically, he’s a superhero who is immune to physical damage. Either through super tough skin, or (as **OneCentStamp** suggested) some sort of near-instantaneous healing ability. Either way, he shouldn’t be able to wear an earring. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/48 "2014-04-02T00:06:32Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Either way, he shouldn’t be able to wear an earring. Or, if he _could_ wear one (_Can he force a pointed object through his_ own _flesh? Can he microwave a burrito so hot that he cannot eat it?)_, you’d think the hole would close as soon as he took the earring out. Shaving and trimming his nails are not the same thing; an ear piercing is going through living tissue that hurts and, if not especially vascular, is loaded with capillaries. Pierced ears can bleed. And holy crap, I’m actually trying to poke holes into a Shyamalan-built world. How did I get here? :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/49 "2014-04-02T00:37:04Z")
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Sylvester (Dick Shawn) is dancing with his girlfriend. His red trunks are seriously short, and at one particular moment where he’s leaning waaay back you may or may not notice the tip of his dinkus peeking out through the gap between thigh and trunks. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/50 "2014-04-02T01:41:09Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > CBS’ _ **Criminal Minds** _ often has this problem, as it is clearly filmed around Southern California and yet it attempts to use locations in that the area to represent various parts of the US. They set one episode in Dallas and it was clear from the plant life and the occasional glimpse of a hill that they were nowhere near Dallas. Or Texas, for that matter. The Unit did this and Agents of SHIELD has done this as well. Southern California becomes a stand in for Mexico, Afghanistan, or just about anywhere else that’s foreign. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/51 "2014-04-02T02:22:11Z")
_Psych_ was set in Santa Barbara, CA but shot in British Columbia. May times it was obvious that they were in the Pacific Northwest and not Southern California. At the end of a season 7 episode that was set in London, they even made a joke about it. Gus: “Shawn, we went to one pub and a warehouse. We might as well have been in British Columbia.” ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/52 "2014-04-02T02:43:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What did most people miss? Um… the reappearing gas can? (My 14yo and his z-movie fanatic friend inveigled us into watching this the other night. I have considerable b-movie luvs and experience but Oh. My. Gawwwwwwd.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/53 "2014-04-02T02:49:10Z")
Jor-El prepares to lower the Last Son Of Krypton into a tiny starship, and all of a sudden you’re actually watching Marlon Brando wear a Rolex. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/54 "2014-04-02T02:53:32Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > In _I Love Trouble_, there are multiple instances where you can see the boom mic hanging from the top of the scene. Most boom mike errors are from full-frame printing of movies that were intended for cropped projection. In other words, the boom mike or other crew element got into the film frame, but not the intended print frame. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/55 "2014-04-02T02:57:20Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > The Unit did this and Agents of SHIELD has done this as well. Southern California becomes a stand in for Mexico, Afghanistan, or just about anywhere else that’s foreign. This is quite common. In the early seasons of MacGuyver LA stood in for all parts of the world. In the later seasons production moved to Vancouver BC and BC stood in for all different parts of the world. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/56 "2014-04-02T03:09:20Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > In the early seasons of MacGuyver LA stood in for all parts of the world. In the later seasons production moved to Vancouver BC and BC stood in for all different parts of the world. And on _ **NCIS** _, the DC area and northeastern Virginia look just like Southern California. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/57 "2014-04-02T03:12:12Z")
The next time you watch the chase scene in _ **Bullitt** _, keep your eyes peeled for the green Volkswagen. It’s fookin’ _everywhere_! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/58 "2014-04-02T03:42:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The next time you watch the chase scene in _ **Bullitt** _, keep your eyes peeled for the green Volkswagen. It’s fookin’ _everywhere_! I must have seen Bullit a hundred times before I realized the green VW sequence was filmed by several cameras from different locations, and those different pov’s were shown sequentially in the chase scene, with some significant movie time between them. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/59 "2014-04-02T05:02:48Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > I take it that you have never used heavy equipment. You’re very wrong. > [@](#): > > It takes a great deal of force to grade a road and a steel, not iron,blade to do so. I don’t agree. I’ve dragged iron frames, and flat iron plates, over dirt roads, to smooth them, after rainfall run-off has cut little grooves across. A team of horses could do the same thing. > [@](#): > > The roads in almost every Western is clearly created for use by the cast and crew vehicles filming the project and it’s not a replica of what would have existed at the time. It’s the difference between a cobblestone lane and an asphalt paved road. This is essentially correct. In old Bonanza episodes, for instance, the roads are pretty clearly modern dirt roads, built for automobile traffic. I am just nitpicking your argument that roads weren’t ever graded in the past. They were. I’ve used that kind of technology. ---
**Author:** ![banjoDavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011/60 "2014-04-02T07:38:40Z")
FERRIS BEULLER’S DAY OFF If you know Chicago like I know Chicago, they could not have traveled to all the locations in 1 afternoon of ditching school. David [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-bloopers-most-people-missed/685011.md?page=4)