BobGreenwade Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Encore Westerns showed a New Years marathon of the show Wagon Train. I was thinking the show lasted 8 seasons. How does a trip of Missouri to California take 8 years? Was it the Flying Dutchman of Wagon trains? When they got to California did they have to avoid getting hit by a Model T? Did the Civil War vets among them upon making it to CA re-enlist to fight the Nazis? Course, I guess it got dragged out like a Season of 24. Maybe Jack Bauer as wagon master. *crossing river being pursued by bandits* Jack Bauer: We're running out of time!!! If you think Wagon Train was bad' date=' try M.A.S.H. The Korean war lasted 3 years, MASH lasted 11.[/quote']This is a mistake made by many: equating real-world time with in-show time. A book on M*A*S*H, for example, broke down all of the episodes in order, put them back-to-back on a day-to-day basis (with selected exceptions, such as one where the action was spread through an entire year), and showed how they all fit into the actual time frame of the Korean War. I still read of commentators objecting to Law & Order saying that "in reality, crimes are not solved in just an hour," clearly ignoring the series of dates shown in every episode (or nearly so) spreading the action over a much longer period of time -- sometimes a couple of days, sometimes several weeks, for the "Law" half of the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares This is a mistake made by many: equating real-world time with in-show time. A book on M*A*S*H, for example, broke down all of the episodes in order, put them back-to-back on a day-to-day basis (with selected exceptions, such as one where the action was spread through an entire year), and showed how they all fit into the actual time frame of the Korean War. I still read of commentators objecting to Law & Order saying that "in reality, crimes are not solved in just an hour," clearly ignoring the series of dates shown in every episode (or nearly so) spreading the action over a much longer period of time -- sometimes a couple of days, sometimes several weeks, for the "Law" half of the program. If we're going to talk about time distortions... A recent episode of NCIS: Los Angeles (OK, that's not the name, I can't remember the name, but it was set in Los Angeles) had the agents drive from downtown LA to Malibu, interview a subject, then drive back to downtown in less than an hour on a weekday afternoon. Having lived in LA, I know this is physically impossible. In a similar fasion, a episode of '24' had Jack Bauer drive from one end of LA to the other in considerably less than an hour. As for MASH, I was making a joke. If each episode covered one day*, you'd only cover less than a year of the war. For crime shows, doing the paperwork to report a crime can take longer than an hour. But that would make boring television. *(time distortion: Some episodes cover many days, but don't show all the events. Episodes could easily overlap, with each one covering a different subject during the same week) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares A Build-Your-Own-Bear shop run by Dr. Frankenstein. With real bear parts. No Ordinary Family Matters Gulliver's Travels with Charley Candy and Flowers for Algernon Harry Potter and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Colonel Potter and the Deathly Hallows WWE Smackdown Babies Studio wrestling for children Scott Pilgrim vs. the Tick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Scott Pilgrim vs Another World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares This is a mistake made by many: equating real-world time with in-show time. A book on M*A*S*H, for example, broke down all of the episodes in order, put them back-to-back on a day-to-day basis (with selected exceptions, such as one where the action was spread through an entire year), and showed how they all fit into the actual time frame of the Korean War. I still read of commentators objecting to Law & Order saying that "in reality, crimes are not solved in just an hour," clearly ignoring the series of dates shown in every episode (or nearly so) spreading the action over a much longer period of time -- sometimes a couple of days, sometimes several weeks, for the "Law" half of the program. I can buy it for MASH (barely), but it was hard to buy for Wagon Train. I believe I figured out it would be a ratio of more than 1 episode per day of travel. Which I suppose is doable, but would be hell to tie it all together. (which I dont think was the point in a 50s show to begin with) Heck, MASH and Wagon Train make more sense than Lost. I read the synopsis of the last episode and just got more confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares If we're going to talk about time distortions... A recent episode of NCIS: Los Angeles (OK, that's not the name, I can't remember the name, but it was set in Los Angeles) had the agents drive from downtown LA to Malibu, interview a subject, then drive back to downtown in less than an hour on a weekday afternoon. Having lived in LA, I know this is physically impossible. In a similar fasion, a episode of '24' had Jack Bauer drive from one end of LA to the other in considerably less than an hour. As for MASH, I was making a joke. If each episode covered one day*, you'd only cover less than a year of the war. For crime shows, doing the paperwork to report a crime can take longer than an hour. But that would make boring television. *(time distortion: Some episodes cover many days, but don't show all the events. Episodes could easily overlap, with each one covering a different subject during the same week) Heh, in actuality, I dont care much if I am watching the show and like it. But, I will make fun of time distortion later. It's like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares A Build-Your-Own-Bear shop run by Dr. Frankenstein. With real bear parts. No Ordinary Family Matters Gulliver's Travels with Charley Candy and Flowers for Algernon Harry Potter and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Colonel Potter and the Deathly Hallows WWE Smackdown Babies Studio wrestling for children Scott Pilgrim vs. the Tick So will Undertaker baby be like Baby Animal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Charlie Brown's Angels The Good, The Bad, and Peewee Herman Dennis the Red Menace Klingon Iron Chef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Bed, Bat & Beyond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Heh' date=' in actuality, I dont care much if I am watching the show and like it. But, I will make fun of time distortion later. It's like fun.[/quote'] Heh, yes. Lots of stuff I like give me fun later when I poke the holes in the logic. The stuff I don't like, I poke the holes in it as I watch. MASH: Comedy about war, lasted longer than war, fun to watch, fun to note errors later. 24: "Comedy" about terrorism, unrealistic, fun to mock during. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares My favorite MASH WTF was Radar reading an and issue of The Avengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares My favorite MASH WTF was Radar reading an and issue of The Avengers. I missed that. Radar reading a comic book: perfectly appropriate. Radar reading a comic book written in the 1960s: neat trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares I missed that. Radar reading a comic book: perfectly appropriate. Radar reading a comic book written in the 1960s: neat trick! He did it at least twice in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Incredible Hulk cast as the Jolly Green Giant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Dying Young Guns and the Restless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Quick and the Dead Alive The Quick and the Evil Dead 3:10 to Yentl Brokeback 2: Electric Boogaloo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Neon Genesis Eva Longoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares 9 to 5 to Yuma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Green Eggs and Ham, starring Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares A thread crossover: Hot Tub Crime Machne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Princess of the Brides, by S. Morgenstern, Abridged by William Golding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Deadliest Catcher in the Rye Rocky Balboa and the Sundance Kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirgos Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Six Feet Underworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Adventures of the Falming Carrot Across the 8th Dimension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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