Where the sun don't shine...

[Plaidman]

This one was told to me by my doc.

He was in the supermarket the otherday, when he overhead a collage age girl ask her friend, in all seriousness

"Does the sun set the same in the east and west?"

[EvilEmpryss]

Maybe they were comparing sunsets in Maine and California?

[PepperElf]

that's when you mess with their heads

"The sun doesn't set in the west. It's always daytime there. For movies, if they have to film a night scene, they get the government to put up a giant shield over the city to block the sunlight"

=)

[Bloodsoul]

Ah, yes, day-for-night; I remember reading about that film technique in a magazine, once.

[Ironclad Alibi]

"For movies, if they have to film a night scene, they get the government to put up a giant shield over the city to block the sunlight"

In the movie Deck The Halls they built a huge warehouse to cover the two houses in the movie so they could film the night scenes during the day. They also used tons of fake snow because the snow filled Christmas scenes were filmed in July.

[Kogarashi]

In the movie Deck The Halls they built a huge warehouse to cover the two houses in the movie so they could film the night scenes during the day. They also used tons of fake snow because the snow filled Christmas scenes were filmed in July.

That's more than can be said for one episode of Discovery Channel's A Haunting. It's set in Connecticut, and supposedly goes through Thanksgiving and Christmas (and the decorations inside the house change to match), but every single outside scene is lush and green, and no one wears more than a light sweater.

[Sparky]

That's more than can be said for one episode of Discovery Channel's A Haunting. It's set in Connecticut, and supposedly goes through Thanksgiving and Christmas (and the decorations inside the house change to match), but every single outside scene is lush and green, and no one wears more than a light sweater.

And this annoys you?

Did you see the movie Eight Below? Charming little kid's movie about a team of sled dogs that are left behind in Antarctica for several months before being rescued. The dogs have to hunt and fend for themselves. Now here's the thing -- these dogs are shown running over the snow in Antarctica. In July. Under the bright blue sky.

What's wrong with this picture? And why does no one else seem to mind?

[Broomjockey]

What's wrong with this picture? And why does no one else seem to mind?

Wait wait. Antartica? As in the South Pole? July, sun? Isn't that supposed to be when it's completely dark? Then again, that wouldn't be much of a movie. *dark* *dark* *dark* So I can understand the liberty taken, though it'd have been better artistic license just to move the timeframe, or something.

[Sparky]

Wait wait. Antartica? As in the South Pole? July, sun? Isn't that supposed to be when it's completely dark? Then again, that wouldn't be much of a movie. *dark* *dark* *dark* So I can understand the liberty taken, though it'd have been better artistic license just to move the timeframe, or something.

Well, the whole plot was that the people had to leave the research station because of an emergency, but they were planning to come back for the dogs. But then they couldn't get back because the terrible, awful winter hit. So setting the movie in summer would not have worked. But still, there were scenes of the dogs under the stars. The snow is very reflective. They could have made it dramatic showing the sun disappear and start to return, but they just ignored the whole business. And I suppose there might be parts of Antarctica that aren't completely dark at solstice, but ... BRIGHT blue sky? I was furious about this. Do they think people don't know or don't care?

Sorry, I know this is veering off topic and skating close to fratching. I'll shut up now.

[Shalom]

Was this a remake? It sounds very much like the plot of the Japanese film Nankyoku Monogatari, a.k.a. Antarctica.

I've never seen that, but I've heard the soundtrack by Vangelis. Wonderful music; the track "Antarctica Echoes" is the best musical depiction of ice that I've ever heard. Don't listen to it without a sweater on.

[Sparky]

Was this a remake? It sounds very much like the plot of the Japanese film Nankyoku Monogatari, a.k.a. Antarctica.

I've never seen that, but I've heard the soundtrack by Vangelis. Wonderful music; the track "Antarctica Echoes" is the best musical depiction of ice that I've ever heard. Don't listen to it without a sweater on.

I didn't know this, but you're right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Below

[Kogarashi]

And this annoys you?

Did you see the movie Eight Below? Charming little kid's movie about a team of sled dogs that are left behind in Antarctica for several months before being rescued. The dogs have to hunt and fend for themselves. Now here's the thing -- these dogs are shown running over the snow in Antarctica. In July. Under the bright blue sky.

What's wrong with this picture? And why does no one else seem to mind?

I've seen Eight Below once, and wasn't really paying attention (conversation in my parents' house), so that part slipped by me. That's one thing I forget occasionally as a casual viewer, that I hope I would pay attention to when actually making a movie/show. Now that it's been pointed out to me, though, it will probably bother me if I ever watch it again. Which is unlikely anyway.

With the verdant foliage in wintertime CT, all I can figure is they got too lazy to try to actually fake snow and dead plants while filming in the summer.

Some things jar me out more than others. Like while watching the G.I. Joe movie, toward the end when the base is blowing up. Chunks of ice began sinking, prompting snarky comments from my husband and I.

[EvilEmpryss]

Like while watching the G.I. Joe movie, toward the end when the base is blowing up. Chunks of ice began sinking, prompting snarky comments from my husband and I.

Ice sinks temporarily if it drops into water at high velocity. Granted, it *should* float right back up again, but that's controlled by physics (the exact calculation for which I never bothered to memorize). I would assume that explosions creating a shock wave with enough force to blow the glacier to pieces would also provide enough force to send a few chunks plunging into the water.

Add to that pieces that may have had machinery or architecture attached and it's feasible that the ice would appear to sink for the brief time it was in the scene.

OMG, I just went science geek on you. Sorry.

[Broomjockey]

Ice sinks temporarily if it drops into water at high velocity. Granted, it *should* float right back up again, but that's controlled by physics (the exact calculation for which I never bothered to memorize). I would assume that explosions creating a shock wave with enough force to blow the glacier to pieces would also provide enough force to send a few chunks plunging into the water.

That, and water is at its densest at 4C, and becomes less dense at lower temperatures, and ice's density increases as temperature falls, contracting same as any other solid. Therefore, ice CAN, WILL, and DOES sink at low enough temperatures.

[EvilEmpryss]

Reminds me of a science test I got one year. It told a story about the invention of a chemical that would make ice sink (the specific use was so that you wouldn't be bothered by ice bumping your teeth when you drink). The test was to explain what the long term environmental effects would be if the chemical got out into the water system.