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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:09 AM Original message |
I really hate it when movies fuck up the geography of Washington DC |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. They put the US Cpital building on a hill... |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. My broher and I cracked up in Transformers 2 |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. When it's released on DVD, I'll have to add it to my Netflix queue |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. oh cool, I lived near Bethlehem too |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. But people who don't know the area |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Yeah, that one REALLY distracted me. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I'd sure like to be on one of those snow-topped mountains today! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Well, there's a breeze at the intersection of Woodmont and Leyland in Bethesda... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Yes, that totally ruined the movie's believability for me too. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Don't watch Sleepless in Seattle, then... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. I just like the scene in The Day After Tommorow..... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. A Married... with Children rerun yesterday had a real howler |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sort of like who no place in California is not within walking distance of the ocean? |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Diehard II. Pacific bell on the phones of "Dulles Airport"; and |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Lol, they have enough fuel to circle for hours |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Andrews... nt. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. That one still ranks as THE stoopidest mistake in depicting DC. nt |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. TV shows are worse. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I saw one episode set in Cleveland. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Vancouver is where they filmed it I think. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. They did an episode set in Allentown, PA: pop. 100,000 |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. I hate listening to bad Boston accents. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. Visiting Georgetown after watching The Exorcist was when I realized this. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. It's amazing how few folks that live in DC know those steps are in town or that they are THE steps. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. TV shows and movies do it in Miami as well. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Oh, they do that to every city. Team America World Police did a good parody of that |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. It can sometimes be amusing - like on NCIS |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Worst Is "24" |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. they do that for NYC too |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. University Ave. in Toronto subs for 5th Ave. in so many movies I've lost count. nt |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, I can't tell the difference |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. In Star Trek 4 |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Remember when Wesley Snipes jumped out of a White House window & into that back alley? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. In No Way Out the MGM headquarters in Culver city were a good substitute for the Pentagon. nt |
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