tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000128.post2105874398170420662..comments2023-10-26T11:33:43.599-04:00Comments on There are no bad ideas: Public ServiceDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980248848147600519noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000128.post-88759957774182321592007-06-13T17:05:00.000-04:002007-06-13T17:05:00.000-04:00As you point out, this is a phenomenon common to a...As you point out, this is a phenomenon common to any highly-technical occupation. Watching movies like "In the Line of Fire", "The Sentinel" and "The Interpreter" drive me nuts. It's just Hollywood perception of what they think the audience wants to see and it rarely resembles reality.<BR/><BR/>Movies and TV shows don't even have to be Secret Service-specific to bug me. Even generic cop shows are glaring in their lack of authenticity.<BR/><BR/>One of my favorite ridiculous Hollywood cop-tropes is the obligatory scene where the hero takes a deep breath before busting through the bad guy's door and right before he does, he dramatically racks the slide on his gun. Yeah, that's real cool looking and all but what that really means is that up until that moment, the hero-cop was standing on the threshold of life-and-death situation with an unloaded gun-- something no real cop would ever do.<BR/><BR/>(I also don't get why movie cops seem to constantly and obsessively check whether their guns are loaded or not-- usually as punctuation to some bit of tough-guy dialogue.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000128.post-36105502590489973812007-06-12T15:37:00.000-04:002007-06-12T15:37:00.000-04:00Great point David. In the sound world, we very oft...Great point David. In the sound world, we very often have to make sound cues that sound differently than they would in the real world because they have to resemble what people think they would sound like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000128.post-23036982909204860552007-06-11T13:41:00.000-04:002007-06-11T13:41:00.000-04:00we just did a "scenic" hemp fly system for a "back...we just did a "scenic" hemp fly system for a "backstage" play... complete with pinrail, sandbags, and vintage lighting equipment. our TD was TOTALLY anal about making sure it looked "right."<BR/><BR/>so some people do pay attention.<BR/>- lindsayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8000128.post-51093707360068677962007-06-11T01:37:00.000-04:002007-06-11T01:37:00.000-04:00Priceless.deano-ectp-ctPriceless.<BR/><BR/>deano-<BR/>ectp-ctAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com