tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post6340675555742834386..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Timeless ProseLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-76804240619551524462016-11-21T03:56:51.777-05:002016-11-21T03:56:51.777-05:00Much as I love books, as an avid fact-checker, for...Much as I love books, as an avid fact-checker, for both work and pleasure, the Internet has proved a boon. Injudicious use, however, is simply a faster way of proving yourself a fool. A Broad Abroadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-52153003409758185512016-11-20T19:31:10.091-05:002016-11-20T19:31:10.091-05:00Bonnie, thou speaketh wisely from thy font of know...Bonnie, thou speaketh wisely from thy font of knowledge. I was raised with older versions of the Bible, so that helps. Quaker sayings work the same way: “Everyone is mad but me and thee, and sometimes I wonder about thee.”<br /><br />John, I also heard about a film crew member leaving a car visible in the background of a historical shot. Another film error I sometimes see (or rather hear) I think might be deliberate. Trains in westerns are often heard idling with a chuffing sound. Unless a flywheel is turning over, sitting steam engines are perfectly silent, save for a possible hiss of vented steam. I think that occurred in 3:10 to Yuma. I've heard it elsewhere too. Another possibility is My Name is Nobody, but I can't recall for sure. I'm not sure when I caught onto it, but I imagine the director calling for more engine noise.<br /><br />Paul, not only do you have an ideal attitude about anachronisms, but I like your song solution. That’s a nice touch!<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73645741069946893992016-11-20T18:51:50.598-05:002016-11-20T18:51:50.598-05:00Leigh, I see things that bug me all the time becau...Leigh, I see things that bug me all the time because of their historical inaccuracy. Sometimes it's easier to let go than others. And sometimes I just have to tell myself it's just a movie/book. And I've done some things that I knew were wrong because, like O'Neil and the hula hoop, it just worked. I'm working on a novel now set in the 1940s and using a song that features fairly prominently that didn't come out till several years after the book is set. So I have the songwriter (real person) make an appearance and he's working on the song. That way, even though it didn't come out at the time of the book it is available to the characters...Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54448046913448219672016-11-20T16:15:07.085-05:002016-11-20T16:15:07.085-05:00Leigh, those Italians must think things were techn...Leigh, those Italians must think things were technologically advanced, in our Old West.<br /><br />I do like discovering things like that. Folks have told me they spotted wristwatches on some of the crowd in <i>The Ten Commandments</i>.<br /><br />Love them movies!!<br />John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61678091107507824712016-11-20T15:45:42.165-05:002016-11-20T15:45:42.165-05:00I enjoyed your post, Leigh. I'm sometimes star...I enjoyed your post, Leigh. I'm sometimes startled by the dialogue in historical fiction--eighteenth-century characters using twentieth-century slang, a nineteenth-century character talking about being "tasked with" a certain responsibility. And it's jarring when writers use "thee" and "thou" but don't realize that "thee" is an objective pronoun and "thou" a nominative pronoun. ("If thee will give me a minute, I will explain it to thou.")Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-25981955957786947212016-11-20T13:44:15.009-05:002016-11-20T13:44:15.009-05:00John, when I looked up that Spaghetti Western abov...John, when I looked up that Spaghetti Western above, The Grand Duel, I noticed viewers mentioned electrical power lines are visible in the final shootout!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68154493629039833582016-11-20T10:43:38.767-05:002016-11-20T10:43:38.767-05:00Great post, Leigh--I love this kind of thing. I&#...Great post, Leigh--I love this kind of thing. I'm reminded of the sight of palm trees in Illinois in the movie <i>Halloween</i>, the hero wearing sunglasses in <i>Django Unchained</i>, and gas canisters underneath overturning chariots in <i>Gladiator</i>.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65415174717067068962016-11-20T09:25:07.200-05:002016-11-20T09:25:07.200-05:00Hey thanks, Art.
Janice, I thought it would have ...Hey thanks, Art.<br /><br />Janice, I thought it would have been a lovely touch if the author's name was Heather. Hard to believe the editors didn't catch that mistake.<br /><br />Too funny, O'Neil. I like to think your girl received a prototype; yeah, that's it. Along with pop-beads.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14875586700056408692016-11-20T08:56:57.612-05:002016-11-20T08:56:57.612-05:00I liked INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. The funniest part is ... I liked INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. The funniest part is explaining to people that's not the way Hitler died. I'm serious. In my latest book HOLD ME, BABE, set in 1951, I had a little girl receive a hula hoop as a present. The hula hoop didn't come around until 1958. Only the scene worked so well, especially when the pretty woman tried out the hula hoop. So I went back to the title pages and put a note to the reader, I know the hula hoop didn't come around until '58. It's a novel. Live with it.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8478713106446066452016-11-20T07:51:22.320-05:002016-11-20T07:51:22.320-05:00Love the ending. No doubt Scottish mesquite is bre...Love the ending. No doubt Scottish mesquite is brewed up into some other exportable tipple!Janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50578413111620607372016-11-20T06:46:03.437-05:002016-11-20T06:46:03.437-05:00Thanks for sharing! Great points and examples here...Thanks for sharing! Great points and examples here. :-)Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.com