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Did time in the military (Navy) both working on carriers and with a construction battalion. Also, am a tech/IT guy by trade. I see so much wrong in movies I can't keep track, lol. Most of it can be put off to entertainment but some of it is so bad it ruins my ability to enjoy the movie.
1. Real sled dogs look NOTHING like the big white fluffy ones in the movies. Actually, those are called "movie dogs" in the sport. Real sled dogs are a lot scrappier, skinnier, and don't all look alike or even anything like huskies.
2. On a similar note, dogs don't have the muscle power to close their eyes when they are injected and die, "Marley and Me". I'm sorry I know that, but I do.
As you say...
And speaking as a professional dog trainer (working retrievers) who has finished numerous show champions and grew up in ranch country... just about everything in film regarding animals is so Bambi-ized or so politically-corrected, that I can't stand to watch it!
I'm a retired fireman. Instead of going into mind-numbing detail, I'll leave it at this: There hasn't been a movie/program either about firefighting or featuring firefighting that I've been able to stomach.
And it always starts with how they use their radios..... then goes downhill from there.
Hey sailordave, I enjoy this thread. I worked for the Navy as a civilian beginning as a pipefitter at a research lab. YES to the sprinkler comments The one all us "insiders' refer to is The Hunt for Red October which has a number of undersea shots of the two submarines, but the shots are of several classes, frequently not the sub it's supposed to be.
My uncle (a retired USN bubblehead) couldn't stand Red October. He would go on about "that's what you get when a non-qual civilian puke insurance agent writes a book about submariners."
People outside the military can't believe we can back talk officers. We do all the time. We just have to be either careful how we word ourselves or just don't give a damn.
Now I'm curious -- what sort of backtalk is acceptable or normal?
(The military officers I've known have all been pretty casual guys all around.)
Had an A-hole smart a$$ officer straight out the academy tell us we had to respect him because of his rank. We told him the UCMJ says we have to respect the rank, doesn't say anything about the man who wears the rank. Another officer tried to order us to do something that would severely damage the ship's engines. We all refused to obey his order. He threatened to bring us up on charges but we still refused to obey his order. He called the Chang (chief engineer, ours was former enlisted) and when he told the chang what he wanted us to do he had someone take over the EOOW watch so he could give the officer a chewing out in private. The electricians had had enough of their officer so they jumped him stripped him down to his underware, and then duct taped his body to the chair. He'd been such an ignorant jerk to so many people that when the chang found him all he said was "I told you not to f*** with the enlisted". He then ordered the electricians to remove the duct tape and gave the electricians a warning.
In general, I've noticed that cubicles and their contents are soooo orderly. My cubicle is a mess and my desk is piled with all sorts of paper...granted it is my 'system' and I know where everything. But...I couldn't be the only one who practices organized chaos??
Oops, you were talking about Office Space and not the TV series. My mistake.
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The one all us "insiders' refer to is The Hunt for Red October which has a number of undersea shots of the two submarines, but the shots are of several classes, frequently not the sub it's supposed to be.
