Does It Really Matter?

[ferlew]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2346670/This-White-Queen-travesty-Your-Majesty-Why-howlers-like-concrete-steps-metal-railings-rubber-boots-turning-TVs-new-period-drama-laughing-stock.html

It's entertainment, no more no less.
I am paying attention to the scripts, not looking for historical errors.
This is why I won't view a film or tv with my son, he spoils it by pointing out these things.

[boxtops]

It wouldn't matter to me, I follow the story and the script (although I might notice a neon sign in a period drama)

[jno]

can't say I really noticed any of these things. Rubber boots? Painted drainpipes? Big deal.

If I'd noticed the zip I might have thought it was funny, though.

[ummmm]

It doesn't matter to me. I wouldn't be looking.

[jim360]

I probably wouldn't notice much the history ones, but sometimes when you know something about a subject it can be annoying to watch people getting it hopelessly wrong. I try not to notice and can usually suspend disbelief, but occasionally it's too painful to let the howlers go unnoticed.

[rockyracoon]

I get too engrossed in the story to worry about the little things.

[ferlew]

Exactyly rockyracoon, exactly.

[woofgang]

I don't usually mind but got really really annoyed about one thing the the Lord of the rings films. In the books, the stone that Arwen gives Aragorn is green specifically described as a green beryl. In the film, the stone was clear for no reason that I could see or understand. That kind of senseless howler is just annoying, but I don't worry about wellies and drainpipes.

[tonyav]

Is this programme being sold to the USA, if it is they don't usually bother to much with historical detail. Like that other 'historical' TV show The Tudors.

[Peter Pedant]

you mean they didnt have call of duty and mobiles in the 15th C ?

[cathfromsaron]

saw y fronts in Poldark!

funny or annoying but not a deal breaker if you like the plot!

[puzzled54]

Am just starting to watch episode 1 now - but I am wondering about the hair dye and make up.

[islasmum]

I agree with ferlew, I don't mind watching something by myself and so long as there aren't any glaring errors, I'm not really fussed, but if I'm watching some programme with the OH, he picks up on anything that might be slightly wrong - especially if they happen to be old vehicles; e.g recently, some elderly lady getting on an old bus in a TV programme (maybe Heartbeat?) and being told that that bus wouldn't have been doing that route as they did not bring out that particular bus until 2 years later, you can tell by the split windscreen! I am so glad we have two TV's!

[Octavius]

If Edward IV had pulled up to the Castle in a Ford Capti Laser 1.6 and honked his multi-tone car horn playing La Cucharacha I might have noticed a little bit was amiss and then just get on with life. But zips and rubber soles, please, some people are so anal, they are in danger of disappearing up themself?

[tonymclark]

I haven't seen the programme yet, but wonder how many of those "mistakes" show up on screen. How many of the photos in that article are the cast on location? Photographing them on concrete steps with metal railings, or the soles of their shoes, that may not feature in the show at all.

[Canary42]

.... not to mention the spaceship in Life of Brian

[paddywak]

Saw an article in one of the papers about this and what it basically said was that if they were making a documentary the were obliged to double check that it was accurate as they could make it, but if it was a drama it was just entertainment and while they tried to be accurate it wasn't the be all and end all of things.