IIRC (been a while) the Russians were foreign troops on US soil engaged in a clandestine spy operation (or something like that). Commie invaders! Go get 'em!
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One of the many things wrong with the recent film about the battle of Midway was modernisms like "I got eyes on the Japanese fleet!" Pretty sure "got eyes on" is a recent phrase. I'd already been pulled out of the film by all the other stupidity in it, so a that point I was just smacking my head every five minutes.
No soldier has to comply with an illegal order, and there's no way in hell the majority of what's going on in Hawkins is legal.
I don’t really have a problem with that.One of the many things wrong with the recent film about the battle of Midway was modernisms like "I got eyes on the Japanese fleet!" Pretty sure "got eyes on" is a recent phrase. I'd already been pulled out of the film by all the other stupidity in it, so a that point I was just smacking my head every five minutes.
Unless the movie/show claims 100% historical accuracy contemporary language is used all the time.
So many movies in medieval, Victorian or Neolithic times that do it. Or futuristic movies.
It’s always more or less contemporary language.
The only difference here is it’s living memory.
I expect the language to be pretty accurate as the time period isn't all that long ago.
If it's far enough back that no one from that period is alive, I'd give it some liberties.
The upside down isn't US soil.
It's a tv show, not a documentary.
Pretty sure it has a McDonalds. Definitely a KFC. And certainly a Coca Cola Company vending machine.
So does Russia.
Not any more.
(Also, I was thinking of things like ‘Doctor StrangeLove’ ‘one, two, three’ and of course the Stranger Things KFC ads. I should have thrown in Pepsi, since bits of ‘Air America’ come to mind.)
None of those soldiers were in the upside down. They were in a secret base under a mall.
I was talking about the US base in the upside-down.
One of the many things wrong with the recent film about the battle of Midway was modernisms like "I got eyes on the Japanese fleet!" Pretty sure "got eyes on" is a recent phrase. I'd already been pulled out of the film by all the other stupidity in it, so a that point I was just smacking my head every five minutes.
Interestingly, although that is a recent term in everyday parlance, it is possible the military used this phrase or similar even earlier than the 40s.
My rule about older historical dramas is if the use of phrasing or slang is just so obviously contemporary that it becomes dated within a few years than that just pulls me out of the narrative. For me, this is similar to Science Fiction series that reference real world current events when the characters are talking about the past. Star Trek was fairly careful about this throughout the years, but look at how poorly some of their references turned out like the Eugenic Wars or Elon Musk reference. But when Trek referred to Twain, Shakespeare or older music styles it still comes across as relevant.
I was rewatching some TNG not that long ago, and I remember a reference to Ireland that's now wrong as well.
The 'banned' Star Trek episode that promised a united Ireland
A scene discussing Ireland's "2024 unification" stopped the episode from being shown in the UK.
www.bbc.com
Referencing Musk was definitely a mistake. Best to stick to dead people.
Why?
