hjasga Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Is that singular form Ghostrider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 ^ That would depend on what body part we're talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffererof1crankymofo Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I hope that you all are ready for tonights episode with pen and pencil at the ready to take notes We're more with it in this household than pen and pencil. Besides, I'm washing my hair too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjasga Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Will the whingers be relieved or even further annoyed by the introduction of a few made up place names this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 ^ What could be wrong with made up names as long as they sound reasonably realistic, it is the convention for how these things are usually done after all. You'll seek a long time before you find Glendarroch, Walford or Lochdubh anyplace, despite Bible John being sent to make a phone call at Bigton. Its fiction, as folk seem fond of keeping on reminding us, so lets just keep to fiction. Using real placenames for the wrong places is just a weird mish mash that ruins whatever passes for a storyline at the time, for folk that know the real places. Taking the subject of misused placenames in general, I'd put money on it that if for the purposes of the series they'd decided Lerwick would be known as Scalloway, the comments on this thread would be singing to a very different tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooney1 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) ^ What could be wrong with made up names as long as they sound reasonably realistic, it is the convention for how these things are usually done after all. You'll seek a long time before you find Glendarroch, Walford or Lochdubh anyplace, despite Bible John being sent to make a phone call at Bigton. I think they owe more to geographical accuracy because they use the Island name, that's just my view. If there was a fictional TV drama called London that used made up place names, would it be seen as acceptable? Edited February 6, 2016 by tooney1 Ghostrider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 So, what name places could we make up? Lerwick becomes Muckletoon? Scalloway: Peerietoon? Mossbank: Gaza? Ladylady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 ^ What could be wrong with made up names as long as they sound reasonably realistic, it is the convention for how these things are usually done after all. You'll seek a long time before you find Glendarroch, Walford or Lochdubh anyplace, despite Bible John being sent to make a phone call at Bigton. I think they owe more to geographical accuracy because they use the Island name, that's just my view. If there was a fictional TV drama called London that used made up place names, would it be seen as acceptable? Excactly. Hence my earlier point regarding 'The Edge of the World'. They didn't call that film or the island 'Foula', and it made the film 'work'. With this they've chosen to call the series 'Shetland' which starts the footing off on "factual", so either use whatever other "real" names that are used, accurately, or don't use "real" ones at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedee Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 The series is based on a series of books called Shetland - should they have changed the location to somewhere fictitious? When they come to film a book, they want to keep it as close to the book as possible, but they do need to find places suitable to film. It might not always be possible to keep it completely accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 I think you'll stuggle to find any fictional programme that is 100% geographically accurate when you look at the continuity. Take, for example, 'Last of the Summer Wine' - which is situated in Holmfirth, Yorkshire. The locations used are spread across three villages: Holmfirth, Meltham and Marsden.So when a character walks round the corner from Sids Cafe to Auntie Wainwrights shop, they have actually been magically teleported from Holmfirth to Marsden - 12 miles away. Does anybody care? Not really. Good fun people and place spotting, though. Acid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjasga Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Taking the subject of misused placenames in general, I'd put money on it that if for the purposes of the series they'd decided Lerwick would be known as Scalloway, the comments on this thread would be singing to a very different tune. Nope, I still wouldn't care a jot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Taking the subject of misused placenames in general, I'd put money on it that if for the purposes of the series they'd decided Lerwick would be known as Scalloway, the comments on this thread would be singing to a very different tune. Nope, I still wouldn't care a jot. I believe you, but my money still says a significnt number of residents of both named locations would care a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 I was confused by the get-away boat part in that they contacted the Norway coastguard (amongst others) to look out for it. But, if on a clear day, you can see Norway... why didn't they just hae a look eastward themselves? Pff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjasga Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 I was confused by the get-away boat part in that they contacted the Norway coastguard (amongst others) to look out for it. But, if on a clear day, you can see Norway... why didn't they just hae a look eastward themselves? Pff!As I'm sure the film crew will attest, there aren't many clear days! George. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 They could've gone to the Knab with their spy glasses then surely? Or, more likely, shot the scene looking to Norway in Walls (after a 5 minute ride getting there fae Lerwick). These fiction writers really should get their facts straight! I almost choked at the, "Go back to Shetland" line. That one made the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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