Posted by jamesgibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Ship-in-DESTRUCTION-tp1501486p1501502.html

"ADRIAN FLITCROFT" wrote:
> Hi
>
> Speaking about bloopers what about the blatant one of where the
> ship turns from a County class destroyer to a Tiger class cruiser
> half way through sounding action stations and then changes between
> both during the attack before finally reverting to a County at the
> very end. I still think that was a very poor bit of continuity and
> they could have done much better.

I didn't know that, thanks Adrian - but frankly I think that it's
inevitable that, where stock footage is used, the programme makers
aren't going to go to a great deal of trouble for the tiny
percentage of the audience who will notice continuity errors of this
kind. I think it's a bit of a stretch to call it a 'blooper' to be
quite honest.

Someone told me that modern guided missile destroyers are shown in
the Pearl Harbour film from a year or two back. I'd probably never
have noticed personally. I'm more likely to notice 1970s
guitars used in TV programmes set in the 50s, but I appreciate that
most people won't.

I must admit there is one error of this kind that does annoy me,
and that's the US F4 fighter aircraft that is meant to be a
Russian MiG in 'Ice Station Zebra'.