Blooper Reel

[Katryna]

inuvik said:

It still doesn't explain the light though. I would say others just wanted it for general light, but it is directed right on Jim's desk. This part must be a blooper.

I agree about the light- definitely a blooper!

[mlm828]

After carefully studying the picture, I have to agree the "glasses" probably are a cord of some kind. I guess I'm the one who needs reading glasses. Oh, wait, I already have them. . . .

The funny thing is I originally posted the picture because of the light -- which I still think is a blooper. The "glasses" which provoked all the comments were an afterthought. ;D

[bjobsessed]

mlm828 said:

The funny thing is I originally posted the picture because of the light -- which I still think is a blooper. The "glasses" which provoked all the comments were an afterthought. ;D

But what a great discussion! And isn't technology great? Otherwise, we may never have known it was a cord instead of glasses. And my computer wouldn't be full of so many awesome screencaps!

[rducasey]

How's this for watching too closely. I noticed in Doggone, when he is picked up by a "uniform" in the morning to go to the crimescene, in the car, he has on his green burberry raincoat. (and this is only seen from behind his seat but you can see raincoat collar.) When he arrives at the apartment of Sonny's cousin, he is just in a suitcoat and no raincoat.

[bjobsessed]

rducasey said:

How's this for watching too closely. I noticed in Doggone, when he is picked up by a "uniform" in the morning to go to the crimescene, in the car, he has on his green burberry raincoat. (and this is only seen from behind his seat but you can see raincoat collar.) When he arrives at the apartment of Sonny's cousin, he is just in a suitcoat and no raincoat.

Now I know why you haven't been around for a few days!

[Katryna]

I am not sure if this qualifies as a blooper, or not. But check it out - I think it is funny.

From Leap of Faith. Jim and Karen return to Warren Doyle's building to interview Ethan. They are in the hallway. Jim is interviewing Ethan. Ethan says "Is he home"? Jim says "Nope, he's at work". Jim then makes a movement that looks like he is peaking around the corner to make sure Doyle isn't there.

[bjobsessed]

kathy said:

I am not sure if this qualifies as a blooper, or not. But check it out - I think it is funny.

From Leap of Faith. Jim and Karen return to Warren Doyle's building to interview Ethan. They are in the hallway. Jim is interviewing Ethan. Ethan says "Is he home"? Jim says "Nope, he's at work". Jim then makes a movement that looks like he is peaking around the corner to make sure Doyle isn't there.

I just watched that and you're right. Jim does pause and look as if to see if he's home! How would he know? That's hilarious. Never noticed it before. Still finding things to talk about after all this time.

[housemouse]

housemouse said:

Now I was only in Manhattan for five days, but watching episodes since then I have noticed a HUGE blooper. Walking in Manhattan I noticed that around 85 - 90% of the cars on the road are taxis. I was just watching Up on the Roof and didn't see a single cab. Maybe Mrs. E and Maggie can confirm that this is indeed a major blunder.

This is driving me crazy now! I watch for cabs in every episode and I hardly ever see any. That is a huge almost unforgivable blooper. Eldard lives in Manhattan for goodness sake. Couldn't he (if no one else) have pointed out how wrong this is?! When I have dinner with him, that is certainly going to come up. Just ask and I will list all the other topics I plan to cover.

As an aside, has anyone else noticed the presence, or lack thereof, of cabs in any other NYC based shows like Seinfeld or Friends? I am starting to wonder if this might be a common blooper for shows filmed in LA that are supposed to take place in New York.

[maggiethecat]

housemouse said:

As an aside, has anyone else noticed the presence, or lack thereof, of cabs in any other NYC based shows like Seinfeld or Friends? I am starting to wonder if this might be a common blooper for shows filmed in LA that are supposed to take place in New York.

There are plenty of cabs in the Law & Order shows, which are actually filmed on location in New York City. I noticed plenty of authentic New York backgrounds in the early episodes of Blind Justice -- and from what I read in an article on the cinematographers, they did actually film here for a few weeks last year -- but I saw less and less location footage as the episodes progress. Sorry.

Those zippy shots of Karen driving Jim around (black car in the Pilot, seems to be a different tan car later on) are real. The stock shots of the front of Belleview are real, as are the night shots, the subway, the bridges, etc. But Stephen Bochco had eleven years of NYPD Blue to find every street and building in LA that looked even remotely (no pun intended) like New York. And he used 'em. And kept sticking Sabrett hotdog carts in the shots to lend realism!

So when you consider things like the establishing scenes where Karen and Jim cross the street to Condell's apartment, or the scenes in front of the Rivington Street building where the Oliver brothers lived, or the street where the bank shoot-out took place? Not, I'm guessing, New York.

I just finished reading Pete Hamill's GREAT book, Downtown, and he covers the layout of the city and how -- with the exception of a few streets like 8th Street, 14th Street, and 57th Street -- all New York streets were made to a uniform width. It's something like 60 feet (I forget the actual number, and I apologize for sounding like Cliff Klaven). There really is a certain proportion and rhythm to the landscape. Those who are familiar with the City know intuitively -- even if they can't quite put their finger on the difference -- when something has been filmed somewhere else.

Cabs have a lot to do with what part of the city you're in -- they tend to concentrate on high-volume business areas like Midtown. (You can always find one outside Grand Central Station, for example.) You don't see anywhere near as many cabs in the Village and Chinatown (where the 8th is supposed to be) as you do in midtown. Ask anyone who's ever needed a cab down there! So that part may have been right.

[maggiethecat]

bjobsessed said:

I think so. They definitely don't look like glasses in that shot. I'd say a phone cord or some kind of cord that is tied together. You know, like you said!

I just went back and caught up with the "what's on Jim's desk" discussion. Very funny! Sure looked like a pair of glasses until we got the clearer shot, and it really does look, now, like a tied-up cord of some kind.

But I have to say -- that light being on, on Jim's desk, always cracked me up. And did you notice the Post-it note? ("Karen, you weren't going to draw me a picture, were you?") That said, I just figured that whoever used the desk on the night shift left stuff around, and left the light on. And the backlighting effect was rawther nice, yes?

[shmeep]

maggiethecat said:

(I forget the actual number, and I apologize for sounding like Cliff Klaven).

I'm too brain dead to respond to most of what you just said, but karma for the Cliff Clavin reference!!!

Just found something that has nothing to do with anything, but my braindeadedness makes it okay:


Cliff Clavin's Little Known Quotes

- It's a little known fact that cows were domesticated in Mesopotamia and were also used in China as guard animals for the forbidden city.

- It's a little known fact that smartest animal is a pig. Scientists say if pigs had thumbs and a language, they could be trained to do simple manual labor. They give you 20-30 years of loyal service and then at their retirement dinner you can eat them.

- I wonder if you know that the harp is a predecessor of the modern day guitar. Early minstrels were much larger people. In fact, they had hands the size of small dogs.

- Everyone is the Swiss Army owns a Swiss Army Knife. That's why no one messes with Switzerland.

- If you were to go back in history and take every president, you'll find that the numerical value of each letter in their name was equally divisible into the year in which they were elected. By my calculations, our next president has to be named Yellnick McWawa.

- If memory serves, the umbilical chord is 90% postassium.

- They did a study between postal workers and chimpanzees. They proved chimps were 32% slower. Of course, they were better with public relations.

- There's no rule against postal workers not dating women. It just works out that way.

- It's a little known fact that the tan became popular in what is known as the Bronze Age.

[greenbeing]

I was watching the Pilot before work today and noticed, at the end, when Jim is putting on his suit coat, his bag is sitting next to his computer on the desk. He asks Karen if he can walk down with her, puts on his overcoat, and poof, the bag is missing, as if it were never there... But he didn't take it with. He has trouble keeping track of that darn bag, doesn't he?

--GB

[Katryna]

mlm828 said:

I just noticed another time there is someone in the holding cell (other than rducasey). In one scene in "Marlon's Brando," there is a very brief glimpse of someone in there as Jim is walking into the squad room.

There's also someone in the holding cell in In Your Face. When Karen is saying goodnight to everyone except Jim (how many time does she want him to apologize?), you can see the holding cell door open behind Fisk's head. Then a cop closes the door and walks a perp down the hall.

[rducasey]

In Dance With Me, when Jim is talking to Tom about what he and his girl do togethr, Tom is getting coffee. You can see him reflected in the mirror. Well when Jim is asking "you're black?" and Tom is sipping, there appears to be no coffee in the cup.

[bjobsessed]

rducasey said:

In Dance With Me, when Jim is talking to Tom about what he and his girl do togethr, Tom is getting coffee. You can see him reflected in the mirror. Well when Jim is asking "you're black?" and Tom is sipping, there appears to be no coffee in the cup.

Wow! Are you ever observant! I'll have to watch that tonight.