Movie and TV shows with inaccurate military content-do people sometimes avoid watching them with you?

PO1 John Pokrzywa — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:20:54 -0500

My wife almost never watches anything with me that has a military theme, as she can't stand my tendency to call things out...
Case in point, as a prior helicopter rescue swimmer, I can't watch "The Guardian" with a straight face, there's so many points of ridiculousness-but to my wife... I'm just ruining the movie.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 6 at 2014 11:26 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:26:46 -0500

I still watch them since many are funny to watch especially pointing out the idiotic discrepancies. One that I noticed the other day was when we were watching the Dustin Hoffman movie "Outbreak". Donald Sutherland is in it playing the 2 Star General. He has an SF patch, Airborne Tab and an SF tab as his combat patch. WRONG!!! SF Tabs are not utilized on the right shoulder. LOL.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 6 at 2014 11:36 PM

SCPO Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 23:36:39 -0500

I've got a more general problem with historical movies. I spot and point out various anachronisms. The anachronisms are often military - use of modern stirrups in ancient movies, cannon balls that explode, etc... Other times it is a references to something not yet discovered - e.g. -hummingbirds referenced in the Roman Empire (hummingbirds were exclusive to the Western Hemisphere), potatoes in Europe before the Columbian exchange, etc...

Response by LCpl Steve Zupan made Jul 10 at 2019 9:15 PM

LCpl Steve Zupan — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:15:26 -0400

Code Red... Not a Marine Corps thing....Lt Col. Jessup, standing around the whole movie with his hands in his pockets.... Not a Marine Corps thing...Lt. Kaffee telling, Lcpl. Dawson.... "Don't look at me, like I told you to clean the latrine!".. Not a Navy or Marine Corps thing....