Comments on: Bad Ingredients

By: Rob "Flack" O'Hara

Rob "Flack" O'Hara — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:57:37 +0000

I wonder if the same people using movie clips in leiu of true historical photographs are the same people who continue to use the same Atari 2600 videogame sounds for every videogame in every television show. If I hear the Atari 2600 version of Donkey Kong on one more television show where kids are supposed to be playing modern videogames, I’ll … I’ll … I’ll steal your girlfriend, climb to the top of the nearest steel girder structure, and throw barrels at you!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:14:08 +0000

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By: Jason Scott

Jason Scott — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:09:05 +0000

*who* is using movies as historical footage?

I have seen it used by local news stations in Boston and New York City, and in feature pieces in NPR. I’ve seen movie still frames used in magazines as well, to illustrate historical points.

Obviously, these are credited: “Courtesy Universal Pictures”, etc. But they’re not credited like “We had no shots of the civil war so here’s a clip from a movie.”

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:31:32 +0000

…and now Hackers is being used as footage showing the history of computer hacking.

*Shudder*

By: Shii

Shii — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:16:33 +0000

The first half of your post was so tangential I was worried. But I have to say, I read a label on a lemonade dispenser that said, “Contains 0% Fruit Juice,” and I laughed out loud.

By the way, *who* is it who uses movies as historical footage?