One thing that bothers me a lot is seeing the wrong crops in the wrong geographic area for a given time period. For instance, as far as I know from multiple botany classes and personal reading, corn was domesticated in central Mexico from a grass called Teosinte, yet I repeatedly see it mentioned or grown in shows about ancient Greece or Egypt. I even saw a documentary about Egypt that said it was one of the crops grown along the Nile!
Another example of a misplaced plant...in the show Lost they frequently walk through fields containing the grass Andropogon virginicus, which is native to the eastern US. It is on the show because it is invasive in Hawaii, where it is filmed. Not many people probably pick this stuff out, so its not a huge deal or anything, its just something I notice. The misplaced crop plants piss me off though.
As far as animals/insects goes...I think something like an insect not having six legs, or someone referring to a spider as an insect, would irk me a bit. I can't pick out the inconsistencies in vertebrate morphology and behavior usually, so that doesn't end up being a problem. I have avoided A Bug's Life and Antz because I just don't want to spend the whole time being bothered by incorrect portrayals.
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Date: 2006-07-27 06:36 pm (UTC)Another example of a misplaced plant...in the show Lost they frequently walk through fields containing the grass Andropogon virginicus, which is native to the eastern US. It is on the show because it is invasive in Hawaii, where it is filmed. Not many people probably pick this stuff out, so its not a huge deal or anything, its just something I notice. The misplaced crop plants piss me off though.
As far as animals/insects goes...I think something like an insect not having six legs, or someone referring to a spider as an insect, would irk me a bit. I can't pick out the inconsistencies in vertebrate morphology and behavior usually, so that doesn't end up being a problem. I have avoided A Bug's Life and Antz because I just don't want to spend the whole time being bothered by incorrect portrayals.