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24 Goofs
I
always get a little pissed off when I run across inaccuracies on television or in a movie. I get even more so when
something is glaring wrong. How much are these writers paid to continually make mistakes in their product?
Haven’t they ever heard of research?
This is why I was particularly distraught last night while viewing 24. 24 is one of the few shows I regularly watch. It is normally very well thought-out, full of surprises, and entertaining to boot. But last night I simply had to cringe.
It seems that terrorists had stolen some nerve gas and put the canisters on a cargo ship heading for Central Asia. A cargo ship to Central Asia?!?!? Excuse me but last time I checked a map, Central Asia was completely landlocked. Sure, there is the Caspian Sea bordering Turkmenistan, but ocean-going cargo ships could only reach that body of water if they sprouted legs and skipped their way across the Iranian desert. It would be like taking a Carnival Cruise Line to Wyoming.
Shame on you Jack Bauer! How disappointing!
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jmchez Jan 31st 2006 10:18AM
Well, they said 8 days to get to port and another via truck. Now, I'm thinking that it doesn't take 8 days to cross the Pacific so it's more likely that the port is somewhere in the Black sea (via the Suez Canal) then a truck to Moscow or Chechnya where -- wink, wink -- we really know, the "unnamed" terrorists come from. I think they really wrote it like that originally but wanting not to name names changed Chechnya to central Asia and forgot about the previously written timeline.
Jambalaya John Jan 31st 2006 10:45AM
Well, it is possible to get from the ocean to the Caspian Sea. In fact, you can get to both Atlantic and Indian Oceans several different ways. I copied part of an article on the Volga River below. (http://www.answers.com/topic/volga-river). I didn't see the episode so I'm not sure exactly what the situation is, but it is possible to reach Central Asia by boat.
"The Volga is of great importance to inland shipping and transport in Russia: all the dams in the river have been equipped with large (double) ship locks, so that vessels of considerable dimensions can actually travel from the Caspian Sea almost to the upstream end of the river. Connections with the Don River and the Black Sea are possible through the Volga-Don Canal; connections with the lakes of the North and with Saint Petersburg are possible through the Volga-Baltic-Waterway and a liaison with Moscow has been realised by the Moscow Canal connecting Volga and Moskwa rivers. This infrastructure has been designed for vessels of a relatively large scale (lock dimensions of 290 x 30 meters on the Volga, slightly smaller on some of the other rivers and canals) and it spans many thousands of kilometers.
Until recently access to the Russian waterways was only granted on a very limited scale. The increasing contacts between the European Union and Russia have led to new policies with regard to the access to the Russian inland waterways. It is expected that vessels of other nations will be allowed on the Russian rivers soon."
Carl Jan 31st 2006 11:33AM
Yea, I agree with the post above. You are reading too much into this. They didn't literally mean it would go from point A to point B purely by ship.
Obviously it would be transported by truck after it arrived at the nearest port to Chechnya err I mean Central Asia.
Rocky W Feb 3rd 2006 7:43PM
Dude, I thought you lived in LA? It surprises you that Hollywood writers do minimal or no research? I suppose the saving grace is that folks like yourself, goography-savyy travelers catch their mistakes and point them out. Nice job.