DCLI Posted 19 September , 2010 Share Posted 19 September , 2010 Not sure if this is the right place for this. However, have just watched Maddison's War, very good too. However the continuity people need a telling off. See here, Maddison's WW1 ribbons or not. Sometimes they were correct, then upside down, then gone altogether. Sometimes gone altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 19 September , 2010 Share Posted 19 September , 2010 Ha! So I wasn't the only one puzzled by them jumping about then?! LOL! Did it enjoy the play though. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 19 September , 2010 Share Posted 19 September , 2010 I suspect this was due to them filming a whole load of the scenes at Beamish or similar in one go, where some of the time he needed the ribbons up, and others were they weren't required, and so the ribbons had to go on or come off as required, and it wasn't always done right - still sloppy work mind, but probably down to some overworked costume assistant without quite the militaria background most here have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCLI Posted 20 September , 2010 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2010 I suspect this was due to them filming a whole load of the scenes at Beamish or similar in one go, where some of the time he needed the ribbons up, and others were they weren't required, and so the ribbons had to go on or come off as required, and it wasn't always done right - still sloppy work mind, but probably down to some overworked costume assistant without quite the militaria background most here have... The pic without the ribbons, shows he is a corporal and should have had his ribbons up. I was under the impression ribbons had to be up all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 At least they didn't use orthochromatic film - LOL! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 What you have been seeing is the M Knife, a weapon issued to some of the Home Guard for a short while. It was a very thin but sharp folding knife disguised as a medal ribbon bar and was intended to escape detection should any Home Guard be taken POW when it could be used as an escape tool. Believed to have been invented by a Capt Mainwaring it was not popular as many believed it to be a pretext to allow men to wear ribbons to which they were not entitled. By general agreement it was quickly abandoned - as one old soldier was quoted as saying "we don't like to see em up on them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 The pic without the ribbons, shows he is a corporal and should have had his ribbons up. I was under the impression ribbons had to be up all the time. I think the rank stripes were the same - there was one point at Joe's wedding were one of his RAF son's sergeants stripes was gaping, like it had only been pinned in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 For all it's faults, I still enjoyed it. I think it brought together very nicely the two world wars and how it affected some of them. I took it for what it was, a dramatisation, not an historically accurate documentary. .............. and I like Robson Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nthornton1979 Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 Also, the RAMC Major who didn't serve abroad was wearing a ribbon bar for the BWM and VM.... I thought you had to serve abroad to get the VM ? Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 I took it for what it was, a dramatisation, not an historically accurate documentary Exactly. Why do some people get so hung up about this sort of stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nthornton1979 Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 I'm not hung up, just passing comment (on a discusion forum) Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nulli Secundus Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 On the same subject I've just watched the whole of the Blackadder Goes Forth series on DVD and all the ribbons were pretty accurate. I think the only error I spotted was in the episode where Blackadder is facing a firing squad and the corporal in charge of the firing party has a Military Cross ribbon. Apart from that most of it seemed spot on. I'm sure there will have been a thread on this previously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganshort Posted 20 September , 2010 Share Posted 20 September , 2010 I found the ribbons dancing about a little distraction from what was a nice entertaining drama. Seems he may have had three different blouses to wear and the continuity/wardrobe were being sloppy. Not what you expect these days! It's not just nit-picking because the ribbons were on Khaki and the bright colours do stand out against the plain background so being on/off was noticable unlike some other continuity gaffs which you have to rewind/look closely for. Nice script and performances, could be made a series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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