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Provost Harrison
Emperor
A sober little prick
Feb 2000
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posted November 16, 2000 08:23
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I don't know if anyone has ever noticed this before, but this is relating to the Isaac Newtons College video. Now Isaac Newton was well known for being a Cambridge academic many, many years ago, and hence the 'college' where he would have been associated with. However, the opening scene to the INC video features an overhead shot of a British university city, clearly within site is are the famous landmarks of the Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College. These landmarks actually being in Oxford not Cambridge. So basically, the opening scene of the video was shot in Oxford, not Cambridge, where in fact Isaac Newton resided!
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Empress
Queen
cause mingy loves me
Apr 2000
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posted November 16, 2000 17:40
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LOL only you would notice such a thing  |
paiktis22
Chieftain
Athens Greece
Oct 2000
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posted November 17, 2000 18:56
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I'm quite impressed ! |
Shadowstrike
King
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted November 18, 2000 14:59
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If you would notice all that, you would also notice that the entire video has an obsession with showing pictures of apples, which had lettle to do with Issac Newton's Collage. (Hey, we're talking about the collage, not the theory of gravity.  ) |
HsFB
Prince
Phobos, Martian System
Jan 2000
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posted November 20, 2000 09:26
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his collage? never herd of it...what museum is it in? |
Andz83
King
Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
Mar 2000
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posted November 20, 2000 12:00
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learn spelling, Shadowstrike! |
Mercator
Warlord
Apolyton's Unofficial Cartographer
b.02-15-99
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posted November 20, 2000 13:59
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Learn English grammar, Andz83 (now we're being so nitpicky anyway).
But anyway, that's not what this thread's supposed to be about.
About the wonder movies. They've probably just used archive footage for all wonder movies, but couldn't find anything on Cambridge. |
Mao
Deity
Apolyton
Jun 99
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posted November 20, 2000 23:56
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Now let's nitpick about the pyramids!!! Seriously though...how would you notice that??? |
johnmcd
Clash of Civilizations
Unit Graphics
Edinburgh
Oct 1999
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posted November 21, 2000 06:25
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I am going to watch the Marco Polo one and date the ships in the pictures and demonstrate that they are of a design that only emerged 100 years after his journeys. Perhaps.The big question is who will make a new video file with the appropriate landmarks? |
Dissident Aggressor
King
of the Mojave Desert and an admitted socialist
Feb 2000
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posted November 21, 2000 20:33
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and living near the Hoover Dam it wasn't called the Hoover dam back then. It started out as the Boulder Dam.how's that for nitpicky? |
cavebear
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Maryland, USA (Eastern Time)
Oct 1999
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posted November 21, 2000 21:18
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Actually, it was originally called the Hoover Dam, then renamed Boulder Dam by Franklin Roosevelt (as a piece of petty political revenge), and finally changed back to Hoover Dam after passions had subsided.Nitpickers of the World, Unite! |
Dissident Aggressor
King
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Feb 2000
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posted November 21, 2000 21:19
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I commend you on your nitpicking |
Deathwalker
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Grteat Britain
Mar 2000
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posted November 22, 2000 04:20
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How on earth did you even notice it??? ------------------
I have walked since the dawn of time and were ever I walk, death is sure to follow |
Legman
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar 99
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posted November 22, 2000 05:05
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Not exactly nitpicking, but I just thought I'd let you know that in the United Nations movie, a UN soldier on a peacekeeping mission is shown, clearly with the Danish flag on his shoulder.  I'm guessing this scene is from the UN mission in Cyprus, or possibly the Gaza strip a bit earlier. |
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