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the_subtle_inconsistencies_of_severance [2022-08-01 03:53] – [8. Same pattern of wetness across different days] Scribe of Kier | the_subtle_inconsistencies_of_severance [2022-08-18 19:32] (current) – Saeid | ||
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===== Inconsistencies (in order of appearance) ===== | ===== Inconsistencies (in order of appearance) ===== | ||
- | ==== 1. Incoherent dates on Mark’s watch ==== | + | ==== Incoherent dates on Mark’s watch ==== |
<WRAP gallery-container> | <WRAP gallery-container> | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | ==== 2. Continuity error at the receptionist ==== | + | ==== Continuity error at the receptionist ==== |
{{ receptionist.gif |The receptionist makes a call before allowing Mark to proceed}} | {{ receptionist.gif |The receptionist makes a call before allowing Mark to proceed}} | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | It is possible that this was done on purpose to illustrate a severed person’s damaged perception of time. However, comparing the time Mark leaves his car after glancing at his watch to when he arrives at the [[Severed Floor]] shows that only four minutes have passed, lending credence to the idea that this may have been a continuity error. The movement of the sun across the floor is so short a time would also indicate that there were many minutes between these cuts being shot and no one is going to spend VFX money moving a pen back into place. | + | It is possible that this was done on purpose to illustrate a severed person’s damaged perception of time. However, comparing the time Mark leaves his car after glancing at his watch to when he arrives at the [[Severed Floor]] shows that only four minutes have passed, lending credence to the idea that this may have been a continuity error. |
- | ==== 3. Slightly tilted clock ==== | + | ==== Slightly tilted clock ==== |
{{ tilted_clock.gif |Slightly tilted clock}} | {{ tilted_clock.gif |Slightly tilted clock}} | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | This also could be a function of multiple shooting | + | This could be a function of multiple shooting days, weeks, or as the creators have indicated, possibly even months. If this section of the set had been disassembled to accommodate a different scene, moved, or jostled, it could have knocked the clock askew. |
- | ==== 4. Placement of armchairs ==== | + | ==== Placement of armchairs ==== |
- | {{ severed_floor_lobby_1.png? | + | {{ severed_floor_lobby_1.png? |
**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
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<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{severed_floor_lobby_2.png? | + | {{severed_floor_lobby_2.png? |
</ | </ | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{severed_floor_lobby_bts.jpg? | + | {{severed_floor_lobby_bts.jpg? |
</ | </ | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{severed_floor_lobby_3.png? | + | {{severed_floor_lobby_3.png? |
</ | </ | ||
</ | </ | ||
- | ==== 5. Typos and similar errors | + | ==== The Senior Refiner Morning Checklist |
- | === a. Training manual === | + | {{ mdr_entrance.jpg? |
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+ | **Explanation: | ||
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+ | <WRAP gallery-container> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
+ | {{mark_sitting_at_his_desk.jpg? | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
+ | {{mark_and_milchick.jpg? | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ==== Typos and similar errors ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Training manual === | ||
<WRAP gallery-container> | <WRAP gallery-container> | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | There are various examples of comma misuse or omission as well, although typos and grammatical errors are commonplace in corporate and government documents. Even in the age of 4K and freeze frame, it is still only humans who are preparing graphic art for television shows, and additional typos in [[Compliance]], | + | There are various examples of comma misuse or omission as well, although typos and grammatical errors are commonplace in corporate and government documents. |
- | === b. The Orientation Booklet === | + | === The Orientation Booklet === |
- | {{ mdr_introduction_booklet.png? | + | {{ mdr_introduction_booklet.png? |
- | **Explanation: | + | **Explanation: |
- | === c. Credits === | + | === Credits === |
<WRAP gallery-container> | <WRAP gallery-container> | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{credits_1.jpg? | + | {{credits_1.jpg? |
</ | </ | ||
</ | </ | ||
- | === d. The You You Are excerpt === | + | === The You You Are excerpt === |
- | {{ the_you_you_are_excerpt.jpg? | + | {{ the_you_you_are_excerpt.jpg? |
**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | === e. Different spelling of Macrodata Refinement === | + | === Different spelling of Macrodata Refinement === |
- | {{ security_office_id_numbers.png? | + | {{ security_office_id_numbers.png? |
- | **Explanation: | + | **Explanation: |
- | ==== 6. Dylan’s potato chips ==== | + | ==== Dylan’s potato chips ==== |
- | {{ dylans_chips.jpg? | + | {{ dylans_chips.jpg? |
<WRAP figure right> | <WRAP figure right> | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | ==== 7. Petey’s hair in flashback scenes ==== | + | ==== Petey’s hair in flashback scenes ==== |
{{ petey_s_hair.gif |Petey’s different hairstyle in flashback scenes}} | {{ petey_s_hair.gif |Petey’s different hairstyle in flashback scenes}} | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | ==== 8. Same pattern of wetness across different days ==== | + | ==== Same pattern of wetness across different days ==== |
{{ wet_lumon_logo.gif |Same pattern of wetness across different days}} | {{ wet_lumon_logo.gif |Same pattern of wetness across different days}} | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | This continuity error is likely due to the fact that cinematographers often shoot all of the scenes that take place at a certain location while they are at that location. Jessica Lee Gagné, the show’s Director of Photography, | + | This continuity error is likely due to the fact that cinematographers often shoot all of the scenes that take place at a certain location while they are at that location. Jessica Lee Gagné, the show’s Director of Photography, |
- | ==== 9. Varying versions of Petey’s map ==== | + | ==== Varying versions of Petey’s map ==== |
{{ petey_s_map_difference.gif |Varying versions of Petey’s map}} | {{ petey_s_map_difference.gif |Varying versions of Petey’s map}} | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | ==== 10. Different bins ==== | + | ==== Different bins ==== |
<WRAP figure right> | <WRAP figure right> | ||
{{mdr_bin_kier_logo.jpg? | {{mdr_bin_kier_logo.jpg? | ||
- | An MDR bin with Kier Eagan’s face | + | An MDR bin with Kier Eagan’s face((A prop from the Severance Activation event at San Diego Comic-Con 2022)) |
</ | </ | ||
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<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{mdr_bins_1.jpg? | + | {{mdr_bins_1.jpg? |
</ | </ | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{mdr_bins_2.jpg? | + | {{mdr_bins_2.jpg? |
</ | </ | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | ==== 11. Reused elevator scene ==== | + | Perhaps, the Macrodata Refinement employee who keeps putting trash in the recycling bin((Season 1, Episode 3, [[In Perpetuity]] ([[In Perpetuity Transcript# |
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+ | ==== Reused elevator scene ==== | ||
{{ elevator_scene_comparison.jpg? | {{ elevator_scene_comparison.jpg? | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | ==== 12. Party hats ==== | + | ==== Party hats ==== |
<WRAP gallery-container> | <WRAP gallery-container> | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{milchick_mdr_1.jpg? | + | {{milchick_mdr_1.jpg? |
</ | </ | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{milchick_mdr_2.jpg? | + | {{milchick_mdr_2.jpg? |
</ | </ | ||
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**Explanation: | **Explanation: | ||
- | ==== 13. Fly/gnat ==== | + | ==== Fly/gnat ==== |
- | {{ fly_dylan.png? | + | {{ fly_dylan.png? |
<WRAP figure right> | <WRAP figure right> | ||
- | {{gnat_seven_day.png? | + | {{gnat_seven_day.png? |
A man on the TV talks about a gnat | A man on the TV talks about a gnat | ||
</ | </ | ||
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Although probably not related, it is interesting to note that in the first episode when Mark is at home, a man on the TV can be heard saying, “Indeed, this gnat will spend much of its three- to seven-day life . . . .”((Season 1, Episode 1, [[Good News About Hell]] ([[Good News About Hell Transcript# | Although probably not related, it is interesting to note that in the first episode when Mark is at home, a man on the TV can be heard saying, “Indeed, this gnat will spend much of its three- to seven-day life . . . .”((Season 1, Episode 1, [[Good News About Hell]] ([[Good News About Hell Transcript# | ||
- | ==== 14. Mixed-up ID numbers ==== | + | ==== Mixed-up ID numbers ==== |
<WRAP gallery-container> | <WRAP gallery-container> | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{security_office_id_numbers.png? | + | {{security_office_id_numbers.png? |
</ | </ | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{security_office_id_numbers_2.png? | + | {{security_office_id_numbers_2.png? |
</ | </ | ||
<WRAP gallery-item> | <WRAP gallery-item> | ||
- | {{security_office_id_numbers_3.png? | + | {{security_office_id_numbers_3.png? |
</ | </ | ||