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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dioltach" data-source="post: 9230898" data-attributes="member: 21843">One thing that gets me riled up about modern movies and television is how they handwave travel, particularly in period pieces. And make the societies seem like modern rich people who just flit around and show up at each other's houses unannounced.In one episode of the series Reign, Mary (the uncrowned queen of Scotland) and Francis (the heir to the French throne) go for a ride. From just outside Paris to the coast. With four guards. Another time, the king of France goes to visit his mistress in Paris by himself, without his court, or even any servants. But when he goes off to war, the entire army marches out of the front door of the palace. The first series of Medici was pretty good (with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden), but the second season started off so badly that we never watched beyond the first episode. The Duke of Milan shows up at the Medici residence. He's one of the most powerful people in Europe, and wouldn't just pop over to Florence by himself, unannounced, without his court or at least a very strong bodyguard. The episode ends with the Milanese army showing up outside the walls of Florence out of the blue. No-one has seen them march across the north of Italy, or wait until they're told to attack. No, they're just there all of a sudden, marching up to the gate.In Coming 2 America, General Izzi can seemingly hop in a car to visit from Nexdoria like it's the other side of town. Even though Zamunda can support gold mines, to judge by the bars of gold with Akeem's face on them. When Akeem's son decides to go back to America during a party, it's only a few minutes later that we're told that he's already left and taken the private jet. Like it's waiting by the front door, ready to go. And no-one noticed it taking off.It's like the writers think everything is like in an American soap, and no-one lives further apart than the other side of Beverly Hills.</blockquote>

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