[ SECRET POST #2961 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2961 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Alexander Siddig/Star Trek; Deep Space 9/Vertical Limit/Poirot/24]


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[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Was there possibly a code forbidding exact replica of then contemporary police uniforms? (I mean, costume departmens constantly fuck up everwhere all over the world, but there's always the possibility of them simply not having been able to be any more accurate because of really obscure laws that were only in effect for a couple of years or something.)

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure if this is truth or urban legend, but I've often been told that film/TV companies are 'not allowed' to show completely accurate police/military uniforms, because of laws about impersonating officers. I did Google it and didn't get a quick or easy answer, which makes me suspect that some film companies don't know either, and may err on the side of caution even if it's not true.

[ill_omened]

This sounds like an urban legend.

You've got the issue that there's endless pictures of officers in uniform or out and about wearing it that if someone wanted to replicate it the source is easily available.

And I know some shows have had unfettered access to the actual uniform, though that's more recent (The Bill being the prime example), just with tight controls to be damn sure nothing goes missing.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not urban legend. Something has to be innacurrate on a filmed uniform, which is why you see berets looking like shit or sleeves rolled when they aren't supposed to be.

[(Anonymous)]

Like the person below me, I'll add: wife of 82nd Airborne officer. It's really a thing. It's also why you rarely see an actor execute a salute at all correctly.

[(Anonymous)]

Not urban legend.

Impersonating an officer, or wearing the uniform being seen as being representative of the respective military force, is taken seriously.

The armed forces tend to be very touchy about their image. I've seen shows cancelled because of that.

/former military

[(Anonymous)]

Here's a 2011 article from stars and stripes that says that is not true.

http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/why-can-t-hollywood-get-military-uniforms-right-1.159651

[ill_omened]

It looks almost exactly right (I'd imagine they've been straight lent uniforms), bar that tiny detail which makes me think not?