Civic?

"HoustonRunner" (houstonrunner) 01/11/2019 at 09:39 • Filed to: None

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So I started watching The Rookie, only because Nathan Fillion. My wife and I loved Castle, and I think he is really good on TV in a subtle comedy role. The show is pretty good so far, and once again I think Fillion is good in the role. Not sure it will make it past one season, but good enough.

Quick synopsis - Fillion and two others are rookie cops in LA and he is dating the much younger female rookie cop. That is all you need.

Episode 4 they are staking out a drug bust in a parking lot, and the setup says the suspect will arrive in a red Honda Civic with Nevada plates. Then this car rolls into frame and the chase begins.

THAT IS NOT A HONDA CIVIC (this is the only screen grab I can find, obviously after the chase has begun). There is nothing else in the episode that hinges on this being a Civic instead of an Accord. So why, once they clearly had an Accord for the shot, didn’t they just update to script? They say red Honda Civic about 6 times. That i sn ’t a lot of updating. Someone on the set HAD to know this was an Accord, right?

OK, I won’t stop watching the show over it. But it is clearly bothering me enough that after watching it last night I’m spending time this morning writing about it.

How annoyed would you be?

What other minor car mistakes in movies or TV get to you?

(OK, if someone can show me that this model is called a Civic in another market I’ll be impressed and slightly less annoyed.)

MonkeePuzzle > HoustonRunner 01/11/2019 at 09:40

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I thought the same thing when I watched, BUT!

in reality, information is fluid, and when one person says red honda they may think civic even if its an accord, so I was pretty ok with it, this felt like a pretty realistic way that cars are likely described to the police

Alfalfa > HoustonRunner 01/11/2019 at 09:50

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Be cause in all honesty, almost nobody notices or cares. What likely happened is that the people in charge of acquiring the Civic found something close enough for the audience and didn’t even give a thought to telling people in charge of the script to change it.

We've been watching too, also just for Fillion. There are a lot of tired cop cliches and some kinda weak characters, but it's fun.

HoustonRunner > MonkeePuzzle 01/11/2019 at 10:04

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Later in the episode the get the BMW 528i correct, so there is that.

Chariotoflove > HoustonRunner 01/11/2019 at 10:04

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Remember too that many people just know that the civic is the small Honda, and the current civic is bigger than the accord used to be once upon a time. That may be a reason but not really an excuse.

Also, yes, Fillion is good at subtle funny. Watch this, and make sure to wait to the end:

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > HoustonRunner 01/11/2019 at 10:14

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Have you watched this? I haven’t played the game but a lot of people say he is Nathan Drake incarnate

Speaking of movie mistakes with cars. They replaced the Chevy SS with a Malibu in “ Chips” halfway though the scene

https://jalopnik.com/the-chevy-ss-looks-so-bland-you-can-swap-it-for-a-malib-1820771487

HoustonRunner > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 01/11/2019 at 10:15

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Yes, have not played the game either but watched this anyway.

HoustonRunner > Chariotoflove 01/11/2019 at 10:35

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My wife made the same point that the current Civic is about the same size as that generation Accord. (I feel a little pride that I have gotten her to notice some things about cars over the years.)

Chariotoflove > HoustonRunner 01/11/2019 at 10:57

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I am similarly proud that my daughter knows all the cars at drop off.