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Prop Follies

posted 12 years ago by lanning-kann
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Hahaha so funny... If you watch the Domestic scene Adam Goldberg’s gun changes from a Glock 19 (standard NYC issue) to a Sig Sauer (either a 228 or 229) and then back again, and then his partner has the Glock and then the Sig.... This is really funny to anyone that knows their weapons and looks to shows like this for some realism. Someone in the prop department should take a bow for the funny mixup. Even funnier is the actors who didn’t say. “Hey, um I didn’t have this pistol in the last take before we broke for lunch”

If you’re not a gun person, just watch the part where he puts his pistol down on the couch. Look at the Glock he has in his hand prior to that and then the Sig he sets down. One you recognize what I have just said, you’ll see that Sig change hands a few times lol...

[–] other_random_dude 12 years ago

I had already mentioned that in another post. Looks like a P226 though.

[–] CanadianSoldier 12 years ago

Also when the female gets her weapon back it appears to be a Glock/Sig hybrid prop that doesnt even have straight edges.

Too hard to ident the "Sig" as they are poorly constructed props.

[–] ladoom 12 years ago

It is not really props but the shoulder patches are so fake out of the manufucturer's shop...!! no star on the corners and lower part, and it reads city of new york on the lower part of the patch not new york new york.
They are probably waiting to see if the sho takes off before paying for the license to use the proper logos (cars and patches)

[–] StoneGriffin 9 years ago

Most cities don't have licensing restrictions, some do, though I am not sure if New York has started that trend, if so that sucks. It all started when L.A. County Sheriff copyrighted their logos, which is why now all the shows that show L.A. County Sheriff have 'similar but different' designs. LAPD now copyrighted the image of city hall. Chicago WON'T let you film in the city limits if you use the correct badge and patch for CPD, so in films (like Jennifer Lopez's film Angel Eyes, for example) the Chicago logos are slightly different. This is a change forced by the city. In some cases they just don't want you filming in their city with anything that looks like their patches and badges.

Lots of the film production companies think this is BS and just will make the logos different rather than be held hostage by the bureaucrats of these cities.

A recent example of Terminator: Genisys, where the SFPD outfits were different (in most shows they're accurate, but SF recently started claiming script approval rights for any production that films in the city limits. This slows down production a lot. A lot of productions just film OUTSIDE of the cit limits and use the correct uniforms.

For the record, you were right to mention licensing as a possibility as to why any show would suddenly have 'not quite right' patches and badges. It's a stupid recent trend. Either you pay exorbitant fees, or some cities ban the correct logos completely. But folks should know that getting the REAL looking stuff is actually EASIER than being forced to make a replica that won't get the production shut down by the city.

Dr. Kila Marr was right. Kill the Crystalline Entity.

[–] ladoom 11 years ago

NYPD uses the following side arms as standard issue; G19, DAO Sig P226 9mm, and the S&W 5946.and as for back-up, G26, Sig P239, Kahr K9 is no longer approved either as back-up or side, and revolvers s&w model 10 or 38 special snubs are grandfathered to senior MOS (member of service)