Talk:Continuity (fiction)

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Contents 1 Misc. 2 Cleanup 3 Errors 4 2001 5 Thoughts on the article's point-of-view

[edit] Misc.

Moved in from article:

Another problem in science fiction universes occurs when the backstory begins to conflict with reality. Star Trek provides a good example, as much of the backstory for the universe was written in the 1960's and involves fictional events in the late 20th and early 21st century, which have not occurred.

Don't see what it has to do with continuity per se. Continuity is about the story maintaining consistency with itself, not with reality. -Sean 08:22, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I rewrote and merged in the content from Continuity error (which is now a redirect). I'm going to take this off the cleanup page now. --Starx 03:57, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Sorry 'bout the retconning link removal, Starx. It was accidental. Thanks for fleshing out this topic and folding in the Continuity error text. -- Jeff Q 15:25, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

No problem, thanx for the spell check, I really should start running these once through open office, spelling (as you saw) is a weakness of mine. --Starx 18:20, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Quote from article: "Visual errors are instant discontinuities. These errors only occur in visual media such as film and television. Items of clothing change colors, shadows get longer or shorter, items within a scene change place or disappear...Such errors occur as early as Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, where in "The Miller's Tale" a door is ripped off its hinges only to be slowly closed again in the next scene." Um, this isn't a huge problem, but I'm pretty sure the Canterbury Tales isn't a visual medium. It's a book, right? (Edit) Ok, that's been fixed; thanks.

[edit] Cleanup

Why was the cleanup template added? As there is no corresponding rationale on the talk board (how lazy) and - more importantly - the article reads just fine, I'm removing the template. --Urbane legend 10:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Errors

• In "Scooby-doo Where are you?" continuity errors can be seen of epsidoes of:
  • "A Clue for Scooby-doo" when Shaggie accidently opens the secret tunnel-he has Fred Jones's blond hair!!
  • "What the Hex Is going on?" Sharon is shown in Hidden room-how did Scooby Doo Gang find her?; Sharon remarks she knows uncle isn't old when wig blows off-but she is suprized when he is shown a fraud.
  • "Which Witch is Which"; Daphne falls down trapdoor-shoeprints are straight back in dust-yet door opens sideways!
  • "Decoy For a Dognapper" Main criminal is caught-but not his accomplice!! (In later episode criminal and accomplice is caught-but only shown main criminal capture!!}
  • "Bachstage Rage"-Scooby doo gang and criminal are trapped in tunnel after door accidently locks. Scooby doo gang get out via ladder to trapdoor and Criminal tries to block door from outside-how did he get outside??

Why is this important to this talk page? --Chris Griswold 22:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2001

Arthur Clarke's 2001 series might be a good example of deliberate inconsistencies: he says in the introductions to 2010 and 2061 that he deliberately updated the backstory to match current scientific discoveries. --NE2 15:06, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thoughts on the article's point-of-view

The article as currently written treats discrepencies in continuity as errors which are inherently undesirable. I would consider this a non-neutral point-of-view, based on a particular view of stories as "fictional histories" - from which it follows that any imperfection in the story's "reality" detracts from its enjoyment. I think many artists hold other views. Some deliberately disregard minor details of continuity as being secondary to elements such as plot and character development. Others go further and view the story an artform to which a real-world concept of continuity can not be meaningfully applied. This is perhaps a symptom of the article being unsourced (and, as unsourced articles tend to, wandering into OR). A more thorough study of the literature available on the topic will probably help broaden the article's POV to be more inclusive.--Trystan (talk) 17:02, 7 February 2008 (UTC)