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Post by aliensummer on Feb 3, 2010 18:09:31 GMT -5
I don't really understand how the years go by on this show. To me it looks like it's constantly summer, and with only six weeks between seasons, that leaves no time for winter. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't winter in Utah really noticeable? And wouldn't there be some mention of Christmas and birthdays? We've only seen Wayne's birthday in first season, if I'm correct, so does everyone else's birthday fall into that six week period?
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Post by baldoraldo on Feb 3, 2010 18:30:04 GMT -5
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 3, 2010 19:33:44 GMT -5
I don't think the writers have the ages messed up at all. We guessed that Ben was 17-18 and they told us that he was 18. I read an interview with the writers, it's in the News board, that Teenie was supposed to be 11. The actress that was playing Teenie couldn't be sold as 11 anymore.
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Post by kira on Feb 3, 2010 20:53:18 GMT -5
I have heard more than once that the TV and movie industries like to use late bloomers, since their chronological age is older, and they look like kids longer, so if the original Teeny was an early bloomer, that could be reason enough to replace her. I looked at the picture on a link another member posted, and she looks lovely, although much older than the 11 or 12 her character is supposed to be. Hopefully if she is still interested in acting, she will be hired for older teenage roles now. I thought the "old" Teeny character acted well, and the "new" Teeny seems to fit in also.
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Post by angel on Feb 3, 2010 21:16:12 GMT -5
There's something I don't understand. Isn't the baptism supposed to be at 8? And teeny was baptised in the first season, right? Well, she can't be much older, there were six weeks between season 1 and 2. Then I don't remember how long it was between 2 and 3, but not more than a year. And finally, 6 weeks between seasons 3 and 4. Ok, if I'm doing the math correctly that would put Teeny's age at 9 or 10, right?quote] Don't forget, Margene had a baby in there too... I'm thinking a whole lot more time passes between what we see.
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Post by angel on Feb 3, 2010 21:39:09 GMT -5
Although someone had a really good point about Joey, Jr. not being past the baby stage in quite a while now.
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 3, 2010 21:41:47 GMT -5
Although someone had a really good point about Joey, Jr. not being past the baby stage in quite a while now. Joey Jr. seems to be the one child that is not aging. The longest time between was during the writers strike and that's when Margene had the baby. If you followed her blog during that time it kind of kept us up to date on what was going on.
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Post by aliensummer on Feb 4, 2010 7:10:12 GMT -5
I have heard more than once that the TV and movie industries like to use late bloomers, since their chronological age is older, and they look like kids longer, so if the original Teeny was an early bloomer, that could be reason enough to replace her. I looked at the picture on a link another member posted, and she looks lovely, although much older than the 11 or 12 her character is supposed to be. Hopefully if she is still interested in acting, she will be hired for older teenage roles now. I thought the "old" Teeny character acted well, and the "new" Teeny seems to fit in also. That's true. They also do that for child models. An older child tends to listen to instructions better, memorize lines easier, and is less fussy. When I was younger, 2-5ish, I did small modeling jobs, and was in two music videos and an AIDS awareness commercial. The agency that I was attached to told my parents that the only thing that was keeping me back was the fact that I looked my age. The director and photographer that I worked with regularly loved me, but no one else wanted to take me on because they could easily find older children who looked my age, and would therefore be easier to handle on the set. Of course, now that I'm older I look younger than me age, but I'm no longer interested in that kind of work!
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Post by marionj2 on Feb 4, 2010 18:57:43 GMT -5
Joey Jr. seems to be the one child that is not aging. The longest time between was during the writers strike and that's when Margene had the baby. If you followed her blog during that time it kind of kept us up to date on what was going on. Yes, it's not surprising that we don't really get a good look at Joey Jr. Wonder how many babies have played him?
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Post by rissmeek on Feb 4, 2010 23:19:00 GMT -5
Yes, it's not surprising that we don't really get a good look at Joey Jr. Wonder how many babies have played him? I thought I could find the info on imdb.com but they only have 1 set of twins and they played him in 2007. I know we have seen Joey Jr. since then.
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Post by withay on Feb 6, 2010 3:07:23 GMT -5
Yes, it's not surprising that we don't really get a good look at Joey Jr. Wonder how many babies have played him? I thought I could find the info on imdb.com but they only have 1 set of twins and they played him in 2007. I know we have seen Joey Jr. since then. Yes, but mostly we have seen his legs sticking out from the bottom of a blanket that Wanda had him wrapped in as she carried him! Regarding the timeline: we have discussed this endlessly over the past few years, only to agree that the children are not aging equally and time seems to pass strangely in the Hendrickson household!
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Post by BigLoveRocks! on Feb 6, 2010 4:02:37 GMT -5
Perhaps we are to believe some of the children's growth is stunted due to throwback genes from family inbreeding?
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Post by marionj2 on Feb 6, 2010 11:39:42 GMT -5
About it's being eternal summer on this show - those are the practicalities of filming a show about Utah in L.A. It would take a chunk out of the budget to simulate snow!
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Post by JJ77 on Feb 7, 2010 18:05:09 GMT -5
I think we (viewers) paymore attention to mundane details than the writers do... then again they are dealing some pretty hefty subjects / stroylines. So I'd rather see their attention remain there than on creating snow, or hiring new kids to play characters who arent relevant.
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Post by baldoraldo on Feb 9, 2010 0:01:54 GMT -5
I think JJ77 is right about the writers and producers. They have to weigh all factors and prioritize them, while we viewers are free to focus on one character or storyline. They can't sacrifice a major storyline or character just to achieve continuity on all the supporting characters and those storylines. It would be nice if networks would pay for 5 seasons guaranteed with up-front money; then the producers could write and shoot all the episodes at once like a long movie, thereby guaranteeing continuity in cast and storyline.
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