I'm in the middle of my 53rd viewing of Frozen (this one, not this one) and it occured to me that the bicycle that makes a cameo during "Do you want to build a snowman" is by far the most modern piece of technology in the movie. While a time is never established for when the film is occuring, but the boats used by royalty are all sailing vessels, even though steam ships predated the modern bike by at least 50 years. Anyway, these are the things you think about when you want the movie repeatedly.*
I tried to find a screenshot of the bike, but I couldn't, but it looks like a standard, modern design.
*Also how much money Arendelle will save in military spending since their queen is now the ultimate military weapon.
Also, I'm on vacation this week.
Enjoy your vacation more by--whatever the cost--not going to the Washington Post and glimpsing an article by a columnist who shall not be named.
Posted by: DE | August 11, 2014 at 10:15 AM
I actually thought it was Courtland apologizing in his bumbling, non-apologetic manner. And I love to pieces those women who took him on a ride.
Posted by: Crickey7 | August 11, 2014 at 02:23 PM
Yeah,surprised the Courtland ride hasn't appeared here.
http://dcist.com/2014/08/courtland_milloy_went_on_a_bike_rid.php
Posted by: dynaryder | August 11, 2014 at 05:29 PM
Thats's a lot of watching Frozen. That's what happens when you reproduce. Someday she (?) will be arguing with you about public policy (daddy, why do we need density now that we can upload half our minds to the matrix?) so enjoy now.
Posted by: ACyclistInTheSuburbs | August 12, 2014 at 09:01 AM
I managed to only watch it once so far, but we followed that with a discussion of the economics and logistics of the historical New England ice shipping industry, why a refrigerator used to be called an ice box, etc.
Posted by: ACyclistInTheSuburbs | August 12, 2014 at 09:03 AM
My girlfriend watched it and I became annoyed with it so fell asleep. Mileage obviously varies.
Posted by: DE | August 12, 2014 at 11:20 AM
Note that sailing vessels remained in use well after WWII for routes in which speed was less important, and supplies of coal etc were harder to come by. e.g. Hauling bulk commodities.
Posted by: SJE | August 12, 2014 at 04:22 PM
True SJE, but IIRC (from just one viewing :) ) the sailing vessels in Frozen transport passengers, and high ranked passengers at that. So no, Frozen is not steampunk. Definitely medieval setting.
Posted by: ACyclistInTheSuburbs | August 12, 2014 at 04:38 PM
or at least pre-industrial.
Posted by: ACyclistInTheSuburbs | August 12, 2014 at 04:39 PM
The first passenger steamship was 1807; the first ocean-going steamship was 1818. It would be nothing notable for high-value passengers to travel by sail as little as two centuries ago or less. Baron von Drais's two-wheeled (steerable) walk-bike was 1817, although pedal bikes were decades later, and recognizably modern bikes around the turn of the 20th c.
So, yeah, definitely anachronistic.
Posted by: Joe D | August 13, 2014 at 08:31 AM
If that's the biggest logical flaw you can find in that movie you're really not paying attention. I applaud your ability to block out the unpleasant.
Posted by: contrarian | August 13, 2014 at 10:13 AM
There is still one last commercial sail fleet left. It's in Indonesia. At least, that's what our Jakarta tour guide told us when she pointed it out.
Posted by: washcycle | August 13, 2014 at 10:17 AM
Sail freight might be making a (slow) comeback:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Beluga_Skysails
Posted by: Smedley Burkhart | August 13, 2014 at 02:18 PM
Just saw Sharknado 2 last night. Very stupid. But in one scene, several characters are stranded in NYC because the Statue of Liberty had just smashed the dump truck they were riding in (don't ask). So they continue on Citibikes, which they rent from one of the stands. Then some shark-related mayhem ensues.
Posted by: NeilB | August 15, 2014 at 10:53 AM