Topology is destiny.
Tardis hallway?
Oh. Oh no. No no no no.
Apartments in New York are non-euclidean as per regulation.
This is on right now, but of course they are in the diner
They know you’re looking for it
Why not? I’m not sure why it shows the cabinets going through the wall, but if it were a straight wall couldn’t the hallway just change angle at that point?
Surprisingly, it even cuts inward a little. Lol
That looks almost like the famous JoJo scene. (Are you approaching me?)
Easily explained. Jerry’s apartment exists in a 4 dimensional hypercube. This is clearly shown in the show’s intro when watching the show in 4 dimensions.
The hallway is no problem. It could just have another 45 in it right behind the kitchen wall. It’d be unorthodox, but I have definitely seen wonkier shit in old apartment buldings.
I’m pretty sure the location of the bedroom as depicted to the right of where the bicycle hangs (right?) is still physically impossible.
It’s in the left in the show
I wonder what show has put the most effort into having a plausible layout for all the various rooms. I’d imagine a show set on a ship (space or sea) probably has to have a layout that makes sense to people. But, maybe a show like The West Wing would do it, because people are so familiar with many of those actual rooms.
I seem to remember Firefly as making an effort to fit all the sets into the shape the ship was supposed to take
That’s funny because Serenity never really made sense to me as a ship. Was it supposed to be a cargo ship? The cargo capacity seems pretty low. It also seems to have too many crew members for a ship of that size, and especially to care for that little cargo. It also had an infirmary, which doesn’t really make sense on a small cargo ship.
Still, even though the ship didn’t really make sense to me as a viable vehicle for a real business, it did make sense as a bunch of connected rooms, so that part they did well.
Not just the sets but the camera, too. Whedon wanted the audience to feel like they were in the space, so they wouldn’t do the usual tricks of removing walls to set the camera up for stuff like hallway shots. If you watch on the longer shots where they move through the ship you can see the actors turn their shoulders slightly when they pass the camera cause they’re squeezing around the corner of the hallway.
Arrested development probably. They made sure that if someone impacted the set in one episode it remained that way unless corrected on screen
The West Wing is so good. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to keep the rooms as accurate as possible.
They did, they built a literal West wing that is still used for shows and ends up larger so cameras can fit and more people can fit side by side.
A large, fully connected set of the White House allowed the producers to create shots with very few cuts and long, continuous master shots of staff members conversing as they walk through the hallways.
https://imgur.com/gallery/west-wing-floor-plan-2023-xQcwmpE
^ That person goes very very in depth about the set if you’re at all interested.
There’s something you didn’t account for… levels.
Jerry’s appt exists in an alternate dimension. His door is a portal. The hallway doesn’t exist.
I do trust that you’ll post this over at the Seinfeld community. Been a bit of a lull, not that I’ve done anything to help, but still. Also just discovered this place. What’s the deal with this community?
What’s the deal with this community?
I see what you did there.
In all seriousness, though, I’m going to level with you: I moderate this place, and I don’t have any idea what’s up with this community. I’m just treating it as I found it, as a general purpose catch-all place where anyone can post anything without any particular topic requirements as long as nobody’s being an asshat or attacking others over stupid shit.
I forgot about that community! Yes, will crosspost now.
