| Re: I.D. Cards - Opening Titles [message #411323] |
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Originally posted by: mrjoshmccoy@gmail.com
On Tuesday, February 7, 1995 at 9:53:42 PM UTC-6, Robert Clark wrote:
> In the opening titles of X-Files, they show Mulder & Scully's I.D.
> Cards. Across the bottom of the card, it reads "Federal Bureau of
> Justice, U.S. Department of Investigations". What gives, shouldn't it be
> F.B.**I** and Dept of Justice??
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> / Rob Clark - aa...@cfn.cs.dal.ca - Dartmouth, N.S.
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The reason they don't is because it is illegal to make completely fully accurate FBI or any government credentials, including the actual badge. Ironically, in the beginning the used actual metal FBI badges and even though it was clearly fictional characters on a TV show, the show set was actually raided and all real fbi badges were confiscated, and even if they make idential replicas those would have been confiscated too because there would be no way to distinguish real from replica. It's don in many shows, most to subtle alterations like using 11 or 12 stars on the fbi seal instead of the 13 like in the Hannibal series , or Removing parts of the eagle crest on the cia seal, along with using the department of justice which Parks and Rec also did for Andys 'Burt Macklin' FBI character. The replacement badges they have are still very close, but you can only see the differences up close due to the dark bronze paint. Same as if you make replica props, if you make one 100% identical to the real one with a customizable photo and signature, not only are you in danger of a serious crime, but if you sell it and the person is caught showing it off and pretending to be an fbi agent, even if it were a youtube skit, they would be arrested and you would face charges aswell. Fairly sure that's why they do a punch hole "void" on them when the agent retires so even though it is real so it can't be used as the person would see the void punch holes across the top and bottom.
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