Cliches and Screw Ups
 

Okay, so I was watching a 90210 re-run with my sister last night and it happned to be the episode where they were rushing Alpha O and KEG house. I was just laughing and shaking my head at all the inaccuracies (ex: the president from Alpha House would never have visited Andrea in her dorm room before bids were handed out...hello! no contact policy!). What cliches and screwed up plots about Greeks have you noticed in the media?

KEG House? too funny.

my favorite greek innacuracy is in the movie "The Brotherhood". Apart from wearing their membership pins ALL THE TIME (even on tshirts, ick), there was a fraternity on campus called "Doma Tau Omega". Yes, they made up a greek letter.

ROFL! I'm watching that right now!

i mentioned this in one of the forums but i rented sugar n spice (teenybopper chick flick) and it had a scene where the cheerleaders were arguing and the head cheerleader goes, "we're not acting like cheerleaders, we're acting like sorority girls!" hello, where did THAT come from?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CutiePie2000:
[B]This has nothing to do with Greek Life, but in TV shows (airport scenes), they ALWAYS show people getting onto planes, and their (non-flying) friends or family are right there with them.

That NEVER happens...non-passengers are not allowed past security without a boarding pass!

Same with people greeting people RIGHT at the gate as they're deplaning....you have to meet people at the luggage carousel thingy or in the chute where the passengers walk out of...you can't just walk up to the gate and go "hi!"

Actually, at some airports they still allow you to meet people at the gate..Just an FYI http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CutiePie2000:
[B]This has nothing to do with Greek Life, but in TV shows (airport scenes), they ALWAYS show people getting onto planes, and their (non-flying) friends or family are right there with them.

That NEVER happens...non-passengers are not allowed past security without a boarding pass!

Same with people greeting people RIGHT at the gate as they're deplaning....you have to meet people at the luggage carousel thingy or in the chute where the passengers walk out of...you can't just walk up to the gate and go "hi!"

Actually, at some airports they still allow you to meet people at the gate..Just an FYI http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CutiePie2000:
[B]This has nothing to do with Greek Life, but in TV shows (airport scenes), they ALWAYS show people getting onto planes, and their (non-flying) friends or family are right there with them.

That NEVER happens...non-passengers are not allowed past security without a boarding pass!

Same with people greeting people RIGHT at the gate as they're deplaning....you have to meet people at the luggage carousel thingy or in the chute where the passengers walk out of...you can't just walk up to the gate and go "hi!"

Actually, at some airports they still allow you to meet people at the gate..Just an FYI http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Oops..didn't mean to post that twice..sorry!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Also, has anyone seen the outakes from Road Trip where the girls of "Kappa Lambda" are doing the "circling the fat" ritual? I'm suprised they didn't put that in the movie, but you may notice that the girl, Tiffany, does have a marker in her hand when she's talking to Beth (Amy Smart).

Everytime I watch this movie I do notice that Tiffany is walking around with a marker in her hand. I guess I should watch the outakes!!

I'd definetly say that it depends on the airport, like at Kansas City International all the individual gates have their own security check points and so you can stroll through a rotunda type area w/o a boarding pass. And at some of the gates you deplane right in to this area next to the individual luggage carasoul for your plane.

American Pie
 

In the scene where Stifler takes a girl upstairs. The beer cup with the "secret sauce" is a clear party cup. In the next scene the cup turns blue and then Stifler eventually chugs the beer from a clear cup.

ENOUGH SAID:

MTV's Sorority Life

Come on, I thought b/c we were sorority girls not only will we NEVER sleep with any guy who isn't greek (EWWW GROSS) but we all had STD's too. right????? :D

I was in the Lee Jeans section of a dept. store here and they played some weird commercial on the jumbo-screen. It involved some guy and an emu.

At the end of the commercial the guy crashes into a pool hall that was frequented by a local sorority. The sorority had the letters EMU, with the E being a sigma.

I get where they were trying to tie in the emu thing in the commercial, but there is no greek letter 'U'

well I think this is really a screw-up, but I am not positive...also an annoyance. I was looking through the newest issue of 17 and they have an ad for BUM, the clothing line, and in it is some loser guy sitting on the steps of the frat house Beta Upsilon Mu. Get it...BUM. HOW STUPID!!!!!!!! THe thing IS, the Upsilon is not the shape of Y, but the letter on the house was actually the letter of Psi. So it looked like Beta Psi Mu. Does this make sense? I don't know how to make greek letters.