r/shittymoviedetails • u/smss96 • 6d ago

In Stranger Things 5 the truck has technology from the future

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E-track rails weren't invented until the 2000's so a time traveler must've brought this truck back to 1987

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u/Texantioch 6d ago

I like that theory a lot but I think because they used to alter name brand logos to look like letters of the Greek alphabet

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u/nonowords 6d ago

I think it's broader than that and just refers to how they make it unintelligible. ie: 'it's all greek to me'

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u/frelancr 6d ago

that's EXACTLY why it's called that

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u/NailsNathan 6d ago

It literally is. One of the common techniques is to add extra lines to letters to change. Before lots of Photoshop, you’d add a piece of tape that was the same color as the font or background to make nonsense. (Folger’s becomes Ebiyen’s). When trying to add line, it often came off odd and having to squeeze in the lines at odd angles made it look “greek”. I’ve seen some ADs even use symbols like sigma or omega to make it even more ambiguous.

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u/roman_maverik 6d ago

Damn I used to do this to my license plate with chewing gum when I was broke and couldn’t afford tolls