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In the Game of Thrones immediately beyond the wall, like at Craster's Keep, one of the predominant tree species are oak. In reality oaks couldn't survive in such a harsh subarctic climate, at least with foliage. Either it's not snow there all the time (in the books there isn't), or the trees are out of place.
Lord Of the Ring movies aren't set in NZ, so can't misrepresent the climate of NZ.
They are set in a place called Middle Earth.
Being in "Middle Earth" or not (which is fictional either way), the camera still showed us the weather and physical outlook of NZ. Oh, I misread the OP here... I thought the films were a good representation of NZ's climate rather - usually cloudy, foggy and cool.
To answer this thread...
Los Angeles is always shown to be summery, tropical and sunny in American films. When I look at LA's winter temps and precipitation it seems far from summery and more temperate rather (especially Santa Monica) - How come I rarely see the winter portion shown in film? I mean, the last time I saw a movie with a wintry LA was probably Rush Hour (you could tell from the rain).
Home & Away, an Australian soap opera, usually shows Sydney as being sunny and hot 24/7. Okay, we are mostly on the sunny side but we're no Yuma. I don't think it ever showed Sydney having thunder or rain. We're usually shown in the beach, sunbathing under 30C heat twelve months of the year. I don't think rain exists in that show's 'universe'.
In the Game of Thrones immediately beyond the wall, like at Craster's Keep, one of the predominant tree species are oak. In reality oaks couldn't survive in such a harsh subarctic climate, at least with foliage. Either it's not snow there all the time (in the books there isn't), or the trees are out of place.
Also: in Skyrim (most of which is tundra and forest tundra) there are gourds and tomatoes growing in open ground. Actually, both species like wam weather and need warm summers to grow, so they can't grow in tundra or forest tundra. Same about crickets, which need warm nights to live outside (in Skyrim you can hear them even when there is snow!) Lavender doesn't grow in tundra either. Though radish, which is a quite cold-hardy plant, is absent in Skyrim, while it was in Oblivion (which was set in Cyrodiil, a warmer province than Skyrim). However, both The Elder Scrolls and Game of Thrones are fictional words, so their laws are different from real word's.
Being in "Middle Earth" or not (which is fictional either way), the camera still showed us the weather and physical outlook of NZ. Oh, I misread the OP here... I thought the films were a good representation of NZ's climate rather - usually cloudy, foggy and cool.
"usually cloudy and foggy" is a considerable exaggeration and oversimplification.
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