This question comes out of a discussion that somehow ended up on The Leap Back thread. In MIA, Al said that he came home from Vietnam in 1973. But at the end of The Leap Home: Vietnam, which was in 1970, Al said, "What the hell, I get repatriated in five years." That would mean he doesn't come home until 1975.
I'm wondering if this change was intentional or if it was a simple slip of the pen. After reading a few of the scripts with their various discrepancies--for instance, I think the Mirror Image script says Al and Beth have been married 35 years, which is wrong; it's 39 years--I wonder if DPB simply wasn't that careful about keeping track of the timeline.
Did anyone ever ask DBP if he meant to extend Al's time in Vietnam?
I'm wondering if this change was intentional or if it was a simple slip of the pen. After reading a few of the scripts with their various discrepancies--for instance, I think the Mirror Image script says Al and Beth have been married 35 years, which is wrong; it's 39 years--I wonder if DPB simply wasn't that careful about keeping track of the timeline.
Did anyone ever ask DBP if he meant to extend Al's time in Vietnam?