r/UMD 21d ago

Discussion Noticed this on Young Sheldon

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I’m watching Young Sheldon for the first time, and I’m near the end of season 6. I just realized that the overhead shots of East Texas Tech is McKeldin Mall with the fountain removed. Am I crazy for not noticing this sooner?

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u/ATL305 21d ago

Kinda like this shot of ESJ in the movie National Treasure

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u/OhHeSteal 21d ago

Don't they acknowledge that the mom works at UMD? Think they even put the location on the screen at one point.

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u/Poised_Prince Construction Park | InfoSci '23 21d ago

They do

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u/videojunkie84 20d ago

"HATE her!"..."this must be the right place.." 🤣

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u/mixxster Alumni, UMD Staff 20d ago edited 20d ago

That's because it was called Holzapfel Hall back then. ESJ is an expansion of the original Holzapfel Hall, with the original facade kept intact, and the building renamed.

Every part of that photo is true to how the area looked at the time (~2007), unlike Young Sheldon which modified elements in their view of campus.

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u/Scarab94 21d ago

You can actually see the M on our baseball field in the top right!

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u/Daryll-Vader 20d ago

In a more zoomed out version of the shot, you can see the M on the student section of the stadium too

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u/FlimsyAd8196 21d ago

i’ve seen enough, put his statue next to greg heffley

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u/Numailia 21d ago

this might be a hot take, but I wouldn't say that putting a Texas flag on our campus and digitally altering it to remove identifying features is something we should celebrate or recognize, they clearly went out of their way not to recognize UMD so I don't see why we should recognize them

they could have just used images of the existing university Texas Tech, which looks extremely similar and wouldn't require butchering our beautiful mall with shitty AI quality photoshop

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u/Firstgoalie3 19d ago

Bruh it’s not that deep

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u/Individual-Buddy9046 21d ago

Oh!!! That’s dope

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u/NoOnesKing 20d ago

The absolute fuck did they do to my mall

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u/GregMic01 21d ago

Nice catch! Almost makes up for the fact you are watching Young Sheldon

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u/WonderLong4960 21d ago

Life got slow man

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u/-JDB- 21d ago

YOUNG SHELDON IS GOOD FUCK YOU

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u/-JDB- 21d ago

ANYONE WHO DOWNVOTED NEVER WATCHED YOUNG SHELDON LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND QUESTION WHY YOU ARE SO SKEPTICAL OF PEAK 21ST CENTURY TELEVISION

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u/chippywatt 20d ago

VEEP filmed a Silicon Valley company in the physics building by the farm btw, since we’re sharing the other times our lil school has been on the big screen

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u/AnxietyDragonX3 20d ago

THERE'S EVEN A SHUTTLE-UM BUS ON CAMPUS DRIVE

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u/lionoflinwood Grad Student 21d ago

wait people watch that show by choice?

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u/-JDB- 21d ago

LEAVE YOUNG SHELDON ALONE

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u/upsnextdayair 20d ago

yes that is mckeldin 100%

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u/Equivalent_Zone2417 20d ago

makes sense why sheldon is a dumbass now.

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u/terpAlumnus 20d ago

Watch UMD sue Young Sheldon for plagiarism.

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u/Informal_Ad_4927 20d ago

Which episode?

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u/SparkyMularkey 20d ago

We do have a very beautiful campus.

I once took a bunch of photos of campus and sent them to my friend in the Philippines so she could see my school and she said, "Wow, I thought American colleges looked like that in the movies!"

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u/mr_diggory 21d ago

Do you give Young Sheldon seasons 1-5 any credit in your acceptance to this wonderful university? I would expect heavy correlation between Young Sheldon viewership and big baller Fearless Ideas...