"Flight" -- Starring Denzel Washington. Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Sep 17, 2012, 7:41 am
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"Flight" -- Starring Denzel Washington. Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ53JCLG9I0
Thoughts:
-- How awesome is that last shot?
-- Looks like an MD-80 with winglets and a 3-2 economy cabin configuration. What say you equipment gurus?
-- It would make sense to use an MD-80 since they are no longer in production. Still, Boeing could throw a fit over the plot as could the carriers that still use the model.
-- That's a mighty nice house for a captain at a regional. Are they hiring?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ53JCLG9I0
Thoughts:
-- How awesome is that last shot?
-- Looks like an MD-80 with winglets and a 3-2 economy cabin configuration. What say you equipment gurus?
-- It would make sense to use an MD-80 since they are no longer in production. Still, Boeing could throw a fit over the plot as could the carriers that still use the model.
-- That's a mighty nice house for a captain at a regional. Are they hiring?
Sep 17, 2012, 8:04 am
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Sep 17, 2012, 8:22 am
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Nadine Velazquez
And now the information you really want.
The hot flight attendant is played by Nadine Velazquez, an actress who has mostly done television work including a recurring stint on My Name Is Earl. Looks like she's starting to land movie roles.
And she was in Chasing Papi, which is the Fairchild Semiconductor of scorching hot Latina actresses.
The hot flight attendant is played by Nadine Velazquez, an actress who has mostly done television work including a recurring stint on My Name Is Earl. Looks like she's starting to land movie roles.
And she was in Chasing Papi, which is the Fairchild Semiconductor of scorching hot Latina actresses.
Sep 17, 2012, 10:57 am
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Range of nonsenses
Not at all. There are so many aspects of impossibility of flying an MD80 inverted like that, starting with the fact that to fly inverted, level, you need the nose up at about 20 degrees - look at a stunt plane at an airshow. The fuel flow would quit in a moment as the fuel outlet from the bottom of the tank would now be at the top (an aerobatic plane needs a special aerobatic fuel system to overcome this) - need I go on ?
Didn't the same actor appear in pretty much the same script about a train not long ago - "Unstoppable" ? That was a load of inane bo11ocks from beginning to end as well.
-- How awesome is that last shot?
Didn't the same actor appear in pretty much the same script about a train not long ago - "Unstoppable" ? That was a load of inane bo11ocks from beginning to end as well.
Sep 17, 2012, 11:15 am
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DL MD-88 @ Atlanta Fulton County for "Flight"
In the same discussion where I found that picture, another user made a post outlining which other two aircraft were used for the movie. (Reply 23)
New Movie "Flight"
I'm looking forward to when this movie comes out.
Sep 17, 2012, 12:18 pm
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There are so many aspects of impossibility of flying an MD80 inverted like that, starting with the fact that to fly inverted, level, you need the nose up at about 20 degrees - look at a stunt plane at an airshow. The fuel flow would quit in a moment as the fuel outlet from the bottom of the tank would now be at the top (an aerobatic plane needs a special aerobatic fuel system to overcome this) - need I go on ?
Robert Zemeckis is a pilot as well as a geek, so I'm sure the film will be as accurate as a good story and effects technology alllows.
Sep 17, 2012, 3:20 pm
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I'm actually looking forward to this film. I like that there's a central moral question and that Denzel isn't squeaky clean for once in his damn acting life (except Training Day). Plus, it looks beautifully shot and I like the Director.
Sep 17, 2012, 5:46 pm
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Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ53JCLG9I0
Thoughts:
-- How awesome is that last shot?
-- Looks like an MD-80 with winglets and a 3-2 economy cabin configuration. What say you equipment gurus?
-- It would make sense to use an MD-80 since they are no longer in production. Still, Boeing could throw a fit over the plot as could the carriers that still use the model.
-- That's a mighty nice house for a captain at a regional. Are they hiring?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ53JCLG9I0
Thoughts:
-- How awesome is that last shot?
-- Looks like an MD-80 with winglets and a 3-2 economy cabin configuration. What say you equipment gurus?
-- It would make sense to use an MD-80 since they are no longer in production. Still, Boeing could throw a fit over the plot as could the carriers that still use the model.
-- That's a mighty nice house for a captain at a regional. Are they hiring?
Sep 18, 2012, 11:12 am
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Regional? What "regional" uses MD-80's? Clearly meant to be a mainline carrier, obviously a fictional airline because what airline would agree to lend their name to a movie about a plane crash?
Please do continue to enlighten us about how Hollywood movies sometimes do not portray a 100% accurate representation of reality.
Please do continue to enlighten us about how Hollywood movies sometimes do not portray a 100% accurate representation of reality.
Sep 18, 2012, 11:32 am
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Sep 18, 2012, 5:35 pm
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Other than the aforementioned Training Day, there was American Gangster (a straight up criminal) and Out of Time (guilty of a crime and trying to cover his tracks and deflect suspicion away from himself). His characters in Devil in a Blue Dress and Philadelphia were not angels either.