"Flight" -- Starring Denzel Washington. Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Nov 7, 2012, 8:53 pm
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I saw Soul Plane in the theatre with my buddy wearing Camelbaks loaded full of rum mixed with blue Gatorade. Sadly, after 2 litres apiece of our tube-fed noxious hydrating substance the movie still wasn't enjoyable and we left early. I'm proud to say I've grown up a little bit since those days.
A bit of a man-face on this one, but that's just my careful perspective. After working as an airline caterer and seeing countless transvestite FA's that "let their guard down" while the plane sits on the ramp...; Never judge a book by its curves, that's all.
A bit of a man-face on this one, but that's just my careful perspective. After working as an airline caterer and seeing countless transvestite FA's that "let their guard down" while the plane sits on the ramp...; Never judge a book by its curves, that's all.
Nov 9, 2012, 5:13 pm
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The visuals of a non-specific DC9 variant were very accurate, though it didn't match any one exactly. However, ALL of the descriptions and depictions of how the aircraft systems operated were completely wrong. A few examples...
*DC9s do not have fuel jettison systems
*The DC9 hydraulic controls are on the first officer's lower-left instrument panel, not the overhead panel
*The elevators are not hydraulically powered
*There are no flight control disconnect handles
*Pulling a fire handle to arm, then discharge, the engine fire protection would cutoff the fuel, hydraulics, electrics, and pneumatics to that engine and the engine would be shut down
*The jack-screw moves the stabilizer, not the elevator.
The idea that flying faster through the thunderstorm also made no sense at all and would have made things much worse, not better. Slowing to the applicable rough-air speed would lessen the impact of the turbulence.
*DC9s do not have fuel jettison systems
*The DC9 hydraulic controls are on the first officer's lower-left instrument panel, not the overhead panel
*The elevators are not hydraulically powered
*There are no flight control disconnect handles
*Pulling a fire handle to arm, then discharge, the engine fire protection would cutoff the fuel, hydraulics, electrics, and pneumatics to that engine and the engine would be shut down
*The jack-screw moves the stabilizer, not the elevator.
The idea that flying faster through the thunderstorm also made no sense at all and would have made things much worse, not better. Slowing to the applicable rough-air speed would lessen the impact of the turbulence.
Um, no we didn't, because it wasn't.
The glorification of major fatal accidents for commercial gain of film producers is one of the tawdry and sordid aspects of B-movie Hollywood. It's not a documentary and thus you don't expect accuracy, but they will take these misfortunate events and tart them up for maximum "impact". I suppose if you are some uneducated hick from the boondocks you can get your thrills from such films, and will pay money to see this sort of thing.
No accuracy, and no respect for those involved in the incident that gave them the idea. An Oscar ? Has this award really descended to such depths ?
The glorification of major fatal accidents for commercial gain of film producers is one of the tawdry and sordid aspects of B-movie Hollywood. It's not a documentary and thus you don't expect accuracy, but they will take these misfortunate events and tart them up for maximum "impact". I suppose if you are some uneducated hick from the boondocks you can get your thrills from such films, and will pay money to see this sort of thing.
No accuracy, and no respect for those involved in the incident that gave them the idea. An Oscar ? Has this award really descended to such depths ?
Nov 10, 2012, 3:55 pm
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See post #39. The screenwriter says it was, and he consulted extensively with other pilots and NTSB people for verisimilitude. At least see the movie before dismissing it. I have, and the part that stretches credulity is not the crash landing but the idea that so addicted and strung-out a captain as Whip Whitaker could have concealed his activities from everyone for so long.
Nov 11, 2012, 1:40 am
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And his co-pilot said he was stinking of gin, so ig he knew surely other co-pilots knew as well.
Like most drunks, people know or suspect, but they're not in a position to say or do anything about it.