Jarhead
Jan 29, 2006 | 11:06 am
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Jarhead
I`m not really an expert on this, but my question goes to you....
I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747. But thing that made me wonder is that I don`t remember them having a 747 with the stretched upper deck.
Am I wrong or is this major error in the movie?
I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747. But thing that made me wonder is that I don`t remember them having a 747 with the stretched upper deck.
Am I wrong or is this major error in the movie?
Jan 30, 2006 | 5:19 am
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Originally Posted by Tor Viking
I`m not really an expert on this, but my question goes to you....
I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747. But thing that made me wonder is that I don`t remember them having a 747 with the stretched upper deck.
Am I wrong or is this major error in the movie?
I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747. But thing that made me wonder is that I don`t remember them having a 747 with the stretched upper deck.
Am I wrong or is this major error in the movie?
I don't consider this a major error though. It's Hollywood, they're not looking for realism! Besides, how many people besides yourself would/could have caught it?
B747 "original" upper deck:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...next_id=996009
B747 "streched" upper deck:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...next_id=996073
Jan 30, 2006 | 3:08 pm
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>I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747
What I thought was interesting was in the TRAILER the planes were United metal, but in the film they were TWA.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/univer...ad/tlarge.html
Watch closely during "Good luck now, Good bye now..."
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What I thought was interesting was in the TRAILER the planes were United metal, but in the film they were TWA.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/univer...ad/tlarge.html
Watch closely during "Good luck now, Good bye now..."
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada
Jan 30, 2006 | 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Tor Viking
I`m not really an expert on this, but my question goes to you....
I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747. But thing that made me wonder is that I don`t remember them having a 747 with the stretched upper deck.
Am I wrong or is this major error in the movie?
I noticed on the film-clip for Jarhead that there was a TWA 747. But thing that made me wonder is that I don`t remember them having a 747 with the stretched upper deck.
Am I wrong or is this major error in the movie?
Error 1: Winglets on the UA B747s - making them 744s, which didn't exist back during Gulf War I.
Error 2: The huge Star Alliance logo on the UA planes - didn't exist yet either.
Oh, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't UA have its white with orange and blue stripes livery back then?
Jan 30, 2006 | 4:08 pm
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Originally Posted by alex0683de
Error 1: Winglets on the UA B747s - making them 744s, which didn't exist back during Gulf War I.
Jan 30, 2006 | 4:08 pm
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Urgh. Hollywood.
I haven't seen the movie, but PLEASE tell me that any scenes inside the 747 were not whisper-quiet as well.
If Steven Segal came through on his way to another action-scene, well, that's OK, we have to combine and save $$ as much as possible, after all.
I haven't seen the movie, but PLEASE tell me that any scenes inside the 747 were not whisper-quiet as well.
If Steven Segal came through on his way to another action-scene, well, that's OK, we have to combine and save $$ as much as possible, after all.
Jan 30, 2006 | 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by alex0683de
Error 2: The huge Star Alliance logo on the UA planes - didn't exist yet either.
Oh, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't UA have its white with orange and blue stripes livery back then?
Oh, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't UA have its white with orange and blue stripes livery back then?
Jan 30, 2006 | 5:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Berto
I am pretty sure that UA had the white with orange and blue stripes livery back then too. I too noticed the huge Star Alliance logo next to the door, but I didnt see the words "United Airlines" on any of the obvious United planes. I think the only planes that still had logos were the TWA ones.
I guess there's no harm in advertising for TWA since that airline no longer exists. Anyone else who wanted their logos displayed would probably have had to pay for it.
Jan 30, 2006 | 5:16 pm
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Always thought that TWA flew 747-200s... those only have 3 rows on the top deck, IIRC
re: using TWA, I'm pretty sure that AA would own any naming rights to them and would need to be compensated accordingly..
re: using TWA, I'm pretty sure that AA would own any naming rights to them and would need to be compensated accordingly..
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Jan 31, 2006 | 12:22 pm
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Originally Posted by alex0683de
I take back what I posted earlier - I just saw the trailer, and that had not one but two really big errors in it:
Error 1: Winglets on the UA B747s - making them 744s, which didn't exist back during Gulf War I.
Error 2: The huge Star Alliance logo on the UA planes - didn't exist yet either.
Oh, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't UA have its white with orange and blue stripes livery back then?
Error 1: Winglets on the UA B747s - making them 744s, which didn't exist back during Gulf War I.
Error 2: The huge Star Alliance logo on the UA planes - didn't exist yet either.
Oh, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but didn't UA have its white with orange and blue stripes livery back then?
Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada