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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 14:43:13 GMT
I was just watching a few american movies one which have an american rail stations features, did anyone else notice that they only ever have one platform for the direction in which the character is going or coming from then on the otherside all you can see is fields its like nobody ever goes the other way
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 15:18:39 GMT
Also in thier movies you never seee someone finish a meal they either finish, just start! some of the scene dont even have a point in the whole plot
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 21:21:23 GMT
Some American railroads are single track, so you only need one platform. Of course it could just be that the producer was too cheap to build a set with two platforms. Personally I don't watch too many new American movies because so many are mediocre wastes of time. Fortunately our local paper has a very good movie reviewer who is not afraid to call a rubbish movie rubbish so I seldom waste my money.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 21:32:34 GMT
US movies which use Subway as a feature, either as a main part of just 'in passing'
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3:- Hijacked subway train, robbers demand ransom for the release of the car and pax... Interesting shots of the Command Centre and signalling room...
The Warriors:- Rival gangs use the subway as a battleground.
Underground Terror:- Gang uses abandoned station as a hideout. while riding subway during day, robbing people.
Money Train - Two Transit cops get fired, because they interfered with the Money train, As an act of revenge, they steal the money train, but then can't slow her down, catch up with a service train, causing collison... The money train derails, [knocks out stancions supporting the street!!!] and they escape with wads of money...
Any more?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 21:44:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 21:47:56 GMT
oh yes, Die Hard 3, Explosion at Wall St derails a subway train...
Trading Places {Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd} uses the Amtrak!
Garfield... 'plays' with the signals, with voice anotated route set up!
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Post by Chris M on Feb 15, 2007 22:22:19 GMT
Don't forget Speed where they launch an LA subway train from a tunnel into the street.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 22:33:04 GMT
oh yes, Sandra Bullock...
passing scene in Superman, earthquake, shows bridge dropping out, rails collapse, superman bridges the gap...
Err, Cassandra Crossing, starts in Sweden, two people try to sabotage a research lab, but get infected, escape by train... infection spreads, train is sent through Basel over this bridge, which hasn't been used in xx years...it collapses when train passes over... features OJ Simpson...
The Swarm... mutant bees. infest a train in one scene, which stings the crew, they pass out from shock, train 'derails' [so obviously a '0' gauge set... with micro-cameras]
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Post by agoodcuppa on Feb 15, 2007 23:01:25 GMT
oh yes, Sandra Bullock... Indeed, Sandra Bullock....... Lead female in Demolition Man (Drifts off ........ ) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 23:02:47 GMT
Aye, I have that film, and I fear thats the type of nation we will be forced to live in, where even swearing is banned...
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Post by towerman on Feb 15, 2007 23:03:03 GMT
Don't forget Men in black2 fighting the snake/worm thingy in the subway.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2007 23:07:37 GMT
Ahh, Ghost, Patrick Swazey, Whoopi Goldberg.
Sam, played by Patrick, after getting mugged and shot, learns from another 'ghost' how to move things...
Crocodile Dundee... Hoyt St is used for this, a delivery is supposed to be made... Mick [Paul Hogan] is waiting, but gets caught up in summat else!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2007 1:38:03 GMT
was it the 'untouchables' where they had that shoot out scenes on the stairways at grand central? also on the theme of yank movies, why are all brits baddies? is this a gripe from the colonial days?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2007 10:08:46 GMT
Yeah it was the untouchables, my fave ever movie with guns, (dont usually watch them). Yeah i noticed that, Guess they like portryaing us as monsters!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2007 22:55:12 GMT
The Untouchables shootout was filmed in Union Station in Chicago, not GCT (Grand Central Terminal). The two stations are very similar in age and style so you could confuse them.
On TV not all the brits are baddies in "The Equalizer" the hero is played by Edward Woodward, and "Remington Steele" was Pierce Brosnan.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2007 22:58:09 GMT
i have been watching several american horror movies , why is it that at the beguinng that the ones that hate each other always either fall in love or like are best friends at the end!
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Post by Phil on Mar 2, 2007 23:14:16 GMT
i have been watching several american horror movies , why is it that at the beguinng that the ones that hate each other always either fall in love or like are best friends at the end! That's what happens in ALL american movies. The Yanks can't bear an unhappy ending |
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