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Post by circleman on Aug 2, 2009 13:20:35 GMT -5
Watched the Man Who Knew Too Much the other day.
when James Stewart and Doris Day arrive in London from North Africa, there is a scene shot at the rear gangway of a BEA viscount 700 [oval door] and as they look out into the airport you can clearly see a BEA elizabethan in the near background
had to pause the DVD and freeze the frame just to see the "lizzy"
what a pretty plane in real life.
Tough modelling job for FS9, not a straight line in the fuse.
Did passengers like this plane?
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Post by johnl on Aug 3, 2009 10:50:27 GMT -5
It was such a smooth ride that BEA reintroduced the old "Imperial Airways" Silver Service catering on the London-Paris route.
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Post by garryrussell on Aug 3, 2009 11:28:18 GMT -5
Called Silver Wings.......even when they had red wings  Garry |
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Aug 3, 2009 12:37:52 GMT -5
Hi, Saw North by Northwest on TCM last night. NWA DC-6B and TWA L-049/L-749 spotted (along with the NYC "20th Century Limited"). Have to love the Southern Pacific train that ends the movie - quite a quick move to the west coast. Ah, continuity...  |
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Post by qxtoolman on Aug 4, 2009 1:18:54 GMT -5
Hi, Saw North by Northwest on TCM last night. NWA DC-6B and TWA L-049/L-749 spotted (along with the NYC "20th Century Limited"). Have to love the Southern Pacific train that ends the movie - quite a quick move to the west coast. Ah, continuity... My favorite is when the movie on the train starts with a 4-6-2 Heavy Pacific & Heavyweight consist, then in the next outside shot it's a UP "City" train behind some "E's" then in the final outside shot it's the Santa Fe "Super Chief". I watched a movie on the Western Channel not long ago, and it was set in 1868 right after the Civil War and the Bad Guys hold-up a train, a 4-8-4 Northern Oil Burner with steel Pullman cars. I supposed to the average movie patron it did not seem one bit out of place...  |
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Post by pilotgod on Aug 4, 2009 3:48:45 GMT -5
qxtoolman, that is standard for just about everything Hollywood. To anyone in the know of just about any industry, there are going to be lots of faults. I actually enjoy sitting and picking them out.
Not sure if you remember, but in the 90's Comedy Central (later Sci-Fi Channel) had "Mystery Science Theater 3000"(MST3K) where the stars watched old "B" movies and tore them apart. I got the privalege in 1996 to do a "Tiger Cruise" with my brother on the USS Carl Vinson with VF-31 who were flying F-14D's at the time. The squadron was mostly Top Gun grads and instructors and the CO had been a Boss of the Blue Angels. Well, they decided to screen Top Gun in the ready room and all the pilots picked that movie apart a la MST3K. I think that is where it started.
Top Gun problems.
1. The bar Mav and Goose meet Charlie in is the E club on NAS North Island...but the restroom Mav follows Charlie to is at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
2. When the low fuel lights are flashing on Cougar's jet, the aircraft would have already run out of fuel.
3. In the final Top Gun dogfight (before reporting to Indian Ocean) the F-14 has a trail of smoke when turning numerous times (forgot the exact number). That trail is actually a fuel dump, the lowest set amount for a dump is 1000 pounds. The pilots commented he would need to tanker twice in order to do that while fighting.
I forget the rest, but they basically kept this up for every scene. It was actually one of the funnest movies I've ever watched publicly. The last one I remember doing this to was when a few coworkers of mine (Aviation Line Service) went to see Snakes on a Plane in theaters and tore it apart.
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