vaderdarth
Master Member
The shadow on chopper 2 was caused by chopper 1. Simple stuff.
Did you guys know its visible in the season 2 intro?:cool
It's the SAME SHOT. Why would they reshoot two choppers doing the exact same thing in the exact same place? That's money spent for no reason. Same shot.
Same shot.
Same.
(did I mention same?)
This shot was not from the movie. Radar never wore the stocking cap in the movie, he always wore a regular army cap. This was shot for the TV show. I do agree that it was the same shot from season 1 to 2, but just cleaned up or a better print of it.
I have not seen an HD version though, so I can't speak to that. I'd be interested to see this "tree" micdavis speaks of.
It's not a STOCKING CAP! It's a Jeep cap!
Yes, a classic.
One marvels at the preciseness of the universe that allows us to see that.
Sorry to exhume such an old thread ... The credit sequence was edited more than once through the run of the series. The most obvious example is seen in the beginning of season four, when shots of Mike Farrell as B.J. Hunnicutt were added, replacing shots that showed Wayne Rogers as Trapper John. Other shots in which Rogers was originally visible were re-framed to exclude him. However, the character of Lieutenant Dish, who was supposed to be a regular supporting character but who appeared in only one or two episodes, actually appears in every episode in the credits as part of the group running to the helipad. The only known shots made for the original film that are included are the closer-in shots of the two choppers (which appear to show the choppers flying backwards because the helicopter with the camera was flying faster than the pair you can see) where the M*A*SH title appears on-screen, and the aerial shot of the 4077th. The shot of the choppers was filmed for the movie but not used therein. In the latter shot, some of the tents are in the same place as in the series while others are not, and some are not included at all in the TV version of the camp. In addition, if you look closely in the top left quarter of the screen you can see a light-colored dog come out from behind a tent and start trotting up the road; I'm 99 percent sure the same dog appears in some ground-level shots in the film.The credits for the show change quite often. In the first episode you actually see Radar catch a football, then turns his head to see the choppers.
So it is easy to guess that when the second season came along, the print of the credits was just brighter, making it possible to see the chopper beyond the tree.
Remember this was long before syndication happened with VIDEO, stations received for the most part 16mm prints which was run through what was called a film chain, for broadcast.
It's a tree. No doubt.