Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Heck, 4 months back I got a new but older sister and I'm 53.
Yeah the KR historians is a good channel. They have put out a monstrous amount of info.
The KR show tried several ideas to save on brand new Firebirds. Disguised landing ramps, a dune buggy chassis with a Firebird shell on top, rollcaged stock bodies, miniature models, etc.
There was also the train derailment incident. They got about a dozen 1983 Firebirds with body damage from that.
'Dukes' started using miniatures (along with real cars) in their last season. That same miniature crew did shots for everybody in the 1980s. Dukes & KR, The Fall Guy, Miami Vice, etc. Most of their vehicle stuff was 1/8th scale.
I was watching the TNG episode Contagion where the Enterprise computer basically has a virus. Picard orders tea and gets a flower in a cup. So after finding out the ship is messed up they're all "Let's beam down to the planet!" Not use a shuttle, beam down. Yeah... Let's go use the thing that can turn us inside out on the other end! I'm sure it's fine.
Another dumb thing is a medic is trying to mend a broken bone and the thingie stops working. Dr. Pulaski says to use a splint, and the guy doesn't know what a splint is. I don't care if it's the 24th century, they would know what a splint was.
Another dumb thing is a medic is trying to mend a broken bone and the thingie stops working. Dr. Pulaski says to use a splint, and the guy doesn't know what a splint is. I don't care if it's the 24th century, they would know what a splint was.
Oh. No. Key parties ?!?!!
These days, if you know another couple really well, you might swap recipes but the 60s/70s were a bit more involved.
I truly miss the seventies- far easier to be 'social' and no baggage- I feel sorry for my son, dating currently is like dancing in a minefield with all the triggers and hoops to jump through
There are a good number of people out there that still throw key parties, they are just a bit more discrete. Watch for an upside down pineapple if you are interested in that sort of thing...
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My current issue is that I avoid most all people in general because they suck. I embrace my grumpiness and make no excuses. My daughter says, "So you just hate like everybody?"....YES.... "But that is just wrong".... and I start reinacting the scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail I'M BEING OPPRESSED I'M BEING OPPRESSED.....
CB2001
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I think they also reused it in the Reunion TV movie.
Cephus
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Pretty much agree. I just got a shirt that says: "People. One star. A nightmare, would not recommend."
I need this in my life
Yeah they did.
A couple years later KITT did a jump at that same spot. The site was Indian Dunes, an old off-roading park north of Los Angeles. Hollywood also used the cliffs in the background for rolling cars off.
The site still exists but it was sold to housing developers decades ago. They are building on it now.
The 1982 'Twilight Zone' helicopter accident was there too. That's a whole other conversation. It was bad.
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What's that flopping down in the undercarriage?
In that jump shot? One of the exhaust mufflers was falling off.
A nice long Evel-Knievel-style ramp does not fit under a bush or dirt pile. Hollywood usually has to use something smaller, which means the angle has to be steeper too. The car hits the ramp HARD.
Cephus
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There you go: Amazon.com
It is done. Almost sad that so few will see me wear it......but it is the price you pay for privacy
Riceball
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While they weren't using rear screen projection in that segment, it doesn't mean that they were driving for real. A common thing done in TV and films for scenes involving seeing actions in the car from the outside while driving is to hook up the car to a rig where it's being towed by the film car so that they can get nice and steady shots like we see in this video.
Riceball
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One thing that always gets me in movies and shows is when you have a guy in charge of a bunch of people and they go,, "you and you, go that way, the rest of you, with me," How do these people who their boss or leader is referring to? They never use names, they just sort of gesture in the direction of their people yet nobody ever points at themselves or asks if they mean them or someone else. This kind of reminds of how on Stargate SG-1 a System Lord would often tell their guard, kree! and nothing more and the guards will walk away to do whatever it was they were ordered to. Li,e how do they know what was meant by, kree?
That's a good point for Hollywood car scenes in general.
But I'm sure that clip was not towed for a few reasons. 'Dukes' rarely towed cars. The tow rigs of the time didn't allow for that much aggressive & lateral movement. I have driven Dodge Chargers before, and those shots jump out at me for looking real.
'Knight Rider' used towed footage rather than projected backgrounds as a rule. The closeup KITT cars had visible tow bars sticking out below the front ends.
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Or, worse, "three of you come with me". Which three? Magically three and only three move to accompany him.
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