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SLagonia
10-04-2006, 11:00 PM
In adition to being a screenwriter, I also happy to be a pilot, and have spent many yeas working in the aviation industry. This is why I'm constantly doing filmwork on airports. That's usually the only time I'm called in for the production angle.

So I'm working on 'Kidnapped' today at Westchester Airport, and it all seems to be going well. Naturally, something had to screw it up.

I cringed visably when one of the actors told another that the "Lightning Detector" on the plane had been reset... Um... First off, you don't fly through lightning. Secondly, you can't detect something going 186,000 MPS (especially when your circuitry would be slower). Furthermore, any static discharge would just be sent through lovely little things we call 'Staic wicks,' on the back of the wing. The plane is, to use the term extreamly loosly, grounded.

Is it just me, or do things like this completely ruin a movie/TV show when you watch it?
CletusHorniblow
10-05-2006, 07:37 AM
1) You're a crew member for the tv series "Kidnapped"?
2) Was this line part of the script, or just general chit-chat between actors?
bankholdup
10-05-2006, 08:53 AM
Originally posted by SLagonia
Is it just me, or do things like this completely ruin a movie/TV show when you watch it?

Well, I was watching Friday Night Lights (the show) 2 nights ago, and the coach called a time-out after the player went out of bounds, so yeah, that sorta was odd.
jackson13
10-05-2006, 11:01 AM
Correct me if im wrong, but isnt a lightning detector just some guy that stands in a field and looks at the sky and when he sees a flash of light he says "Oh, yep, that was lightning! Right there!"
SLagonia
10-05-2006, 02:45 PM
Originally posted by CletusHorniblow
1) You're a crew member for the tv series "Kidnapped"?
2) Was this line part of the script, or just general chit-chat between actors?

A. No, I was just called in for this shoot.

B. It was a line in the script. One of the FBI agents comes out of the plane and tells them that everything's been erased. Even the lightning detector had been reset
SLagonia
10-05-2006, 02:46 PM
Originally posted by jackson13
Correct me if im wrong, but isnt a lightning detector just some guy that stands in a field and looks at the sky and when he sees a flash of light he says "Oh, yep, that was lightning! Right there!"

Pretty much :p
quoth_the_raven
10-05-2006, 06:02 PM
All I got out of this was that you are happy to be a pilot. This is good. i am glad you are happy. It makes me happy.

Everyones happy.

Yes.
SLagonia
10-05-2006, 11:03 PM
Originally posted by quoth_the_raven
All I got out of this was that you are happy to be a pilot. This is good. i am glad you are happy. It makes me happy.

Everyones happy.

Yes.

I'm glad you're happy
JurassicMik
10-06-2006, 04:57 AM
All this happiness is making me a little unhappy.
Scorpio24
10-06-2006, 07:22 AM
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Cronos
10-06-2006, 08:07 AM
Originally posted by Scorpio24
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Criminal Rock
10-06-2006, 07:22 PM
That smiley face is tweaking out on something... look at that motherfucker. Stare at it long enough, it'll put you in a trance.