So about those drunk pilots on "LAX"

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

4 drunk Russian pilots are talk arrogantly against the controllers, forcing them to assign a runway, or as the captain said "we'll just find one that's good for us, so assign us one!" Airplane uses its own reverse thrust to pull out of the gate...

Yeah, so Heather Locklear parks her car in front of the L-1011 main tires, walks out (engines roaring, forward thrust applied), and just stands there looking up at the pilots from the ground.

Weird. Is it me, or could the L-1011 have made it's way around/over the Ford Crown Vic ? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/insane.gif[/img]

Thanks for helping the piloting profession, Hollywood! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]

[kellwolf]

Yeah, check out my list o' flaws in the Lav.......

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Damn, you beat me to it [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[MQAAord]

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could the L-1011 have made it's way around/over the Ford Crown Vic ? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/insane.gif[/img]


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L-10 drives over the Crown Vic
*bump*
One pilot says to the other "Did you feel that bump?"
Other pilot says "What bump?"


Okay, that's an exageration, but I hate it when TV producers overdramatize like that.

[kellwolf]

Anyone else notice that everyone was hanging out around the engines like they were at a cocktail party? "Where's the thrust?" "Oh, they add that in digitally in post-production. Have another martini."

[Kristie]

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4 drunk Russian pilots

[/ QUOTE ]hmmm.. serbian... not russian...

did ya'll see the amount of botox in HL face???? sheesh... she couldn't even quirk a smile!

Good lord - how WRONG was that show??? every bit of it...stunk...I betcha 2 weeks and it's gone cuz I just can't imagine people believing that crap occuring on a daily basis...

[Doug Taylor]

No hon, people are totally "buying" it probably. There are financiers, producers, directors, cast, crew, etc that are all watching this bullcrap being filmed and they all think it's hunky-dory.

If they think it's hunky-dory, chances are "Joe Six Pack" is buying it as well.

[flyover]

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4 drunk Russian pilots are talk arrogantly against the controllers, forcing them to assign a runway, or as the captain said "we'll just find one that's good for us, so assign us one!" Airplane uses its own reverse thrust to pull out of the gate...

Yeah, so Heather Locklear parks her car in front of the L-1011 main tires, walks out (engines roaring, forward thrust applied), and just stands there looking up at the pilots from the ground.

Thanks for helping the piloting profession, Hollywood!

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ReLAX!!!!! Hollywood hasn't accurately portrayed pilots since Airplane. This stupid show (didn't see it) isn't going to hurt or help the profession.

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

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hmmm.. serbian... not russian...



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Yeah it was Serb Air or something like that, but I was going with the official credited cast:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411003/

Daniel Morton .... Drunk Russian Pilot (2004-)

[Dazzler]

I thought the "plot" (and I use that term loosely) of the show was crappy, but I still enjoyed the show and would probably watch it again.

I looked at it as a comedy, rather than a drama. Besides, Heather Locklear's in it [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Doug Taylor]

Listening to a little local radio after dropping off Kristie at work today and most of the talking heads on morning radio thought it was the next best thing since sliced bread.

Gah! Yes people, we're that stupid as a television viewing audience.

I didn't, however, take note of which stations that the fans were on to cross-reference if they had any affiliation with the local network television affiliate so it might have been another case of cross-media marketing.

[A300Capt]

The wife and I watched it last night. 10 minutes into it I wanted to hurl! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img] Told the wife I give it 3 episodes before it gets canned. I don't plan on watching it anymore.

[bullmastiff]

Keep in mind guys, last year when the show "Playmakers" came on, the NFL players were really pissed off, because asa whole it did not accurately portray the players. However, most people includin gmyself loved the show. People in the aviation industry kow it is BS, but most of the audience doesn tknow any better

[Dazzler]

Don't take the show too seriously and you may enjoy it.
It's melodrama after all!

[MidlifeFlyer]

My wife and I are both fans of both Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood, so we watched. For the first and last time.

[vipermcg]

This show was one of the most ridiculous shows I have ever seen. That aside, it was somewhat entertaining.

[av8trxx]

It was baaaaaaad. Like an airport manager would even be aware of, much less look for, a missing crew??? Runway "twentyfive 'R' "??? Common. They can at least get the lingo right. A pretty pathetic effort. Too much sensationalism with no reality check. That's too bad, I was hoping it would be worthy.

Comments (and storyline suggestions) can be sent to:

LAX@nbc.com

[MikeD]

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Runway "twentyfive 'R' "??? Common. They can at least get the lingo right.

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You mean that's not how it's said? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Sort of like people that say "Runway zero-four" for Runway 4, for example. Overseas, where single-digit runways are painted with a zero-prefix, I could see. Just sounds odd hearing it in the US.

[Dazzler]

I can't believe how many people here are reading too much into the show.

If the show really was true to life, then it would probably be boring. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/spin2.gif[/img]

[flyhigh]

If you really want to see "Hollywood" inside the cockpit, watch the repeats of Wings on TVLand.

[Tyler_12345]

I thought this show was hilarious! what was with t hose idiots chashing that dog on the runway? Ha. I'll tune in again just to get a laugh or two. and how horrible was the air traffic controller in the tower actually giving the drunk pilots a runway after the threat.

[av8trxx]

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If you really want to see "Hollywood" inside the cockpit, watch the repeats of Wings on TVLand.

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Now THAT was a great show! It's still on? Too bad I don't have expanded cable... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[MikeD]

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Don't take the show too seriously and you may enjoy it.
It's melodrama after all!

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I was perusing a movie nitpick website the other day and there was this one knob that was nitpicking the technical accuracy the movie "Airplane". Here are some highlights:

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When Striker is fighting with the control yoke, it moves around WAY too much to be connected to anything. The base of an airplane's control yoke does not move at all, only the yoke itself.

That is supposed to happen because it is funny. You know that this was supposed to be a comedy don't you.

In the scene where Roger, Victor and Oveur are talking before takeoff and the window washer guy(Jimmy"dynomite!" Walker) is doing the windows, he opens the 'hood' on the frond the front and then after struggling to close it, it pops open and knocks him off. However, large jet planes do not have front hoods because the engines are located under the wings, not in front, as in an automobile.

Um, do you live in a state where you can't understand parody? Do you believe that an inflatable co-pilot exists under the seat of airliners, or that a plane with no landing gear could drag itself off the runway and into the air again? Did you believe that Ted Stryker was really stresssed by the way the sweat just poured off his face? Look at the movie again. If the airplane hood was the only thing you noticed wrong, get your head examined.

The entire movie is a spoof. They made a comparison to an airplane's preparation to that of a car, where an attendant might wash the windsheild and check the oil before you leave. They're not seriously suggesting this happens to actual planes before takeoff. This is one movie you can't take literally. Do you really think nuns sing Respect?

I highly doubt jet planes have inflatable dolls as autopilots. I don't think a plane that was taking off down a runway would go slow enough for a girl to run alongside it. Air traffic controllers don't do laundry in the tower. Do you see where I'm going with all of this? Listen carefully, THIS IS A PARODY! IT'S A COMEDY! HA HA, FUNNY, LAUGH, NOT REAL, EXAGGERATION! I don't know how else to say it. Do you have a sense of humor?! I can't stand stupid people.

The noise used for the passenger jet is the thrum of propeller-driven engines, not the high-pitched whine of jet engines.

as I told the Nitpicker who pointed out that airplanes do not have hoods like cars, this movie is a parody. The purpose of such movies is usually to make the audience laugh. Thus the presence of the joke that is obvious to everyone else: the blatant use of the wrong sound effect for the engines of the plane. I and everyone else I saw the movie with laughed at not only this, but hundreds of absurdities in this great movie.

[Joshua949]

C'mon guys! It's only a tv show. Do you all really think Hollywood is going to portray a show as the way it really is in real life? What next.

Josh

[Doug Taylor]

I guess my beef is that it was so blatantly bad.

Especially when the directors use an already maligned industry and protray us all as mindless buffoons to prop up the character development of Blair Underwood and Heather Locklear.

But I think the thread is very normal and expected. I'm sure the policemen in Reno aren't all that thrilled about "Reno 911" but at least the show is meant to be a lighthearted comedy. However if "Reno 911" was plugged as a dramatic look at what goes on behind the scenes of law enforcement in Reno, NV, I'd be swinging the old Louisville Slugger too! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]