Red Eye
 

Just watched the movie "Red Eye" on HBO. Shows a 737 being pushed back at the gate and for takeoff, then shows a wide body cabin. Lame.

Also shows a 737 landing gear when on approach, then a wide body landing gear on touchdown. Lame again.

Whaaaaat??

Usually movies are so accurate when it comes to aviation. ;)

Did you know you can get to the cargo hold of a DC-10 through the bathroom? I saw it in "Commando"

The kitchen maybe, if you take the elevator.[Down please.]

And, there's no wing-box through the fuselage in a 747....you can walk from the forward cargo bay, to the aft one (Air Force One). Apparently, Air Force One is assembled like a giant Revell model-kit.

Also, M-16 and AK-47 bullets will ricochet and create sparks while bouncing off aluminum. These armor-piercing slugs cannot puncture the pressure-vessel of the Commander in Chief.

Don't get me started on "Executive Decision," "Passenger 57," the original "Die Hard," or "Behind Enemy Lines." ;)

What was the movie where the bad guys slid down the inside of the refueling boom (wheeeee!!:rolleyes:) into a C-5 so they could take over the aircraft? Had something to do with a F-117...... I turned it off after the boom scene.

Yes, the fantastic accuracy of all the movies produced. I laugh at most so called factual documentary movies or any movie that get accolades for being so accurate. Even the so called best producer/directors create such non-realistic crap they are hilarious to watch. It’s the movies. Just entertainment folks, never reality, now move along.

AD,

(I typed all this of and then realized I was talking about a different move altogether. Left it since it was still within the OP's topic)

If you are talking about the one I am thinking of, it was a tube between the F-117 and the 747. Yeah, they took a little creative license with that story-line.

Executive Decision (1996) - IMDb

It was called "Interceptor," starring Jurgen Proctnow, a (formerly highly-respected) German actor.

The opening scene said "Incirlik Air Base...present-day." An F-4 was taxiing by. Since my F-4 sqdn was deployed there (F-4Gs from 1993-1996), we said "Hey!! This must be us!"

Once a month we would have "Interceptor Night" with beer, popcorn, and lots of fun tearing the movie apart.

Our favorite part was the air-to-air shots using the vaunted AGM-65 Maverick.:rolleyes:

Presidential Pressure-Vessel? Try saying that 5 times fast...

I've seen and spotted inconsistencies such as those you've mentioned not only in movies but in newcasts as well.


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