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sopranos goof
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, z wrote: > In last week's Sopranos, Tony has a flashback to when he was 16, and his > father excused his late arrival home by saying the car broke a timing > belt. What cars had timing belts in the 60s? This is like all the movies > that take place in the 50s, and the driver turns on the car radio and it > plays with no warmup. Oh yeah, I *hate* stupid errors like this. It arises from willful ignorance and laziness. The list goes on and on: '59 Cadillacs with automatic transmissions that sound like '88 Tercels with stick shifts when started and driven. Nonexistent "440 Hemi" engines and "Holley Quadrajet" carburetors. It's one of the many reasons I no longer watch television. DS |
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Scott in Aztl=E1n wrote:
> Remember Die Hard 2, which allegedly took place in Dulles Airport in > Washington, D.C.? But all the payphones in the airport say "Pacific > Bell" THat movie was filmed at the then-recently-decommissioned Stapleton International Airport in Denver. The payphones said "USWest". DS |
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Daniel J. Stern > wrote: >On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Scott in Aztl=E1n wrote: > >> Remember Die Hard 2, which allegedly took place in Dulles Airport in >> Washington, D.C.? But all the payphones in the airport say "Pacific >> Bell" > >THat movie was filmed at the then-recently-decommissioned Stapleton >International Airport in Denver. The payphones said "USWest". Nope, they were Pacific Bell, filmed at LAX. You'd think the film crew could have gotten a Bell Atlantic phone or facade for use during the movie. Some of the scenes were filmed at Stapleton, but the ones where you get a good look at the payphones were done at LAX. |
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"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message in.umich.edu>...
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, z wrote: > > > In last week's Sopranos, Tony has a flashback to when he was 16, and his > > father excused his late arrival home by saying the car broke a timing > > belt. What cars had timing belts in the 60s? This is like all the movies > > that take place in the 50s, and the driver turns on the car radio and it > > plays with no warmup. > > Oh yeah, I *hate* stupid errors like this. It arises from willful > ignorance and laziness. The list goes on and on: '59 Cadillacs with > automatic transmissions that sound like '88 Tercels with stick shifts when > started and driven. Nonexistent "440 Hemi" engines and "Holley Quadrajet" > carburetors. > > It's one of the many reasons I no longer watch television. Aw, c'mon, Daniel! That's one of the best reasons *to* watch! All those Highland Park Hummingbirds (Have you ever heard a *non*-Mopar starter on a TV show?), Jim Rockford squealing the Firebird's tires on grass and gravel, and the apparently required jump ramp pulled around by every pyrotechnic-rigged car in California (according to CHiPs - I haven't been there). Of course, who can forget Henry Gibson's Pinto wagon chasing the Blues Brothers through Chicago and suddenly jumping off an incomplete highway bridge in Milwaukee (and still landing in Chicago)? Lake Michigan rolling its waves *from the west* over I-94 next to Six Flags in the intro sequence to that Suzanne Sommers sitcom? The legendary *nine* wheel covers shed by the black Charger in 'Bullitt'? BTW, I just saw 'Jack the Bear' yesterday morning. You woulda' loved the Valiant Danny DeVito was driving ... -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; broke that) |
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In article >, C.R. Krieger wrote:
> Of course, who can forget Henry Gibson's Pinto > wagon chasing the Blues Brothers through Chicago and suddenly jumping > off an incomplete highway bridge in Milwaukee (and still landing in > Chicago)? Hey, you forgot that it comes off a highway bridge and ends up falling from height exceeding that of the hancock building. The blues brothers isn't supposed to be realistic.... but then again considering the love of mopar around here you guys probably do believe a dodge monaco can do back flips. |
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When I did " Drowning Mona " With Deveto it was a story about a town
were everyone drove YUGO'S. Well we couldn't find enough of them here in L.A. to do it. The show was also set in Verplank N.Y. but we did it in L.A. So we just took some Datsuns and sorta made them look like Yugos. I think we smashed every one there was. Steve E. |
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>>On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, z wrote: >> >> >>>In last week's Sopranos, Tony has a flashback to when he was 16, and his >>>father excused his late arrival home by saying the car broke a timing >>>belt. What cars had timing belts in the 60s? This is like all the movies >>>that take place in the 50s, and the driver turns on the car radio and it >>>plays with no warmup. >> >>Oh yeah, I *hate* stupid errors like this. It arises from willful >>ignorance and laziness. The list goes on and on: '59 Cadillacs with >>automatic transmissions that sound like '88 Tercels with stick shifts when >>started and driven. Nonexistent "440 Hemi" engines and "Holley Quadrajet" >>carburetors. >> >>It's one of the many reasons I no longer watch television. > > And how come in all the racing movies when the hero wants to pass for the lead he jams his foot to the floor and rockets past the villan? WHY was he not driving full out before? he was in a bloody car race! (driven, days of thunder, any Burt Reynolds movie...) |
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I think all you folks have far too much time on your hands.... ;o)
ray wrote: > >>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, z wrote: >>> >>> >>>> In last week's Sopranos, Tony has a flashback to when he was 16, and >>>> his >>>> father excused his late arrival home by saying the car broke a timing >>>> belt. What cars had timing belts in the 60s? This is like all the >>>> movies >>>> that take place in the 50s, and the driver turns on the car radio >>>> and it >>>> plays with no warmup. >>> >>> >>> Oh yeah, I *hate* stupid errors like this. It arises from willful >>> ignorance and laziness. The list goes on and on: '59 Cadillacs with >>> automatic transmissions that sound like '88 Tercels with stick shifts >>> when >>> started and driven. Nonexistent "440 Hemi" engines and "Holley >>> Quadrajet" >>> carburetors. >>> >>> It's one of the many reasons I no longer watch television. >> >> >> > And how come in all the racing movies when the hero wants to pass > for the lead he jams his foot to the floor and rockets past the > villan? WHY was he not driving full out before? he was > in a bloody car race! > (driven, days of thunder, any Burt Reynolds movie...) > |
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ray > wrote in message >...
> >>On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, z wrote: > >> > >> > >>>In last week's Sopranos, Tony has a flashback to when he was 16, and his > >>>father excused his late arrival home by saying the car broke a timing > >>>belt. What cars had timing belts in the 60s? This is like all the movies > >>>that take place in the 50s, and the driver turns on the car radio and it > >>>plays with no warmup. > >> > >>Oh yeah, I *hate* stupid errors like this. It arises from willful > >>ignorance and laziness. The list goes on and on: '59 Cadillacs with > >>automatic transmissions that sound like '88 Tercels with stick shifts when > >>started and driven. Nonexistent "440 Hemi" engines and "Holley Quadrajet" > >>carburetors. > >> > >>It's one of the many reasons I no longer watch television. > > > > > And how come in all the racing movies when the hero wants to pass > for the lead he jams his foot to the floor and rockets past the > villan? WHY was he not driving full out before? he was > in a bloody car race! > (driven, days of thunder, any Burt Reynolds movie...) Speed Kills. |
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