![]() Through is performance and Robert Zemeckis direction, we see a story of taking each day at a time if this sort of situation arose, not a 'right heres what Im going to do' type story, that is unrealistic, we see him licking water from a leaf for goodness sake, it brings everything to the table, being alone, emotional withdrawal and lengths we would go to just to stay alive, who ever thought of needing the dentist while on a deserted island. almost carried solely by Hanks, we have his character, FedEx systems analyst Chuck Noland, stranded on an unknown island due to a tragic plane crash, with nobody else there, he must fend for himself, and this is where we see Tom Hanks at his very best. But the film separates itself from anything you will have seen before. Hanks has one of those styles where we immediately feel sorry for whatever dire situation he finds himself in, his story in Cast Away is no different. In the first ten minutes we start to see a convincing ad for FedEx to use concerning time on delivery, but that is besides the point. At almost two and a half hours in length, this is no walk in the park, or island for that matter, but Tom Hanks throws himself into this so much its hard to know what the clocking in time is. In the first Track your parcel, because this is one FedEx package you're going to want on time. most of which you wouldn t know unless you've been on the planes a few times.Track your parcel, because this is one FedEx package you're going to want on time. Sorry i digress, there are issues witht he Castaway planes that i can be anal about and nitpick. the guy in avionics compartement in the nose of the 747 uses his personal laptop to hook into the airplane and deploy the spoilers and such. Over all, the plane parts were better than most airplane disaster films i've seen (my all time favorite so far is Turbulence 2. ![]() I went to see Castawy about 2 days before i hopped a jumpseat on a MD-11 to Sydney, i thought it come in handy as a "reference video". but he never is shown gettig onto any particular plane. In the movie, you see good old Tom run towards an Airbus. Theres a lot less room in a MD-11 jumpseat area than there is in a A310. The second "doomed" flight to KUL(i think) was an MD-11 mockup. to be really picky, the first plane he boarded was an A310, the plane in Moscow (which has an uncanny resemblance to the LAX ramp). there are some others, but i think i've made my point it's prevented by the boom valve closing once he wasn't in contact.Īnd don't even get me started on how a 747 wouldn't get any damage from a kc-10 exploding not 100 feet away from it. and it wouldn't scrape with enough force to ignite the fuel.ĥth- you wouldn't have fuel gushing out of the boom like that after you disconnect. if you screw up enough you can bend it to where the nozzle 'peeks' at you. and in any case the boom operator would have disconnected af1 before a brute force in all but the most unlikely of circumstances.Ĥth- the boom scraping on the fuselage like a match hitting a matchbook.the telescoping pipe of the boom is not that rigid. ![]() you'd get a brute force (literally) disconnect way before that because the toggles that hold the boom in the receptacle release at a certain stress level. and then it's with them 1000 feet below us.ģrd-the part where the boom was breaking at it's attatchment point to the fuselage because of stress from being pulled by af1.there's no way it could happen. it's even worse with pilots who are just qualifying.Ģnd- the tanker doesn't pass the reciever plane like like passing a car on the freeway to rendevous (except with the c-130's). i've had the pleasure of watching experienced pilots who were once a/r qualified try to requal. i'll try to make these explanations as short as i can.ġst off- you can't just take any pilot (even a highly experienced airline pilot) toss him in the seat and expect him to be able to refuel. The refueling scenes on air force one were just laughable.
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