b0r1s wrote:The final aerial shot in the original cinema edit of Bladerunner is taken from footage Scott got from helicopter footage from Kubrick, from Apocalypse Now. He had something like 17 hours worth of footage and said Scott could use some of it for the new ending (which came from studio pressure).
Got that nugget from The Hollywood Reporters roundtable on YouTube. Brilliant show where they sit down actors and directors to talk about film.
GooberTheHat wrote:Over my 14 months I spent in Iraq, I probably fired a couple of thousand rounds. All of those, bar 15, were at figure 11 or figure 12 targets. And the 15 that weren't probably didn't kill anyone. Everyone of my 12 man section probably fired about the same. Even the chefs and clerks and vehicle mechanics would probably have fired 600 or so as part of their training when they arrived. It's not "panic firing, poor aim or pissing about".
GooberTheHat wrote:From an academic point of view it would be interesting to know the ratio of rounds fired "in anger" vs intended kills and casualties, but even that stat would have massive caveats.
b0r1s wrote:The final aerial shot in the original cinema edit of Bladerunner is taken from footage Scott got from helicopter footage from Kubrick, from Apocalypse Now. He had something like 17 hours worth of footage and said Scott could use some of it for the new ending (which came from studio pressure).
Got that nugget from The Hollywood Reporters roundtable on YouTube. Brilliant show where they sit down actors and directors to talk about film.
cockbeard wrote:I found myself watching the same Roundtable last month, and I'm certain Scott mentioned Apocolypse Now dailies, and Stanley added some caveat about making sure none of the jungle was visible as it was technically owned by the studio
cockbeard wrote:SpaceGazelle wrote:The closest planet to Earth, on average, is Mercury
Really?? Is that something weird like we're more often on the same side of the Sun as Mercury? Just it sounds mental? I mean given the amount of revolutions all three planets have made round the sun surely it averages out to orbit distance at some point?? My brain's doing weird things? Thanks for firing my curiosity
WorKid wrote:Source? Sounds like nonsense to me, although SG knows his shit.Really?? Is that something weird like we're more often on the same side of the Sun as Mercury? Just it sounds mental? I mean given the amount of revolutions all three planets have made round the sun surely it averages out to orbit distance at some point?? My brain's doing weird things? Thanks for firing my curiosityThe closest planet to Earth, on average, is Mercury
acemuzzy wrote:That's not how averages work
acemuzzy wrote:That's not how averages work
b0r1s wrote:Re Bladerunner he did say Shining. I obviously wasn’t listening properly!
acemuzzy wrote:That's not how averages work
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