On Friday, December 5, 2014 7:01:05 AM UTC-5, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
      
   > The one thing that I noticed, are the overly dramatised sound effects.   
      
   I think all movies do that.  Technies who are familiar with equipment shown in   
   a movie often are surprised, even shocked, at the weird sound effects,   
   signals, and operations of that equipment which it would never do in real life.   
      
   Railfans watching a film closely will often see errors in the details of the   
   trains.   
      
      
      
   > Command Center was also laughable as a high-tech centre, when in reality    
   > it would not surprise me if very little has changed since the proper    
   > film came out in 1974.   
      
   Actually, I understand the Command Center has moved from its original 370 Jay   
   Street location.  Even at Jay Street they were bringing in upgrades and I   
   suspect the new center all high tech.  The Penna Station center is very high   
   tech.   
      
   Some years ago they had a tour of Jay Street.  The original Pelham movie was   
   reasonably accurate in the radio consoles*.  But the movie Command Center was   
   more spacious and attractive than the real life one, which was cramped and   
   narrow.  (I think the    
   Jay St Bldg was envisioned to be bigger originally but cut back when finally   
   built, ref 'Subway Style').   
      
   It would be nice if they offered a tour of the new Command Center, but given   
   attitudes today, I'm not holding my breath.  Indeed, the only reason they did   
   Penna Station was there was glassed-in balcony for visitors.  At Jay St, we   
   were standing next to    
   the dispatchers handling their calls.   
      
   * The put the movie radio console set on display--it looked very cheap and   
   hokey compared to a real one.  But on film it looked good.  I guess it's the   
   lighting.   
      
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