From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 12/5/2014 7:01 AM, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > I have a confession to make:   
   >   
   > I saw the 2011 version of "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" on Thursday evening.   
   >   
   > (It was only a few minutes, though, I swear!)   
   >   
   > The one thing that I noticed, are the overly dramatised sound effects.   
   >   
   > For example, when they uncoupled the first car, the film editors added   
   > such an effect, the type of which would never happen in reality.   
   >   
   > The same happened when they cut the power to the trains, they added this   
   > sound effect as if a very large generator was powering down. Just   
   > ridiculous.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > Lastly, what is it with Denzel Washington and bad railroad films?   
   > Besides the above-described film, he was in "Unstoppable," another film   
   > that was terrible and added a whole bunch of unnecessary effects and drama.   
   >   
   > I respect Denzel Washington and a lot of his work, honestly I do, and I   
   > understand that he is a good Shakespearean actor. But he and   
   > railroad-themed films just don't go together -- kind of like sand and oil.   
      
   There is a modern train control system operating on the old IRT, even   
   though much of the infrastructure in the field is old.  That what makes   
   things like countdown clocks and smart phone apps possible.  The B   
   division is a work in progress.  I am not aware of an anticipated live date.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)