On 07.12.14 2:07, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   > 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   
      
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