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cman [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 09:08:49 AM
Wow does that look like something right out of GTA
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 10:34:13 AM
1984 just seems like long ago.
 
RexTalionis [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 11:34:12 AM
I don't remember that time. Probably because I was only a few months old at the time.
 
Gwyrddu
2011-12-11 02:43:31 PM
It seems like the bus swerved for no particular reason. Did they cut out part of the chase or am I missing something?
 
LesserEvil [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 02:54:52 PM
Wow... is it bad that I recognize most of the places in Detroit the chase took place... and that almost none of those locations have changed since then?
 
Vance Uppercut
2011-12-11 03:07:49 PM
LesserEvil: Wow... is it bad that I recognize most of the places in Detroit the chase took place... and that almost none of those locations have changed since then?

I know what you mean. they didn't even clean up the mess they made.
 
cman [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 03:52:32 PM
Gwyrddu: It seems like the bus swerved for no particular reason. Did they cut out part of the chase or am I missing something?

Fruit/Vegetable water went allover the roadway when the semi crashed into the old truck full of them
 
Bob The Nob
2011-12-11 03:54:22 PM
Gwyrddu: It seems like the bus swerved for no particular reason. Did they cut out part of the chase or am I missing something?

I've always thought the stunt coordinator probably said "hey - we could 180 a city bus!" and so they did it and just cut the footage in.
 
Bob The Nob
2011-12-11 03:58:27 PM
cman: Gwyrddu: It seems like the bus swerved for no particular reason. Did they cut out part of the chase or am I missing something?

Fruit/Vegetable water went allover the roadway when the semi crashed into the old truck full of them

OK, but then where did the truck / fruit go? :)
 
RoyBatty
2011-12-11 04:02:02 PM
Not knowing anything about how this is done, I'd love to know how long it took them to plan it, simulate it, rehearse it, prep it, etc.

Would this ever be done this way today, or would they go straight to CGI?

Or worse, would they make sure that the continuity is shiat and intentionally confusing to help us understand just how amazingly confusing it all is (ala Bourne, James Bond...)
 
D-D-D-Dave
2011-12-11 05:23:26 PM
RoyBatty: Or worse, would they make sure that the continuity is shiat and intentionally confusing to help us understand just how amazingly confusing it all is (ala Bourne, James Bond...)

God I hate that crap. How many thousands of hours and millions of dollars when into researching new ways to stabilize cameras before deciding "To hell with it, we'll just get a cameraman with Parkinsons." For some dumb reason, I went and saw that alien invasion movie about LA that came out last spring, and the camera was shaking during a dialog in a flower shop. fark YOU HOLLYWOOD!!
 
douchebag/hater
2011-12-11 05:30:09 PM
Needs better music.
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 05:37:31 PM
So it's come to this. Random scenes from (almost) 20 y/o action movies are getting greenlit?

Good to know.
 
Dialectic
2011-12-11 05:43:49 PM
Was Eddie sucking trannies back in the 80s?
 
insipid
2011-12-11 07:02:15 PM
The patrol car lights look like lighthouses.
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2011-12-11 07:46:06 PM
insipid: The patrol car lights look like lighthouses.

And none of the police are in body armor or looking para-military either.
 
johnnyrocket
2011-12-12 12:07:00 AM
2wolves: 1984 just seems like long ago.

So 20th century.
 
Krieghund [TotalFark]
2011-12-12 02:46:52 AM
Fake.

You could tell when the cops didn't shoot the black guy after the chase.
 
Mr. Cat Poop
2011-12-12 10:01:02 AM
Krieghund: Fake.

You could tell when the cops didn't shoot the black guy after the chase.

This was pre- Rodney King. Now they don't take any chances.
 
A Screaming Man with Two-Toned Shoes
2011-12-12 01:32:54 PM
Thank you, subby. Bullitt.
 
Onkel Buck
2011-12-13 06:06:00 PM
I remember when they were filming this! There were a few stories on the local news during that time.

/grew up near Detroit
//Get off the lawn
 
Andyxc
2011-12-14 09:24:59 PM
Gwyrddu: It seems like the bus swerved for no particular reason. Did they cut out part of the chase or am I missing something?

I was just under the assumption the bus driver had always wanted to try a 180, and this car chase seemed like the perfect excuse.
 
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