Escape to the Movies: Unstoppable

[dancinginfernal]

Scalia(sp) is a secret gamer. Hasta be.

OT: I wasn't expecting Unstoppable, might hafta see it though. Haven't been to the theater in a while.

 

[Eldan]

So, I think I may be missing something, but... why can't they just cut the power to the train?

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

In a perfect world, this could've been Blast Corps: The Movie

This. Probably the closest we'll ever get.

I was THE Thomas fan as a kid, and I'm sort of glad in a weird kind of way to see the world of the Isle Sodor still going strong after all these years even if the books were better than the show. Shining Time Station anyone?

 

[Disaster Button]

I was disappointed when I saw this video and realised I didn't know what Unstoppable was. Then I saw a trailer with that line from Roasrio Dawson and with just those few words I wanted to see it. I'm so glad I wasn't the only one.

 

[antigodoflife]

Oh cool they made a remake of Atomic Train, good work Tony Scott.

 

[Yankeedoodles]

Oh cool they made a remake of Atomic Train, good work Tony Scott.

That was my first thought when I saw the trailer.

 

[Mr_Universal]

so what makes this movie any different from atomic train?, other than the nuke being replaced by toxic chemicals? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144039/

 

[thatguy1]

As soon as it was mentioned that the train goes at high speed, without a driver, headed for a crash into civilisation, I just KNEW there was a Thomas the Tank Engine joke to be made! I wonder if any station managers' breakfasts get spoiled in the process...

Anyway, the movie looks like a heap of fun, so maybe I'll go see it.

You silly great missle the size of the chrysler building, just look what you've done to our breakfast!

 

[RDubayoo]

Getting flashbacks from the Rush Limbaugh thread already. People are still acting surprised that a conservative would oppose the anti-game law--and it's all because they don't actually know what a conservative is. Pro-tip: Conservatives don't like government meddling, which is what this law is.

Anyway, I'm sure this movie would make a decent rental one day.

 

[ninjajoeman]

couldn't they just i dont know... make a giant circle that the train would keep going around on before it arrives at the station or just detonate some explosives to knock it over?

 

[Zhukov]

The threat is a speeding train?

Couldn't they just tear up the tracks?

 

[Hexenwolf]

As soon as it was mentioned that the train goes at high speed, without a driver, headed for a crash into civilisation, I just KNEW there was a Thomas the Tank Engine joke to be made! I wonder if any station managers' breakfasts get spoiled in the process...

Anyway, the movie looks like a heap of fun, so maybe I'll go see it.

Thomas the Tank!? I don't care if it's military propaganda, I want to see that show!

The threat is a speeding train?

Couldn't they just tear up the tracks?

Because that would just make the train crash? And then there would be toxic waste everywhere, and tons of destruction. Just like if they did nothing, except now you've got to re-lay those tracks as well. I guess you would save the children though >.>

Getting flashbacks from the Rush Limbaugh thread already. People are still acting surprised that a conservative would oppose the anti-game law--and it's all because they don't actually know what a conservative is. Pro-tip: Conservatives don't like government meddling, which is what this law is.

Anyway, I'm sure this movie would make a decent rental one day.

That's not quite what it is. I can pretty much guarantee that all the people acting surprised are democrats, or at least fairly liberal. As such, when they've heard most of Scalia's opinions in the past, they've been opposed to him and had therefore marked him as "enemy." So when they find a situation where they agree with him, they're surprised. It has nothing to do with them not understanding what a conservative is. If they'd been presented with the case, and asked what a conservative would do, they probably would've given the correct answer, it's just because it's Scalia, and the perception they have of him is "opposite of my views."

Now, keep in mind, I'm not knocking the people who did this, plenty of conservatives have done similar things with liberals, this sort of mistake has nothing to do with political parties, and everything to do with human nature.

OT: I've been looking forward to this movie for a while, just because there's an in joke with my friends that basically goes: (in a dramatic voice) "The only thing that can stop a train... is another train."

And then this movie takes that premise and runs with it. There are few times I've laughed as hard as I did when I first saw that trailer.

 

[jamesworkshop]

exactly how is the train a danger to anyone, it has a set route and a set speed, people don't directly place houses directly on the tracks

 

[FarSpace]

Who is makeing movies now a days, "Someones brother in law" lol, what is this Chicago or Las Vegas? Who actualy says 'yes' to makeing this crap? Hah!

Why can't it be about a 'smart' train that becomes 'aware'?

and the train is so freaked out by its 'awareness', it wants to then kill its self,

and the only way to do it is to go as fast as it can untill it runs into something so hard it gets destroyed...

And then you can only guess on how they try and stop it, maaybe by giving it a will to live, lol!!!!

Now THAT would be something to watch, but THIS is garbage, lololol!

couldn't they just i dont know... make a giant circle that the train would keep going around on before it arrives at the station or just detonate some explosives to knock it over?

YES they could, and that's why, LET ADMIT it FOLKS, this movie SUCKS I mean come on, lol.

, and besides they can just have some old action hero jump off a helocopter on to it and its done, or just dump a bunch of pennies onto the tracks, lol.

This move's like an old man & why are they doing that and does anyone care what that business guy says or thinks anyways and trians are all run by the government anyways and its a ruse that the government would want to do someone nicer then anyone else after all the government is people same as everyone else.

the thing were someone wants us to believe the government is better then any one else is crazy talk and just some way to get suckers to vote for em, there all bad and everyone should know it... hahaha

 

[FarSpace]

exactly how is the train a danger to anyone, it has a set route and a set speed, people don't directly place houses directly on the tracks

True,

But since this movie is STUPID, yes lets admit it, lol, It looks like some one placed and entire 'Town' on the tracks, LOL...

 

[jamesworkshop]

exactly how is the train a danger to anyone, it has a set route and a set speed, people don't directly place houses directly on the tracks

True, and besides they can just have some old action hero jump off a helocopter on to it and its done, or just dump a bunch of pennies onto the tracks, lol.

This move's like an old man & why are they doing that and does anyone care what that business guy says or thinks anyways and trians are all run by the government anyways and its a ruse that the government would want to do someone nicer then anyone else after all the government is people same as everyone else.

the thing were someone wants us to believe the government is better then any one else is crazy talk and just some way to get suckers to vote for em, there all bad and everyone should know it... hahaha

Atleast volcanoes are unpredictable, a runaway train has almost no variables

 

[FarSpace]

exactly how is the train a danger to anyone, it has a set route and a set speed, people don't directly place houses directly on the tracks

True, and besides they can just have some old action hero jump off a helocopter on to it and its done, or just dump a bunch of pennies onto the tracks, lol.

This move's like an old man & why are they doing that and does anyone care what that business guy says or thinks anyways and trians are all run by the government anyways and its a ruse that the government would want to do someone nicer then anyone else after all the government is people same as everyone else.

the thing were someone wants us to believe the government is better then any one else is crazy talk and just some way to get suckers to vote for em, there all bad and everyone should know it... hahaha

Atleast volcanoes are unpredictable, a runaway train has almost no variables

But since this movie is STUPID, yes lets admit it, lol, It looks like some one placed and entire 'Town' on the tracks, LOL...

 

[FarSpace]

double post sorry

 

[Albek]

so what makes this movie any different from atomic train?, other than the nuke being replaced by toxic chemicals? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144039/

I think the most pertinent question is "why did they remake Atomic Train?". My friends and I recently watched it at a 'bad film night' and in a way it spoilt the evening - afterwards all the other films we had lined up actually seemed good...
To give a quick summary of Atomic Train: 45 minutes of the authorities failing to stop a train, 45 minutes of the authorities failing to put out a fire, 30 minutes of a hilariously inept family failing to flee nuclear fallout
I don't think I have been forced to facepalm more in one two hour slot at any other time in my life.
Unfortunately I can't see how this film can be any better - the central issue being that a train is just not all that threatening; not in the modern age at least. Its constricted to move in one dimension for a start, just how hard can it be to make sure that noting else occupies that solitary dimension until it comes to a natural stop? Or is it a perpetual motion train? Failing that why can't they just take the damn hazardous material off the train then derail it?

I'll stop ranting now, at least before I get on to Atomic Train's least likeable character, dubbed by my friends 'Fatakin Cakewalker'...

 

[LastCelt1989]

Probably wont go and see it for two reasons. 1) A runaway train? Really, like has already been said thats about as boring as disaster movies go.

2) Is it just me or does Denzel Washington tend to overact in every movie hes in. Even in the trailer you could see little bits of scenery in between his teeth.

Yeah this movie looks like ass.