Re: [MV] MV's In The Movies

From: Saber Moon (moonsaber@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 11:34:45 PST


I caught sight of a HMMWV in the background in a 'past' shot in the
new Battlestar Galactica.. it's an upcoming episode, but look out for
when they do footage of Zach Adama's death, and Kara's (Starbuck's)
Flashbacks of it. During the scene on the airpad, a HMMWV can be
clearly seen.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:33:44 -0600, Saber Moon <moonsaber@gmail.com> wrote:
> I caught sight of a HMMWV in the background in a 'past' shot in the
> new Battlestar Galactica.. it's an upcoming episode, but look out for
> when they do footage of Zach Adama's death, and Kara's (Starbuck's)
> Flashbacks of it. During the scene on the airpad, a HMMWV can be
> clearly seen.
>
> -Lee
>
>
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:57:33 -0800, chance wolf <chance_wolf@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 4:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] MV's In The Movies
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > " Actually they made extensive use of miniatures and CG effects so no
> > actual
> > > MV's were destroyed."
> > >
> > > Thankfully, the SPCMV was on the set to ensure that.
> >
> > "No actual military vehicles were harmed during the making of this film.
> > Scenes in which military vehicles appear to have been harmed were simulated
> > under supervision of the SPCMV."
> >
> > We have one M35 at work which has been blown up and rammed on something like
> > five different productions - and even twice on one production. It looks
> > decent on camera when in actuality it's just a wheeled hulk with its doors
> > and hood bungee-corded in place over top of SFX mortars designed to blow
> > both off on command when someone fires a rocket or lobs an improbably
> > powerful grenade or "fires a machine-gun burst which ignites the fuel
> > tank..." (*diesel* fuel tank...<cough>).
> >
> > The last time it was up at bat it was rigged to explode when rammed by an
> > ex-CDN Army Chev "Five-Quad" (specially-built 1976 Chevrolet 4x4 pickup, gas
> > 350, Turbo 350, 205? Transfer) which wound up hit so *hard* by the pickup
> > that the frame bent. It's still sitting in storage awaiting resurrection
> > for the next film courtesy of another set of woofy Dr. MO doors, a
> > bondobucket hood, and a spanking-new Rapco Rattlecan CARC job - and in doing
> > so is helping to ensure decent vehicles aren't sacrificed needlessly.
> >
> >
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