The ultimate ride.

December 29, 2001 9:40 AM

The ultimate ride. Don't move for 70 hours...
posted by jacobw (9 comments total)

They were trapped 70 feet up, not for 70 hours.
posted by zztzed at 9:43 AM on December 29, 2001

hope the inflight movie wasnt too boring
posted by monkeyJuice at 10:26 AM on December 29, 2001

Ahhh...apparently I don't know how to read...
Thanks for that point, zztzed.

But still...the point remains the same...imagine those circumstances...the luck!

And on the inflight movie thought...I wonder if they've ever showed Airplane! or Airplane II as an inflight movie.
posted by jacobw at 10:39 AM on December 29, 2001

I once took an overland bus from Puerto Plata to Santo Domingo in the D.R., and the on-bus movie was "Speed" (a.k.a. "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down"). Nobody else seemed to get a kick out of this. We almost died laughing when Keanu screamed: "THERE IS A BOMB ON THIS BUS!"

But what do you expect from the bus company that killed Falco?
posted by muckster at 1:20 PM on December 29, 2001

on December 29 at 10:39 AM jacobw stated:
"And on the inflight movie thought...I wonder if they've ever showed Airplane! or Airplane II as an inflight movie."

I don't think that's allowed. I remember hearing somewhere that any references to planes crashing, or being in trouble (and in this case it being funny) is not allowed as an in flight movie. You can always bring a laptop and a DVD though :)
posted by demannu at 3:06 PM on December 29, 2001

On a trip to Japan last spring, The inflight movie was Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous". A scene late in the movie (spoiler warning!) where all the characters are on a small plane that experiences some severe turbulence and nearly crashes was completely cut from the movie.

I don't know if there's a law about it or if its just a matter of courtesy, but the censorship happens. Understandable, but it sucks too, 'cause that was a pretty important scene.
posted by GeekAnimator at 3:51 PM on December 29, 2001

The Art of Selection--In-Flight Movies: "Mark Smith chooses the in-flight movies for American Airlines...'Air Force One' would not be an appropriate movie to show on the main screen simply because there are customers that probably would have a real strong dislike for that kind of film while they're on the aircraft in-flight. We won't show a movie with an aircraft disaster in it."
posted by Carol Anne at 3:58 PM on December 29, 2001

Airplane itself contains a scene in which passengers watch an in-flight movie involving a plane crash.
posted by bingo at 4:20 PM on December 29, 2001

"The ultimate ride. Don't move for 70 hours..."

Sounds like my ex-girlfriend...
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:09 PM on December 29, 2001