why the crash?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #10
Why did the jet crash?
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UPDATE (11 January 2012):
And I thought you all were sci-fi movie specialists ;-) Well, here is some more information: The pilot died and his oxygen mask crumbled to powder—but why? If you know that, you’re close to the movie.
UPDATE and solution (11 January 2012):
Thorsten ‘↑Kueperpunk‘ Küper ↵solved it without further ado: The pictures are taken from the movie ‘↑The Andromeda Strain‘ (Wise 1971), based on the ↑novel of the same name by ↑Michael Crichton (1969). The pilot died from an extraterrestrial microorganism or virus or life form, hence his jet crashed. Although the microscopic thing from outer space is at the centre of the story, the movie has a decidedly cyber- or biopunk ring, renders a nice cold-war ambience, and on the side criticizes the belief in thermonuclear weaponry as a final solution to problems.
electromagnetic shockwaves ;)
That’s a good guess, but no, no electromagnetic pulse was responsible for the plane’s crash. Although thermonuclear warfare plays a role in the story.
Dust in the engine?
Birds in the engine?
Out of fuel^^
too much xirdalium in the tank? :D
… not enough xirdalium?
haha you funny guys ;) btw1: Birds in the engine remembers me of Indiana Jones pt.3, where Sean Connery flushes the birds on the beach to let ’em crash with the nazi-aircraft. Dunno remember if it was a doubledecker…! “Lass meine Armeen Bäume und Felsen und Vögel am Himmel sein!”
and btw2: I crashed my win7 yesterday evening because I wanted to try a new ubuntu version…f**…yeahyeah..don’t touch a running system
backtotopic:
The military was testing a computer controlled flight-system which suffered a system override an crashed.
No, everything wrong. Do you need more information? And, by the way, do I sense a certain lack of seriousness among you crowd?
A bit more info would certainly do no damage … seriousness? >>Die Lage ist hoffnungslos aber nicht ernst!<<
The post has been updated with a new screencap and a bit more information :-)
The Andromeda Strain
That was in cold blood, swift and painless. ‘The Andromeda Strain’ is correct, congratulations! I updated the post accordingly. Tune in next Monday ;-)
Nice … the German wikipedia gives a bit more info IMHO, some of which might not be so boring ;) :
Die Spezialeffekte stammen von Douglas Trumbull, der durch seine Mitarbeit bei 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum und später Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art und Blade Runner bekannt wurde. Allein die Darstellung des Organismus kostete 250.000 US$.
Trumbull erstellte für dieses Projekt auch die erste in einem Kinofilm verwendete Computeranimation. Dem damaligen Stand der Technik entsprechend wurde das dreidimensionale Drahtgittermodell des unterirdischen Labors zunächst auf einem Plotter ausgegeben und die Ausdrucke dann wie bei der Produktion eines Zeichentrickfilms nacheinander abfotografiert. Im Film stellt dann die Rückprojektionsleinwand einen großen Flachbildschirm dar, auf dem sich das Vektormodell des Labors langsam dreht und den Aufenthaltsort der Wissenschaftler mit ihren Initialen anzeigt.