indyz 1 #1 January 27, 2003 Twice tonight. One was a BASE jump on a Nissan commercial. The other was on Alias a few minutes ago. Pretty standard somebody puts a couple of rounds through the door of a 747, explosive decompression type thing. Everything that wasn't bolted down gets sucked out, including a badguy into the engine. The heroine manages to get into a sport rig that's conveniently stashed in a closed, puts on some goggles, then gets sucked out the door. Defying the laws of physics, she goes over the wing then over the tail. Big square computer animated canopy follows. At least the BASE jump was cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #2 January 27, 2003 yea that computer animated canopy looked prety shitty Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #3 January 27, 2003 Yeah I saw the alias jump.I wonder how long it took her to get down since she supposedly pulled at like 30K or some such crap.Some stuff like that is so funny to me. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad47 0 #4 January 27, 2003 Look at my favorit vid: ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/RW/ TVMajikRussiaTraining I can watch it 100 times and never get bored Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #5 January 27, 2003 ah, you missed the skysurfing on a commercial during the superbowl, too.... points to people who know who it was. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinaa 0 #6 January 27, 2003 Here on my TV was some movie whit Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicolas Cage. There was a part in it whit Cage who by mistake took a plane ride whit Flying Elvis skydiving group. They where dressed like "The King" wearing white suits whit lights on it, and white rigs/parachutes, and did a night jump on some show. Actual skydiving (better say parachuting) in movie was pretty cool, but Cage closeup in FF was a crap. He pulled a red then yellow to open his parachute, and did a 30s FF from 3000ft.But...any skydiving on TV is always better than no skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #7 January 27, 2003 Quote Here on my TV was some movie whit Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicolas Cage. There was a part in it whit Cage who by mistake took a plane ride whit Flying Elvis skydiving group. They where dressed like "The King" wearing white suits whit lights on it, and white rigs/parachutes, and did a night jump on some show. Actual skydiving (better say parachuting) in movie was pretty cool, but Cage closeup in FF was a crap. He pulled a red then yellow to open his parachute, and did a 30s FF from 3000ft.But...any skydiving on TV is always better than no skydiving. "Honeymoon in Vegas" Classic movie. "bozo" that posts here once in a great while was sitting next to Cage in the movie, and yes, that was the real Flying Elvises Skydiving Team.It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #8 January 27, 2003 Quote "Honeymoon in Vegas" Classic movie. "bozo" that posts here once in a great while was sitting next to Cage in the movie, and yes, that was the real Flying Elvises Skydiving Team. Relly? That's pretty cool... You think someone would have informed the producer/director that you don't have to pull both your cutaway and reserve handles to get a main paracute out. I saw some skydiving on TLC yesterday. There was a guy doing his AFF and was absolutely petrified. He kept looking back at his instructors and checking his handle (like 8 times - I guess it could be worse) Fianally comes pull time and he has an uneventfull deployement and canopy ride.... UNTIL, he's about 300ft from the ground. At this point, he notices "4 of the 4 objects (obstacles) I was warned about by my intructor... and I'm drifting toards some buldings". He figures "If I cutaway my main, my reserve would come out and I could avoid the buldings"...??? I have to say that up to this point I was very proud of him. I mean, you should have seen his face in FF!!! he was soooo scared but he checked his handle in FF and pulled by himself on time but this clever landing concept didn't quite work out as he had planned. His reserve wasn't out of the freebag yet when he 'landed' (remember 300ft!) and all he got was a sprained ankle... lucky him. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #9 January 27, 2003 QuoteThe other was on Alias IIRC, the gear they used for that one was from the "Hollywood" pile of unairworthy movie rental gear that we have where I work. Was it a solid black Vector? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #10 January 27, 2003 BOZO is famous? for more then his disposition? hahaha! crazy! i'd have to watch that movie...(more like force myself through it)My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #11 January 27, 2003 Quote BOZO is famous? for more then his disposition? hahaha! crazy! i'd have to watch that movie...(more like force myself through it) Pssst....You'll have to look really close, they made him shave for the movie....It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #12 January 27, 2003 QuoteQuoteThe other was on Alias IIRC, the gear they used for that one was from the "Hollywood" pile of unairworthy movie rental gear that we have where I work. Was it a solid black Vector? Wasn't shown clearly enough to get a make or model. Solid black sport rig, standard red cutaway and silver reserve handles, and I'm pretty sure I saw B-12 snaps on the leg straps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #13 January 27, 2003 Quote "Honeymoon in Vegas" Classic movie. "bozo" that posts here once in a great while was sitting next to Cage in the movie, and yes, that was the real Flying Elvises Skydiving Team. That would be James Bozarth of Las Vegas, NV."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #14 January 27, 2003 Quote Quote "Honeymoon in Vegas" Classic movie. "bozo" that posts here once in a great while was sitting next to Cage in the movie, and yes, that was the real Flying Elvises Skydiving Team. That would be James Bozarth of Las Vegas, NV. Good, he can yell at you for using his real name, instead of me! And, really, he doesn't live in Vegas! It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites