flyhi 24 #1 October 27, 2017 Spoiler Alert! They had a HALO jump from 14K at the end of the show. It was from a Skyvan. Skyvan had a butt load of nose up on jump run. More than 9 people aft of the red line methinks. The briefing said it was going to be formation jumping. I figured they'd launch a chunk. They didn't. Same day, same way, SEAL FS, I guess. One guy has a mal on opening. Possible line over. He is at 5,000 ft. (Brief was open at 4,000 ft. Plan the dive, dive the plan. Bad SEAL!) Rides it for about 2,000 feet. Finally, after me yelling, "Chop it!" for about 2,000 feet (expired Coach rating kicked right in.), he does. Looks like he gets stable, and then no pull. Unplanned high speed intercept with Mother Earth. And now every whuffo who sees that will have the same response, "He died because his chute didn't open." Come on CBS, you can do better than that. No RSL? No AAD?Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #2 October 27, 2017 I haven't seen the show, but I'm willing to bet it gets a whole lot more 'wrong' than its skydiving. The thing is, it's not really CBS' priority to make things true-to-life, even in a show like this one. Their job is to excite and entertain while making things seem plausible to their core audience, the vast majority of whom don't know the first thing about jumping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #3 October 27, 2017 Its a TV show. It has budget limitations. Like most, it will use conflict, bad-good guys,personal conflicts, SEX and death to create drama. Do you really expect a C-17 at 35,000' for the HALO sequence? All in all the scriptwriters have a good start. A little romance, sex,young upstart, old guard, good guys and bad guys. A comedian-SEAL operator might be a good addition. The script is written by a Hollywood person not a real SEAL. Although I'd guess they have one as a consultant. Fifty years ago it was a cowboy western. The bad guys were cattle thieves, killer drifters and the sheriff wore a white hat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #4 October 27, 2017 Inaccurate portrayal of parachutes is part of a Hollywood, advertisers, Illuminati, SBS, big oil, CIA, Homeland Security, NIS, Jewish bankers, GSG9, JTF3, etc. PLOT to keep Al Queda, daesh, ISIS, Boko Haram, ISIL, Symbionese Liberation Army, etc. guessing about First World military technology. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #5 October 27, 2017 Phil1111 Do you really expect a C-17 at 35,000' for the HALO sequence? No, I don't! I think flyhi might do, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #6 October 29, 2017 I am pretty sure that a CBS TV show about the Navy Seals that is not a documentary will get pretty much everything wrong, not just the skydiving stuff. I would rather watch the documentary.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #8 October 31, 2017 timski KILL YOUR TV! Just don't do it Elvis style. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #9 November 1, 2017 timskiKILL YOUR TV! Turn it off. I haven't watched any of the major network dramatic crap in a long, long time."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
