airtwardo 7 #51 February 21, 2003 Quote Oh I don't know about that. I've been around 14 years - and not just weekends - and I still think Guy Manos should be ashamed of himself. This movie sucked! It's chock full of holes. And not just assholes. Why did they have 8 way speed star as the big Nationals event? We already have 10-way. What happend to 8-way as it is? But the tracking mirror (complete with sound effect) made us rewind to see it again a couple of times. I liked the suicide cutaway and track at the end where he landed right dead center in the peas and was looking pretty good for all his troubles too. And yeah, I've seen a lot of friends 'cut away' when they decided to quit the real world and become full time skydivers and DZ denizens, trading in their S.U.V.'s for ramshackle caravans and tents. Goes on all the time. We have 'cut away' parties at least once a month as doctors, lawyers and real life people make the switch, 'take the plunge'.so to speak. This movie was real and factual. And the U.S. is going to give Hussein a pass, the tooth fairy will blow anybody for a quarter (ask her what she'll do for a dollar) and Olav Zipser is taking humility training. GOD...you must be reading my mind!!! my exact thoughts!!!!!!!!!!! .....great spot on the cutaway ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,026 #52 February 21, 2003 QuoteYeah, skydiving and BASE are really totally different. Most hardcore BASE jumpers never jump out of a plane. And stationary lauches call for totally different body control than 100knot plane exits. Not defending cutaway...just commenting. Plus the dude had a lot of tunnel time. Tunnel time wouldn't help much with "8-way speed" to create a star. Can't practice exits, floating, diving, etc. in the tunnel.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #53 February 21, 2003 Quote Holy sh_t my jaw just hung in amazement........ I was searching through the video store last night and a DVD jacket with Skydivers caught my attention. Needless to say, I said screw the video I came in for and headed home with Cutaway. I have never seen such bad acting, but more amazing is the stuff they do in the movie, and what non Skydivers would be led to believe about the sport and DZ life. I can't figure why I spend hours learning to pack, and why I anguish over whether my lines are twisted or go over the nose. What the heck, all this time all I needed to do is drop the rig on the ground, (in bright sun light) and start dressing the cocoon. Is it really easy to get laid at a DZ, by a pretty blonde? You've got to see this movie, preferably drunk. You'd probably piss your pants. Yeah the movie is pretty bad. But it is funny, becasue so much of it, though not real, is based on reality. Bill Booth has a 5 seconds of fame in that movie as well.7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #54 February 21, 2003 Bill, should we petition USA to do a weekend marathon of Cutaway to help pay for your daughters college? Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #55 February 21, 2003 Quote Because I actually had a "speaking part" (i.e. F.A.A. and Whuffo!), I get $16.68 each time "Cutaway" plays on TV. Like Bill Murray said in Caddy Shack... " AT LEAST I GOT DAT GOING FOR ME" ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
