100 things I learned from 'Transsiberian'
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wmgray1966 — 17 years ago(December 11, 2008 03:18 AM)
- When escaping with your wife from a Siberian torture chamber after just watching some of the torture, while barefoot with no coats, with armed criminals nearby, be sure to joke about cheap locks you'd never sell in your hardware store back home.
BTW, I was hoping they'd shoot Roy, just to shoot the idiot up. He was even dumber than Jesse.
"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro"
- When escaping with your wife from a Siberian torture chamber after just watching some of the torture, while barefoot with no coats, with armed criminals nearby, be sure to joke about cheap locks you'd never sell in your hardware store back home.
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-501 — 17 years ago(December 13, 2008 07:02 AM)
- Russian passenger train doors (on the sides of the train)are unique in that some swing open to the exterior and some swing in.
http://www.seat61.com/images/Trans-Sib-Train4-coach.jpg - Russian train doors at the rear of the car, not only swing open to the exterior, they don't have extended floor plates, requiring passengers to leap from one car to the next.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/2228376840_cde11acc15.jpg - In Siberian winters, rear doors that swing open to the outside also instantly and significantly become coated with ice on the inside panel of the door.
- When hiding their drugs in another person's luggage, drug smugglers hide them on the very top so they are the first thing to see when opened.
- American train freaks that are looking to have some intimate time with their wives to help resolve marital trouble AND that have talked their wives into a seven day rail trip through nowheresville choose a four-berth suite versus a two-berth suite as taking potluck with random berthmates will just put that big smile on your honey's face.
http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm#Travel tips
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
- Russian passenger train doors (on the sides of the train)are unique in that some swing open to the exterior and some swing in.
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user-14358 — 17 years ago(March 12, 2009 08:13 PM)
- Never run after a girl that just kissed you - she might kill you without any reason
- Old churches in Russia are likley to fall apart the exact moment you try to photograph them or kissing drug mules
- Always panic when you carring drugs and seeing a cop, so you stay off his radar
- When somebody you are attracted to tells you he wont hurt you - kill him!
- When you killed someones boyfriend just tell the griefing girlfriend where to find the body and that you are sorry and you're off the hook!
- When you wonder how to get rid of a backpack in a poor enviroment - burn it!
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bokkenpoot — 17 years ago(March 29, 2009 08:24 AM)
26, sad faced matroesjka's dolls are for tourist. Smiling matoesjka's are filled with drugs.
27. Always hide an extra pair of shoes in your jacket when you visit Russia in case you might run into a gang.
28. Bring a small screwdriver with you when you do the Transsiberian to disable the music speaker in your cabin. -
jamasian_man — 16 years ago(April 18, 2009 07:36 PM)
- Never go off into a desolate area in a foreign country with a guy who is interested in you, he will come on to you and rape you if you try and cut him off
- never tell the truth ever, even if your husband's life is threatened, only tell the truth when your own life is at stake.
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Natashashkd — 16 years ago(August 18, 2009 07:05 AM)
Quote (legate): "9. Russian train attendants will understand "tea" but not "toilet", despite the fact that toilet sounds exactly the same in Russian but tea is totally different".
No, "toilet" in Russian does not sound EXACTLY the same as in English, but it's pretty close, and a Russian person who doesn't speak any English at all, could still guess the meaning. Meanwhile, "tea" in Russian is indeed completely different, so I agree with you.
Quote (legate): "11. Tourist sites in Russia are so impopular that a body can stay undiscovered there for months".
That was not a tourist site. It was an abandoned church that was falling apart. -
PVarjak — 16 years ago(December 31, 2009 09:04 PM)
Having been in a similar situation, it's not atypical for a Russian ticket agent or idiot tour guide to pull the bait-and-switch on you and give you a 4-person cabin when you reserved and were promised a 2-person cabin. Fortunately, in my case, I at least knew the other two people, even if the situation wasn't 'ideal.' As depicted in the movie, for some reason many of the windows actually do NOT open and the berths are suffocatingly hot, while the bathrooms are freezing (and filthy). The bathrooms do stink as well. And if you take such a trip, make sure you get one of those special locks that prevents people from entering your cabin late at night from the outside, even if your cabin is 'locked.'
I also disagree with the first poster. I don't think the blood was fresh and liquid on the knife. Second, while I agree Jesse should have deleted the pictures earlier, there was a scene that showed she forgot to wipe off the blood on her jacket, and even when she tried, it still stained the jacket. -
JaxSnyder — 16 years ago(October 19, 2009 09:49 PM)
man, that's exactly what i thought
and dammit, they did not shoot Roy, i know why did he have to be such an annoyingly awkward nerd anyway?
there's nothing to life but just the living of it. It Is What It Is and That's All It Is. -
parks8321 — 16 years ago(August 26, 2009 04:58 PM)
- It is cold enough in Siberia to quick-freeze the entirety of a dead and dining Russian and his meal, but not cold enough to cause barefooted American tourists to experience an ounce of frostbite following a fairly extensive run in the snow.
- (In regard to #34) The snow in Siberia is made with the same variety of warm ice water that Jack and Rose ran through during the sinking of the "Titanic."
- The best way for a "bad girl" to try and cure the error of her wild ways is to crash into and marry (hence ruin) the life of a stereotypically nerdy and religious train enthusiast that loves her no matter how much she lies or cheats or forgets about him while traveling.
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