The helicopters

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shanebroughton — 9 years ago(July 26, 2016 03:09 AM)

Was anyone else annoyed that the damn helicopters were ALWAYS flying side by side and frequently stopped to turn and face each other?

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cherns-2 — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 11:35 PM)

On the contraryit anthromorphized them well. Sometimes assumed "reality" has to take second place to art. Every time I've seen this film in a theatre, there has been tremendous applause when
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iroquoisjoe — 9 years ago(August 12, 2016 11:05 PM)

Every time I've seen this film in a theatre, there has been tremendous applause when
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That's cool! Thanks for that remembrance! Very interesting.
Yeah, those helicopters were cool as sht. The OH-6/MD(Hughes)500 is one of my fave helicopters and I don't think I've ever seen them filmed more beautifully.
And, yes, you are right. By having them (without pilot voices) do their little coordinated ballet with one anothr in the air Director Hyams really gave ominous life to those machines. Obviously, none of that was real-life combat tactics but it is ART and it looked damn-good!
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shanebroughton — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 11:55 PM)

Perhaps, but the entire film I couldn't help but think the baddies would have better luck finding the astronauts if they split up and covered twice as much ground.

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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(April 09, 2019 08:39 PM)

I loved how the helicopters came across like big ugly insects.
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Deluded Juice — 4 years ago(June 06, 2021 04:17 AM)

Yeah and at how they dehumanized the pilots to make them, as well as the choppers, not look like they were on our side.