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« Reply #30 on: January 25, 2012, 12:09:49 PM »
Quote from: dave jenkins on January 25, 2012, 10:52:55 AM
Interesting. Do you think he got those burns from 3rd Rail exposure?

seems like it, no?
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« Reply #31 on: January 25, 2012, 02:21:27 PM »
Quote from: tintinteslacoil on January 16, 2012, 05:33:41 AM
My dad explained the power system for public suybways and trams. He was an E/M in the Navy 20 years, he worked on DC controls for cranes and elevators as well as the entire power system on ships, one running AC to the cargo cranes and lifts. I, myself,  am a volunteer on our old electric tram, on 4th st. They all use a 600 V DC system, like the subway. The DC system was deliiberated planned to Prevent electrocutioon. The voltage isn't  enough to penetrate the  1/2 or so rubber of a pair of sneakers, unless wet with salt water. Even then, DC causes muscles to cramp up and a person's body uncontrollably flys off. Only low- frequency  AC makes the muscles cramp up so you can't let go, like in the movie. The muscles are contracting and relaxing at line frequency (here, 60 Hz), so the net effect is a wire you "can't let go of". This happened to me on 220, once. Not Pleasant!

Electrocuted in the tube's rails it's exactly how Carradine dies in Man Hunt.
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« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2012, 01:08:24 AM »
This is an Ok thriller by a medicore director highlighted by the actors. Don't know why you guys think so much of it. 6/10
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« Reply #33 on: January 26, 2012, 03:49:17 AM »
Because we have taste. Afro
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« Reply #34 on: January 26, 2012, 04:59:44 AM »
Quote from: Groggy on January 26, 2012, 03:49:17 AM
Because we have taste. Afro

Yeah, that's one possibility ...
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« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2012, 10:53:31 PM »
Quote from: stanton on January 26, 2012, 01:08:24 AM
This is an Ok thriller by a medicore director highlighted by the actors. Don't know why you guys think so much of it. 6/10

When was the last time you saw it?
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« Reply #36 on: January 30, 2012, 01:46:15 AM »
Long ago, very long ago.
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« Reply #37 on: January 30, 2012, 11:29:44 AM »
Quote from: stanton on January 30, 2012, 01:46:15 AM
Long ago, very long ago.
Hmmmmm. A course of action suggests itself . . . .
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« Reply #38 on: January 30, 2012, 12:47:46 PM »
I don't have a copy within reach
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« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2012, 03:26:00 PM »
A nice celebration of the film is here: http://thescreenlounge.com/blog/84
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« Reply #40 on: June 10, 2012, 04:21:08 PM »
Quote from: dave jenkins on June 10, 2012, 03:26:00 PM
A nice celebration of the film is here: http://thescreenlounge.com/blog/84

Thanks for posting.

Makes me wanna watch it again. What a damn good movie  Afro

Oh, and as far as comparisons with The French Connection: TTOP123 is the better New York crime drama  Smiley
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« Reply #41 on: June 11, 2012, 03:35:55 AM »
No question of that.
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« Reply #42 on: June 11, 2012, 08:48:08 AM »
Yet one can like both.
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« Reply #43 on: June 11, 2012, 09:00:41 AM »
Anything's possible.
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« Reply #44 on: June 11, 2012, 11:12:37 AM »
Or even prefer French Connection. Unthinkable?  Maybe ...
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