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Post by quinning on Apr 23, 2015 16:15:20 GMT
You can read all about it here. Keepin' it in the family, clearly. More money for the mountain of cash, yo.
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Post by muskratthemink on Apr 23, 2015 17:42:00 GMT
That's just what we need, another pile of softcore garbage. Ten to one the movie will be even closer to the book than the last one since Mr. Leonard will probably agree to put in everything his wife wants.
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Post by DraconRa on Apr 23, 2015 18:17:44 GMT
Well, probably the only one who couldn't run away screaming...
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Post by rhiannon on Apr 23, 2015 18:51:54 GMT
Well, at least he does know how to write screenplays. For TV.
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Post by muskratthemink on Apr 23, 2015 21:37:42 GMT
Well, at least he does know how to write screenplays. For TV. Ones for movies can't be that different, though, right?
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Post by mydogspa on Apr 27, 2015 13:35:28 GMT
Well, at least he does know how to write screenplays. For TV. Ones for movies can't be that different, though, right? Oh no, the structure isn't different at all. Plus there is no character development from the portrayal of the sex scenes so those would only represent wasted screen time as far as the story goes, so if EL has her way, the real movie will only be 20 minutes long. Which, come to think of it, is about right . . . .
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Post by rhiannon on Apr 27, 2015 14:33:29 GMT
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Post by mydogspa on Apr 27, 2015 15:24:50 GMT
Great! But how can anybody make a control-freak-stalking-rapist-shit-for-brains-pilot likeable? (Sorry, that last was my spin on things. Being a pilot myself what this guy does at the yoke of a helicopter is downright stupid, namely walking out through the woods from a 'crash' site with a woman in high heels and not activating the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) and wait for help to arrive. and then we have Jack Hyde the stupid-yet-brilliant journalist that can't figure out how blackmail works yet can manage to 1) gain access to an airport and a hangar where a helicopter is store and 2) sabotage it just enough where it causes a fire to occur in cruise flight more than an hour after the second takeoff. Gaah.
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Post by rhiannon on Apr 28, 2015 19:05:05 GMT
I guess the helicopter stuff was just one of many things that EL James did not bother to research!
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Post by mydogspa on May 4, 2015 14:29:34 GMT
I guess the helicopter stuff was just one of many things that EL James did not bother to research! Minor, to be sure, in the grand scheme of things but very annoying to us pilots none the less. Another example, why was the helicopter registered as 'Charlie Tango?' Christian's initials are "CG," not "CT." For those who aren't bothered with too-much information: Aircraft registered in the US have the registration number in the format "NxxxxY" or "NxxxYY" where the first letter "N" denotes the United States (F is used in France, G in Great Britain, D in Germany, etc. Every country has their own first letter or twin-letter prefix). Next, the XXXX represents a number, Y is a letter. In the movie, the helicopter registration number is "N124CT." One can apply to get a custom registration number as long as it uses either of the two approved formats. A phonetic alphabet is used for communications where each letter is represented by a different sounding word such that, even with the most static-ridden radio reception the recipient can discern what letter is being discussed. A is 'Alpha,' B is 'Bravo,' C is 'Charlie,' etc. What I don't understand is why Grey didn't choose "CG" as the letters, as those are the initials of his name, certainly of the company he owns. So the helicopter would have most likely been "Charlie Golf" instead of "Charlie Tango." Also, in all communications with Air Traffic Control (ATC) one must use the full initial call sign (minus the N or "november") of numbers and letters, and then on all subsequent communications would have to use only the last 3 characters. So in the case of this story, the call sign would first be "November One Two Four Charlie Tango" or "One Two Four Charlie Tango" on the initial call up, followed by the controller and aircraft always referring to "Four Charlie Tango." It becomes habit, ingrained. You always use all three characters, not just the last two. Yet the character Christian always refers to the helicopter as "Charlie Tango," not "Four Charlie Tango" as he would have to do in every radio communication with ATC. Granted, it's a small turn-off as compared with the more egregious ones in the rest of the book, but annoying just the same. For your enjoyment.
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Post by xebi on May 4, 2015 22:36:03 GMT
I assumed the T was for Trevelyan. Great post by the way!
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Post by glasschmetterling on May 17, 2015 18:39:41 GMT
I guess the helicopter stuff was just one of many things that EL James did not bother to research! Minor, to be sure, in the grand scheme of things but very annoying to us pilots none the less. Another example, why was the helicopter registered as 'Charlie Tango?' Christian's initials are "CG," not "CT." For those who aren't bothered with too-much information: Aircraft registered in the US have the registration number in the format "NxxxxY" or "NxxxYY" where the first letter "N" denotes the United States (F is used in France, G in Great Britain, D in Germany, etc. Every country has their own first letter or twin-letter prefix). Next, the XXXX represents a number, Y is a letter. In the movie, the helicopter registration number is "N124CT." One can apply to get a custom registration number as long as it uses either of the two approved formats. A phonetic alphabet is used for communications where each letter is represented by a different sounding word such that, even with the most static-ridden radio reception the recipient can discern what letter is being discussed. A is 'Alpha,' B is 'Bravo,' C is 'Charlie,' etc. What I don't understand is why Grey didn't choose "CG" as the letters, as those are the initials of his name, certainly of the company he owns. So the helicopter would have most likely been "Charlie Golf" instead of "Charlie Tango." Also, in all communications with Air Traffic Control (ATC) one must use the full initial call sign (minus the N or "november") of numbers and letters, and then on all subsequent communications would have to use only the last 3 characters. So in the case of this story, the call sign would first be "November One Two Four Charlie Tango" or "One Two Four Charlie Tango" on the initial call up, followed by the controller and aircraft always referring to "Four Charlie Tango." It becomes habit, ingrained. You always use all three characters, not just the last two. Yet the character Christian always refers to the helicopter as "Charlie Tango," not "Four Charlie Tango" as he would have to do in every radio communication with ATC. Granted, it's a small turn-off as compared with the more egregious ones in the rest of the book, but annoying just the same. For your enjoyment. I'm currently (that's a veeery lose term!) doing a re-write of 50 Shades of Grey. Originally, I was going to gloss over the helicopter stuff in only the broadest of terms, but I suppose now Ana (and my readers) will be treated to a little explanation why the helicopter is called what it is called, and of course, it will be named correctly!
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Post by mydogspa on May 18, 2015 13:42:29 GMT
Glass, Don't forget to mention the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) thing, too, as after a forced landing all Grey had to do was reach over and press a button on the instrument panel to activate it and alert search-and-rescue to where he is. (Satellites would pick up the signal and alert Search & Rescue. See www.cospas-sarsat.int/en/ ) So he never would have had to walk out through a forest with Ros (in high heels) and look like a fool in the process. Moron. Edit: Oh, and before I forget, if there truly was an in-flight fire anywhere on an aircraft, especially causing a forced landing, the FAA would be all over it and start a full-blown investigation to find the cause and make sure it never happens again. (trust me, they're serious about in-flight fire safety.) This got completely glossed over in FSOG Vol II. No one from FAA or NTSB came knocking on CG's door to ask what happened. Another author oversight.
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Post by glasschmetterling on May 18, 2015 16:03:44 GMT
Glass, Don't forget to mention the ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) thing, too, as after a forced landing all Grey had to do was reach over and press a button on the instrument panel to activate it and alert search-and-rescue to where he is. (Satellites would pick up the signal and alert Search & Rescue. See www.cospas-sarsat.int/en/ ) So he never would have had to walk out through a forest with Ros (in high heels) and look like a fool in the process. Moron. Edit: Oh, and before I forget, if there truly was an in-flight fire anywhere on an aircraft, especially causing a forced landing, the FAA would be all over it and start a full-blown investigation to find the cause and make sure it never happens again. (trust me, they're serious about in-flight fire safety.) This got completely glossed over in FSOG Vol II. No one from FAA or NTSB came knocking on CG's door to ask what happened. Another author oversight. I really really really don't know if I'll ever make it to Fifty Shades Darker (it's just so damned tempting to have them break up at the end of Fifty Shades Revisited and then they never see each other again and in the epilogue they are both happy with someone else), but if I do, and if I decide to leave that stupid, convoluted and rather pointless conspiracy in (because I really don't know what to do with the damned thing), then I'm going to do it right. And you do realize that you're now my One and Only Helicopter Stuff Consultant, right?
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Post by mydogspa on May 19, 2015 13:47:54 GMT
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