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was it that hard to crop out the wire holding Sully?

posted 10 years ago by BigScreenDom
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I mean come on - also did the editor even realize it was pitch black outside shortly after entering the mall in the broad daylight?

[–] ralph_2ndedition 10 years ago

It's also difficult to hide spring boards in explosion-scenes, dummy mounts and the overall cardboard'ness of buildings being blownup.
It doesn't however seem all that difficult to find ludicrous false moustaches, or a self-healing yellow Porsche for that matter.

This movie is so riddled with mistakes and idiocy it has GOT to be some kind of record. :-)

[–] destroyaaahhh 10 years ago

none of this matters when you have muscles. perfect movie. 10/10.

[–] dave_starsky77 10 years ago

It's a disgrace that the Continuity guy/Editors weren't nominated for an Academy Award. This is a beautifully made error free masterpiece of cinematic genius.

[–] ralph_2ndedition 10 years ago

^^^
*the irony is strong with this one*

[–] sopclod 10 years ago

I don't think I would describe Arnold's arms as "wires"...

[–] ralph_2ndedition 10 years ago

No, definately not, far from it. Actually they look more like a bag full of coconuts hanging from each of his shoulders.
But the metal wire attached to David Patrick Kelly's (Sully) led, sticking out through one of his trouser legs - visible as Arnold flips him upside down at the edge of the cliff - THAT is definately a wire. :)

-If made by George Lucas, this would be re-released 3 times - and by now be mostly cgi.

[–] Slavic 9 years ago

I was wondering about the wire too, but back in those days nobody really noticed the wire. I only noticed it once I got the movie on DVD first. I think it was barely noticeable on VHS before, because the picture wasn't that sharp, the same goes for dummies in the explosion.

[–] fxdiamond 9 years ago

i am surprised they just didn't let arnold pick him up for real.

[–] you_savvy 9 years ago

That wasn't a wire, it was webbing from one of Matrix's web shooters.