'Drive' in FLorida
POSTED BY: Lance
UPDATED: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 00:59
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Originally posted by Lance:
I watched every Apollo launch while standing in my front yard. Most people don't know that just about everyone in the state can see all the launches if your looking the right direction at the right time. I saw shuttle launches from Miami and one in 1984 from just down the coast on the beach in Indialantic. That one was amazing as it curved out over the ocean. I still watch them when ever I'm back in the state, but no one else seems to care anymore. I'm usually alone with my radio waiting to spot the trail.
But I digress.
Nope , you are not alone...I wouldn't say that you
are 'digressing' , either.
When the weather is clear enough , I watch the shuttle ascents from coastal N. Carolina...They fly right by the East Coast , pretty close...We can see them within a few seconds of liftoff...One
time , the air was so clear , I could see the SRB separation , the boosters falling away , then slowing...Couldn't actually see the chutes , though...
On another ascent one evening , the SRB's left a shiny trail that drifted inland , and became a noctilucent cloud in the bright moonlight...Our local TV stations were besieged with calls about the 'weird cloud'...One woman was recorded saying that she thought it was " the end of time "...
My local airport is a 'contingency abort' site in the event an RTLS abort is not an option...I talked on the phone with a local air traffic controller about what they do to configure the airfield...After a few minutes of conversation ,
he asked me , " Who are you WITH ? " , so I began to cut it a little short...
I also have a hobby of watching for the shuttle and the ISS while they pass overhead...On the most recent mission , I was watching the last spacewalk on the Internet via NASA TV , and before the spacewalk was over , the Shuttle/ISS combo passed overhead that evening , brightly visible in our sky...
On that mission's ascent , there were about 60 people out on the beach watching the Shuttle go by...Some folks bring laptop PC's , with an aircard , so we can see on the Net when the launch is confirmed...Then we see the flare of the Shuttle a couple of seconds later...
I watched the Columbia on-orbit , a couple of days
before the tragic re-entry...Godspeed , STS-107...
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I was not thrilled with the show, although I love Nathan and was happy to see him on the TV again. As stupid as this is going to sound, there was just too little plot and FAR FAR TOO MUCH....DRIVING.
I know, I know, it's called Drive and it's on Fox. That should have been my clue that I wasn't going to like it all that much.
I just had higher hopes for something from the guy who wrote (IMO) the absolutely best TV episode EVER (Out Of Gas).
I'll keep watching for a bit longer because, well, there is Nathan and I'm curious where they are going with the whole plot. But there needs to be less DRIVING and more ACTING.
Just my opinion, but I'm a 40 year old geologist. Definitely not the demographic that Fox is shooting for.
Oh, and the bitchy woman's name is Ivy - that didn't please me all that much either!!
Ivy
I've been sane a long while now, and change is good...
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Originally posted by fireflygal:
I was bored to tears by Drive. Nathan, of course, was a stand-out and oh so very pretty to look at but I had no attachment to any of the characters at all. Sorry Tim Minear :(
I saw 20 minutes of it ... tuned in to the premiere with moments to go before the end of hour one ....
Nathan did a great job ... he even said "hunh" at one point
I found myself overwhelmed with all the characters being shown in like five minutes ....
I saw all these characters either on their own or being forced to consider doing harm to the other racers ...
I felt overwhelmed
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The building they were standing in front of, looking across to the shuttle launch pad, was the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Pretty funny.
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