[ARC5] Radios in the Movies

[Tim]

Yep, MST3K properly skewered that one!  I'll re-watch it on U
Tube..Thanks....it's a hoot.
Favorite scene (no mil radios in this one):  Giant Grasshoppers are seen
climbing (a postcard photo of) a large office building...  LOL

Tim

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Christopher Bowne <aj1g at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>  "Beginning of the End"  as presented on Mystery Science Theater 3K back
> in the day is available on YouTube.  After watching it, I will never again
> feel safe driving past Nibbles Woodaway aka "The Big Blue Bug" on I-95 in
> Providence again....
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> On Sunday, February 14, 2016 2:27 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Fun - I probably mentioned this one before but "Beginning of the End" is
> the best Mil-Radio movie I have seen.  Classic 1957 B sci-fi horror flick
> with Peter Graves.  Giant grasshoppers eat Chicago etc.
>
> They are all there, from BC-610. BC-611, BC 659, BC-669 IIRC.  Been
> awhile.  Their props guy was obviously a mil radio squirrel for sure...
> HiHi
>
> Tim
> N6CC
>
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:06 AM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> "I always liked the way all radios talk to all other radios, all the time.
> See movies like "Die Hard" and "Windtalkers." "
>
> I'm even more amazed by the incredible long range capabilities.  Inside a
> huge alien spacecraft with multiple heavy doors - and the little FRS style
> handy talkies work fine.  Mulder's in an buried railroad refrigerator car
> in the middle of the vast unpopulated New Mexico desert and his cellphone
> works just fine to call up Scully.  Well, at least in Sky Captain and the
> World of Tomorrow the guy in the P-40B was using CW.
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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