Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Road Warrior (A) on February 11, 2007 at 12:19:20

In Reply to: What is one of the greatest personal pain for you in movie------ posted by patrickU on February 10, 2007 at 04:48:41:

Is there nothing these marvelous devices can't do to help a protagonist? Retasked at the drop of a hat. At least in Patriot Games they made a comment along the lines of, "Do you know how hard it is to re task a satellite?" 24, though not a movie, is the single worst culprit in this department by a long shot.

The Peacemaker prolly contained the most over the top example of satelliteous miraculousness to date. I believe that was the movie where satellites could track a vehicle by reading its license plates. Think about THAT for a moment. The satellite would have to be no more than 30 degrees above the horizon to have the proper angle to read a license plate on the front or rear of a car. At that angle, atmospheric haze coupled with the sheer mileage (due to satellite being many more hundreds of miles away) would make reading a license plate completely implausible.

"E Burres Stigano"