Re: EARTHSTORM -- Easter Sunday on Sci-Fi!!

"William December Starr" <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Michael O'Connor" <mpoconnor7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I might have to log some time with this movie just to see if it's
>> as bad as the review.  Is it as bad as Atomic Twister?
>
> Somebody's got to run a triple-feature of that, "Atomic Train" and
> "Atomic Dog."
>
> (Actually, I watched "Train" and it didn't entirely suck.  It
> wasn't _good_, but once you decide to overlook the fact that on
> modern trains air brakes work the other way around -- they _engage_
> when they lose all air pressure[*1] -- it wasn't horrible either.)
>
> *1: Or so a bunch of train buffs said, after the film aired
>     the first time.

 That's where Westinghouse came from, just to demonstrate what a huge 
invention it was.

There is a "vacuum brake" system that works on positive air pressure, but 
it's not as good generally.