Trains are a staple of the Western Genre, so lets see if the Lone Ranger does them any justice as Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp team up to stop a railroad from manifesting its destiny.
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Honestly, I have so much to say about this film and bits I cut from the script that I might do a directors commentary
I haven't seen this movie, but I know of it, well… my brain hurt after the plot summary and I believe you were 100% accurate. this film would hurt my brain hahaha
The shared truck design on the ore hoppers were the result of the hopper props being two bodies on one frame; also I think you forgot to mention the axle bearings (roller bearings for railroads weren't invented until the early 20th century when Timken 1111 was built)
the song! you nailed it! amazing! ❤
Damn ToT, everything is top notch, especially that opening with Studiopolis, and the William Tell Overture.
That song was epic.
I fucking LOVE Rango!!!!!
The 2 reversers are to control the different sides of the wheelsets, which is how the locomotive's wheels are moving in that one scene
17:01 this looks more like ho scale because the locomotive looks to be a bachmann old tooling inyo 4-4-0 you can make out the drive shaft between the locomotive and tender
Depicting almost parallel tracks for no good reason is a common thing in many model railways where the modeller simply wants to depict two different types of line but it always strikes me as silly when there is a railway track that needs a huge bridge to cross a chasm when there is another railway only a hundred metres away crossing the same landscape where the valley has shrunk to being a small stream.
Erm. You call it a cow catcher, but ackshewally it's called a pilot. ☝️🤓
If you want to know why Disney decided to portray this movie like the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, I have your answers:
1) They can't actually go and name the company Union Pacific, as that would bring on all of the lawsuits.
2) They did the best they could to recreate period correct trains, and figured no one would notice anything wrong.
3) This movie was meant for kids, mostly, and Disney has a way of incorrectly portraying history… almost like there's a narrative they're trying to push. Or, more correctly, like a certain political party wants them to push. It makes sense because why else would our protagonist be so against guns IN THE WILD WEST?
23:29 I mean, if were pointing out weird stuff. Rango's gun has a swing out cylinder instead of a loading gate and fixed cylinder.
This was a fantastic video your song was truly enjoyable
if Union Pacific routed the Transcontinental to Texas they'd of gone into triple bankruptcy!
also HO scale was not invented until 1920s or so & the train layout in the passenger car IS HO scale! wrong!
model train ISN'T OO its HO!
also the Knuckle Coupler wasn't invented until 1873!
cause in the 1860s they were still using Link & Pin couplers!
also both locos at Promontory Summit were 4-4-0s!
16:34 Actually I've been steamed before by steam engines like that and it's not actually scalding, it's cooled off by then
Despite the inaccuracies I loved this movie and the train chase was my favorite part
Meanwhile in a parallel universe there's an equivalent "Shipload of thought" channel ranting about the incorrectly rigged vessels in the Pirates franchise!
Great video as always, ToT
14:31 did you see what happened to Talyllyn in 2014
As a train buff myself, I loved the end in song👍🏽
Everything railroad related in this movie simply kills my interest. It only displayed the ignorance of the writers. Such a huge waste of money, for it is glaringly obvious that they were clueless about steamers or even the most general of physics. One can only suspend reality for so long before it simply becomes more annoying than any potential story. The geography, Westinghouse air brakes, access to passenger car roofs (common in sooooooooo many movies with passenger train scenes)… Sad… At least get the locomotive controls correct, eh? Hollywood lives in a different reality than the real world outside of California… smh
At. 16:35 I can absolutely believe that steam is cool enough and at a low enough pressure to be safe to walk through. The relationship between temperature and pressure are very close and the fact you can see the white stuff shows that it is mainly water vapour condensing as it rapidly expands and cools outside of the pressure vessel. I still wouldn't stand directly next to an open cylinder cock but after being sprayed by many locomotive's cylinder cocks and blow down valves I'm fairly confident that those chaps would be fine.
never heard about this movie before
It's very obvious from the get-go that "The Lone Ranger" was not aiming for accuracy at all. Yes, the movie did very poorly; it bombed at the box office, it wasn't very well received by critics (they criticized its 2.5-hour run-time, nonsensical and incomprehensible action scenes, cringy dialogue, and various other issues), and it won the razzie for worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel. However, you can clearly tell that they put a lot of effort into constructing the locomotives, cars, track, and other props for the movie, and it's very visually stunning. In fact, "The Lone Ranger" was nominated for two Oscars (Best Visual Effects, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling).
Never saw the movie, and people keep telling me how cool "Unstoppable" was… Hyce and bucket about those couplers… I catch air lines on other "old train" movies and shows as such. Only in 1900 were airlines mandatory. I'm not 100% accurate, but neither is the movie. Well, that's Hollywood for ya.
The only reason i watch this movie if for the train stuff, im fully aware its not accurate but it has some of the best train stunts in any other movie ive seen (for steam locos since thats my only interest)
Thanks for using kelvin.
Maybe that boiler has water tubes instead of fire tubes. Joking.
The fact you went to hyce for info makes me love this even more!
Possibly one of the worst movies ever made
i will NOT tolerate slander of this movie. Ppl who have an issue with the pacing and plot/writing seem to miss that its a love letter and bit of a homage to the older American and Spaghetti westerns with a few more modern twists.
It's not like Hollywood ever had any use for accurate on-screen physics 😅
Polar express next?
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This video made my day, thanks so much 😂