Spiderman II violated so many realities with their depiction of a NYC subway. There are no elevated tracks that end with a bumper post just inches from a river. One can't rip out the controller and yet still have the train continue moving, much less speed up. Emergency brakes that don't work. There were so many failures to observe reality in that scens.
I believe Spiderman was filmed in Chicago anyways; so what NYCTA cars you did see were actually CTA cars...
Ah here we go; yes it was Spiderman; they used CTA 2200 series cars. Here are some pics:
http://chicago-l.org...an2-2200s01.jpg
http://chicago-l.org...an2-2200s02.jpg
http://chicago-l.org...an2-2200s03.jpg
I always thought that the James Bonds tended to be fairly accurate with their train shots; albeit some continuity errors (I believe the Orient Express in FRWL, changes color a couple times) But overall they've never bothered me. Oh and I'm not counting the "trains" in the villain's lairs.
peter
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For another forum I made up a list of every 007 which has a train in it; thought I'd repost it here.
There has been more than one official* 007 that has a train in it.
From Russia With Love (Orient Express),
Octopussy (Octopussy's circus train, a couple others),
Goldeneye (Janus's ICBM train),
Casino Royale (Eurostar/TGV),
OHMSS (Swiss regional train),
The Spy Who Loved Me (Monorail in tanker)
Die Another Day ("flatbed" subway car w/ Aston Martin on it)
Goldfinger (no train but Train Tracks behind 007 when he destroys Tilly's Car)
You Only Live Twice (Monorail in liar, Tiger's private subway train)
Live and Let Die (end scene with Baron Samedi; also monorail in liar -
)For Your Eyes Only (might not actually seen; but 007 takes Melina to the train station)
A View To A Kill (May Day rides out of the mine on a flat car with a bomb on it; Scenes shot in SF may have included a cable car, I cannot recall)
That should be all of the 007s with trains in them. A couple notes:
-in Casino Royal; they take a Eurostar train to Montenegro; The Eurostar doesn't run to Montenegro, so it can be assumed that they take some other EC & IC trains as well.
-Dalton era Bonds; I don't have quite an extensive knowledge on them so I might be missing a train in them. There is no mention of one in my reference books.
-Cable cars (gondola): I didn't count these as trains for this purpose
-"James Bond Movie": I have only taken account of the "Official" James Bond Movies, the ones produced by EON Productions & Danjaq LLC. The Majority of these are MGM/UA with the exception of the Casino Royale (which I reference the 2006 movie) & Quantum of Solace which are by Sony Pictures.
peter