Unless they ever simulated them on the dome's ceiling I wonder if Truman ever wondered about the lack of jets flying over.
shareConsidering that Truman only knew what they told him, perhaps they simply didn't tell him that you could see the jetstream from airplanes flying about.
shareDid you ever look at the sky and asked yourself where are the missing jets?
shareWell as he tried to book a flight he must have been aware that they existed - perhaps he saw one on a TV show he was allowed to watch - so the thought may have crossed his mind why he'd never seen one in real life if there were no simulations.
And as for looking for jets - when there was a flight ban over the UK due to a volcanic eruption - I did look up to the empty skies.
They could have other flight routes. They don't need to fly over the island. Does the island even have an airport? I doubt it.
shareTrue but the point is if he'd never seen one in 'real life' might he not question this?
I'm not sure I would be comfortable booking a flight if my only exposure to jets was from a holiday brochure.
In the scene where the lamp falls into Truman's neighborhood, they claimed it had fallen from an airplane and he seemed to understand. So he must be able to see a simulation of them flying overhead or just think they are too high to see in the sky.
shareYes you're right. As you may be able to see from my post just before this one his only exposure to them might have been TV programs although I'm sure if I'd seen a jet on TV and wanted to fly on one I'd want to see one in 'real life' too.
It's a great film with many talking points - unfortunately you cannot do a search on previously discussed topics - you have to trawl through all the subject headers.
One thing I like though is how all the actors turned relatively nasty when forced to search for Truman - especially the two twins and the 'friendly' dogs.
A great satirical scene on what so called 'pleasant' 'Have a nice day' neighborhoods are really like underneath.
You are right. I think they are more worried about their paychecks than Truman's well being. I think a few of the people in the Control Room seemed to care a little more than any of the people who actually had real world contact with him as well.
shareYes some of the control people did seem to care a little more - maybe because they could 'look down' and see the bigger picture of what Truman was going through.
Regarding the jet I've just replied to another poster who feels that the media was his only exposure.
What nails it for me that there was a simulation is your post (the falling aircraft part) and the matter of fact way he tried to book his flight as though he flew all the time.
Perhaps the writers made a slight slip here and should have infused him with more excitement - like a little kid whose never been on a train before.
Perhaps the writers made a slight slip here and should have infused him with more excitement - like a little kid whose never been on a train before.They definitely made a slip.
Regarding Meryl - yes it must be a poor type of relationship when your partner seems more interested in talking about coffee than solving the problems in your relationship.
I wonder if he also had to have real intimate relations with her or did she just have a headache everyday?
Having a screen kiss must be bad enough but to share a bedroom with someone you may not even fancy would have been very difficult.
But I guess that is what actors/actresses are paid to do. They would also have had to have had a real doctor available. But probably that would only have been a bit part when needed - something akin to those 'guest stars' that appear on long running shows who you never hear of again.
Therefore I've always thought that the use of the word 'star' was a bit of a misnomer.
You're right about Truman feeling happy about his surroundings - it would have been the key to keeping him there - something that real company managers would do well to learn.
However any goofs aside I still think it's an excellent film and stands up to repeat viewings.
If they were able to recreate the sun, clouds, sky and weather, I'm sure they were able to create an illusion of jets flying miles overhead. Though that probably wouldn't be a good idea, because seeing jets in the sky might give Truman ideas.
shareYou are assuming jets flew over Seahaven. Planes do not fly over every small town!
shareWell as I've mentioned previously Truman tried to book the flight as though a jet was something he was really familiar with.
How would you approach something you may only ever have seen on television or advertising posters and which is going to whisk you up to 30,000 feet especially if you'd lead such a sheltered life.
I'm sure he'd have been showing a lot more nervous excitement - perhaps akin to you or I winning a trip to go on the space shuttle when it was operating.
Therein lies the underlying reason for my post.
Well as I've mentioned previously Truman tried to book the flight as though a jet was something he was really familiar with.
Yes could be - it's just that the scene never felt quite right to me - I wonder if the team behind the film had considered that no jets would be able to fly over.
I think the question is where the hell is the airport? As a kid you'll definitely want to watch planes landing and taking off if there is an airport within driving vicinity. Sounds to me he's never seen an aeroplane, helicopter, train, etc. Or any animals....
Anyway, what was wrong with the Truman Show is that they used actors. The set shouldn't have been a set and everyone should have really been living and working there. No need for sets, false walls, actors driving round in circles, stupid rehearsed lines, etc.... what a waste of money.... We already live in a controlled World, no need to recreate it on a smaller scale.
To see or not to see that is the question...
I can understand your point of not using actors but in away we are all now voyeurs already on other people's lives.
There's a continuous stream of CCTV and car crash footage from car cams being posted to YouTube as well as film taken from mobile phones of fights and any other footage deemed worthy of a post.