If you happened to see the CBS TV show, Criminal Minds last night the last 10 minutes or so were supposed to be taking place in Washington DC Union Station. At least that's what the actors said as they played out their roles chasing a serial killer. But WAS it wasn't. It was LAUS being called WAS.
Scene: Good guys enter the station and start looking around. It was the LAUS ticket window area.
Scene: They are in the tunnel under the tracks talking to each other on their two-ways asking if anyone has seen the bad guy.
Scene: The creep up a ramp from the tunnel to the track level platforms as someone spotted the bad guy sitting on a bench, track side. The platform covers are visible and it is clearly LAUS. The camera pans and thee is a Metrolink car sitting a few tracks over. Then a couple of surfliner cars are show in the other direction.
Scene: A look toward the end of the tracks with the car bumper quite visible near the wall at the end of the tracks.
Scene: The good guys confront the bad guy and his girlfriend. Just as a screaming Surfliner (50-60 MPH) comes down the track, the bad guy and his girl friend jump in front of it. In real life it would have .5 seconds to stop before ending up on the 101.
I wonder how many 1000's of TV watchers thought it was really WAS? I'm sure LA area folks knew what was going on.
One of the most blatant examples of NOT TRUE to LIFE rail scenes I've ever seen.
Scene: Good guys enter the station and start looking around. It was the LAUS ticket window area.
Scene: They are in the tunnel under the tracks talking to each other on their two-ways asking if anyone has seen the bad guy.
Scene: The creep up a ramp from the tunnel to the track level platforms as someone spotted the bad guy sitting on a bench, track side. The platform covers are visible and it is clearly LAUS. The camera pans and thee is a Metrolink car sitting a few tracks over. Then a couple of surfliner cars are show in the other direction.
Scene: A look toward the end of the tracks with the car bumper quite visible near the wall at the end of the tracks.
Scene: The good guys confront the bad guy and his girlfriend. Just as a screaming Surfliner (50-60 MPH) comes down the track, the bad guy and his girl friend jump in front of it. In real life it would have .5 seconds to stop before ending up on the 101.
I wonder how many 1000's of TV watchers thought it was really WAS? I'm sure LA area folks knew what was going on.
One of the most blatant examples of NOT TRUE to LIFE rail scenes I've ever seen.