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Saw Deepwater Horizon tonight
Posted on 10/7/16 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 10/7/16 at 11:48 pm
Couple of things:
The bad accents were distracting
I worked for Mi SWACO when it happened
I worked offshore for six years
My buddy is married to Keith Blair Manuel's daughter
Guy I work with knew Gordon Jones at LSU
The movie was exceptionally well made
I was gripping for half the movie
Brought me to tears
We were told at the time the guys in the mud room and on the rig floor died of gas inhalation, if the movie is accurate they died terrible deaths
Dale Burkeen is a hero
The bad accents were distracting
I worked for Mi SWACO when it happened
I worked offshore for six years
My buddy is married to Keith Blair Manuel's daughter
Guy I work with knew Gordon Jones at LSU
The movie was exceptionally well made
I was gripping for half the movie
Brought me to tears
We were told at the time the guys in the mud room and on the rig floor died of gas inhalation, if the movie is accurate they died terrible deaths
Dale Burkeen is a hero
This post was edited on 10/7/16 at 11:54 pm
Posted on 10/7/16 at 11:51 pm to supatigah
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Congrats?
This post was edited on 10/7/16 at 11:52 pm
Posted on 10/7/16 at 11:51 pm to supatigah
Thanks for letting us know where you've been?
Posted on 10/7/16 at 11:54 pm to SG_Geaux
TDMobile jumped the gun on me
Posted on 10/7/16 at 11:56 pm to ell_13
Was having offshore flashbacks the first half of the movie
My wife didn't handle the movie very well
My wife didn't handle the movie very well
Posted on 10/8/16 at 12:02 am to supatigah
I'm sorry man. Good movies do that to us... bring us places. I'm glad that this one seems to be well made. I was afraid it would be a money grab type thing. But from all accounts, it seems they tried to do it right.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 12:16 am to ell_13
What made it so hard to take in was the fact that these were all real people that died needlessly trying to safely do a very dangerous job
A real American tragedy
Malkovich overacted his arse off and making him the main villain was painful to watch.
A real American tragedy
Malkovich overacted his arse off and making him the main villain was painful to watch.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:20 am to supatigah
Hearing Mark Whalberg pronounce Schlumberger was as painful as watching the DH sink.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:21 am to supatigah
I think in real life any guy giving a bladder effect as an answer to a failed negative pressure test is a problem. If the negative pressure test fails; you don't go any further. Ever. Shut in and recirculate the kick- WHICH WAS HUGE.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:55 am to Errerrerrwere
I don't know if he purposely said Schlumberger incorrectly or if the real character actually pronounced it that way.... There's just no explanation why he would butcher the name that badly when there had to have been dozens of people on the set that would've corrected him.
I mean there's even a joke in the movie about Yankee Democrats mispronouncing it as "Slum burger"
I mean there's even a joke in the movie about Yankee Democrats mispronouncing it as "Slum burger"
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Posted on 10/8/16 at 6:35 am to supatigah
Best movie I've seen in the theater this year.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 7:17 am to Jack Ruby
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There's just no explanation why he would butcher the name that badly when there had to have been dozens of people on the set that would've corrected him.
I've always wondered about this.
Maybe people on set are afraid to interrupt? And I can see that, it is a major production, you're just some guy on set, and calling an "a" level actor out in front of a big group of people...
But Mobile, incongruous, and two-dozen other words that are constantly mispronounced. I'm always saying to myself- "there's got to be 200 people involved in this level of the production and not one of them knows how to say that word?!"
Posted on 10/8/16 at 10:26 am to SlapahoeTribe
I wonder about stuff like that myself
I worked with a guy from West Texas when I was working for Schlumberger that pronounced it Schlumber-JAY and we used to correct him constantly
Saying it as wahlberg did, ShhlumBARjay would have you laughed off the rig
I worked with a guy from West Texas when I was working for Schlumberger that pronounced it Schlumber-JAY and we used to correct him constantly
Saying it as wahlberg did, ShhlumBARjay would have you laughed off the rig
Posted on 10/8/16 at 10:29 am to supatigah
How much was gordon Jones portrayed in the movie?
This post was edited on 10/8/16 at 10:40 am
Posted on 10/8/16 at 10:43 am to supatigah
I enjoyed the movie alot too, but afterwards I had friends telling me Mike williams was nowhere near competent as they portrayed
I worked at transocean in 2012-14, and they paid great tributes to their fallen every chance they got.
I worked at transocean in 2012-14, and they paid great tributes to their fallen every chance they got.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 10:48 am to BomBayTiger
Not very much
they showed the mud room with Jones and Manuel monitoring the shakers when the mud displacement process started
They showed Jones and Manuel's death
they showed the mud room with Jones and Manuel monitoring the shakers when the mud displacement process started
They showed Jones and Manuel's death
Posted on 10/8/16 at 10:51 am to supatigah
Question for you offshore baws...
Would the rig electrician pretty much be the OIMs right hand man, and the most knowledgeable guy on board?
Would the rig electrician pretty much be the OIMs right hand man, and the most knowledgeable guy on board?
Posted on 10/8/16 at 11:14 am to The Egg
I laughed at the Rig Boss bringing an I&E Tech to a well meeting with the Company Man and the well engineer.
Was even funnier when the I&E Tech spoke up during the meeting. I can only imagine the real world "what the frick is he doing here and why is he speaking?" aspect to that
The well plan and the action items were dictated by the bp Houston office, vidrine and kaluza were in charge of the well onsite but not in charge overall. Which is why the charges were reduced and a plea for violating an environmental reg was accepted. There was no bad guy, just a bunch of cumulative bad decisions and bad luck (shear Rams hitting a drill pipe coupling)
Was even funnier when the I&E Tech spoke up during the meeting. I can only imagine the real world "what the frick is he doing here and why is he speaking?" aspect to that
The well plan and the action items were dictated by the bp Houston office, vidrine and kaluza were in charge of the well onsite but not in charge overall. Which is why the charges were reduced and a plea for violating an environmental reg was accepted. There was no bad guy, just a bunch of cumulative bad decisions and bad luck (shear Rams hitting a drill pipe coupling)
Posted on 10/8/16 at 11:17 am to indytiger
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Would the rig electrician pretty much be the OIMs right hand man, and the most knowledgeable guy on board?
No. The rig electrician is just that-an electrician. The next man down under OIM is the driller.
This post was edited on 10/8/16 at 11:17 am
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