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BlackBox - Channel 4 (1996), Aloha 737, Japan Airlines flight 123, United 232

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  • This was a sombre, superbly produced series that shows the power of good narration and shelling out for real footage over relying on reconstructions. I had most of the series on VHS tape but lost them so it's great to see it again!

  • ACI was exciting only because of its special effects and over-dramatisation. That's the main difference between US and UK drama. Take a look at the BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs, with its superb narration and production, and then see what the US did to it. "THIS IS ANKYLOSAURUS! IT COULD CRUSH SKULLS WITH ITS HUGE CLUB TAIL!" Ugh.

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  • you need to shop elsewhere for your screws dude

  • The 737-200 is still a good aircraft.

  • @kcy29581 ACI is made in Canada. ;) But you sure do have a good point there. I think BB is more ominous and dramatic while in ACI you get a better understanding for aircraft disasters thanks to the computer generated imagery. I love'em both!

  • @jbdream3 LOT Polish flight 5055 was the best, so stfu.

  • @kcy29581 It doesn't make any difference which air disaster series is better or worse. I think all of them are great and interesting and very informative. They all just have different methods of explaining each of them, but they still discuss the same topic that has to do with them without changing the format of the stories.

  • @kcy29581 ACI is British. Mayday is america

  • I was in tears just watching the last min or two (about the makeshift shrines) so I can't imagine - and therefore admire - the strength a person must have to continue [the work of] investigating amidst such heart wreching scenes of human tragedy.

    Regardles of which, or from which country the ACI teams originate: Hero's all.

  • @kcy29581 ACI is a Canadian Production - just so you know... course it sometimes seems like Canada is kind of like the 52nd state (:-)

  • ACI was a Canadian Production called Mayday in Canada; ACI in Australia/UK; Air Emergency in USA; etc... with changes in narrator depending on the market. (In 2003 /Cdn-US Eng/ UK Eng/ French/ & Dutch)... It is commonly aired on Discovery Channel in Canada & Nat' Geo since 2003. Blackbox is a 1996 production released on cd in 1998..Darlow Smithson productions of UK... has other "awesome" movies...

  • @kcy29581 I have to agree, even being a US citizen. I'd rather watch the UK versions!!!!!

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