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Plane crashes, The X-Files, and optically torturing oneself.
I hate planes. Except that's a lie. I love planes. I just hate the idea of hurtling through the air in a pressurized metal tube. But taking off/landing is awesome. And the seatback pockets are really cool. And if you bring your own headphones, you don't have to buy the airlines, which are always wicked expensive and never work very well.
But, like I said, I hate the idea of flying. Well, of crashing, really. And I know the whole spiel: "Planes hardly ever crash, they're actually safer than cars, blah, blah, blah..." But the thing is, I'd much rather be in a car crash than a plane crash. Think about it: car crashes happen much more often, but they're also much easier to survive: people have come out of car crashes with not so much as a scratch on them. My dad, for one. But most plane crash victims die. And besides, there's no way getting around it: in a car crash, you never, EVER, fall out of the sky from 3,000 feet up.
That said, plane crash movies/movie scenes fascinate me. I can watch the crash scene in Castaway over and over again. Same with that scene in the X-Files episode "Max", where they side of the plane comes off and people are flying out of it? The creepiest part is when you see that blonde flight attendant being sucked down the aisle and out of the plane, screaming all the way. Ack. Eww. Gah. I'll watch something like that and think, "That's it. I am officially NEVER going on a plane AGAIN." Then two weeks later I'll be wondering if Dad'll let us go to Ireland this spring.
I think the only place I'd want to be less than on a plane having issues would be a sinking ship. Come on, I've seen Titanic. I've been fascinated with the Titanic (and Pompeii. And Hiroshima/Nagasaki. And the Holocaust. I'm a bit disaster-oriented) since the age of seven. And I know everyone's all, "Well, it's okay now! All ships have to have enough lifeboats for all the passengers!" I don't freakin' care. I hate the lifeboats, too.
So, of course, I'm strangely attracted to shipwreck movies as well. Titanic. The Perfect Storm. Well, actually, that's all I've seen, but whatever. If they were avaliable to me, I'd watch more.
Oy.
But, like I said, I hate the idea of flying. Well, of crashing, really. And I know the whole spiel: "Planes hardly ever crash, they're actually safer than cars, blah, blah, blah..." But the thing is, I'd much rather be in a car crash than a plane crash. Think about it: car crashes happen much more often, but they're also much easier to survive: people have come out of car crashes with not so much as a scratch on them. My dad, for one. But most plane crash victims die. And besides, there's no way getting around it: in a car crash, you never, EVER, fall out of the sky from 3,000 feet up.
That said, plane crash movies/movie scenes fascinate me. I can watch the crash scene in Castaway over and over again. Same with that scene in the X-Files episode "Max", where they side of the plane comes off and people are flying out of it? The creepiest part is when you see that blonde flight attendant being sucked down the aisle and out of the plane, screaming all the way. Ack. Eww. Gah. I'll watch something like that and think, "That's it. I am officially NEVER going on a plane AGAIN." Then two weeks later I'll be wondering if Dad'll let us go to Ireland this spring.
I think the only place I'd want to be less than on a plane having issues would be a sinking ship. Come on, I've seen Titanic. I've been fascinated with the Titanic (and Pompeii. And Hiroshima/Nagasaki. And the Holocaust. I'm a bit disaster-oriented) since the age of seven. And I know everyone's all, "Well, it's okay now! All ships have to have enough lifeboats for all the passengers!" I don't freakin' care. I hate the lifeboats, too.
So, of course, I'm strangely attracted to shipwreck movies as well. Titanic. The Perfect Storm. Well, actually, that's all I've seen, but whatever. If they were avaliable to me, I'd watch more.
Oy.