# I want a subway that does \*this\*. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089 "2010-11-27T19:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/1 "2010-11-27T19:27:15Z")
[YouTube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvl7kG82EfI). (Subway starts at 2:01.) It’s an ad for Batelco, the Bahrainian telecommunications company. But it shows downtown Toronto with a few extra features here and there… ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/2 "2010-11-27T20:03:09Z")
Naw, I’d spill my coffee. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/3 "2010-11-27T20:03:49Z")
What an ad! I want the car, myself… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/4 "2010-11-27T20:04:00Z")
Wow… Toronto has changed since I was last there! What does it take to get on the subway now, five midway tickets? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/5 "2010-11-27T21:00:08Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Wow… Toronto has changed since I was last there! What does it take to get on the subway now, five midway tickets? And a packet of Gravol. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/6 "2010-11-27T22:11:15Z")
I want everything in that ad, except for maybe the Nascars. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/7 "2010-11-27T22:41:28Z")
At this point I’d settle for hydro bills without the HST. New mayor Rob Ford wants to overlook a previously approved multi-billion dollar transit plan in favor of more subways. Maybe this is what we will get. ---
**Author:** ![catastrophe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@catastrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catastrophe)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/8 "2010-11-27T22:44:26Z")
Eh, they could build that and Torontonians would still complain about how the TTC’s too slow … ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/9 "2010-11-27T22:48:19Z")
I want to live in the city depicted in the film, please. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/10 "2010-11-27T22:50:26Z")
> [@catastrophe](#): > > Eh, they could build that and Torontonians would still complain about how the TTC’s too slow … We could get the Bahrainians to run it! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/11 "2010-11-27T23:18:30Z")
> [@catastrophe](#): > > Eh, they could build that and Torontonians would still complain about how the TTC’s too slow … Probably, and to off set the union demands or face a strike, the fares will go up to $15 one way. ---
**Author:** ![catastrophe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@catastrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catastrophe)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/12 "2010-11-27T23:35:12Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Probably, and to off set the union demands or face a strike, the fares will go up to $15 one way. And yet, we’d still have to use tokens. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/13 "2010-11-28T00:35:24Z")
It reminds me of one or more of the Batman movies; Gotham City features a ridiculously elevated mass transit rail system. It was an effective visual feature in the movie, but IRL I can’t think of any reason why you would build your transit system twenty or thirty stories off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/14 "2010-11-28T01:18:12Z")
The girl at the end is pretty cute… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/15 "2010-11-28T04:40:17Z")
Oh yes. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/16 "2010-11-28T04:42:18Z")
The ‘making of’ video is pretty interesting as well. A lot of the aerial shots were competely synthesized, and they moved a lot of buildings around. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-subway-that-does-this/562089/17 "2010-11-28T05:03:53Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > I want the car, myself… Funny, I was thinking the same thing about the guy playing with the soccer balls 😃