Suspension of Disbelief

[bigg cheese]

Alright, I'm still a greenhorn, but I'm noticing something in myself I don't like.

I'm a big movie buff from everything as far back as Charlie Chan, in just about every category, as long as the romance film includes John Wayne

I'm noticing now that I am not able to suspend my disbelief when a guy gets shot and flies backwards into and out of a window. This started last year when MythBusters took many AR's and shotguns took on a pig hanging on the edge of a hook that wouldn't take even 1/2 inch of movement to knock it off, and even the fifty call rifles couldn't do it.

Thoughts?

 

[Scutter01]

I get that with a lot of things, mostly technology-related. Almost all "hacker" movies (Swordfish and Hackers, I'm looking at YOU! We won't even discuss The Net) make me want to scream "AT LEAST HIRE ONE TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, DAMMMIT!"

I think it really depends on the topic. I'm sure there are experts and hobbyists in all disciplines that can find a movie where they scream "That's not how it is!"

 

[mikea46996]

I love counting shoots fired before mag changes. In Commando Arnie fired an AR 117 times before he dropped it. It had a 30rd mag in it.

I just watched The Punisher II. 39 shots from a full auto Beretta Pistol before a mag change and it wasn't an extended mag.

 

[cce1302]

Yeah. Every action...equal/opposite reaction...and all that.

If a bullet were to throw someone violently back, wouldn't the recoil from the other end throw the shooter violently back in an equal manner?

 

[bigg cheese]

I get you with the tech stuff . I'm a sys-admin by trade, so all of that is silly. Although let's not forget that Hackers gets by since it was Jolie's breakout role

 

[Scutter01]

I enjoyed Hackers as a movie. The "hacking" (actually, it was cracking, not hacking, but that's part of why it pissed me off) was what annoyed me.

 

[RogerB]

I get that with a lot of things, mostly technology-related. Almost all "hacker" movies (Swordfish and Hackers, I'm looking at YOU! We won't even discuss The Net) make me want to scream "AT LEAST HIRE ONE TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, DAMMMIT!"

I think it really depends on the topic. I'm sure there are experts and hobbyists in all disciplines that can find a movie where they scream "That's not how it is!"

wait so you mean to tell me that inside of my computer there's not another little universe and TRON never existed?

edit: KIDDING for all those who need to get AFK for some reality checks lol

 

[mikea46996]

Hey Techno nerds!!!!!

I thought we were talking about guns stuff and shooting, come on I know everyone of you does the same thing. 12 shots out of a Mossy 500.

LOL....If I get a virus now I will hunt you down and do things to you that Ned and Burt would be embarassed by.

Can you hear the bango music?

 

[CarmelHP]

It's not bullet energy that causes a reaction of someone who is shot. Did you ever see the video of Hinckley shooting Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy with a little .22? He flies and spins through the air due to involuntary muscle movements caused by the trauma. No one is going to fly backwords knocked off their feet for 3 yards but they won't necessarily drop like a bag of rocks either.

 

[haldir]

I get that with a lot of things, mostly technology-related. Almost all "hacker" movies (Swordfish and Hackers, I'm looking at YOU! We won't even discuss The Net) make me want to scream "AT LEAST HIRE ONE TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, DAMMMIT!"

I watched you through your computer screen for awhile but there is only so much bacon grease on on a guy's chin that I can watch.

I enjoyed Hackers as a movie. The "hacking" (actually, it was cracking, not hacking, but that's part of why it pissed me off) was what annoyed me.

That because you have no kung fu.

 

[cce1302]

It's not bullet energy that causes a reaction of someone who is shot. Did you ever see the video of Hinckley shooting Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy with a little .22? He flies and spins through the air due to involuntary muscle movements caused by the trauma. No one is going to fly backwords knocked off their feet for 3 yards but they won't necessarily drop like a bag of rocks either.

Never thought of that. Like a headshot on a rabbit I guess.

 

[Scutter01]

That because you have no kung fu.

I'll stick with Okinawan martial arts, thanks.

 

[HICKMAN]

I enjoyed Hackers as a movie. The "hacking" (actually, it was cracking, not hacking, but that's part of why it pissed me off) was what annoyed me.

Do you have your backcopies of 2600 magazine?

 

[haldir]

I didn't have the first few years of 2600 so I got a copy of "the Best of 2600" as soon as it came out. I heard on OTH that they have a new limited edition version of it... anyone see it?

 

[Scutter01]

Do you have your backcopies of 2600 magazine?

No, but I used to have a couple of the Cap'n Crunch phone phreaking whistles.

 

[tyler34]

I get you with the tech stuff . I'm a sys-admin by trade, so all of that is silly. Although let's not forget that Hackers gets by since it was Jolie's breakout role

I just watched hackers yesterday on t.v., to think people actually dressed like that.

 

[Integraholic]

I know what you mean. I'm a car guy. The first Fast & Furious movie was so fake it wasn't even funny. The following ones tried to be less "technical" and more entertaining. Which they were.

 

[printcraft]

A......
I'm noticing now that I am not able to suspend my disbelief when a guy gets shot and flies backwards into and out of a window. .......

Wait....... now you're telling me I can't believe everything that come
out of Hollyweird? Dang, my world view has been shattered.










Soon you'll be counting the 100's of rounds fired without reloading.
15 slide racks of a shotgun every time someone enters a room.

 

[Scutter01]

My biggest complaint was that the movies lied to me about what a suppressor sounds like. I couldn't find one that makes that laser sound anywhere!

 

[HandK]

Yep, basic physics, If the guy getting shot moved backwards 4 feet then the guy shooting the gun would also be moved back 4 feet when he pulled the triger. I like the movies that show a silencer on a revolver, hehe to funny