I refuse to watch cop shows and court drama because of the gargantuan inaccuracies. People watch the tripe and believe it's how things are. Blechhhh.
It's only a movie. It's only a movie.
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Ya and dat's why the unwashed believe suppressors go PHF--PHF--PHF,
… or a Western where a Winchester 92 sounds like a German 88.
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Or screeching tires on dirt.
Or M92 Winchesters and 1873 Colts being used during the Civil War.
New Mexico has sweet deals (tax breaks, loans) for movies and TV filming. A colleague from NMSP was hired as a technical consulant; he was informed that his job was not to ensure the action was accurate, but instead to ensure it was as accurate as possible within the script and the director's preferences.
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UncleEd
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The comments herein prove posters watch a lot of doo--doo.
I admit to enjoying counting ricochets in spaghetti westerns.
Had a co-worker that did enough bit parts to actually earn a SAG card. He told about playing a military officer in one movie (major director, can't recall name). He and the star were supposed to walk past each other and the director stopped the shoot and demanded to know why Ken didn't salute the star. "He's a Colonel, I'm a General". Silence, grave thought, followed by "OK". Don't know if they reshot the scene with correct action.
He actually has his own TV show!
Yeah, I couldn't believe my wife recorded it on our DVR. I refused to be in the room when she watched it. Later she told me she deleted it 10 minutes in. She like reality TV, I can't understand why anyone cares how some other (usually idiot IMO) person lives their daily life. It is scripted to some extent I don't care what anyone says.
As for reality in movies, it bugs me to see the weaponry automotive and even computer capability inaccuracies embedded in most every movie. I understand the why, but it seems to me that accuracy would be paramount in movie making then I remember it's entertainment.
The ones I get a kick out of are the sophisticated computer setups. 2 keystrokes and the super sophisticated analyst has the name, location, occupations and on and on about person X.
So, I just notice it and move on.
Hollywood and the entertainment industry is loaded with idiots. Yet the major media will ask them important questions on serious issues.
Now that's funny stuff.
Now that's funny stuff.
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I saw a show where someone was stealing bottles of wine from the wine cellar, but they didn't know who or how. Then they see a short video of construction workers carrying their lunches. One of the protagonists has an epiphany. He hits like 3 keys and suddenly there is a moving graphic showing that the bottle will fit inside the guy's thermos. Maybe 30 seconds and 3 keystrokes since they saw the thermos and they already have a movie about it.
I just read a book where the protagonist not only cocks the hammer on their Glock, but takes the safety off with an audible click as well.
It hurt to read.
It hurt to read.
My brother and I were watching "The Patriot" by Mel Gibson.
It was on VHS tape.
We had to pause it in amazement to discuss what we saw.
Watching the British march away, you hear the drums beating the cadence and there is a sound delay. That was cool but my genius brother calculated that the sound effect delay was precisely accurate to the distance portrayed!
Why would Mel or his people even bother with that?
How did they even do it?
My conjecture was that the accuracy was the merest happenstance.
Have you ever seen a gun movie where they got the distance delay of the gunshot sound effect right?
It was on VHS tape.
We had to pause it in amazement to discuss what we saw.
Watching the British march away, you hear the drums beating the cadence and there is a sound delay. That was cool but my genius brother calculated that the sound effect delay was precisely accurate to the distance portrayed!
Why would Mel or his people even bother with that?
How did they even do it?
My conjecture was that the accuracy was the merest happenstance.
Have you ever seen a gun movie where they got the distance delay of the gunshot sound effect right?
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Quigley Down Under did a pretty good job.
I just read a book where the protagonist not only cocks the hammer on their Glock, but takes the safety off with an audible click as well.
It hurt to read.
The old Alistar McClean spy novels were rife with that kind of stuff but with earlier weapons.
I try not to let this stuff get to me, but sometimes it's like they didn't put forth any effort at all. What's worse is when they went to lengths to write gun stuff into the script, and it's completely wrong.
We watched a movie recently about the FBI hunting an active shooter that had inherited guns from his military father. The main weapon was an "X25 vintage sniper rifle", which on screen was a sporterized Enfield 303. The "OSS assasination pistol" was a Micro-Uzi, of course being fired one-handed and full auto...
I try to ignore all the uncocked 1911s, and Glocks being 'cocked' with a clicking sound every time the hero turns a corner, but if you're going to write gun stuff, please hire someone that knows what they're talking about.
Next, we can talk about motorcycle and car sounds that are dubbed in...
My wife stopped on that movie and I was too lazy to go do something else. The thing I was wondering about was why none of the firearms "experts" were questioning the distance, angles, and penetration of the skyscraper glass windows and still getting precision hits. I guess that's why they call it entertainment.
Car sounds, oh yeah. I always liked the ones where someone is driving an automatic, but the dubbed sounds are that of a standard.
Rodan
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There were a large number of plot problems besides the gun nomenclature!
I will give them credit for a somewhat plausible storyline that hasn't already been done 100x by hollyweird.
LVSteve
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If it's got Morena Baccarin in it, I can probably watch with the sound off. The wardrobe department in Stargate and Firefly certainly found some good outfits for her.
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If it's got Morena Baccarin in it, I can probably watch with the sound off. The wardrobe department in Stargate and Firefly certainly found some good outfits for her.
She's mostly in a puffy jacket and stocking cap, without makeup. Still looks damn good.
