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Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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When someone is shot in a movie, and the person behind is splattered by blood (but not hit by a bullet). I assume the blood must come from the exit wound, meaning there must be a projectile flying out of it. What the fuck is up with that?
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m c
Member #5,337
December 2004
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Wow, I've never thought of that. (\ /) |
Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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What about the "elevator trap door"? Look up in an elevator sometime. By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Jonatan Hedborg said:
When someone is shot in a movie, and the person behind is splattered by blood (but not hit by a bullet) Do you have a particular movie in mind? I have a lot of pet peeves. Too many to list. -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
Neil Black
Member #7,867
October 2006
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Bob Keane said: What about the "elevator trap door"? Look up in an elevator sometime. I've seen elevators with trap doors.
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HardTranceFan
Member #7,317
June 2006
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Conduct some field tests to confirm your theory? Maybe the bullet takes on a different trajectory and not exit out in line with it's entry vector? -- |
Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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I find it funny how they manage to break into a car and escape with it just by pulling out some cords from the ignition switch and then start the car by connecting two lose ends. They don't actually connect the ignition. They don't unlock the steering lock. I saw the best escape the other night in a movie - I think it was the one about a hi-jacked train, Steven Segal, a young Katherine Heigl - where the guy just ripped open the hood and found two lose cable ends there, started the engine with them and drove away. But a real pet peeve of mine is the thing with image aspects. People really don't give a shit. It's amazing how many n*10k€ budget tv commercials end up in a screwed image aspect. It's amazing how many tv programs are shown in a strange letterbox format, where you get black bars at left, right, top and bottom, ending up in maybe 55% black screen. And it's amazing how many people prefer to set their wide screen tv sets on 16:9 instead of original aspect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Two of my pet peeves are movies and television. So ... yeah. -- |
someone972
Member #7,719
August 2006
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When people at stores leave stuff (which they suddenly decide they don't want) out on the lane in random places, rather than giving them to us. We have an 'abandons' box for that (Ya, I'm a cashier). ______________________________________ |
verthex
Member #11,340
September 2009
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HardTranceFan said: Conduct some field tests to confirm your theory? Maybe the bullet takes on a different trajectory and not exit out in line with it's entry vector? I've spent some time programming something called "Bullet through the head analysis" though I've never made my ideas/source code public. Heres a classic song by RATM.
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Tobias Dammers
Member #2,604
August 2002
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bamccaig said: Do you have a particular movie in mind? Pulp Fiction would be a textbook example. --- |
Arvidsson
Member #4,603
May 2004
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Which scene?
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HardTranceFan
Member #7,317
June 2006
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Car scene? Or does the window behind the guy shatter? -- |
Dizzy Egg
Member #10,824
March 2009
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I hate it when my Schwartz gets twisted.
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I hate all the stupid explosions in movies. Supposedly thousands of people die every year because would-be Samaritans are worried about being blown to bits when the gas tank explodes. What really happens when a gas tank blows is a huge whoosh with an impressive fireball, with a blast that might move some clothes on a clothesline right next to it, OTOH it might not. On the gripping hand, if you stand within 15 meters of this car after the gas tank went, you'll probably get second degree burns in 30 seconds or so. The adrenaline rush might keep you from feeling the pain. They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
van_houtte
Member #11,605
January 2010
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Arthur Kalliokoski said: I hate all the stupid explosions in movies. Supposedly thousands of people die every year because would-be Samaritans are worried about being blown to bits when the gas tank explodes. What really happens when a gas tank blows is a huge whoosh with an impressive fireball, with a blast that might move some clothes on a clothesline right next to it, OTOH it might not. That happened around here I think maybe in 2009, could of been 2010, and it ended up taking out a bridge (because the truck was under said bridge when it stopped) --- |
james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002
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On the theme of the fitness thread: people who don't want to lift weights because they "don't want to become too big". They clearly have absolutely no concept of how much dedication is involved. It's a bit like saying "I don't want a job because I wouldn't want to be super-rich".
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Arvidsson said: Which scene? This scene, where Vincent Vega shoots Marvin in the face inside a car. The rear window is all splattered with blood, but remains intact. MiquelFire said: That happened around here I think maybe in 2009, could of been 2010, and it ended up taking out a bridge (because the truck was under said bridge when it stopped) Unless it was a tanker truck BLEVE, I have a hard time believing that. Gasoline just doesn't work that way. -- |
bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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gnolam said: This scene, where Vincent Vega shoots Marvin in the face inside a car. There's no way for us to know whether or not the bullet made it through both sides. Depending on the ammunition, I imagine that could have damn near taken his head off at such short range. I imagine a bullet will build pressure inside as it enters, which probably means that blood will be put under pressure and find the easiest path out, whether that's in the front, or in the back (assuming an exit has been opened up). I don't know. I don't see anything in that scene that we can know is wrong. Though I definitely want to watch that movie now! -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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gnolam said: Unless it was a tanker truck BLEVE, I have a hard time believing that. Gasoline just doesn't work that way.
Yea, it was a tanker truck. --- |
Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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The fire probably caused more damage than the initial explosion. Gasoline is a rather low velocity explosive. The most you get out of it is the fireball, the pressure wave it rather low for most explosives, it surely won't take out a well made concrete bridge by itself. Now high temperatures can crack and otherwise undermine a bridge. -- |
Jonatan Hedborg
Member #4,886
July 2004
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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bamccaig said: There's no way for us to know whether or not the bullet made it through both sides. Yes there is. It's very easy: people's heads don't just spontaneously puncture. Stuff exiting at the back => exit wound => the bullet passed through => the window should crack/shatter. -- |
bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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gnolam said: Yes there is. It's very easy: people's heads don't just spontaneously puncture. Stuff exiting at the back => exit wound => the bullet passed through => the window should crack/shatter. OK, that sounds reasonable. Though I wonder if the bullet could have lost enough energy to not (though if that were the case I wouldn't expect so much energy in the blood/brain matter). Mythbusters, anyone? -- acc.js | al4anim - Allegro 4 Animation library | Allegro 5 VS/NuGet Guide | Allegro.cc Mockup | Allegro.cc <code> Tag | Allegro 4 Timer Example (w/ Semaphores) | Allegro 5 "Winpkg" (MSVC readme) | Bambot | Blog | C++ STL Container Flowchart | Castopulence Software | Check Return Values | Derail? | Is This A Discussion? Flow Chart | Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | Clean Code Talks - Global State and Singletons | How To Use Header Files | GNU/Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo) | rot (rot13, rot47, rotN) | Streaming |
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