Guns in the movies: you gotta be kidding.

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Caught part of a Dolph Lundgren movie last night called "Storm Catcher". He's flying a jet with a bad guy holding a pistol on him. They're both dressed in very high altitude flight gear (as in what astronauts and SR71 crews wear). Bad guy quips, "this gun has 14 steel-jacketed bullets in it, so do what I say or you're toast." :p

Oh, yeah. They're flying in an F-117. You know, the 2-seat version, where the rear seat is offset sideways a bit so a bad guy can hold a gun on the pilot. :rolleyes:

This one is so bad I may have to buy a copy. I suspect it may be worse than "Top Gun," if you can imagine that. Has anyone else seen it?
 
Check out Executive Decision or whatever it was, the 747 with a bomb onboard flying around. A team of operators is inserted through a belly hatch using an F117. :rolleyes:

Some directors have a little too much fun with stock F117 footage.

Kharn
 
Damn...the scary thing is, I've seen that movie. :)

"Die Hard 2" gets my vote for worst/silliest gun moment:

John McClane: You know what this gun is? It's a Glock 17. It's a plastic gun from Germany that your airport x-ray machines can't detect, and it costs more than you make in a month.

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So many inaccuracies it's frightening
 
Actually... "That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn’t show up on you airport X-ray machines, and it cost more than you make here in a month."

I hate movies that I know anything about the subject. So... I guess... I should be ok with most movies then. :D
 
Yeah,
That Die Hard 2 quote is hard to beat as far as gun ignorance. The only thing that might have a chance to beat it is the local 11:00 news. :rolleyes:
 
I didn't know about the "Die Hard 2" quote. I've never seen it, because of Gunwares' First Law of Movie Quality: All Sequels Suck. :cool:
 
My problem is that everyone always has those awesome never ending magazines... and I never know where I can get some...

And they all have those magical bullets that never overpenetrate or cause exit wounds...
 
How 'bout this..

Bad guy fires a revolver....and we hear the sound of an empty case hitting the floor...:rolleyes: :banghead:

Hakan.
 
I didn't know about the "Die Hard 2" quote. I've never seen it, because of Gunwares' First Law of Movie Quality: All Sequels Suck.
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Gunwares, you forgotten the sequel with 10mm caseless incendiary rifles with O/U pump action grenade launchers? ;)
 
Skunk I think that is one of the only sequels that dont suck .. still looking for that elusive 10mm caseless explosive tip round with over under pump action gernade launcher.. Any one knwo where i can pick one up? since were going to mars and such i want to be read for the ALiens SHTF senerio
 
"...all (gun movie)sequals suck..."

For the most part(..."Death Wish 3&4," "Robocop 2," "Rambo 2, 3, 4...")
EXCEPT....all the "Dirty Harry" films, "Godfather II," and "Pulp Fiction" was kind of like "Reservoir Dogs II."
 
Terminator 2 was a pretty good sequel. I wonder if Linda Hamilton woulda knocked him off the ledge if her shotgun was an autoloader instead of a pump?
 
Wasn't Linda Hamilton shooting a SPAS 12 in pump mode?

I haven't seen it in a while, but if it was, she was kinda dumb for using it in pump mode.

Don't forget the granddaddy of all gun bullsh*t movies: Lethal Weapon 3

Where can I get 9mm that will shoot through a bulldozer bucket? How ironic that the cop killer bullets were stolen from the cops.
 
The really sad part about Die Hard 2's gun handling was that the original Die Hard was one of the most tightly written, realistic action movies of the last 20 years.

Weren't the sequels written and directed by different people than the original?
 
On sequels generally . . . "Aliens" was a credible sequel to "Alien."

When I saw "Alien 3" I figured they couldn't possibly do worse . . . but they proved me wrong with Alien 4. :rolleyes:

Anyway, some of the worst gun handling was in one of the Bronson "Death Wish" movies, where he's hand holding a belt fed machine gun, and trying to mow down a LOT of bad guys, standing in the open, maybe 50 feet away. He's shooting . . . and shooting . . . and shooting . . . the bad guys are just hopping around from one foot to another, and after firing I don't know how many hundreds of rounds (from one belt!) one or two BGs are hit and the rest run off.

And then there was some other movie - looked like a modern blackploitation film - where a couple of guys had a shootout. They're blazing away at one another, and in order to dodge bullets, one of the guys does a one-handed handstand while returning fire with his other hand! (No idea of the title - I came across it while flipping channels in a hotel room during a recent business trip.)
 
They're blazing away at one another, and in order to dodge bullets, one of the guys does a one-handed handstand while returning fire with his other hand!
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Didn't you know that it is impossible to hit someone who is standing on one hand? It is one of the Rulz of Movie Gunfights, and explains why Trinity did all those cart-wheels in the lobby in the first Matrix movie.

I can shoot just as accurately while standing on one hand* as I do while shooting from a solid two-hand stance, but that is only because my accuracy is just as bad in either case.

-Jorah



*PS: When you are picturing my standing on one hand, you have to understand that "standing" is actually more like "crouching" and "on one hand" means that I accidentally stepped on my own fingers while duck-walking toward cover...
 
I just watched Open Range and particularly liked the part where Costner shoots through a wall at a BG on the outside. A perfectly round hole the size of my head was made and the BG was picked up off his feet and thrown into a wall 6 feet away:rolleyes:.

Good stuff, Hollywierd. Keep it comin'.

GT
 
Does anybody remember the old Disney flicks, when guns didn't need reloading, and no one ever got shot? or was that just me and my failing memory?
 
My problem is that everyone always has those awesome never ending magazines... and I never know where I can get some...
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My observation is that Magic Magazines Of Infinite Ammunition are less common than Magic Magazines Of Absurdly Much Ammunition. These are a lesser magic; they do run out of ammunition, but only at Appropriately Dramatic Moments (tm).
 
Just gotta keep repeating




"It's only a movie,



It's only a movie,




It's only a movie

:D Entertainment after all! Gives us something to laugh at, other than ourselves.
 
Wasn't Linda Hamilton shooting a SPAS 12 in pump mode?

I haven't seen it in a while, but if it was, she was kinda dumb for using it in pump mode.
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It's standard Hollywood practice to use the SPAS-12 in pump mode, as it "looks more dramatic" that way.
 
Storm Chaser.....

yes, I actually watched that stupid movie. After is was over I couldn't believe I actually wasted that much time.

The scene in the F-117 with the 14 rounds of 45. Well, that could have been. That line perked my ears so I looked at the gun. It could have been a Para-Ordnance 14-45. Kinda looked like it.

The best part I thought was those para-dudes crashing into the house via the windows with their poor attempts at a silenced machine guns. I actually saw the silenced barrels flopping when they hit the blinds.

Rubber silencers!:rolleyes:
 
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