Movies where guns would make it rather short.
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I think Godzilla should carry two 5 " 54 cal naval guns as sidearms. That's for backup if his atomic breath fails.
Any of the stalker movies on the Lifetime Movie Network. Typical one - wife or girlfriend is stalked by crazy Ex. Goes to live in a cabin in the forest and ends up waving the Ginsu kitchen knife when she hears a sound.
Any of the stalker movies on the Lifetime Movie Network. Typical one - wife or girlfriend is stalked by crazy Ex. Goes to live in a cabin in the forest and ends up waving the Ginsu kitchen knife when she hears a sound.
All of you here seem to be forgetting one major thing. THR deals with reality. Yes there is a boogeyman out there, there are crazy demented reprobates running loose in our free' society. You know it, I know it, and the Moderators know it. I carry my Hi-Power, because I can't conceal the FN-FAL.
Now the guys in 'Hollyweird' they don't know it. Actually thy don't know much of anything outside of how to do bad scripts, Badmouth the US, preach desention, and push the 'Victim' mentality.
Just think, How do you write about something, you know absolutely nothing about ?
I'm not going to comment on movies, because it would just be preaching to the choir.
.....I just couldn't imagine a crowd of BG's attacking any of the towns I've lived in Texas....
Now the guys in 'Hollyweird' they don't know it. Actually thy don't know much of anything outside of how to do bad scripts, Badmouth the US, preach desention, and push the 'Victim' mentality.
Just think, How do you write about something, you know absolutely nothing about ?
I'm not going to comment on movies, because it would just be preaching to the choir.
.....I just couldn't imagine a crowd of BG's attacking any of the towns I've lived in Texas....
Calibre44
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Stagecoach
All the Indians had to do was shoot the horses pulling the stagecoach.
All the Indians had to do was shoot the horses pulling the stagecoach.
Carl N. Brown
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yeah, I'm posting about a TV show in a thread about movies, but....
In the two-hour pilot episode of Firefly, the Alliance agent Dobson
is holding a gun to the head of fugitive River Tam and making threats.
The firefly's captain Malcolm Reynolds walks in and without breaking
stride or saying a word, draws and shoots Dobson dead in mid-threat.
Later I was watching one of those TV cop melodramas with a crazed
killer holding a cop's partner at gunpoint for what seemed like a quarter
hour of pointless palaver between the three of them. I mean, if the
partner gave the killer what he wanted, odds are, what he wanted
was both of them dead. They were alone in a warehouse. I kept thinking,
where's Malcolm Reynolds when you need him?
In the two-hour pilot episode of Firefly, the Alliance agent Dobson
is holding a gun to the head of fugitive River Tam and making threats.
The firefly's captain Malcolm Reynolds walks in and without breaking
stride or saying a word, draws and shoots Dobson dead in mid-threat.
Later I was watching one of those TV cop melodramas with a crazed
killer holding a cop's partner at gunpoint for what seemed like a quarter
hour of pointless palaver between the three of them. I mean, if the
partner gave the killer what he wanted, odds are, what he wanted
was both of them dead. They were alone in a warehouse. I kept thinking,
where's Malcolm Reynolds when you need him?
wmeSha
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Five minute Star Wars.
If you want the movie short, how about this: Episode IV - when the Empire guys says that one life pod doesn't have any life signs (because it has R2 and C3PO in it) his supervisor just says, "Shoot it anyway."
The end.
If you want the movie short, how about this: Episode IV - when the Empire guys says that one life pod doesn't have any life signs (because it has R2 and C3PO in it) his supervisor just says, "Shoot it anyway."
The end.
PavePusher
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Heavy Metal Hero wrote:
"Harry Potter...I don't care how much magic you have, it won't make your reaction time shorter than a bullet."
No matter how powerful the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
-Larry Niven
Although I prefer 230 gr. hollow points me-self.
"Harry Potter...I don't care how much magic you have, it won't make your reaction time shorter than a bullet."
No matter how powerful the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
-Larry Niven
Although I prefer 230 gr. hollow points me-self.
frogomatic
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the names 'Howitzer' and 'Abrams' come readily to mind.
Just saw this earlier today
Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9tEi8FrAw&feature=related
I never thought anything on youtube would be relevant...
Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9tEi8FrAw&feature=related
I never thought anything on youtube would be relevant...
PavePusher
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All Hail the .577 T-Rex!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVqT3XEzss
Quote:
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Seriously though. What the heck would you use for any dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park movies? Yikes.
Simple. .577 Tyrannosaur, of course.
Quote:
http://www.accuratereloading.com/577tyr.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVqT3XEzss
Quote:
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Seriously though. What the heck would you use for any dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park movies? Yikes.
Simple. .577 Tyrannosaur, of course.
Quote:
http://www.accuratereloading.com/577tyr.html
bogie
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I'd shoot that. Video would probably be boring tho...
(grab it - hold it - make it one with your body - lean into it - pull it back - and squeeze gently)
Heck - I've got a buddy who shoots a .300 Winmag that might weigh 10 pounds free recoil... And he covered a 10 shot group at 600 yard with his hand... Black and blue shoulder after a range session tho...
(grab it - hold it - make it one with your body - lean into it - pull it back - and squeeze gently)
Heck - I've got a buddy who shoots a .300 Winmag that might weigh 10 pounds free recoil... And he covered a 10 shot group at 600 yard with his hand... Black and blue shoulder after a range session tho...
I just finished watching "Sleeping with the enemy." I think if Julia Roberts had introduced the gun earlier in the movie, it would have had that effect.
However, in the end, when she gets the gun, first, she wastes time calling the police. Then, she only shoots him twice. I'm sitting here screaming at the TV and my wife, "Shoot to slide lock!!!!" Of course, he comes back to life (obviously not enough stopping power...), and gets the gun from her. If she had shot to slide lock, there would have been no ammo left in the gun!
Still could have been over if the gun had been in her hands in the second or third scene, when he beats her up...
However, in the end, when she gets the gun, first, she wastes time calling the police. Then, she only shoots him twice. I'm sitting here screaming at the TV and my wife, "Shoot to slide lock!!!!" Of course, he comes back to life (obviously not enough stopping power...), and gets the gun from her. If she had shot to slide lock, there would have been no ammo left in the gun!
Still could have been over if the gun had been in her hands in the second or third scene, when he beats her up...
crazed_ss
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Agreed.. a Jedi would pull a "Neo" when faced with flying projectiles.
Keegan
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Punt gun.
Birds would have been a lot shorter if you threw in a team of five or six tactical response good ol' boys.
nyggis
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In "Ben Hur" Charlton Heston could have had his payback with the assistance of a Tikka T3 Tactical in .338 Lapua Magnum from a rooftop, instead of doing that risky horse race..
I don´t think Mr. Heston would have anything against handling firearms instead of chariots...
I don´t think Mr. Heston would have anything against handling firearms instead of chariots...
Sage of Seattle
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Harry Potter's a Brit, right? Yeah, 'nuff said.
At least in the good old US of A, we hurl fireballs and lightning bolts for our spells. I figure the best way to disarm the bad guy is when he drops the gun after he dies...
As far as being OT, two things: the pregnancy thing and the jedi thing.
Many women seem to love to remind men that men'll never go through the pain and discomfort of childbirth (and child bearing). I always remind those women that men cannot also feel the incredible connection that the mother has with that child either. There is a bond there that men will not understand. So, the pain and discomfort is just one half of the equation and, overall, it's worth it. Theoretically! (depending on when you ask your wife...)
The jedi are simply too cool for words, but they do get taken out left and right. They've got an edge in combat as with most things they do in the galaxy, but are still very much fallible.
I remember seeing Star Wars back in '77 and it changed me, but back then, Solo was the shizzle... Luke was a whiny brat who got lucky at the end. By the time Empire came out though, I started to rethink my position a bit, then when Jedi came out, I had to finally trade my Han Solo blaster pistol in for a shiny new lightsaber.
Well, actually, I ain't no fool. I always carried both!
hankdatank1362
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Here come the star wars boys nerding up an otherwise good thread!
Anybody remember the end of Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings, where the monster is going around, killing the kids of the people who picked on him in school? After a nice, teary, coming to terms, the monsters repents for his evil and turns a new leaf. Ten seconds later, a dozen good ole boys pull up in their four wheel drives and blow him to chunks with various 12GAs and thutty-thutties.
Anybody remember the end of Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings, where the monster is going around, killing the kids of the people who picked on him in school? After a nice, teary, coming to terms, the monsters repents for his evil and turns a new leaf. Ten seconds later, a dozen good ole boys pull up in their four wheel drives and blow him to chunks with various 12GAs and thutty-thutties.
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biggiesmalls said:
The cop emptied a Colt .45 ACP Commander AND a Beretta 84 .380 ACP into Chucky, finishing him off for good in the first movie.
DougDubya
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Jedi and gun toters - Vader crushes throats with a thought at range. Luke can stick to a ceiling like Spider-Man if he wants to, and he learned the "these are not the droids you're looking for trick."
Telekinetic. Able to get outside of your field of vision and convince you that there's nothing AT ALL in your peripheral vision. Even without a light saber, they grab some wire and begin decorating the joint with mercenary and bounty-hunter shaped Christmas ornaments.
Jedi on the planet? Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Telekinetic. Able to get outside of your field of vision and convince you that there's nothing AT ALL in your peripheral vision. Even without a light saber, they grab some wire and begin decorating the joint with mercenary and bounty-hunter shaped Christmas ornaments.
Jedi on the planet? Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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Heh. You go raving about a movie called Pumpkinhead and I'm the nerdy one?
But thinking back, all of my favorite movies have good, story driven reasons why they don't just whip out the pistola and commence ta' blastin'.
I guess The Devil's Rejects is the only one I can think of which would have been greatly improved if the victims had turned the tables on at least a few of them.
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RE: Jurassic Park
All I have to say is, give me a FAL or an M14. Or, even better, a 7.62 beltfed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmoyCgDn2xM
If double and triple taps are dropping elephants, I'm fairly confident that Mr. 7.62 will be sufficient against most everything on that island. For the rex, just flip the fun switch and dump the mag.
Although, just to be on the safe side, it's probably a good idea to have a Ma Deuce or two as backup.
All I have to say is, give me a FAL or an M14. Or, even better, a 7.62 beltfed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmoyCgDn2xM
If double and triple taps are dropping elephants, I'm fairly confident that Mr. 7.62 will be sufficient against most everything on that island. For the rex, just flip the fun switch and dump the mag.
Although, just to be on the safe side, it's probably a good idea to have a Ma Deuce or two as backup.
Feud
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Batman. If Batman would only carry a gun, the movies would be much shorter!
I must admit though, I got the idea from a comic, it's not my own.
I must admit though, I got the idea from a comic, it's not my own.
DougDubya
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They have Batman with a gun.
It's called the Punisher.
It's called the Punisher.
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Actually a T-Rex did not weigh as much and certainly not more than a big African bull Elephant. I know this because I have watched countless programs on the History channel and based on the recovered fosilized remanes of T-Rex the Paylintogists estimate a mature fully grown female T-Rex ( with T-Rex, females were the bigger of the two sexes) tiped the scales in the seven to seven and a half ton range max. The heaviest bull African elephants I have ever read about from a trustworthy sorce placed the weght of them at well over ten tons.
Although I would not be first in line to go hunting them, I would feel comfortable hunting T-Rex with a .460 Weatherby, .500 A-Square or better yet a .585 Nyati loaded with 750 grain solids at a MV of 2525 and 10,625 foot-pounds of ME! I think a few well placed 750 grainers from a .585 Nyati would convince Mr. or Ms. T-Rex to give Jenny Graig a try insted of muching on me.
But in all seriousness I doubt there has ever been preditore that has walked the earth that could not have been killed using a dangerous game caliber like the ones I described above. I do not feel it is wise to comment on extinct herbavores as ther is no way we could know for certain if they would be as potentially dangerous as say a hippo. As a matter of fact I would be more concerned with how on earth would I ever bring down one of the now extnict herbavores of long past ice age let alone when the dinos ruled the earth. Herbavores from both periods were nothing short of titanic in size. Weights of 20, 30, even 40 tons were not uncommon.
As for the raptores or other smaller toothy critters, I would feel well armed with a AR-10 in 6.8 or .308, with lots of HP clips.
As for H-Wood,
I have lost count of how many movies I have sat, no make that suffered through saying all this BS would be over about the time everyones ears began to stop ringing from the muzzlel blast of my gun.
The worst ever award has to go to any one of the friday the 13th type slasher movies were a total nut job kills everyone one at a time using only edged or blunt weapons and after 10 of 15 poeple in the group go missing no one still thinks just maybe something is wrong:banghead:
I will give H-Wood credit for one thing. After watching a few of the movies were people on vacation come to a horrable end at the hands of evil doers, I NEVER EVER go on vacation or a road trip w/o a gun or two, and because of obvious resons, I only go on vacay where I can drive. Normally I bring my .45acp and a riot styile 12ga.
Although I would not be first in line to go hunting them, I would feel comfortable hunting T-Rex with a .460 Weatherby, .500 A-Square or better yet a .585 Nyati loaded with 750 grain solids at a MV of 2525 and 10,625 foot-pounds of ME! I think a few well placed 750 grainers from a .585 Nyati would convince Mr. or Ms. T-Rex to give Jenny Graig a try insted of muching on me.
But in all seriousness I doubt there has ever been preditore that has walked the earth that could not have been killed using a dangerous game caliber like the ones I described above. I do not feel it is wise to comment on extinct herbavores as ther is no way we could know for certain if they would be as potentially dangerous as say a hippo. As a matter of fact I would be more concerned with how on earth would I ever bring down one of the now extnict herbavores of long past ice age let alone when the dinos ruled the earth. Herbavores from both periods were nothing short of titanic in size. Weights of 20, 30, even 40 tons were not uncommon.
As for the raptores or other smaller toothy critters, I would feel well armed with a AR-10 in 6.8 or .308, with lots of HP clips.
As for H-Wood,
I have lost count of how many movies I have sat, no make that suffered through saying all this BS would be over about the time everyones ears began to stop ringing from the muzzlel blast of my gun.The worst ever award has to go to any one of the friday the 13th type slasher movies were a total nut job kills everyone one at a time using only edged or blunt weapons and after 10 of 15 poeple in the group go missing no one still thinks just maybe something is wrong:banghead:
I will give H-Wood credit for one thing. After watching a few of the movies were people on vacation come to a horrable end at the hands of evil doers, I NEVER EVER go on vacation or a road trip w/o a gun or two, and because of obvious resons, I only go on vacay where I can drive. Normally I bring my .45acp and a riot styile 12ga.
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