neatorama.com— In general, Hollywood filmmakers follow the laws of physics because they have no other choice. It?s just when they cheat with special effects that we seem to forget how the world really works.
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"2. Sound that Moves at the Speed of Light - Hollywood always gets this one wrong. On film, thunder doesnt follow lightning (as in real life, because sound is slower); they occur simultaneously."I remember watching the FX comments on the Attack of the Clones DVD where they talk about how shots on Kamino with all the thunder were time delayed so that the thunder came after the flash. I thought that was pretty amusing considering the source material.
One that always gets me is that magazines in movies seem to spawn ammunition. Most movies, when a gun is fired, far more rounds are allowed to be fired than what the gun has a capacity for. The 5 shot revolver squeezing off a dozen rounds, or the 1911 with a 7 round mag firing 20rounds.
Colonel Sandurz: Sir haden't you better buckle up?Dark Helmet: AH! BUCKLE THIS! Ludicrous speed GO! Dark Helmet: Whoaaa! What have I done? Dark Helmet: My brains are going into my feet!
You're right. I also love that hand grenades have a big, fiery explosion instead of a dusty-looking blast. And the reaction of the actors is always to jump through the air away from it when your best chance of not getting hit by the shrapnel would be to hit the floor.
chocobomogMar 6, 2007
Firefly did this as well and it seemed more "realistic" because of it.
analogkingMar 6, 2007
Something about alternative fuel comes to mind. I recall a Police officer being severely burned when a vehicle rear-ended his alternative fuel cruiser. <a class="user" href="http://www.crownvictoriasafetyalert.com/timeline.html">http://www.crownvictoriasafetyalert.com/timeline.html</a>
huntertvMar 7, 2007
"2. Sound that Moves at the Speed of Light - Hollywood always gets this one wrong. On film, thunder doesnt follow lightning (as in real life, because sound is slower); they occur simultaneously."I remember watching the FX comments on the Attack of the Clones DVD where they talk about how shots on Kamino with all the thunder were time delayed so that the thunder came after the flash. I thought that was pretty amusing considering the source material.
hellmarkMar 7, 2007
One that always gets me is that magazines in movies seem to spawn ammunition. Most movies, when a gun is fired, far more rounds are allowed to be fired than what the gun has a capacity for. The 5 shot revolver squeezing off a dozen rounds, or the 1911 with a 7 round mag firing 20rounds.
rtournMar 7, 2007
Digg, maybe they will learn, it pulls me right out of a movie when I see this crap.
rebotfcMar 7, 2007
Colonel Sandurz: Sir haden't you better buckle up?Dark Helmet: AH! BUCKLE THIS! Ludicrous speed GO! Dark Helmet: Whoaaa! What have I done? Dark Helmet: My brains are going into my feet!
dforspidMar 7, 2007
"Women will sound like men, and men will sound like Henry Kissinger."What will Henry Kissinger sound like then?
dforspidMar 8, 2007
I guess his voice will be too low for our pathetic human ears to comprehend
brewbeauMar 11, 2007
You're right. I also love that hand grenades have a big, fiery explosion instead of a dusty-looking blast. And the reaction of the actors is always to jump through the air away from it when your best chance of not getting hit by the shrapnel would be to hit the floor.