Would the opposite be Hell's Bells?
Anyways, there are some people there who are easily offendable, and apparently some of those people are Catholics. At least, that's what the article is trying to say. Also, are you sitting down for this. . . .Hollywood at times instigates emotional reactions in human beings by using shocking, bizarre, or inflammatory media!
Hollywood is "trying to shock!"
You can't hear me through the internets, but I just gasped!
The lesson I learned from this is to never pass out an offensive survey to Catholics in the first place, so that they won't get offended. And also, don't show anyone guns. Guns are icky, and if you own one, you should repent at once you heathen!
Dirty, dirty guns.
Showing posts with label Hollywood Stupidity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hollywood Stupidity. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Yeah, I hate Hollywood too
A scathing rant at Big Hollywood on the Hollywood elites, how they suck, and why it's shame on them for calling for unity in America NOW!!
I couldn't agree more.
[H/T Ace]
I couldn't agree more.
[H/T Ace]
Friday, July 25, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
CSI in all its hysterical glory
I'm home folks, and I just finished up an episode of CSI Miami called "Going Ballistic" that made me shake my head with all of the BS.
The story line is trying to follow the real life story of Efraim E. Diveroli who was a defense contractor in Miami who's company, AEY, had a contract with the US Army to sell ammunition to Afghanistan, but was busted for selling the wrong kind of ammo.
The first bit of ridiculousness was right at the beginning where a gunman on a rooftop cuts loose with a Glock 18, killing a new CSI. The gunman managed to place about 10 rounds into her chest at about 100 feet on full auto before the gun Kaboomed. Don't start flaming Glocks just yet.
Next we find out that a contractor has sold pistol ammo containing "black powder" to the DoD. This ammo is corroded to the point where a round rolls off Calleigh's desk, hits the floor, and discharges into the ceiling which blows a 4 bulb fluorescent light down onto the desk which starts a fire. And that's not all! Before the fire, Calleigh had cleaned the corrosion off the case head of one of the rounds where she had discovered that the ammo was produced in 1969. How did she know that? Why, it was stamped right onto the case head! Convenient! There was no possibility that the case was produced in 1969, and then loaded up later, nor was there any mention that ammo doesn't really go bad. This ammo is what caused the Glock KaBoom.
Lastly, the contractor was involved in trafficking the new terror ammo that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership is going to go nuts over. It's called "Fused Alloy" ammo. Apparently this super deadly ammo is pre-fragmented, and bonded with heat. When the conspicuously pointed bullet strikes something like body armor, it punches right through, but when it hits something hot like living tissue, the heat melts the bond causing it to come un-glued and fragment into dozens of pieces. The best line from the episode goes something like "so no matter where you hit someone, they're dead!" Great stuff.
That's not all. Right now I'm watching a CSI New York episode called "Hostage." So far we have a victim with two bullets in his body that are in the same wound channel. The theory is that both rounds came from the same gun, and that the gun must have such low recoil that it can place two rounds into the same hole, and guess what gun they name? The Kriss Super V!
DHS informs NYPD about the weapon, which CSI says doesn't match the caliber in the weapon that a suspected hostage taker is holding, which happens to be a .45 ACP caliber 1911. This is profound because the Kriss Super V is only offered in .45 ACP.
Anyways, I pick CSI apart all of the time because they are so clueless about firearms.
That's all I've got, see ya'll in the morning.
Update: As a reader pointed out in comments, the "fused alloy" bullets do not take into account the heat from being fired out of the gun. That is a good point, so I looked up the episode in Wikipedia, and sure enough, they noticed this as well as some other stuff.
Good catch!
The story line is trying to follow the real life story of Efraim E. Diveroli who was a defense contractor in Miami who's company, AEY, had a contract with the US Army to sell ammunition to Afghanistan, but was busted for selling the wrong kind of ammo.
The first bit of ridiculousness was right at the beginning where a gunman on a rooftop cuts loose with a Glock 18, killing a new CSI. The gunman managed to place about 10 rounds into her chest at about 100 feet on full auto before the gun Kaboomed. Don't start flaming Glocks just yet.
Next we find out that a contractor has sold pistol ammo containing "black powder" to the DoD. This ammo is corroded to the point where a round rolls off Calleigh's desk, hits the floor, and discharges into the ceiling which blows a 4 bulb fluorescent light down onto the desk which starts a fire. And that's not all! Before the fire, Calleigh had cleaned the corrosion off the case head of one of the rounds where she had discovered that the ammo was produced in 1969. How did she know that? Why, it was stamped right onto the case head! Convenient! There was no possibility that the case was produced in 1969, and then loaded up later, nor was there any mention that ammo doesn't really go bad. This ammo is what caused the Glock KaBoom.
Lastly, the contractor was involved in trafficking the new terror ammo that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership is going to go nuts over. It's called "Fused Alloy" ammo. Apparently this super deadly ammo is pre-fragmented, and bonded with heat. When the conspicuously pointed bullet strikes something like body armor, it punches right through, but when it hits something hot like living tissue, the heat melts the bond causing it to come un-glued and fragment into dozens of pieces. The best line from the episode goes something like "so no matter where you hit someone, they're dead!" Great stuff.
That's not all. Right now I'm watching a CSI New York episode called "Hostage." So far we have a victim with two bullets in his body that are in the same wound channel. The theory is that both rounds came from the same gun, and that the gun must have such low recoil that it can place two rounds into the same hole, and guess what gun they name? The Kriss Super V!
DHS informs NYPD about the weapon, which CSI says doesn't match the caliber in the weapon that a suspected hostage taker is holding, which happens to be a .45 ACP caliber 1911. This is profound because the Kriss Super V is only offered in .45 ACP.
Anyways, I pick CSI apart all of the time because they are so clueless about firearms.
That's all I've got, see ya'll in the morning.
Update: As a reader pointed out in comments, the "fused alloy" bullets do not take into account the heat from being fired out of the gun. That is a good point, so I looked up the episode in Wikipedia, and sure enough, they noticed this as well as some other stuff.
Good catch!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Movie Guns II
I'm going to start posting movie guns weekly if I can. I watch lots of movies and I'm a critic when it comes down to accuracy. This week is mainly about the 1911, but since I was taking pictures from movies I decided to add a few more.
The first movie I went through was We Were Soldiers staring Mel Gibson. There were plenty of other great actors in it, one of which is Sam Elliot who wields a Colt M1911A1:
This hold serves no purpose whatsoever but is seen on just about every movie poster ever made. He does however keep his finger straight and off the trigger which Hollywood does not usually enforce, and he doesn't do the "cup-and-saucer" pistol hold that is also very common amongst the firearm uneducated, so I would say that this actor has handled a firearm before.
Next up we have the movie Major Payne. Damon Wayans fires his 1911 into the air to get his ROTC students under control:
There's not a whole lot to say about this movie. He is seen with the gun at the beginning of the movie but I can't recall him ever firing it until this scene
The last film I'm going to cover is Black Hawk Down. The two Delta Soldiers had Colt M1911A1's and used them in a big shootout in the middle of the movie:
Both eyes open and looking for a target, but every time he fires his eyes are closed. You see all kinds of poor shooting when you advance the film one frame at a time.
Here is a picture of the other guy firing his 1911. If you look closely, you can see the pistol's hammer is back but the gun appears to be firing. The muzzle flash was added after the scene was shot as there are many more places where you can see the pistol is at slide lock but he keeps firing anyhow.
You can only tell these things if your going frame by frame, when the film is running normally everything looks fine. The shootout looks really good at full speed.
For fun I threw in some extra guns from the film. A M14 with an Aimpoint on top looks cool, and I'm sure it's devastating in an urban environment if you don't have to clear rooms or tight spaces, but I would imagine that the rifles long range effectiveness is ruined. Just a thought.
Here is a Colt M4A2 with a fake suppressor attached. The rifle looks great with that Aimpoint on the carry handle but I'm not sure if that's a Surefire G2 Nitrolon mounted on the side. If it is, I doubt it existed back then. Also notice that he's not looking through the Aimpoint or the sight. I would say he has never fired a rifle before.
The last picture I have for you is the Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun that the injured pilot is fighting with. In his lap is a Colt M4A1 that belongs to the Delta Soldier above. The Soldier with the M14 gives it to the Pilot, but the funny part is that he isn't given the gun until about 10 seconds after this picture. I guess it is a movie mistake.
Also of note is the light on the M4 is taped to the forearm.
That's all I've got today. Enjoy.
The first movie I went through was We Were Soldiers staring Mel Gibson. There were plenty of other great actors in it, one of which is Sam Elliot who wields a Colt M1911A1:
I can usually pick out an actor who has had little gun handling skills in life, and I think Sam Elliot is one of them. Cocking a 1911 with your finger inside of the trigger guard is a big no-no. Also, as he's fighting with the pistol you can see that he's not really even aiming at the NVA soldiers that he "kills," he sometimes fires towards the ground.
The 1911 can be seen elsewhere in the movie, such as this "Hollywood High Ready" picture that is so common in film:
This hold serves no purpose whatsoever but is seen on just about every movie poster ever made. He does however keep his finger straight and off the trigger which Hollywood does not usually enforce, and he doesn't do the "cup-and-saucer" pistol hold that is also very common amongst the firearm uneducated, so I would say that this actor has handled a firearm before.
Next up we have the movie Major Payne. Damon Wayans fires his 1911 into the air to get his ROTC students under control:
There's not a whole lot to say about this movie. He is seen with the gun at the beginning of the movie but I can't recall him ever firing it until this scene
The last film I'm going to cover is Black Hawk Down. The two Delta Soldiers had Colt M1911A1's and used them in a big shootout in the middle of the movie:
Both eyes open and looking for a target, but every time he fires his eyes are closed. You see all kinds of poor shooting when you advance the film one frame at a time.
Here is a picture of the other guy firing his 1911. If you look closely, you can see the pistol's hammer is back but the gun appears to be firing. The muzzle flash was added after the scene was shot as there are many more places where you can see the pistol is at slide lock but he keeps firing anyhow.
You can only tell these things if your going frame by frame, when the film is running normally everything looks fine. The shootout looks really good at full speed.
For fun I threw in some extra guns from the film. A M14 with an Aimpoint on top looks cool, and I'm sure it's devastating in an urban environment if you don't have to clear rooms or tight spaces, but I would imagine that the rifles long range effectiveness is ruined. Just a thought.
Here is a Colt M4A2 with a fake suppressor attached. The rifle looks great with that Aimpoint on the carry handle but I'm not sure if that's a Surefire G2 Nitrolon mounted on the side. If it is, I doubt it existed back then. Also notice that he's not looking through the Aimpoint or the sight. I would say he has never fired a rifle before.
The last picture I have for you is the Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun that the injured pilot is fighting with. In his lap is a Colt M4A1 that belongs to the Delta Soldier above. The Soldier with the M14 gives it to the Pilot, but the funny part is that he isn't given the gun until about 10 seconds after this picture. I guess it is a movie mistake.
Also of note is the light on the M4 is taped to the forearm.
That's all I've got today. Enjoy.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Another anti-war movie
It seems Stop-Loss also falls on its face.
The movie is about the stop loss policy for extending the active duty contract of those serving in the military and how it affects Soldiers. Some erroneously think it applies only to the Army.
I suppose Hollywood thinks they're exposing some sort of military disservice or something, as if it really is a "back door draft" as the uninformed media calls it. Having been stop lossed two weeks before the end of my active duty contract and sent to war, I clearly understand the weight of the issue.
The troops who are surprised by stop loss are the ones who didn't read their service contract very well; you sign up for however much active service, usually four years, and then a time of inactive service, usually an additional four years. You can be called back into active service within that inactive time period.
I am pretty tired of the Hollywood and media "elite" types speaking of things of which they have no knowledge or understanding. Here's to hoping they loose every dollar they put into trash like this.
Bastards
The movie is about the stop loss policy for extending the active duty contract of those serving in the military and how it affects Soldiers. Some erroneously think it applies only to the Army.
I suppose Hollywood thinks they're exposing some sort of military disservice or something, as if it really is a "back door draft" as the uninformed media calls it. Having been stop lossed two weeks before the end of my active duty contract and sent to war, I clearly understand the weight of the issue.
The troops who are surprised by stop loss are the ones who didn't read their service contract very well; you sign up for however much active service, usually four years, and then a time of inactive service, usually an additional four years. You can be called back into active service within that inactive time period.
I am pretty tired of the Hollywood and media "elite" types speaking of things of which they have no knowledge or understanding. Here's to hoping they loose every dollar they put into trash like this.
Bastards
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Beware of new Terror Ammo! Movie Guns I
I watched the movie WAR last night which starred Jet Li and Jason Statham. I laughed almost the entire movie. The action and all that was pretty good, but the realism was seriously lacking.
I'm one of those geeks who picks out all of the innaccuracies in movies with guns, so imagine how hard I laughed when I heard this at the begining of the movie:
Here is a screenshot of the casing:
Looks like a 5.7x28mm to me, and just in case you may have had any doubts that it was titanium:
There you have it! It's titanium alright, and it does appear to be a 5.7. Good thing they clarified that. The only problem is that these rounds are loaded into a Walther P99:
Jet Li's caracter picked up a magazine, which looks suspiciously like an FN FiveSeveN mag, and places one round in it for dramatic effect before taking a look at those depleted uranium beauties:
Notice that the top cartridge that he just loaded is not seated all the way. Well he shoves that FN FiveSeveN magazine right on into the Walther anyways, and then refrained from chambering a round. Safety first and all.
Also, what does one need depleted uranium rounds for? I mean this is pistol ammo, not 120mm for the main gun on a M1A1. According to the VPC, all 5.7x28mm rounds are the super deadly "armor piercing" spleen shredders, or does depleted uranium cause so much more damage to flesh? It sure as hell doesn't expand. Maybe the "teflon" fad has finally become boring to Hollywood and they needed a new hysterical hobby horse to ride. Or maybe the Yakusa have to worry about armored vehicles! BWAHAHAHAHA!
Still a pretty good movie, I'm just a stickler for firearm stuff.
Now let's watch for the VPC or the Brady Bunch pick up on this danger to our society and call for an immediate ban! No more Walther P99's that accept titanium ammo on our streets!
I'm one of those geeks who picks out all of the innaccuracies in movies with guns, so imagine how hard I laughed when I heard this at the begining of the movie:
"..titanium shells, depleted uranium bullets; it was his signature..."HAHAHA!! Hollywood has such an active imagination! My wife just rolled her eyes when I tried to tell her how stupid that was while I'm gasping for air. There was much more firearm tomfoolery throughout.
Here is a screenshot of the casing:
Looks like a 5.7x28mm to me, and just in case you may have had any doubts that it was titanium:
There you have it! It's titanium alright, and it does appear to be a 5.7. Good thing they clarified that. The only problem is that these rounds are loaded into a Walther P99:
Jet Li's caracter picked up a magazine, which looks suspiciously like an FN FiveSeveN mag, and places one round in it for dramatic effect before taking a look at those depleted uranium beauties:
Notice that the top cartridge that he just loaded is not seated all the way. Well he shoves that FN FiveSeveN magazine right on into the Walther anyways, and then refrained from chambering a round. Safety first and all.
Also, what does one need depleted uranium rounds for? I mean this is pistol ammo, not 120mm for the main gun on a M1A1. According to the VPC, all 5.7x28mm rounds are the super deadly "armor piercing" spleen shredders, or does depleted uranium cause so much more damage to flesh? It sure as hell doesn't expand. Maybe the "teflon" fad has finally become boring to Hollywood and they needed a new hysterical hobby horse to ride. Or maybe the Yakusa have to worry about armored vehicles! BWAHAHAHAHA!
Still a pretty good movie, I'm just a stickler for firearm stuff.
Now let's watch for the VPC or the Brady Bunch pick up on this danger to our society and call for an immediate ban! No more Walther P99's that accept titanium ammo on our streets!
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