Plausible Stupid Movie Moments(spoiler heavy post).

[fulano]

Okay, I've made this topic to get this thing off my hest. I was watching the movie WANTED, and noticed physics got pretty much raped in there, but one thing really, REALLY stuck with me. After all it's implausibility, WANTED did get one "concept" right:

BULLET BENDING!

Hypotetically speaking, if you were, like, superman, you could rotate your trunk in one axis in one direction way faster than the speed of sound(you'd require MAD strength for this), and then throw your arm in the opposing rotation(again, you'd need MAD strength), and shoot the gun at the right moment and angle, and if done right, your bullet's trayectory would go one in one direction while still being dragged by the coefficient of the other direction creating a parabola-like effect using the centrifugal forces of two different movements in different axes. Kinda like a pitcher does in baseball but with something that goes STRAIGHT and way faster and also, you can't apply any kind of rotation effect.

EDIT: The coriolis force does the rotation for you, ALWAYS. It affects everything in mid-air, and has to do with the rotation of the earth.

You wouldn't shoot in just one direction, and the bullet wouldn't hit the target with the pointy end but who cares, you CAN do it!...but then again you are superman, and you can shoot heat beams out of your eyes...

Actually having studied the physics involved in school, I was like "Holy crap! they seem to be getting these one right, at least to some extent. They are superhuman
after all! Maybe they just flail their arms around and not do the trunk thingie but hey, I WANT TO BELIEVE!."

I 'll be honest with you-I was feeling pretty friggin' powerful having rationalized in my head the whole plausibility and workings of bullet bending in mere moments(I know, it's stupid and vain but I couldn't help it). I felt like I had NAILED that idea; and then Angelina Jolie showed up and proceeded to crap on it with the JFK magic bullet at the end that also ended blowing her noggin', and I was unceremoniously crushed. Laughing but still crushed. Centrifugal force what? The next victim was the coriolis force and the apparently flat earth the characters appear to live in, but oh, well. I might elaborate on that if I ever make a topic called "Movies that Raped Physics a Case Study"

But YES, you can do bullet bending and permaban someone in real life! you just have to be superstrong...

Share yours! Who knows, sometimes even hollywood gets one right now and then.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Okay, I've made this topic to get this thing off my hest. I was watching the movie WANTED, and noticed physics got pretty much raped in there, but one thing really, REALLY stuck with me. After all it's implausibility, WANTED did get one "concept" right:

BULLET BENDING!

Hypotetically speaking, if you were, like, superman, you could rotate your trunk in one axis in one direction way faster than the speed of sound(you'd require MAD strength for this), and then throw your arm in the opposing rotation(again, you'd need MAD strength), and shoot the gun at the right moment and angle, and if done right, your bullet's trayectory would go one in one direction while still being dragged by the coefficient of the other direction creating a parabola-like effect using the centrifugal forces of two different movements in different axes. Kinda like a pitcher does in baseball but with something that goes STRAIGHT and way faster and also, you can't apply any kind of rotation effect.

You wouldn't shoot in just one direction, and the bullet wouldn't hit the target with the pointy end but who cares, you CAN do it!...but then again you are superman, and you can shoot heat beams out of your eyes...

Actually having studied the physics involved in school, I was like "Holy crap! they seem to be getting these one right, at least to some extent. They are superhuman
after all! Maybe they just flail their arms around and not do the trunk thingie but hey, I WANT TO BELIEVE!."

I 'll be honest with you-I was feeling pretty friggin' powerful having rationalized in my head the whole plausibility and workings of bullet bending in mere moments(I know, it's stupid and vain but I couldn't help it). I felt like I had NAILED that idea; and then Angelina Jolie showed up and proceeded to crap on it with the JFK magic bullet at the end that also ended blowing her noggin', and I was unceremoniously crushed. Laughing but still crushed. Centrifugal force what? The next victim was the coriolis force and the apparently flat earth the characters appear to live in, but oh, well. I might elaborate on that if I ever make a topic called "Movies that Raped Physics a Case Study"

But YES, you can do bullet bending and permaban someone in real life! you just have to be superstrong...

Share yours! Who knows, sometimes even hollywood gets one right now and then.

I don't think it could work, Because once it leaves the barrel you have no control over its movement. Maybe if there was a specialized barrel that had some of one side cut so you could move the bullet to the left.

 

[fulano]

You don't control the trayectories, the forces do it for you. Think of it like throwing a ball upside down in your hand from the inside of a moving train and then think of how it looks to an outside onlooker: The trayectory is a parabola.

 

[fulano]

It's like you say mate, it's possible. but only with supermans strength.
And i can't say i now any one that strong in real life.

But there is a way to do bullut bending in REAL LIFE. The marksmen of the army can do it.

It just needs to be over a long distance and with a bit of wind.

I thought they did calculating the distance and then letting coriolis' force work it's magic. They don't have those handy notes full of distances and angles for nothing.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

It's like you say mate, it's possible. but only with supermans strength.
And i can't say i now any one that strong in real life.

But there is a way to do bullut bending in REAL LIFE. The marksmen of the army can do it.

It just needs to be over a long distance and with a bit of wind.

Those marksmen don't actually bend the bullet, Wind carrys it thats why they have spotters. After thinking about the only way this would work is that you swing it so fast it cuts the air.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

It's like you say mate, it's possible. but only with supermans strength.
And i can't say i now any one that strong in real life.

But there is a way to do bullut bending in REAL LIFE. The marksmen of the army can do it.

It just needs to be over a long distance and with a bit of wind.

I thought they did calculating the distance and then letting coriolis' force work it's magic. They don't have those handy notes full of distances and angles for nothing.

Yeah they take distance then tell the marksmen to move one up right and stuff and the wind will carry it there.

 

[fulano]

You are right.

Another Plausible Stupid Movie Moments?
Anyone?

 

[HeyZeus_Ezekiel_Jesus]

it's a movie get over it.

 

[scoobyduped]

Another Plausible Stupid Movie Moments?
Anyone?

Live Free or Die Hard, where Bruce Willis drives a cop car through a toll booth, using it as a makeshift ramp, jumps out, and lets the car crash into a helicopter.

 

[fulano]

"Midichlorians are a microscopic life-form that reside within all living cells."

Maybe that was some nod to the mitochondria we all have, who knows.

 

[Spartan Bannana]

In Harold and Kumar 2: Escape from Guantanamo Bay when it turns out:

Spoiler

That the president's a dope head, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he's given half his speeches high

Also I'm finally Gonzo It's an honor to enter the ranks of the greats.

 

[Swerve]

Anytime someone uses a car door as cover when bullets are flying.

Stupid stuff like using a helicopter as a weapon in Bond for e.g. That kinda shit has me shouting at the screen.