Anyone else find this jarring? The shell casing are obviously blanks and you see them over and over and over again in this scene. You can see the extra brass that was holding the powder in after each shot. It's kind of like watching student film with very obvious props... took me out of the scene and seemed pretty of lame.
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And as been said, the rest of the world isnt as obsessed with guns as you are.
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Applied Science? All science is applied. Eventually.
The ejected shells were .357 SIG; the person who said earlier that's what they first thought should have stuck with their initial impression... that's what they are.
The shotgun did look funny, but it would in fact work just fine with that setup; it just wouldn't pattern well with shot shells, as the pellets would spread out a great deal right away... that's why he said setting off a round would kill everyone in the room. The hulls of the shotgun shells would actually serve as a very short barrel.
Whoever identified those as goofs in that section needs to go back and delete that nonsense.
this was an interesting thread because I learned something about guns
But the IT guy, and a few others who replied with, "get over it" were more on point: almost all movies contain flaws and errors, even the ones that are about the very thing that has the flaws in it:
Movies that take place in the '30s, but the home as vinyl siding.
A telephone from any time before the '70s with a modular plug on the head set, clearly visible in the close ups of the star using it.
Every use of every computer in every film ever made with one (pure and utter nonsense, but no one cares because we know it is "only a movie").
Um, the phone numbers that always begin with a "555".
A character driving a car, but the car is obviously being towed, or is on a trailer
These things are typical, not exceptions.
Sigh. Film makers are really good at telling stories, they are usually not expert in their subject matter. So much so that we tend to sit up and take notice when they do and they are.
Norm "suspension of disbelief" Kerr
Obviously "attention to detail" was not something this movie excelled at, but the Browning Hi-power has never been chambered in .357 Sig.
While I agree that the brass casing is most likely a 9mm blank, the Hi-Power was chambered for a time in 7.62x21mm (aka .30 Luger)... a necked-down precursor to the modern 9x19mm Parabellum (aka 9mm or 9mm Luger).
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p78/sksvlad/30luger.jpg
As rare as it is now, 7.62x21mm Parabellum would be a clever signature round for a (Hollywood Movie) hitman.
spot on chief. well said.
First of all it is a shell case not a casing, casings are used to make sausage. Somewhere along the line someone decided that casing sounds cooler and I cringe every time I hear it. Second, I was ready to call BS on the blank, but I am watching it now and replayed it in Sol-Mo and discover that you are right. But to be honest I could not tell they were blanks till I played it in Slo-Mo. Now that you pointed it out to me I am annoyed that they did not get it right.
share"Casing" as in brass casing or steel casing is both perfectly acceptable and commonly used. Check any number of sites that sell ammunition or reloading supplies.
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When I got my first gun a little over 50 years ago the term casing was never used, it was always case. But someone started calling it casing and eventually it became accepted but the term was always case. The a similar thing happened with Kleenex. people started calling all paper tissue Kleenex even though the name is trademarked by Kleenex. Another example is Xerox, Xerox invented the copier and when other companies started making machines people would say make a of that even though they were not using Xerox machine.
People also think that clip and magazine are the same thing but they are two different devices.
The fact that the term has been misused so often that it has become accepted will not change my mind about using the correct term
Yes! And if you pause it at 39:47 you can see the stamp on the bottom that says Blanks.
It was almost as bad as the scene in The Matrix when Trinity and Neo kill all the security guards. You see Neo with twin 9mm automatics but the cartridges that fall are 7.62 rifle cartridges http://youtu.be/cF-WeswkqXc?t=1m43s
Blank cartridges: http://alturl.com/gk4mu
IMHO, showing those blank cartridges in slo-mo was a travesty, especially with all the CGI that was used in that scene. They couldn't have fix the rippled cartridges to make them look as if they were real and not blanks?
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Yes, I noticed. No, I did not care.
I suppose the should have done some close ups with actual bullets just for you. Those jerks...
no I'd never have noticed that. Sometimes I notice a chess board set-up incorrectly or a nonsensical position on one, but I wouldn't let it ruin the film
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pretty of lame????
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