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the main difference in the scenarios is that the explosion is vented into the mag/trigger well in a semi, where it can injure the shooter, and in the cases I've seen and heard about, slide and barrel remain intact. You don't normally see a lot of shrapnel around to injure bystanders, in my experience.
The revolvers, as shown, will blow out at the cylinder, the exploding cylinder wall will either deform or cut off the top strap, and whatever explosive damage and shrapnel will be experienced above and in front of the shooter. I'd not want to have one go off without safety glasses, but I can't recall a single report of a person losing a hand or fingers to an exploding revolver. (I can't remember an exploding semiauto doing that, either, to be honest, only serious wounds.)
It bears mentioning that other than the gas operated desert eagle, you aren't going to find the sort of high power cartridges used in revolvers. A .454 casull is too intense for a mechanical system like a 1911.
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