Movie laugh

Doug.38PR · June 6, 2005, 08:14 PM

I realize it's just tv and movies, but why in the old movies from the 40s & 50s do you always see people (particularly bad guys...like in the old Superman tv series) thowing their hand forward when shooting at someone. They don't just pull the trigger and fire, they thrust the gunhand forward when firing. BAM BAM BAM BAM! It doesn't look really cool it just looks like your going out of your way to scatter bullets hitting anything but your target. (except in the Superman thing you always see each and every bullet bouncing off his S while he stands their confidently with his arms either folded or on his sides

) You see them doing it in all TV series and movies back then.

Dave Haven · June 6, 2005, 08:20 PM

In more modern shows, the complete lack of recoil is amusing as well. Or delayed recoil. Or the lack of bullet impact noise when shooting a silenced firearm.

woodland · June 6, 2005, 08:44 PM

Or the brass hitting the ground from a revolver, or the sound of a 1911 going "click, click, click" after it is empty, or the sound of a slide being racked EVERY time the guy jumps around a corner. Or how everyone is afraid to move when the bad guy has a 1911 at their head and the hammer is down.

Did I say my wife hates watching "action" movies with me if they have lots of guns in them?

Doug.38PR · June 6, 2005, 09:04 PM

Or, delayed impact noise of a bullet when someone is shot one or two seconds after firing....and then a gallon of blood pours out of the wound....through their cloths

BTW, would you even HEAR a bullet hit someone?

Even if you could, it always sounds like someone slapping you with the palm of their hand.

chris in va · June 6, 2005, 09:38 PM

I'm pretty fond of the gunfire echo in a small room. Sounds like they're in the Grand Canyon.

Thankfully some of the more modern movies are shying away from fake sounds like thunder and gunfire.

kkb · June 7, 2005, 12:39 AM

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why in the old movies from the 40s & 50s do you always see people (particularly bad guys...like in the old Superman tv series) thowing their hand forward when shooting at someone.

To make the bullet go faster

CajunBass · June 7, 2005, 06:44 AM

I like the way everyone walks around with an unloaded gun. They ALWAYS have to rack the slide or pump a shotgun, or cycle the action on a lever gun.

Wife and I were watching an old Perry Mason movie last night. The P.I. (Paul Drakes son) goes to his desk, takes out a Colt snubbie, flips it open, holds it up, spins the cylinder, snaps it shut, and runs out of the room. Then he comes back..."Need bullets". Later he gets behind the two bad guys. One of them has a bolt action hunting rifle, the other a sawed off double barrel shotgun. He says "Drop it... NO... don't turn around." He flips open the Colt AGAIN, and puts in ONE round, and snaps it shut. Way to go BARNEY!!

Now that my friends is COURAGE. To walk up behind two heavly armed bad guys (Who had already been shooting at him) and challenge them with an unloaded pistol.

Russ5924 · June 7, 2005, 07:43 AM

They flip the gun forward to give the bullet better velocity before it clears the barrel

Jkwas · June 7, 2005, 08:12 AM

I read where one of the many point shooting techniques involves "throwing the gun forward". I think this was the OSS method, which would tie into right around the post war period when the superman series was made.

Also, did you notice in the old movies and shows, the bad guys just bend over and fall down when shot, they don't get blown back 5ft and knocked off their feet.

Doug.38PR · June 7, 2005, 09:07 AM

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Also, did you notice in the old movies and shows, the bad guys just bend over and fall down when shot, they don't get blown back 5ft and knocked off their feet.

HA I was just thinking that. More realistic that way. I used to think that was fake until I found out that bullets (the .45 particularly) don't knock people back off their feet. Yup, you see it in all the Mel Gibson, Arnold Swartzanegger, Jean Claude Van Damn, Steven Segal, Clint Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone. Whip out a .357 or .44 and the bad guy flips up in the air and lands 5 feet from where he was standing. (remember the first Dirty Harry movie when he shoots the first robber running out of the bank? HAHAHA.

gatorman · June 7, 2005, 09:25 AM

everybody knows that if a 45 even gets close the wind will spin you around 2 or 3 times

Topthis · June 7, 2005, 10:03 AM

I like the old Westerns, back when they never needed to load their weapons and just kept shooting...gotta get me one of those guns!!!

kkb · June 7, 2005, 10:21 AM

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I like the old Westerns, back when they never needed to load their weapons and just kept shooting...gotta get me one of those guns!!!

OK. Here ya go...

Shamelessly pilfered from another poster here at TFL whos name I forget.

Doug.38PR · June 7, 2005, 11:52 AM

LOL

(To the above picture and comment)

Remember the movie (not really old like a B&W B-Western as far as movies go, it was made in the early 60s) Sons of Katie Elder with John Wayne and Dean Martin?
The end of the movie John Wayne finds out who killed his father and loads up his .45 Colt (no gunbelt or extra bullets) and walks across the street with gun in hand ready to do justice. After the gun exchange is over, Wayne fires about (I've seen the movie about a dozen times and each time I count the shots) 11-13 shots from his "six" shooter with all the diving behind tables, counters, out the door etc.

racinstylez · June 7, 2005, 11:55 AM

its movies people, get over it....its not gonna be REAL. Thats why is called the movies.

Topthis · June 7, 2005, 03:42 PM

Uh...Racinstylez...read the thread...it's all about Movie Laughs, get it?

racinstylez · June 7, 2005, 03:47 PM

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Uh...Racinstylez...read the thread...it's all about Movie Laughs, get it?

that was a sarcastic remark....look at the tounge hangin out... hahha its all in good fun my friend.

Doug.38PR · June 7, 2005, 06:38 PM

I remember a scene in the Untouchables (the Robert Stack series

not the horrible Kevin Costner movie :barf: ) where Ness and his men are standing over the scene of a shooting with their .38 specials out and one of them cocks his fedora hat to the back of his head using the tip of his muzzel.

Also, I like it in movies when the good guy leader has his gun out and starts pointing to his men with the muzzel of his gun saying "Okay, Joe I want you to take cover over there. Harry you get back there and get ready, etc."

Topthis · June 7, 2005, 07:34 PM

I like it when the hot women in the movies run around in their see thru lingerie, shooting their guns and....uh, wait a minute, thats not a movie, thats a dream...never mind!!!

chris in va · June 7, 2005, 10:37 PM

I've got another one.

Phone Booth, when Kiefer kept chambering rounds for...effect.

Relayer · June 7, 2005, 11:58 PM

I like the scenes where Superman would stand there and let the bullets bounce of his chest, but would duck when the BG threw the empty gun at him.

3 weelin geezer · June 8, 2005, 12:38 AM

Thats because he is bullet proof not pistol whip proof. The bullets feel like little bitty mosquitos but the pistol....well it would hurt like a pistol. I wonder if shooting this way started that gang stance where you shoot the pistol cocked 90 deg to the side? Bop, bop with the milli 9! Women shooting guns in lingerie? Thats not a dream thats a guns with chicks flick. Yeah, guns with chicks in that order.

tjhands · June 8, 2005, 09:21 AM

Yeah seriously, how DID holding the auto tilted at a 90 degree angle become the cool way to shoot in the movies? You never see a punk shooting a revolver that way. Why the auto?

Maybe they are handloaders and tilt the gun so the brass flies straight up in the air where they can catch it on its way down?
"What the hell you DOIN, Homey?"
"Savin' my brass, Brutha. Stuff is 'spensive...."

Avizpls · June 8, 2005, 09:31 AM

"What the hell you DOIN, Homey?"
"Savin' my brass, Brutha. Stuff is 'spensive...."

HAHAHAHAH I can picture this in my head, and its hillarious

siotwo · June 8, 2005, 09:52 AM

this is too funny, although not gun related

Whooo Whooo

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/bubbrubb.wmv

June 6, 2005, 08:14 PM	#1
Doug.38PR Junior member Join Date: January 18, 2005 Posts: 3,298	Movie laugh I realize it's just tv and movies, but why in the old movies from the 40s & 50s do you always see people (particularly bad guys...like in the old Superman tv series) thowing their hand forward when shooting at someone. They don't just pull the trigger and fire, they thrust the gunhand forward when firing. BAM BAM BAM BAM! It doesn't look really cool it just looks like your going out of your way to scatter bullets hitting anything but your target. (except in the Superman thing you always see each and every bullet bouncing off his S while he stands their confidently with his arms either folded or on his sides ) You see them doing it in all TV series and movies back then.

June 6, 2005, 08:20 PM	#2
Dave Haven Senior Member Join Date: February 1, 2000 Location: near Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 790	In more modern shows, the complete lack of recoil is amusing as well. Or delayed recoil. Or the lack of bullet impact noise when shooting a silenced firearm. __________________ NRA Endowment Member FCSA Life Member Subs are cool, but belt-feds RULE!

June 6, 2005, 08:44 PM	#3
woodland Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2001 Location: western wa. Posts: 564	Or the brass hitting the ground from a revolver, or the sound of a 1911 going "click, click, click" after it is empty, or the sound of a slide being racked EVERY time the guy jumps around a corner. Or how everyone is afraid to move when the bad guy has a 1911 at their head and the hammer is down. Did I say my wife hates watching "action" movies with me if they have lots of guns in them? __________________ "There is no spoon..."

June 7, 2005, 06:44 AM	#7
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	Gun stuff in movies I like the way everyone walks around with an unloaded gun. They ALWAYS have to rack the slide or pump a shotgun, or cycle the action on a lever gun. Wife and I were watching an old Perry Mason movie last night. The P.I. (Paul Drakes son) goes to his desk, takes out a Colt snubbie, flips it open, holds it up, spins the cylinder, snaps it shut, and runs out of the room. Then he comes back..."Need bullets". Later he gets behind the two bad guys. One of them has a bolt action hunting rifle, the other a sawed off double barrel shotgun. He says "Drop it... NO... don't turn around." He flips open the Colt AGAIN, and puts in ONE round, and snaps it shut. Way to go BARNEY!! Now that my friends is COURAGE. To walk up behind two heavly armed bad guys (Who had already been shooting at him) and challenge them with an unloaded pistol. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

June 7, 2005, 07:43 AM	#8
Russ5924 Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1,874	They flip the gun forward to give the bullet better velocity before it clears the barrel __________________ Russ5924

June 6, 2005, 09:04 PM	#4
Doug.38PR Junior member Join Date: January 18, 2005 Posts: 3,298	Or, delayed impact noise of a bullet when someone is shot one or two seconds after firing....and then a gallon of blood pours out of the wound....through their cloths BTW, would you even HEAR a bullet hit someone? Even if you could, it always sounds like someone slapping you with the palm of their hand.

June 6, 2005, 09:38 PM	#5
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	I'm pretty fond of the gunfire echo in a small room. Sounds like they're in the Grand Canyon. Thankfully some of the more modern movies are shying away from fake sounds like thunder and gunfire.

June 7, 2005, 08:12 AM	#9
Jkwas Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2005 Location: Mouth of the Rat, Florida Posts: 1,778	Point shooting I read where one of the many point shooting techniques involves "throwing the gun forward". I think this was the OSS method, which would tie into right around the post war period when the superman series was made. Also, did you notice in the old movies and shows, the bad guys just bend over and fall down when shot, they don't get blown back 5ft and knocked off their feet. Last edited by Jkwas; June 7, 2005 at 08:13 AM. Reason: add info

June 7, 2005, 09:25 AM	#11
gatorman Junior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: eastern lower alabama Posts: 1	everybody knows that if a 45 even gets close the wind will spin you around 2 or 3 times __________________ the beams must not be broken, the tower must not fall, hile to me gunslingers!

June 7, 2005, 10:03 AM	#12
Topthis Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2005 Posts: 863	I like the old Westerns, back when they never needed to load their weapons and just kept shooting...gotta get me one of those guns!!!

June 7, 2005, 11:52 AM	#14
Doug.38PR Junior member Join Date: January 18, 2005 Posts: 3,298	LOL (To the above picture and comment) Remember the movie (not really old like a B&W B-Western as far as movies go, it was made in the early 60s) Sons of Katie Elder with John Wayne and Dean Martin? The end of the movie John Wayne finds out who killed his father and loads up his .45 Colt (no gunbelt or extra bullets) and walks across the street with gun in hand ready to do justice. After the gun exchange is over, Wayne fires about (I've seen the movie about a dozen times and each time I count the shots) 11-13 shots from his "six" shooter with all the diving behind tables, counters, out the door etc.

June 7, 2005, 11:55 AM	#15
racinstylez Senior Member Join Date: May 23, 2005 Posts: 240	its movies people, get over it....its not gonna be REAL. Thats why is called the movies. __________________ Sigmund Freud: "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."

June 7, 2005, 03:42 PM	#16
Topthis Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2005 Posts: 863	Uh...Racinstylez...read the thread...it's all about Movie Laughs, get it?

June 7, 2005, 06:38 PM	#18
Doug.38PR Junior member Join Date: January 18, 2005 Posts: 3,298	I remember a scene in the Untouchables (the Robert Stack series not the horrible Kevin Costner movie :barf: ) where Ness and his men are standing over the scene of a shooting with their .38 specials out and one of them cocks his fedora hat to the back of his head using the tip of his muzzel. Also, I like it in movies when the good guy leader has his gun out and starts pointing to his men with the muzzel of his gun saying "Okay, Joe I want you to take cover over there. Harry you get back there and get ready, etc."

June 7, 2005, 07:34 PM	#19
Topthis Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2005 Posts: 863	I like it when the hot women in the movies run around in their see thru lingerie, shooting their guns and....uh, wait a minute, thats not a movie, thats a dream...never mind!!!

June 7, 2005, 10:37 PM	#20
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	I've got another one. Phone Booth, when Kiefer kept chambering rounds for...effect.

June 7, 2005, 11:58 PM	#21
Relayer Senior Member Join Date: January 21, 2005 Posts: 101	I like the scenes where Superman would stand there and let the bullets bounce of his chest, but would duck when the BG threw the empty gun at him.

June 8, 2005, 12:38 AM	#22
3 weelin geezer Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2004 Posts: 438	Thats because he is bullet proof not pistol whip proof. The bullets feel like little bitty mosquitos but the pistol....well it would hurt like a pistol. I wonder if shooting this way started that gang stance where you shoot the pistol cocked 90 deg to the side? Bop, bop with the milli 9! Women shooting guns in lingerie? Thats not a dream thats a guns with chicks flick. Yeah, guns with chicks in that order.

June 8, 2005, 09:21 AM	#23
tjhands Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2005 Posts: 1,718	Yeah seriously, how DID holding the auto tilted at a 90 degree angle become the cool way to shoot in the movies? You never see a punk shooting a revolver that way. Why the auto? Maybe they are handloaders and tilt the gun so the brass flies straight up in the air where they can catch it on its way down? "What the hell you DOIN, Homey?" "Savin' my brass, Brutha. Stuff is 'spensive...." __________________ "If the sole purpose of handguns is to kill people, then mine are all defective." - Uncle Ted Nugent

June 8, 2005, 09:31 AM	#24
Avizpls Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2004 Posts: 774	"What the hell you DOIN, Homey?" "Savin' my brass, Brutha. Stuff is 'spensive...." HAHAHAHAH I can picture this in my head, and its hillarious

June 8, 2005, 09:52 AM	#25
siotwo Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2005 Location: The Woodlands, TX Posts: 217	off topic but.... this is too funny, although not gun related Whooo Whooo http://media.ebaumsworld.com/bubbrubb.wmv

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