Explosive blast & a flame front are two different things. Given enough lead, you can out run a flame front because it lags quite a bit behind the blast.
Being a Martial Artist, I'd state that Martial Arts are based on physics and are real. But the stuff shown on TV is all BS. In a real confrontation, there is no sparring back & forth like in the Texas Rangers show. It's one well placed hit, he's out & the job's done, period. The real stuff doesn't sell air time. Compitition Martial Arts are all light blows designed to score points based on technique. They look like they are hitting hard but they hit so soft that there is no pain. Extreme Martial Arts are real with real blows but some techniques are not allowed. That's why you see no direct, center blows to the opponent. If thy were allowed then then competitors would die from the sport every week. Tom www.kegkits.com ----- Original Message ----- From: LarryT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: 3/14/08 2:42 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> CC: Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, movies are unrealistic these days Hi Kaleb, Couldn't agree more! Everytime I see someone outrun an explosive blast I laugh out loud. *Someone* who is directing those scenes has not concept of how a explosion really acts. The shock forces move at a rate measured in thousands of feet per *second* - yet we see people run down hallways, jump over barriers and down into holes as they seek to escape the on-rushing shock of explosive gases and flames! Then there's things like people hiding behind sheetrock walls and car doors as protection from gun fire always get me laughing. <LOL> It's up there with TV Wrestling - and although all the martial experts are often fun to watch, there's little attachment to reality there either. There's a program on Discoverychannel called Myth Busters that take on all kinds of beliefs that are sometimes commonly accepted even though they have zero chance of working. Sometimes they work, often not. Things like a guy falling from a high building and grabbing a 4x8 sheet of plywood then using it to "fly" down to safety. Couldn't be reproduced so they concluded it was a myth. Hopefuly they'll look at someof the ridiculous things the movies try to put over on us. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mercedes Mailing List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:02 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT, movies are unrealistic these days > Im sorry, I just had to find out if anybody else feels the same about > movies these days as I do? For example, I just watched this latest Die > Hard movie, which has whole 10-20 minute scenes that are nothing but > computer animation. None of the action is realistic at all. Not like > the original Die Hard where everything was believable. Geez. > -- > Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, > 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, > 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, > 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 > http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1328 - Release Date: 3/13/2008 11:31 AM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
