Most ridiculous missile sequence in a movie - ever

Lunatic Dreyfus · 6 Mar 2010 at 16:49

Surely the sequence in Airport 79 - "The Concorde" is the best missile sequence ever.

The captain evades the missile by firing a flare gun out the window. For added coolness the plane's upside down at the time. :cool:

SexyGreyFox · 6 Mar 2010 at 17:04

Tefal said:
wiki says otherwise

Don't slap my face but Wiki could be wrong :eek:

I will trust my documentary thank you.
It even says that Lemmy was born in Burslem (he lived in a flat for 6 months)

Garp · 6 Mar 2010 at 19:44

qqg3 said:
You say this, but I've noticed in the past couple of years that cars in films no longer explode on impact.

Seems like Hollywood have discovered crashes can be equally cool with lots of scrunchy, crunchy sound effects.

That and the myth was soundly busted on mythbusters, so they had to think of other things to do.

Von Smallhausen · 6 Mar 2010 at 19:48

The_Sophisticate said:
That Battleship firing sequence!! LOL!! Muzzle flashes like they're rifles

This is what actually happens when a BS fires those massive guns

And Tommy Lee Jones stood on the deck in Under Siege and suffered only bleeding ears as a result.

In reality the blast wave would likely has taken him apart.

Von Smallhausen · 6 Mar 2010 at 19:49

MarcLister said:
You mean Jon Bon Jovi DIDN'T get the Enigma machine?!

Sorry to disappoint you.

It was Hulk Hogan.

The Funktopus · 6 Mar 2010 at 19:54

The Behind Enemy Lines missile scene would have been comical had it been sped up and set to the Benny Hill theme.

And Tommy Lee Jones stood on the deck in Under Siege and suffered only bleeding ears as a result.

In reality the blast wave would likely has taken him apart.

On a similar note, I wonder what happened to this guy..

SexyGreyFox · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:21

Garp said:
That and the myth was soundly busted on mythbusters, so they had to think of other things to do.

I would have thought 1000s upon 1000s of cars crashing everyday would dispel this myth without Mythbusters getting involved.

HaMMuS · 6 Mar 2010 at 20:35

Von Smallhausen said:
And Tommy Lee Jones stood on the deck in Under Siege and suffered only bleeding ears as a result.

In reality the blast wave would likely has taken him apart.

I can't remember where he was standing, but unless it was right next to the barrels I'm not convinced he would have. The main blast wave would be pretty directional (as shown by the sea in the photo, there's barely any shockwave on the other side of the BS) the only other side effect would surely be a loud noise which could result in perforated eardrums/bleeding ears.

MarcLister · 6 Mar 2010 at 21:46

Von Smallhausen said:
Sorry to disappoint you.

It was Hulk Hogan.

Meh. JBJ > Hogan.

^^Gord^^ · 6 Mar 2010 at 22:43

simulatorman said:
So you missed the end of the film.

Indeed! The SAM avoidance scene I got through with a few chuckles but the ending it full on face plant.

The reality is very different....

leaskovski · 6 Mar 2010 at 22:58

What the hell is the storey behind that vid? Wow, thats pretty amazing stuff!

^^Gord^^ · 6 Mar 2010 at 23:06

leaskovski said:
What the hell is the storey behind that vid? Wow, thats pretty amazing stuff!

http://www.lucky-devils.net/afm.html

Day 3 gives the story behind the HUD video.

KatanaDV20 · 7 Mar 2010 at 04:01

Omg LMAO at that Mega-Shark clip, Ive never heard of that movie lmao....the shark jumped up at bit a CRUISING 747 ahahaha....I agree this movie looks SO bad its good!

Good old MS vs GO.

fire stern torpedo!

[torpedo shoots out of front of sub]

Lol!

K1LLSW1TCH · 7 Mar 2010 at 04:06

taintedlove69 said:
i always thought the bad guy Sasha looked like Niko from GTA4...

Sorry to quote the image but I think Sasha is one of the most badass villains and definitely in my top 5 even though the movie is very cheesy in parts!

KatanaDV20 · 7 Mar 2010 at 04:19

Sasha is one of the most badass villains

Yea hes badass but a crap shot! Remember the bit where he was blatting away at the pilot as he slid down the wall of the dam! Supposedly a sniper and cant correct for a moving target (giving some lead-time) POW POW POW POW = miss miss miss miss

But then again our Hero Pilot somehow causes the baddies to be rubbish shots

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taintedlove69 - well spotted dude...he totally resembles the GVTAIV character!

MrKeeno · 7 Mar 2010 at 10:48

KatanaDV20 said:
Two SAMs (surface to air missiles) are launched at the F-18, all good for the first 15 secs or so....and then things start getting silly. The missiles go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.....not ballistically either - their motors keep burning nonstop! If pointed stright up they would go to the moon, loop around it and come back again, go to Tescos, do shopping, put it all in your fridge and then fly around some more.

^^^^ That bit is on the deleted scenes on the DVD.

K1LLSW1TCH · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:39

KatanaDV20 said:
Yea hes badass but a crap shot! Remember the bit where he was blatting away at the pilot as he slid down the wall of the dam! Supposedly a sniper and cant correct for a moving target (giving some lead-time) POW POW POW POW = miss miss miss miss

But then again our Hero Pilot somehow causes the baddies to be rubbish shots

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taintedlove69 - well spotted dude...he totally resembles the GVTAIV character!

At least he managed to kill the other pilot.

HURRAH! for Niko Bellic, I mean Sasha!

eddie_slovik · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:47

A few years back my daughter bought me "Behind Enemy Lines" on video for christmas.
I threw it out ,along with around 100 other video tapes last year, still unwrapped.
I can't do "B" movies unless they are so bad they become good.

The action movie sequence that induces apoplectic fits in me is when they attack the German machine gun post in "Saving Private Ryan". 6 men, frontal assault, MG42..........prfffft! It would have been thrud thrud thrud, lets go check the bodies for cigatettes.

SexyGreyFox · 7 Mar 2010 at 13:11

I'm watching The Descent 2 right now and this is another 'movie' thing that gets on my nerves.
If I was to turn my £1 LED light on in a darkened room I would see all the room but in a film the torch only shows the immediate thing it shines on and all around is still black.
Bah.

Tonyator · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:10

The descent wouldn't be quite as good if it was all in the light though....