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Post by the light works on Nov 18, 2014 16:31:51 GMT
I'm starting this thread as a repository of myths that are too quick to be a full episode, but can be part of a minimyth episode. the first of these is using a bungee jump as a means to exit a helicopter - as in Demolition Man; or to descend the face of a dam, as in Goldeneye. it would be a simple enough setup - take buster up in a bungee jump basket and lob him off with a quick release set to trigger just at ground level - and see if the landing is survivable. the next would be if it is possible to make the jump shown in goldeneye without crashing into the face of the dam. I'm not sure if the face James Bond jumped down is vertical or sloped - if it is sloped, then there's a good chance he would hit it. - a little fast research has shown that this is indeed a possible jump: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_Dam inasmuch as it has also been done in "the amazing Race" (the TV competition) |
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Post by Cybermortis on Nov 19, 2014 3:33:47 GMT
The jump in Goldeneye was done for real, it even set a world record if I remember correctly.
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Post by the light works on Nov 19, 2014 4:47:25 GMT
The jump in Goldeneye was done for real, it even set a world record if I remember correctly. yes, so said the wikipedia article - and it got an award, if not a record - and now tourists do a similar jump. |
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Post by ironhold on Aug 3, 2019 1:20:42 GMT
Spoilers for Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw ->
There's a running gag in the movie that involves attempting to stab someone with a brick.
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Post by wvengineer on Aug 3, 2019 14:23:07 GMT
So are they trying to blugion someone or make a shank out of it?
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Post by ironhold on Aug 3, 2019 22:37:53 GMT
So are they trying to blugion someone or make a shank out of it? Just taking a regular brick and shoving it into someone's torso. |
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Post by the light works on Aug 4, 2019 1:03:08 GMT
So are they trying to blugion someone or make a shank out of it? Just taking a regular brick and shoving it into someone's torso. so the myth is if you can do that with human strength? |
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Post by the light works on Aug 4, 2019 1:05:35 GMT
"the human chain"
it's been done in various shows: you have a chain of people, one pulling on the "victim" and each additional one pulling on the previous one.
so the question would be what is the point of diminishing returns? I'E. how many people can you put in line before the end person can't hold onto the victim?
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Post by ironhold on Aug 4, 2019 4:01:52 GMT
Just taking a regular brick and shoving it into someone's torso. so the myth is if you can do that with human strength? Pretty much. In the film, a cybernetically-enhanced mercenary does this to an MI6 operative as he's taking out a team of them, then the group he's with covers their deaths by saying that the surviving agent went rogue and brutally murdered everyone on a mission. Ryan Reynolds' character refuses to believe the reports at first because of how allegedly hard it would be to make this happen, but in the final post-credits sequence we see that he's had to do this very thing while on a mission. |
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Post by ironhold on Aug 15, 2021 13:06:23 GMT
Spoilers for "Free Guy" -
Once upon a time, indie game developers Walter and Millie developed a virtual reality online video game where the non-player characters could interact with and learn from the player characters, eventually growing and developing. They sold the game to Antoine, the CEO of a major company, who "shelved" the game and then used it as the core of a "Grand Theft Auto" knock-off. Since then, Millie has been - both in the real world and in the game - searching for evidence to prove what Antoine did.
It turns out that because the island where the original game was supposed to take place was fundamental to the source code, Antoine had to bury it in an off-limits area of the world map. He's done several patches to try and keep people from even seeing it, let alone discovering it, but it's discovered that Guy, a self-aware NPC on his way to becoming a player in his own right, has been able to see the island the entire time: whenever he has the metal mini-blinds in his apartment at just the right angle, he can see the island as it reflects off of the blinds. Based on this and some quick math, Walter figures out *where* the island must be relative to the current game world.
1. What sort of reflection could you get off of even the most polished metal mini-blinds?
2. Would that reflection be good enough to get this kind of mathematical solution?
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Post by the light works on Aug 15, 2021 14:41:25 GMT
Spoilers for "Free Guy" - Once upon a time, indie game developers Walter and Millie developed a virtual reality online video game where the non-player characters could interact with and learn from the player characters, eventually growing and developing. They sold the game to Antoine, the CEO of a major company, who "shelved" the game and then used it as the core of a "Grand Theft Auto" knock-off. Since then, Millie has been - both in the real world and in the game - searching for evidence to prove what Antoine did. It turns out that because the island where the original game was supposed to take place was fundamental to the source code, Antoine had to bury it in an off-limits area of the world map. He's done several patches to try and keep people from even seeing it, let alone discovering it, but it's discovered that Guy, a self-aware NPC on his way to becoming a player in his own right, has been able to see the island the entire time: whenever he has the metal mini-blinds in his apartment at just the right angle, he can see the island as it reflects off of the blinds. Based on this and some quick math, Walter figures out *where* the island must be relative to the current game world. 1. What sort of reflection could you get off of even the most polished metal mini-blinds? 2. Would that reflection be good enough to get this kind of mathematical solution? the first question is how much precision is needed? I doubt I'll be watching the movie until it reaches netflix, but if it's a matter of "the island is between this landmark and that landmark, on the surface" that wouldn't be too hard, or even "it is on a line extending from this landmark through that landmark" after all, I do that kind of navigation on the route I use for doing dailies when I play WOW. depending on the finish on the miniblinds, and the proximity of the island, that would also have the potential to be plausible. if maybe not as clear as it might be in the movie world. |
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