Charlie's Angels -- I don't mind the Angels toting 4-pound boomers around, given how utterly unbelievable (i.e., fantastic) everything else is. What's 4 pounds to a person with the kind of upper body strength the Angels exhibit in their physical maneuvers? However, if a movie is putting itself out as drama or in anywise serious, I'd expect it to be truer, more realistic.
(I think you're referencing that movie when you mention the Desert Eagle/98 lb actress thing.)
In any work, an author needs to make conscious decisions between realism and fantasy. The problem arises when when writers aren't skilled, mature or whatever enough to understand what they're aiming for. Also, it's a problem when an author thinks that writing a SF/F automatically gives her/him a license to ignore all kinds of things at random. Or worse still, thinks going to the movies is "doing research."
Speaking of reloading ammo and the movies... What irks me (as a markswoman) -- how come the actor never has to look at the mag before slamming it into the grip? Just once, I'd like to see a guy (or gal) try to slam the mag in facing the wrong way. Fumble, fumble, curse...
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Date: 22 Nov 2007 04:10 pm (UTC)(I think you're referencing that movie when you mention the Desert Eagle/98 lb actress thing.)
In any work, an author needs to make conscious decisions between realism and fantasy. The problem arises when when writers aren't skilled, mature or whatever enough to understand what they're aiming for. Also, it's a problem when an author thinks that writing a SF/F automatically gives her/him a license to ignore all kinds of things at random. Or worse still, thinks going to the movies is "doing research."
Speaking of reloading ammo and the movies... What irks me (as a markswoman) -- how come the actor never has to look at the mag before slamming it into the grip? Just once, I'd like to see a guy (or gal) try to slam the mag in facing the wrong way. Fumble, fumble, curse...