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Machine guns on Rovers in Armageddon
Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:24 pm
I know every movie, especially action movies, have some stupid illogical missteps and a lot of physics oversights but this is so dumb. And why would you need to have a remote control thing that Steve Buscemi's character Rockhound shoots on the asteroid? Even for the original mission designation it made no sense. Idk how, throughout the whole process of production, no one they consulted (which they always do for these type of movies) with said "umm... Why TF would you plan to need a machine gun?"
Where does this rank on action movie WTFs in this context?
Anyone else wondered this before?
Where does this rank on action movie WTFs in this context?
Anyone else wondered this before?
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:30 pm to RocketPower13
I wondered about that the first time I saw it. Were they planning on meeting hostile aliens? Were they gonna shoot the rocks? It doesn't make any sense.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:41 pm to Brosef Stalin
*After they made a big deal about Bruce Willis taking everything out of the rover they didn't need too. He was only focused on what was functional for drilling.
..... And a machine gun with enough ammunition just in case
..... And a machine gun with enough ammunition just in case
Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:42 pm to RocketPower13
Ben Affleck said it best
"Why is it easier to teach Oil Drillers to be astronauts than it is to teach Astronauts to be oil drillers"
"Why is it easier to teach Oil Drillers to be astronauts than it is to teach Astronauts to be oil drillers"
Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:47 pm to RocketPower13
Looked it up and apparently was in a deleted scene that was on the extended cut. It was for clearing debris. That scene should have been in there because it didn't make a lot of sense in the movie without the explanation.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:50 pm to RocketPower13
It's a Michael Bay movie, that's why.
Posted on 4/5/17 at 11:02 pm to Soup Sammich
Still..A rocket launcher or Dynamite would've made more sense to clear debris than a bulky machine gun that had a barrel design that looked very much like the machine gun in The Last Samurai, just saying
This is DEF true as well
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It's a Michael Bay movie, that's why.
This is DEF true as well
This post was edited on 4/5/17 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 4/5/17 at 11:52 pm to Korin
I thought it was a Roland Emmerich movie. Not that it matters.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 6:24 am to RocketPower13
It's also funny that even after weeks of training with the monster rover gatlings, when Colonel Sharp pulls a pistol Chick incredulously says "what are you doing with a gun in space?"
Posted on 4/6/17 at 6:29 am to RocketPower13
Space dementia!!!!!
Posted on 4/6/17 at 6:43 am to RocketPower13
Along with Titanic, one of the most heroic supporting casts (the "romantic" leads were terrible) and "action" lead making such a heroic effort to save a terrible film from its terrible director and screenwriter.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 8:00 am to RocketPower13
i always assumed it was for clearing things out. They weren't really sure what it would look like up there. I'm sure there was abetter way than a machine gun, but it is Michael Bay
Posted on 4/19/17 at 12:35 am to Backinthe615
Posted on 4/19/17 at 5:44 am to RocketPower13
Exactly how good would a machine gun, or any gun, work in space with no gravity?
Would it effect the bullet flight?
Would it effect the bullet flight?
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:57 am to Brosef Stalin
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It doesn't make any sense.
Almost nothing about this movie makes any sense. In order to enjoy it you have to "turn off your brain" and just embrace the adolescent testosterone fueled schlock.
Independence Day falls in the same category.
Sadly, I have never been able to do this, so I don't like these two movies. I understand why people do. But I just can't do it.
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