Stupid explosions in films

[FourWheelDrift]

I have Die Hard 2 on in the background and have just seen the aircrash, why does it blow up like it's full of fuel from nose to tail and it explodes from the inside of the cabin out?

They have already said they are low on fuel and flying on vapour. Hollywood :rolleyes: eh?

Any others you can think of?

[scared but happy]

All computer explosions that cause the motherboard to catch fire and spit bits everywhere and the tube to explode.

[monkeyhanger]

Any explosion in space with the obligatory huge bang..

Sorry chaps, not possible in a vacuum

[vixpy1]

FourWheelDrift said:

I have Die Hard 2 on in the background and have just seen the aircrash, why does it blow up like it's full of fuel from nose to tail and it explodes from the inside of the cabin out? They have already said they are low on fuel and flying on vapour. Hollywood eh? Any others you can think of?

You sound like my Dad!

[FourWheelDrift]

vixpy1 said:

FourWheelDrift said: I have Die Hard 2 on in the background and have just seen the aircrash, why does it blow up like it's full of fuel from nose to tail and it explodes from the inside of the cabin out? They have already said they are low on fuel and flying on vapour. Hollywood eh? Any others you can think of? You sound like my Dad!

Shut up son and get to bed.

[vixpy1]

[peterpeter]

FourWheelDrift said:

I have Die Hard 2 on in the background and have just seen the aircrash, why does it blow up like it's full of fuel from nose to tail and it explodes from the inside of the cabin out? They have already said they are low on fuel and flying on vapour. Hollywood eh? Any others you can think of?

apparently you cant light aviation fuel with a lighter anyway so brucie s yippeekayey motherer line should actually have been "Oh bollox"

[peterpeter]

one stupid explosion for the geeks now

remeber in REturn of the jedi
when han solo pla nts the bomb in the shield genertor on endor he runs about 20feet and hide behind a bush

when it explodes it looks like a twentymegatom explosion with a blastradius of a mile

[anhamgrimmar]

fuel vapour is acutally more explosive than fuel. hence why the american MOAB bombs go boom rather than bang. and avtur (aviation fuel, turbine) is about the same as diseasle to burn

[eharding]

peterpeter said:

apparently you cant light aviation fuel with a lighter anyway so brucie s yippeekayey motherer line should actually have been "Oh bollox"

You can ignite 100 octance LL (hah!) aviation spirit
with bad language and/or not talking to it nicely.
Go anywhere near it with a lighter and there will be
a queue of people wanting to punch your lights out.

AVTUR (jet fuel) is slightly less flammable, but the
whole lighter/queue/slapping thing still applies.

I suspect you're thinking about the gloop they used
to put in the Blackbird.......

[markmullen]

eharding said:

peterpeter said: apparently you cant light aviation fuel with a lighter anyway so brucie s yippeekayey motherer line should actually have been "Oh bollox" You can ignite 100 octance LL (hah!) aviation spirit with bad language and/or not talking to it nicely. Go anywhere near it with a lighter and there will be a queue of people wanting to punch your lights out. AVTUR (jet fuel) is slightly less flammable, but the whole lighter/queue/slapping thing still applies. I suspect you're thinking about the gloop they used to put in the Blackbird.......

I had a small bottle of AVTUR for a while (don't ask ) and ran a zippo on it, it was quite tricky as it burnt so cleanly it was hard to tell when it was lit.

[eharding]

markmullen said:

I had a small bottle of AVTUR for a while (don't ask ) and ran a zippo on it, it was quite tricky as it burnt so cleanly it was hard to tell when it was lit.

Really? - AVTUR is near as dammit paraffin, with
a bit of refinement. I'm not up on Zippo fuel
requirements.....

[Pigeon]

Well, paraffin isn't that easy to ignite without a wick, and lying on snow would make it a lot harder. Especially with a wind. I don't reckon it would have worked unless possibly it was a model plane leaking nitro/methanol, but that would take off a lot quicker, so he'd have had to look snappy about it.

Stupid explosions in films... no matter what kind of explosive the bomb was made of, what actually explodes is a load of petrol. But it explodes nice and slowly so the hero can outrun it, even when hindered by having a lass slung across his shoulders and a gunshot wound in the leg. Even grenades are made of slow petrol, and never produce any shrapnel.

[srebbe64]

Explosions and films, what a combination! Of course a car will explode (every time) when it goes over a cliff.

Or what about the helicopter or plane, in the cheap movies, that explode when it's just out of sight (over the mountain, usually.)

And most explosions are just far enough away to kill the baddie and knock the hero of his feet.

[yertis]

The film Last Action Hero, with Arnie, takes the piss out of this Hollywood phenomenon, with cars exploding on the slightest impact

[parrot of doom]

peterpeter said:

one stupid explosion for the geeks now remeber in REturn of the jedi when han solo pla nts the bomb in the shield genertor on endor he runs about 20feet and hide behind a bush when it explodes it looks like a twentymegatom explosion with a blastradius of a mile

Yes, but its still the world's coolest explosion EVER.

[Pigeon]

Er, surely that would be the one you get when you let liquid helium vaporise in a weak sealed container?

[Killer2005]

reminds me of the exploding milk tanker in the simpsons

[cotty]

The attack on the armoured car in HEAT.
When they blow the doors open on the truck, the surrounding cars windows are blown out when they should blow in

[wanty1974]

For me, Hollywood lost all credability after the Channel Tunnel Helicopter scene in Mission Impossible. What a sack of cack that was. And it had Tom Cruise in it, too. Must follow him around...