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[Gwilym]

Being a somewhat experienced mountaineer, I find "Cliff hanger" and other such films annoying due to the incorrect use of climbing equipment.

Still, the scenery is good (even if the storyline isn't)

[CaptainZok]

That old classic trucks exploding when they crash. I didn't know derv was that volatile.

[Markjay]

In Die Hard 2, Bruce Willis tries to convince the airport police captain that these are not petty thieves, but terrorists. He says:

‘That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn’t show up on you airport X-ray machines, and it cost more than you make here in a month.’

Wrong…

Firstly it’s Glock 17, not 7.

Secondly, it is made in Austria, not Germany.

Thirdly, it did receive some reputation as a pistol that can be transported un-detected through airports, but this is because it was made form ‘plastic’ (composite materials) not porcelain.

Number four, this reputation was a myth anyway, because while the pistol did have a composite lightweight main body, it also had a full-size barrel, breach, and slides made from good old steel which would be detected very easily by any metal detector or X-Ray machine. Plus, it needed live rounds, and these are run-of-mill 9mm and are not made of plastic…

And last, when Gaston Glock invented his ‘plastic’ pistol, the main factors were a substantial reduction in parts and use of composite materials in order to reduce the manufacturing cost and achieve a low-cost pistol that will be attractive to military and law-enforcement agencies… the Glock cost at the time was around half that of a comparable Smith and Wesson, Colt, or Berretta.

So many wrong facts in one sentence… No matter, it still sounds good when Bruce Willis says it.

[tunnie]

thats the trouble with films, they spend millions on effects and CGI. But don't get the details right, or the base the entire plot around a stupid idea.

Take Independence Day, good film on the whole, good action film that cost millions to make, but how did the bring down the mothership and their sheilds?? Why infect it with a computer virus of course.

Now if your smart enough to build a ship the size of Wales and can go at light speed, also create sheilds to repel bullets and nukes, i think they might have some form of anti-virus!!!  

Unless they left their wireless network unsecured  

[Markjay]

thats the trouble with films, they spend millions on effects and CGI. But don't get the details right, or the base the entire plot around a stupid idea.

Take Independence Day, good film on the whole, good action film that cost millions to make, but how did the bring down the mothership and their sheilds?? Why infect it with a computer virus of course.

Now if your smart enough to build a ship the size of Wales and can go at light speed, also create sheilds to repel bullets and nukes, i think they might have some form of anti-virus!!!  

Unless they left their wireless network unsecured  

I think that this particular plot twist was homage to H.G Wells War of the Worlds, where the invading Martians were finally brought down by Bacteria, which was an earth life form they did not anticipate.

The difference between the two movies is of course in that the Bacteria was not man-made, and as such the downfall of the Martians was attributed to mother nature and not to mankind, while in Independence Day the world is saved (yet again) by brave  A m e r i c a n s.