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Hollywood can't get anything right: real police don't act like movie police; real soldiers don't act like movie soldiers; real programmers don't act like movie

by wtbob 10y ago

Hollywood can't get anything right: real police don't act like movie police; real soldiers don't act like movie soldiers; real programmers don't act like movie programmers; real lovers don't act like movie lovers; real clergymen don't act like movie clergymen; real businessmen don't act like movie businessmen — and to the extent that any real people do act like movie characters, it's due to the influence of movies. What really worries me is that most of us have far more false experience of most of the world than we have real experience: how many of us know much about chess, or police work, or soldiering, or programming (okay, that one HN has down pretty well, I hope), or love (I hope most of HN has that one down at least a bit), or church, or business? And yet no doubt all of us have very strong opinions about these things, due in no small part to … the false movie experiences we've had.

kbart 10y ago
"real people do act like movie characters, it's due to the influence of movies." Yes, somewhat more bizarre Hollywood influence is that people fall down[0] when they are shot (even though, bullet doesn't have enough kinetic energy to force it), just because they saw this happening in movies. 0. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/07/why-do-people-fall-down-when-shot.html http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/07/why-do-people-f...
- slededit 10y ago
  Here is some WWI footage [1] Look at 0:33. See how they fall down (this may also be from shrapnel). The simple answer is that balance requires active input from the brain to be maintained. Without it you won't be up for long. Your article is only about getting blown back by the impact which is generally reserved for only the cheesiest of 80s action movies. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL52P2vH3l0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL52P2vH3l0 WARNING: Not excessively gruesome, but it is war footage

by wtbob 10y ago

kbart 10y ago

"real people do act like movie characters, it's due to the influence of movies." Yes, somewhat more bizarre Hollywood influence is that people fall down[0] when they are shot (even though, bullet doesn't have enough kinetic energy to force it), just because they saw this happening in movies. 0. http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/07/why-do-people-fall-down-when-shot.html http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/07/why-do-people-f...

slededit 10y ago
Here is some WWI footage [1] Look at 0:33. See how they fall down (this may also be from shrapnel). The simple answer is that balance requires active input from the brain to be maintained. Without it you won't be up for long. Your article is only about getting blown back by the impact which is generally reserved for only the cheesiest of 80s action movies. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL52P2vH3l0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL52P2vH3l0 WARNING: Not excessively gruesome, but it is war footage