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The Rock VX Gas Canister Build (2022)
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoAmazing work! Thanks for sharing the link.
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- ethbr1 2y ago* Note: props may not contain actual nerve agent
- ale42 2y agoIt's some colored aloe gel (written in the next). And actual VX is probably not fluorescent green...
- ethbr1 2y agoBecause you made me curious >> The nerve agent VX is an oily liquid that is clear, odorless, and tasteless, and looks similar to motor oil. [0] "Clear" and "motor oil" seem mutually-exclusive though. Apparently what they meant was translucent, brown-tinted fresh motor oil. [1] [0] https://www.webmd.com/men/commonly-known-chemical-weapons-agents https://www.webmd.com/men/commonly-known-chemical-weapons-ag... [1] https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/06/08/chemical-weapons-destroyed-in-madison-county https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/06/08/chem...
- TeMPOraL 2y ago> "Clear" and "motor oil" seem mutually-exclusive though. Perhaps they mean that it makes this fun "holo" effect when mixed with water and spilled on flat surface?
- nradov 2y agoHow do they know it's tasteless??? Or maybe they mean that it's tasteless (as in uncultured or gauche) to kill your enemies with nerve gas instead of a more elegant weapon.
- jsheard 2y agoThey do mean it doesn't taste (or smell) of anything, and they probably know because of human experiments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewood_Arsenal_human_experiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewood_Arsenal_human_experim... The chemical agents tested on volunteers included chemical warfare agents and other related agents: Anticholinesterase nerve agents (VX, sarin) and common organophosphorus (OP) and carbamate pesticides
- water-data-dude 2y agoI’m guessing they’re referring to the 2 inert precursor chemicals that are mixed together right before the weapon goes off?
- ale42 2y agoNo, the precursors are QL and sulfur. According to Wikipedia, QL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QL_(chemical) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QL_(chemical)) has a strong fishy smell.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoI'm still not going to eat it on rub it in my eyes though!
- prokopton 2y agoAgreed. Definitely feels like a workplace-only project.
- whalesalad 2y agoImagine trying to take this thru TSA.
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- MisterTea 2y ago"Well you see officer its a rather elaborate hand gel dispenser. If youll just give me a moment I'll show you how harmless this stuff [ampule of "hand gel" falls on floor and shatters] OH GOD WERE ALL GONNA DIE!"
- strictnein 2y agoObligatory scene from 12 Monkeys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok9tswBa-ZI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok9tswBa-ZI
- qingcharles 2y agoI used to dig here for prop parts (lots of prop makers get parts here) and I used to shuttle them through TSA at LAX in my hand luggage: https://apexsurplus.com/ https://apexsurplus.com/ I got stopped once because they claimed I set off their explosives detector. My wife ran off laughing as I started to nervously unzip a case filled with bomb-looking parts.
- whalesalad 2y agoThat place sounds epic. My dad used to work at the Skunk Works and would go to their surplus yard once in a while (Palmdale) and bring home some kind of piece of equipment for me to play around with. I'd usually take it apart or try and power it on. I recall having some kind of rack mount device that would turn on with an indicator light but did absolutely nothing else. Glad to see a place exists where you can still find goodies like this.
- neilv 2y agoMy first thought was why would someone want to do this, like they're glamorizing a weapon that causes mass horrors and misery. But I did just spend hours of the holiday weekend playing a typical video game that's pretty much entirely about shooting people. (And in this case with a sprinkling of sometimes running them through with a machete instead.) So maybe we already society-wide glamorize weapons and killing, but the nerve gas variety of that is... only unfamiliar? Or it is innately less-appealing somehow?
- jsheard 2y agoIf it's any consolation, the way VX is portrayed in The Rock has almost nothing in common with the real thing.
- ethbr1 2y agoIn that it doesn't aerosolize at room temperature? (from a couple decades-ago memory of the film)
- jsheard 2y agoIn that it doesn't melt your skin off or melt through protective gear, isn't neon green, isn't stored in silly glass beads, and usually isn't stored in active form at all but rather binary agents that are combined as late as possible. It's nasty stuff no doubt but the movie version that OP recreated is a made up weapon that just happens to use the same name, and they probably recreated it because it's an intentionally cool looking prop, not because they think actual chemical weapons are cool.
- zardo 2y agoMI6 didn't know that. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rock-screenwriter-cant-believe-uk-910173/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rock-scr...
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- recycledmatt 2y agoLong after you are gone, you are going to give some Junk Removal person a heart attack.
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- zackangelo 2y agoInterestingly, the actual prop was auctioned off in 2022 for more than $18K! [0] [0] https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/319/lot/89009?sc=337 https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/319/l...
- perdomon 2y agoThis build unlocked the memory of watching this movie as a child and being terrified that nerve gas was something I could encounter in my day-to-day life.
- graypegg 2y agoI’m glad I’m not the only one with that specific memory! My dad loved this movie, it was in the regular rotation of his choice for our movie nights. The scene with the needle you have to jab in your heart reminded me of defibrillators (nothing deeper than medical heart thing = defibrillator) so as a kid I always assumed those defibrillator cabinets in public areas was nerve agent antidote! Just in case!
- actionfromafar 2y agoWell, in the UK, sometimes you can!
- krisoft 2y agoOr in Malaysia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam
- hermitcrab 2y agoIt unlocked the memory of me watching this as an adult and remembering what an awful film it was.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoWeird - I remember watching the movie as a child and mostly thinking "Boy, I wish I could bite into one of those green goo balls"
- aeonik 2y agoAccording to this chemist, those balls should be Amber colored. https://youtu.be/asAd-E5_HPo?t=1270&si=EmU4rOGHF_XLNSSX https://youtu.be/asAd-E5_HPo?t=1270&si=EmU4rOGHF_XLNSSX
- gattr 2y agoOn a related note: for a more realistic portrayal of VX-like-agent-in-a-terror-plot, see Michael Crichton's novel "Binary".
- cbanek 2y agoYeah just watched the Rock a few nights ago (on my new giant TV) and the movie holds up, but the VX gas does not make you blister up like they show in the movie, nor does it just naturally vaporize into a deadly gas. One of its strong points is actually that it is sticky and is hard to get off of you once it makes contact. It will still kill you though.
- mandevil 2y agoJust as a note, real chemical weapons are not like this at all. Basically, VX (in the US and basically all other countries) is stored in binary form(1), two separate, basically clear chemicals with a glass wall that separates them, and the wall breaks from the force of the blast and the chemicals mix and you have VX, but it doesn't look cool. So Michael Bay had them make this instead, because it looked better on film. There was a famous bit from the Iraq Inquiry Committee (aka the Chilcot Report) where they found that MI6 reported a bit of intelligence to Tony Blair that a source in Iraq claimed that they produced VX at the Al-Yarmuk plant- but described what was in the movie, not real life. After it was reported to Blair that they had sources who had seen VX in Iraq, they showed the raw intelligence to someone who knew something about chemical weapons and they said "Whatever your source saw, it wasn't VX" and MI6 realized that the source was lying. (I think that this source is different from the more famous liar Curveball.) 1: Besides being bad for humans, VX is also bad for metal, and will destroy any case if kept in long term storage. Basically if you load a normal chemical weapon shell with mixed, ready to go VX it will be unusable- more of a threat to the crew firing the howitzer than the enemy- within a few days.
- rl3 2y agoIt's also worth noting that in the film, it's depicted as a blistering agent as well—just for gruesome effect. By Michael Bay logic, injecting atropine also prevents one's skin from falling off.
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- lazide 2y agoHe really, really knows how to make giant fireballs explode in time with a rocking soundtrack though. I had forgotten about The Rock, but recently rewatched it - and halfway through I had to check, and sure enough. Michael Bay. Also, for a more recent cheesy movie (with Nicholas Cage), Drive Angry is surprisingly good. In a bad way.
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- cluckindan 2y agoThe screen-used ”guidance chip” has Uranus brand capacitors on it. That may or may not be a real brand.
- sans_souse 2y ago"You're him. You're the Rocket Man."