• boofestrogen [she/her,they/them]
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    edit-2
    3 years ago

    some movies do have the actors mime and add the muzzle flashes in later but then you get the "muh authenticity" weirdos who complain that the fake recoil doesn't look realistic enough.

    love too put the cast and crew in danger to please the .1 percent of the audience that would notice fake recoil

      • Futterbinger [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Squibs have everything to do with makeup and nothing to do with the prop gun and blanks. You could have super fake shitty guns and good looking impact effects. However, the dry boys have also complained in the past about fake looking guns and recoi effects in movies. So what the fuck, you can have this one.

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Recoil effects can also be blamed on the actor. If you need a real kick and can't fake one then fucking never have a death scene.

        • jabrd [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          They make gas operated airsoft guns with realistic enough recoil. You don't need to actually fire a blank. Hollywood could come up with something both safe and good looking but that's not cost effective

      • threshold [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        There's no chance Matt hasn't said it'd be worth a couple of Brandon Lee's for some squibs lol

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      It does look like crap but there is absolutely no reason they couldn't make safe prop guns. I cannot overstate how little this would matter for the average film budget and it's an investment in your employees not dying and the costs involved in all that cause you can KEEP THOSE PROP GUNS and use them in subsequent movies. Just make it something that can be installed in a real gun easily. As I posted above, I made something pretty suitable in like a day making it up as I went.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      :frothingfash: WHY DOESN'T KEANU HAVE ENOUGH RECOIL WHEN HE BACKFLIPS OVER A DEAD BODY AND SHOOTS HIS GUN!?!?!?