Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:13 pm
Several friends have recommended the British "Sherlock" series (by Doctor Who's Steven Moffat) to me so I finally started watching them.
I'm really enjoying them.
One thing that bugs me is the use of guns in British shows. I don't know if it is ignorance or what.
For example:
At one point a villain is pointing a handgun (9mm?) at Sherlock in a subway tunnel. Sherlock tells the villain that the bullet travels at 1,000 meters per second and that a ricochet from shooting down the tunnel would rebound and and possibly kill one of the villains.
First off, the muzzle velocity might be 1,000 *feet* per second for a compact handgun.
Secondly, in what world is anybody going to believe that shooting down a long tunnel could ever lead to the bullet turning 180 degrees?
Also. The villain pulled back the slide to chamber a bullet when threatening a prisoner. (I guess the villain was playing it safe and didn't keep one in the chamber.)
A minute later Sherlock shows up and the villain pulled back the slide again to chamber another round (WTF?) and no previous round was expelled.
Doesn't that mean the gun is empty?
I know they only did it to make the cool/menacing "chk-cack" sound.
Anyway, on the whole the series seems really good. There's only 6 episodes (and a pilot, which they used for the plot of episode 1), but it's worth checking out if you haven't seen it already.
I'm really enjoying them.
One thing that bugs me is the use of guns in British shows. I don't know if it is ignorance or what.
For example:
At one point a villain is pointing a handgun (9mm?) at Sherlock in a subway tunnel. Sherlock tells the villain that the bullet travels at 1,000 meters per second and that a ricochet from shooting down the tunnel would rebound and and possibly kill one of the villains.
First off, the muzzle velocity might be 1,000 *feet* per second for a compact handgun.
Secondly, in what world is anybody going to believe that shooting down a long tunnel could ever lead to the bullet turning 180 degrees?
Also. The villain pulled back the slide to chamber a bullet when threatening a prisoner. (I guess the villain was playing it safe and didn't keep one in the chamber.)
A minute later Sherlock shows up and the villain pulled back the slide again to chamber another round (WTF?) and no previous round was expelled.
Doesn't that mean the gun is empty?
I know they only did it to make the cool/menacing "chk-cack" sound.
Anyway, on the whole the series seems really good. There's only 6 episodes (and a pilot, which they used for the plot of episode 1), but it's worth checking out if you haven't seen it already.