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Glassunion

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18. Well it is a movie. Hense the absurdity.

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 03:12 PM

Dec 2013

But, your 150, and your talking about moving 800. But you are also talking about leaning into it. How well would you fare if your had the strength but were attempting to move a 4,000 pound car? Odds are your feet would move, not the vehicle. Newton's 3rd law and all. How much force is needed to rip the front door off of a safe that is mounted in a concrete wall? He did not leverage himself against the wall, just one handed pulled it. Or drop-kicking an ambulance. Or when the all the EMTs could not budge, let alone lift him.

Absolutely the van would be sinking on that side. But that's why we call it Hollywood.

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Watched Terminator 2 on the teevee this weekend and one thing in particular struck me as unrealistic [View all] tk2kewl Dec 2013 OP

Well in 1995, that is what swat teams used. Glassunion Dec 2013 #1

wow... i hadn't thought of that tk2kewl Dec 2013 #2

Here is an image of a swat team in 1998. Glassunion Dec 2013 #10

yes... i know. i was 38 in 1998 tk2kewl Dec 2013 #11

thread win nt. dionysus Dec 2013 #4

the terminator weighs 2,000 pounds? hfojvt Dec 2013 #6

A T-800 does weigh about a ton. Glassunion Dec 2013 #13

that's absurd though hfojvt Dec 2013 #15

Well it is a movie. Hense the absurdity. Glassunion Dec 2013 #18

They call that willful suspension of disbelief... Wounded Bear Dec 2013 #8

...among other things... PCIntern Dec 2013 #9

SWAT teams still use the bakery vans. backscatter712 Dec 2013 #12

Or that a motorcycle can support the weight of a one-ton terminator in the first place jmowreader Dec 2013 #22

That is, of course, after Arnold's zbdent Dec 2013 #3

perfect role for him... act like a robot tk2kewl Dec 2013 #5

I heard his first efforts were too wooden zbdent Dec 2013 #7

They only use the armored vehicles to go after dopers, not robots. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #14

Um..... Mojo Electro Dec 2013 #16

some 1%ers money prolly tk2kewl Dec 2013 #17

They use it for search and rescue. Glassunion Dec 2013 #19

I Am Still Trying To Figure Out Liberal_Dog Dec 2013 #20

The thing about the Terminator series that struck me... bvar22 Dec 2013 #21

Consider something for a minute here jmowreader Dec 2013 #23