At the Academy Awards (Oscars) last night, The Hurt Locker took home the following 6 awards:
Best Picture
Directing
Film Editing
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Writing (Original Screenplay)
I didn’t want to set aside 15 hours of my time yesterday to watch it, but judging by the winners list, The Hurt Locker really swept the show.
I have not seen the movie yet, but I plan on watching it very soon. I avoided it up until now because I heard from a lot of people that it was annoyingly inaccurate. I seem to enjoy other inaccurate movies anyway, so I’m not sure why I chose to listen to people and avoid this one up until now.
There are a few different versions of the movie poster. I found the one I inserted in this article especially chilling.
Any of you guys that have seen this movie, have an opinion on it?
If you haven’t yet seen this movie, please go buy it (HERE) or rent it!
This is definitely one of the best opening movie scenes ever. Not only is the camera work and computer graphics work well done, but the choice of song ( Buffalo Springfield – For What It´s Worth ) is absolutely perfect and sets the tone for the rest of the movie.
That song gives me goosebumps… it’s going on my ipod a.s.a.p.
The gun, a M1911A1, is introduced at around 11 minutes into the movie.
This movie is such a classic, definitely on my list of favorites. Reminds me of a simpler time, before the internet and mainstream proliferation of video games… when kids were kids, and did stupid things but still managed to survive.
Chris: You wanna be the Lone Ranger, or the Cisco Kid?
Gordie: Walkin’, talkin’ Jesus, where did you get this?
Chris: Hawked it off my old man’s bureau. It’s a forty-five.
Gordie: [incredulously] I can see that…[aims gun at trash can and mimics the sound of a gun being fired] You got shells for it?
Chris: Yeah, I took all that was left in the box. My dad’ll think he used them himself shooting at beer cans while he was drunk.
Gordie: Is it loaded?
Chris: Hell no! What do you think I am?
[Gordie squeezes the trigger and the gun discharges]
Chris and Gordie: [in unison] Jesus!!!
[the two run]
Chris: Gordie did it! Gordie Lachance is shooting up Castle Rock!!
The Marines of the USCMC (United States Colonial Marine Corps) famously use the M41A Pulse Rifle as their standard issue weapon, a futuristic assault rifle with a magazine capacity of 95 rounds of armor piercing ammunition with a pump action 30mm grenade launcher underneath the barrel. This weapon was made from a M1 Thompson submachine gun with a Remington 870 shotgun underneath with the shroud and foregrip of a SPAS 12 covering it.
The video below doesn’t show a real pulse rifle… but it is the next best thing.
Composed of a SWD M-11/9 submachine gun and a Remington 870 short barreled shotgun, it holds 50 9mm rounds via a Sumoi “Coffin” magazine and three 12 gauge, 2-3/4″ shells. That’s two in the magazine and one in the chamber. The MAX-41A also includes a red dot sight and digital shot counter, both of which power on with insertion of the magazine, as well as a collapsible stock.
Looks like it will eventually be for sale. More info and lots more pictures – HERE
Pretty awesome that the shot counter works too! Definitely a neat franken-gun.
I’d have to say you would definitely need cops, unless you plan on taking all the bullets out of your “full clips” and putting them into magazines which your gun will accept.
Also known in Japan as “Cat Shit One”, this animated series is scheduled for release in early 2010 … It looks pretty awesome
The series follows three American soldiers (Rabbits) in the Vietnam War named Bota, Perky and Rats. All three are in the recon team called Cat Shit One. Each mission shows the daily activities of the reconnaissance group in Vietnam
The American Rabbits in this are a wordplay on the Japanese word “Usagi”, which also means Rabbit. Another way to look at it is the word as an acronym – U.S.A. G.I.
Pretty neat!
Other animals in this series according to their nationality are:
Have an extra $215 000 lying around for purchasing firearms? This is up for sale right now in the classified section on subguns. I wonder if you could put commercial .308 through it, or if 7.62 x 51 mm NATO is vital due to the high rate of fire?
We have a fully transferable GE M134 mini gun for sale that is in excellent condition. This gun comes with the original GE receiver, feeder delinker, 600 round ammo box and has been upgraded with Garwood motor, spade grip and fire control box, electrical cables, feed chute, motor, mount assembly (yoke, sight rail and vertical arm). Gun is ready to shoot and runs flawlessly. On form 4 in Arizona. You may have seen it in action mounted on top of a land rover at the previous MG Shooters events in Wikieup. Pictures are available. Price is $215,000.00 with buyer paying shipping and tax stamp.
In addition to the above mini gun we have available a complete parts kit consisting of a Garwood 80% receiver, complete housing assembly (with bolts, tracks and safeing sector), new FN barrels, barrel clamp assembly with flash hider, motor, feeder delinker, Degroat fire control box and cables (everything you need except a set of spade grips to make a post sample gun after receiving appropriate ATF approval and finishing the receiver, or use as spares for above gun). Also available are two 1200 round ammo boxes (one new), one new 3200 round ammo box, a round repositioner, misc. spare springs, bearing pins, feed chute and Garwood battery box with batteries. P.O.R. -LINK
This is the gun of choice for military fixed wing aircraft, helicopters and land vehicles and is currently in use all over the world today (wiki page).
The GE M134 has appeared in lots of movies and video games listed HERE. Most notable for me was when Arnold used a hand held version of it in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
I mentioned how much I like the original Red Dawn in the past. Well they are working on a remake right now, that I hope is just as good. It stars no one that I have heard of, but maybe some of you have… Wiki Link
In this remake, the invasion is from the Chinese (not the Russians like in the original).
It’s being filmed right now in Michigan, in the city’s of Pontiac and Royal Oak and others. YouTube user geekincognito has TONS of footage on his page of the sets, props, and filming you should check out!
Here is one video showing all the Chinese propaganda everywhere:
More pictures, videos, and updates on his website – HERE
At the Academy Awards (Oscars) last night, The Hurt Locker took home the following 6 awards:
of my time yesterday to watch it, but judging by the winners list, The Hurt Locker really swept the show.
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