Comments on: Episode 112: Coffin Punch

By: D. Devil's Advocate, Esq.

D. Devil's Advocate, Esq. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:10:12 +0000

I don’t think you’re accounting for the fact that The Bride was completely fictional.

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:13:18 +0000

Just don’t get buried alive. Chances are you won’t make it.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:13:32 +0000

The kill bill myth may be plausible if it raining and all the land is wet.
and i thing yo ucan broke the coffin becose a man wil hit with all his body parts, not just with his hand.
(Sorry for my bad english)

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:40:41 +0000

I would like them to test another non-Newtonian fluid..Silly Putty. I couldn’t penitrate a 1mm slab of it with a bb gun (I know that’s not very powerfull) But I would still like to see it. It is MUCH more resistant than water and cornstarch.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:09:14 +0000

They used a professional fighter to calibrate their machine… The issue was that the robot never punched far enough.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:07:44 +0000

The dirt in the movie was freshly poured. She didn’t wait weeks after it had compacted to try to escape…

By: JChan

JChan — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:05:32 +0000

The Bride studied under Pai Mei, who may or may not have had superhuman capabilities. Because she was also capable of performing the five-finger-exploding-heart technique, I don’t doubt that she was capable of other superhuman feats, like punching her way through her coffin and climbing through the dirt. She wasn’t just a highly trained martial artist. She was a highly, highly, highly trained martial artist. I don’t think the myth busters accounted for this.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:46:33 +0000

“The hard drive was not spinning”? A spinning hard drive would have no effect on a bullet. Hard drive platters are VERY thin, and VERY fragile, which is why hard drives are hermetically sealed…

Now… as far as not shooting it in the middle, you may have a point there.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:39:39 +0000

The problem with your idea is that, while spectacular, the myth was based on The Bride (played by Uma Thurman) punching her way out of a coffin in the movie “Kill Bill”. The Bride was a highly trained martial artist, but not superhuman like a vampire.

Also, rotten wood or balsa would probably NOT withstand the weight of six feet of dirt, so whoever was in the coffin wouldn’t have to punch their way out… they’d already be crushed or suffocated.

Simply put, to do as you suggest would have been unnecessary to bust the myth, and taken time and resources that were better spent on other myths.

By: Mo

Mo — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:57:50 +0000

I agree with other poster. wet compacted dirt is more stable. And, punching robot was weak-ass.

Punching robot should be able to accelerate its punch, as a human would. Kinda related to reach as well.