Comments on: Special 7: Hollywood on Trial

By: ksaucy

ksaucy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:43:58 +0000

Tin man/Aluminum paint myth:

Try it out on someone with a metal allergy to see if it’s plausible. It would make a huge difference. I’m allergic to all metals except titanium, white gold and sterling silver. I bet if I was covered in it, I would have a huge reaction!

By: slippills

slippills — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:52:39 +0000

How about a car cigarette lighter can that possibley ignite gasoline like in supernatural season2 episode5??

By: Billy

Billy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:50:05 +0000

Ok Lewis before we say that naked flame is the only thing that can ignite gas how does your car run. You think that you built in lighters in your cylinder? No you have a SPARK plug that does nothing more than cause an eletric spark which causes combustion. Rick is indeed correct if a cigarette lands in a pool than more than likley the cigarrete will go out because when the cigarrete is completly submerged you take away the air which is one of the three ingridients required to create fire. Do not fool yourself gasoline is very dangerous. It is possible to smoke a cigarrete at the pump even light it but you stick the cigarrete in the fumes or the lighter in the fumes all you need is the right amount of oxygen and you have fire. Remember you can not start a fire without fuel, heat and air. (Basic high school level chemistry:)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:12:32 +0000

My thoughts exactly.

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 29 May 2011 09:35:55 +0000

Sometimes.
I’ve heard that sound before and a bullet (or even a firearm, for that matter) was not needed to create it.
This is an effect of acoustics and is really an echo being reflected back at you in such a way, so as to enhance certain sonic frequencies.
However, to answer your question, yes, a bullet fired from a gun can sometimes create that sound.

By: felixnoir

felixnoir — Sun, 15 May 2011 14:03:44 +0000

Doors aren’t that strong. I can’t open a door with my shoulder, but I can by striking near the lock with a palm-hand blow. A friend of mine kicked open a door with a steel reinforcement plate over the lock (the frame split and splintered). Well, not so much a friend, as he then stole everything in my room.

By: K.C. Fire Investigator

K.C. Fire Investigator — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:11:38 +0000

The truth is (nail in the coffin please) a cigarette WILL NOT ignite gasoline, nor the vapours. Do the literature review. I have a lecturer who demonstrated by smoking a cigarette above a pool of gasoline, puting a lit cigarette into a bottle of gasoline. Babrauskas, DeHaan, Holleyhead and Jewel have all been unable to recreate the Hollywood cigarette and gasoline fire.

By: RB8720

RB8720 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:47:26 +0000

So when does an actor in hollywood get thrown through a plate glass window naked ? Ofcourse your gonna get scratches with absolute zero protection. All of the movies I have seen, the actors are wearing cloths most of the time fairly thick coats. I would be willing to bet if you put cloths and a denim jacket on the test dummy you wouldn’t have nearly as many cuts.

By: Rachel Gibson

Rachel Gibson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:04:27 +0000

I, too, was disappointed with the testing of the plate glass myth. The dummy definitely should have been clothed. Plus, I’m pretty sure most people going through plate glass would not be going in at that awkward angle. This myth definitely deserves a re-visit under real-world conditions.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:33:12 +0000

Yes please do a test to determine whether or not bullets can ricochet back at the shooter from water.

Thank you!