tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post949035337153838311..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: Military ChannelNew Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-6608027267548731692009-12-17T18:56:14.580-05:002009-12-17T18:56:14.580-05:00Posers can't fool pro's. It's why so m...Posers can't fool pro's. It's why so much of what's shown about guns is just entertainment. <br /><br />Too much work to check with a pro and it would never occur to non-gunnies that you do anything but yank that trigger.Ride Fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01665658134264970252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-24528238888523472572009-12-16T15:55:36.541-05:002009-12-16T15:55:36.541-05:00I was actually just talking about cable history do...I was actually just talking about cable history documentaries a couple weeks ago with a filmmaker friend whose worked in TV production. <br /><br />Chances are that footage was shot by a specialty production company that dragged out a warehouseload of uniforms and weapons along with one or two actors, and spent a day filming simple action shots for a stock footage database. When the Military Channel wants to put together a doc or a commercial, they can just search the database of footage, select what they want, and pay by the minute. <br /><br />There are obviously exceptions--lots of these shows obviously shoot a bunch of original footage--but a hell of a lot of their material comes from stock companies.elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-14684219483112630932009-12-13T22:36:39.451-05:002009-12-13T22:36:39.451-05:00NJT, I think you got it in the last paragraph. It...NJT, I think you got it in the last paragraph. It's the ad people staging it for the preview.<br /><br />Unless they were thinking about how they could get a real shooter's attention and purposely did it wrong.Hat Trickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789313677285831256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-61782661181574514182009-12-13T20:17:02.747-05:002009-12-13T20:17:02.747-05:00NOt the way I was taught, nor the way any sniper I...NOt the way I was taught, nor the way any sniper I know was taught... fingertip only, surprise break, etc...<br /><br />UNLESS, they were showing the WRONG way to do it!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com