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07-08-2010, 03:25 AM
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Slide don't lock back in movies when empty
Someone brought this up in the Main Page discussion. I am wondering how did the myth of guns not locking its slide back to signify empty started? Did a lot of movies have bad magazines in the early days of filming and that's just become the standard of action movies?
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07-08-2010, 03:56 AM
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Either that or the definitive click heard when the hammer falls on an empty chamber is prefered.
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07-08-2010, 04:44 AM
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I wonder which movie started this stupid cliche. I know a lot of movies don't have this cliche of click empty, but I've been noticing a couple good production ones do like Shooter, or Casino Royale.
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07-08-2010, 06:23 AM
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I don't know about that. In a lot of action scenes when shooting, we see slide go back and you, the audience, think "he's fucked now."
In a scene in Way of the Gun where Del Toro's character put his 1911 under his armpit so he has a free hand to drag his buddy away, and then turns around, grabbing his gun, pointing at the last man standing, only to see that the slide is locked back. That is a perfect example on how a slide locked back can be dramatic in a gun fight.
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07-08-2010, 07:21 AM
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07-08-2010, 11:49 PM
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Pretty much what Nyles said. The average movie goer doesn't even know what a "slide" is, but just about everybody knows what a hammer clicking on an empty chamber means.
Personally I prefer the slide locking back. I've always found visual representation to be much more dramatic.
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