Random Thoughts Thread

[Bo Diddley]

How is it that in about every western I've seen, if there's ever a horse chase - the person chasing catches up. They just do. The most recent example is I've been watching 1883 - and I swear that every time there's a chase, the chasers catch up. Episode I saw yesterday has a group of good guys come across a group of bandits, then the bandits start shooting and give chase. The bandits look like they are easily 200 yards away or more when it starts - far enough that most of the good guys can run for a few seconds, then have time to pull up, hop off the their horses, pull out rifles, and get set up on the ground before the bandits appear and the shooting starts.

With the good guys is a girl on a fast horse - they've made a point that it's fast and she rides fast as earlier she beats an Indian in a horse race. So she's got a lead of maybe 200 yards or more. Bandits have someone shooting at them, the other good guys who stopped and got down to fight from the ground. She's on a fast horse. And - before you know it there's a group of 3 or 4 bandits who have caught up to her and are now only 15 yards or so behind her.

I'm going to start paying closer attention with other westerns when I watch them now to see how often the person being chased gets away. I remember one scene in Tombstone where the bad guys get away in a horse chase - but that's partially because the "cowboys" drop their red scarves and the good guys pull up on the chase.

Movie makers push the envelope on reality--even in good movies. Sometimes I just can't buy into it and set reality aside just to be entertained.

[smokymountainrain]

How is it that in about every western I've seen, if there's ever a horse chase - the person chasing catches up. They just do. The most recent example is I've been watching 1883 - and I swear that every time there's a chase, the chasers catch up. Episode I saw yesterday has a group of good guys come across a group of bandits, then the bandits start shooting and give chase. The bandits look like they are easily 200 yards away or more when it starts - far enough that most of the good guys can run for a few seconds, then have time to pull up, hop off the their horses, pull out rifles, and get set up on the ground before the bandits appear and the shooting starts.

With the good guys is a girl on a fast horse - they've made a point that it's fast and she rides fast as earlier she beats an Indian in a horse race. So she's got a lead of maybe 200 yards or more. Bandits have someone shooting at them, the other good guys who stopped and got down to fight from the ground. She's on a fast horse. And - before you know it there's a group of 3 or 4 bandits who have caught up to her and are now only 15 yards or so behind her.

I'm going to start paying closer attention with other westerns when I watch them now to see how often the person being chased gets away. I remember one scene in Tombstone where the bad guys get away in a horse chase - but that's partially because the "cowboys" drop their red scarves and the good guys pull up on the chase.

same thing happens with car chases. one guy will get in his car 0-60 in 5 seconds, the other guy takes 10 seconds to get to his car, yet the second guy catches up in about 3 seconds and the chase is on!

[Scott R Nelson]

same thing happens with car chases. one guy will get in his car 0-60 in 5 seconds, the other guy takes 10 seconds to get to his car, yet the second guy catches up in about 3 seconds and the chase is on!

What's worse is when the one chasing is in a big old truck or something that shouldn't be able to catch what they're chasing.

[falafel]

What's worse is when the one chasing is in a big old truck or something that shouldn't be able to catch what they're chasing.

Especially when its a big OLD truck. And suddenly its tapping the rear bumper of the sports car its chasing.

[Eddie]

Movie makers push the envelope on reality--even in good movies. Sometimes I just can't buy into it and set reality aside just to be entertained.

Yeah - Tony Stark building his original iron man suit, complete with arc reactor, in a cave in the desert doesn't bother me at all. But horses catching up to other horses in a race? Apparently that's just too much.

[Bo Diddley]

Yeah - Tony Stark building his original iron man suit, complete with arc reactor, in a cave in the desert doesn't bother me at all. But horses catching up to other horses in a race? Apparently that's just too much.

[Non Sequitur]

What's worse is when the one chasing is in a big old truck or something that shouldn't be able to catch what they're chasing.

What's even worse is when the flames of an explosion are chasing the hero, and the flames can't catch up.

[Soccermom]

Nope. Just say not to driving through road closed signs.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...9FB8cWxXa3hATO

[Bo Diddley]

Nope. Just say not to driving through road closed signs.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...9FB8cWxXa3hATO

Mama says, "Stupid is as stupid does."

[Pelado]

Nope. Just say not to driving through road closed signs.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/californi...9FB8cWxXa3hATO

[Northwestcoug]

Just saw on Twitter that the Cody Judy incident at Marriott Center was 30 years ago today. Wow. A lifetime ago.

[clackamascoug]

I didn't even know it was Ben - until J-Lo showed up at the drive-thru.

[Northwestcoug]

Happy Valentine's Day everyone:

https://fb.watch/iHCc6BuwyP/

[BigFatMeanie]

In her younger days, Nicole Kidman was a fine-looking woman. That is all.

[Scott R Nelson]

If everyone in the world moved to Texas, the population density would be 30,153 people per square mile. This is 8% below the population density of Brooklyn, New York (32,606 people per square mile).

From: https://www.justfacts.com/population