Movie myths you would have liked to see?
Posted by StyxfanLZ129@reddit | mythbusters | View on Reddit | 8 comments
This first one could have been just for the fun of it to see how they would test it. But in the movie Beavis and butthead do America in the scene where they are standing in the trunk, barreling down the highway and Butthead says "just start running really fast as soon as you hit the ground, it'll work". Of course I know this is a cartoon, but still.
The tanning bed catching fire in final destination 3 that way.
AndrewNiccol@reddit
Can a handgun shoot down a helicopter like James Bond did in SPECTRE?
mazzicc@reddit
I feel like they did some form of “hit the ground running”, but it was a small part of a larger myth, not an entire episode.
DangerSwan33@reddit
The tanning bed myth was that someone had "cooked their insides", but because tanning beds work on UV, not microwaves, this was busted.
mazzicc@reddit
Even with microwaves it would be busted. Things don’t cook from the inside-out. Microwaves heat the surface.
DangerSwan33@reddit
They also covered that.
zingline89@reddit
The literally did test what you’re describing. I think it was an episode about several idioms, and one of them was “hit the ground running”
maboyles90@reddit
If you've ever jumped off the back of a moving vehicle you realize after the first person eats it that you need to hit the ground with your feet already running.
Source: 16 year old me and friends were dumb. Luckily my friend was dumb first. And I realized quick.
TheJackalsDay@reddit
They could've done an episode for every Fast and Furious movie.