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Who's the guy? Looks familiar
LordsFire
Internet Wizard
The gun enthusiast from Tremors. I think his name was Burt Gummer?
Bear Ribs
Well-known member
Yup, Burt Gummer, famous for this scene especially:
A superb example of actually subverting expectations. Any other Hollywood movie, the crazy survivalist with a gun is the first to die, especially in a monster movie, and they do every single cliche monster movie cue to indicate that's what's about to happen. Then Burt and his wife proceed to shoot the giant monster with increasingly large caliber weapons for two minutes straight until it dies.
Wrong rec room indeed.
prinCZess
Warrior, Writer, Performer, Perv
Always loved that scene...And always wished McEntire had come back in the sequels. Monster-hunting husband-wife survivalist duo would've been a fun dynamic.
That said...For consistency's sake, they--or at least Burt--probably should've lost their hearing in that rec room as well.
Wargamer08
Well-known member
The man hip fired what looked like a .700 nitro express. Hearing would be the least of his problems.Always loved that scene...And always wished McEntire had come back in the sequels. Monster-hunting husband-wife survivalist duo would've been a fun dynamic.
That said...For consistency's sake, they--or at least Burt--probably should've lost their hearing in that rec room as well.
ShadowsOfParadox
Well-known member
Also equality, notice how he'd totally have died except his wife was there and good with guns too.
I don't even know anymore.
Whitestrake Pelinal
Like a dream without a dreamer
SchrodingersWehraboo
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Bear Ribs
Well-known member
T'were actually an 8 gauge shotgun which is a fair bit bigger than a .700 nitro express (.835). So yeah, with the amount they shot in such a confined space both of them should have walked out of that rec room deaf as Beethoven.
You might notice if you look, too, the movie shows Burt open and spill the box of shells, then cuts to Heather shooting, then back him closing the breach with the shells already in. This is a common trick in movies for safety's sake, blanks don't look like real bullets so you display the real deal (some movie makers will remove the powder from them, but the primer has to be left in since it's visible and that produces a dangerous squib round so it's debatable if that's safer) on the countertop but don't have the actor actually put them in the gun, then cut away and back with blanks already in so that a live round and firearm never meet on the set.
bintananth
behind a desk
The primer can be removed and replaced with a glued-in inert look-alike made of something harmless.
Like removing the powder, that costs money and, welp, "not in the budget" is why it's not often done.
Bear Ribs
Well-known member
Dummy rounds exist but they don't look like real bullets either.
Weapons Safety for Film Expert Says Live Ammo Differs From Dummy Round
Weapons safety for film expert Steve Wolf explains the differences between live ammo and dummy rounds used on the 'Rust' set.
www.tmz.com
The reason for this is it's considered even more dangerous than blanks or squibs, you really, really don't want a live round that could be mistaken for a dummy round so they do not make dummy rounds that are actually look-alikes.
bintananth
behind a desk
He's in "cover our asses" mode and TMZ reports on celebrity and entertainment news. Take what he has to say with a grain of salt.Dummy rounds exist but they don't look like real bullets either.
Weapons Safety for Film Expert Says Live Ammo Differs From Dummy Round
Weapons safety for film expert Steve Wolf explains the differences between live ammo and dummy rounds used on the 'Rust' set.
The reason for this is it's considered even more dangerous than blanks or squibs, you really, really don't want a live round that could be mistaken for a dummy round so they do not make dummy rounds that are actually look-alikes.
War reenactors bring their own gear and there's almost never a mishap. They also aren't getting paid to do the demonstration.
Whitestrake Pelinal
Like a dream without a dreamer
Bear Ribs
Well-known member
Actually, having spent a bit of time in the business, I'm speaking from experience, I just don't tend to use my anecdotes as proof and like a link to back them up.