Glock TV/Movie Question
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Mostly because most people don't know the difference between the generation of glocks and the actually differences are minor (visually) at best so there's not a whole lot of reason to invest in a new generation of prop guns.
Many movie guns ARE real guns...but anyway.
Glocks don't wear out fast. Especially with a small number of blanks per year. Also movie blank guns need to be very reliable or you lose big money for reshoots and reputation for future work. So why would a company ditch their dependable Glock movie gun, just to spend more money on the latest model that will need to be proven before putting on a set?
Glocks don't wear out fast. Especially with a small number of blanks per year. Also movie blank guns need to be very reliable or you lose big money for reshoots and reputation for future work. So why would a company ditch their dependable Glock movie gun, just to spend more money on the latest model that will need to be proven before putting on a set?
Because the average person making and watching this stuff on screen has no clue about guns. Listen for the tell tale click of the safety coming off when they're using a Glock. Or how many times they have to rack the slide on a pistol/shotgun/rifle, etc. 'for effect' when they're staring down the bad guy or they're threatening the good guy. etc. etc. etc.
On Sons of Anarchy... Opie gets out of bed, checks that his Glock is loaded by racking the slide all the way open (it stays open) and then uses his slide release to get ready for some action.... ????????
It happens all the time in all the shows and movies... I actually enjoy catching all the stupid gun play and manipulation mistakes.... It annoyes the hell out of my wife. Who knows, maybe thats why I enjoy it.
Have a good one.
Gord.
It happens all the time in all the shows and movies... I actually enjoy catching all the stupid gun play and manipulation mistakes.... It annoyes the hell out of my wife. Who knows, maybe thats why I enjoy it.
Have a good one.
Gord.
More and more movies and TV shows are now not even bothering with the use of blanks. The actor just points the gun (and if you're lucky, pretends there's some recoil) and they add the muzzle flash and sound in post-production; even an ejecting cartridge case to go with each shot.
A few more years and the gun will be CG, too.
A few more years and the gun will be CG, too.
The most annoying offender of this would be The Walking Dead in my opinion. Irritates me to no end.
I've seen some outtakes, from Hellboy I think it was, and the director had to keep telling people to stop saying "Bang" when they pretend to shoot the gun.
I fully support the use of CG, it was my first career choice after all, but if you're going to do CG put some supporting effort into it. Really, a piece of wood, an elastic, and a weight(Essentially a slingshot with the projectile connected) would make a decent prop that at least pretends to have some recoil, giving you a basis around which to build your CG model.
So many movies now have multimillion dollar CG budgets, with no supporting effort. Sometimes the right people can pull it off, sometimes it fails horribly.
I fully support the use of CG, it was my first career choice after all, but if you're going to do CG put some supporting effort into it. Really, a piece of wood, an elastic, and a weight(Essentially a slingshot with the projectile connected) would make a decent prop that at least pretends to have some recoil, giving you a basis around which to build your CG model.
So many movies now have multimillion dollar CG budgets, with no supporting effort. Sometimes the right people can pull it off, sometimes it fails horribly.
A rather obscure question... but... for any question related to firearms in film, TV or video games, go to imfdb.com, as it is by far the best resource available anywhere on this topic.
My glancing over the GLOCK page shows that Gen 4's were used in the 21 Jump Street film (which I haven't seen, along with most other people):
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Glock
The image on the 21 Jump Street page clearly shows the Gen 4 markings. You would have to have damn good eyes and/or be increcibly nerdy to notice or care. In someone's hand it looks like any other GLOCK.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/21_Jump_Street_%282012%29
As the years go by you will start to see them in more and more movies... if you have incredibly good eyes, are really nerdy, or visit IMFDB regularly
(unless they stop making them or switch to something else).
My glancing over the GLOCK page shows that Gen 4's were used in the 21 Jump Street film (which I haven't seen, along with most other people):
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Glock
The image on the 21 Jump Street page clearly shows the Gen 4 markings. You would have to have damn good eyes and/or be increcibly nerdy to notice or care. In someone's hand it looks like any other GLOCK.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/21_Jump_Street_%282012%29
As the years go by you will start to see them in more and more movies... if you have incredibly good eyes, are really nerdy, or visit IMFDB regularly
(unless they stop making them or switch to something else).
