Mythbusters is really a legendary show with many individuals, filled with great moments (and explosions.Oh so many explosions). "Tory: "Alright, the whole myth is trying to cut a sword with another sword, right/ So why don't we just try to cut a sword with another sword? Still, the whole earwax candle thing sort of begs the question — could that actually be done? In "Mega Movie Myths," the MythBusters test the following myths:-Whether or not window awnings will break your fall out of a building, as in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). All you need to do is throw someone off the edge of a building in the path of multiple awnings, and then see what state they're in when they get to the bottom. First, they tried the basic handgun vs. lock technique employed in Big Trouble in Little China — both a 9mm pistol and a .357 Magnum failed to open either padlocks or deadbolts. When they covered the post with sandpaper — which is more similar to the bark of a tree than sanded wood is — Adam was able the cross the simulated chasm via bullwhip. "I think you guys are missing the point here," he said. Everyone knows that, because Hollywood has been reminding us like every three and a half action films. Not a real person, of course, but the MythBusters' usual fall guy, the crash-test dummy lovingly referred to as "Buster."
Tory was also rigged up so that the rate of his descent could be controlled and safe.Buster rolled off the first awning and partially broke through the second, leaving his butt piece poking through the hole in the awning.I think that this episode has some of the best-executed myths to date: Ejection Seat and Jumping a Gorge. They test this by dropping their crash test dummy, Buster, from approximately four stories above three acrylic-fabric awnings which they have attached to the side of an abandoned building. However, the car crashed nose-down and was destroyed, busting the myth (and the car). In the second myth, the pair tried to master hitting a small target with a bullwhip, which is evidently not as easy as our fedora-clad hero makes it look. - Jet Assisted Chevy / Biscuit Bazooka / Poppy Seed Drug Test ... See full review. Mythbusters became iconic for tackling urban legends, but they also took on a massive amount of myths from movies (like if you shoot out a window on an airplane at altitude, does the whole plane decompress?). Bob Carroll, tow truck driver, sat in it and immediately asked if it was an ejection seat. Bowman successfully landed the car on four wheels and it kept on running, but Bowman had to spend six weeks in a hospital with busted vertebrae. Nature knows that's the best way of getting out of the way of something that's faster than you are. What's up with the red suit?
Mythbusters: The 3 Pilot Episodes That Started It All! They got two high-carbon katanas to do the actual cutting and as the target sword. Photos: * Awning Fall (with spoilers) * Awning Fall Setup Tory then demonstrated the movie method of using pre-cut awnings and safety wires. i.
"For the final test, they wanted to stick Rescue Randy in the car -- Buster was in pieces from Awning Fall. They stacked up the dirt a foot at a time and steam-rolled each layer in order to make sure it was compact.
(Adam was originally slated to perform the stunt, but was stopped at the last minute due to insurance reasons. Claymore vs. Viking sword: Viking sword severely nicked the Claymore. Not everything could be perfect, and the show had its fair share of busts.
Their plan was to hit a 30 degree dirt mound at 70mph.Jamie: "Oops, here we go again⦠I haven't set the failsafe yet. Myth: In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jumps out of a window and awnings safely break his fall.. See On the Set with the MythBusters for my recounting of watching this myth.
Actual airplane ejection seats use rockets to launch the pilot at 50 ft/s out of the plane, but they didn't want to incinerate the car.The high-carbon blade went straight through the show katana (stainless steel) like butter, which didn't really tell them anything other than show blades are really just for show.They charged up the tank to 130psi, and as Adam drove the car, he launched the ejector seat. See what's behind Adam Savage's "Doink!" They went with an old Toyota instead as it fit their requirements for trunk space and roof clearance.Myth: You can completely conceal an ejector seat in a car.Grant and Tory spent half-an-hour taking shots with their respective weapons. I wrote this before the episode aired, which is why it goes to great lengths to not talk about the actual myth or results.. However, Rescue Randy didn't fit in the car and they had to go with 65lb Simulaid Susie instead.Just like in the Driveshaft Pole Vault Myth, Jamie accidentally drove the car through the fence at Alameda. Dontel Hood, one of Jamie's interns, didn't notice either the trapdoor in the roof or the overly high seat. In "Mega Movie Myths," the MythBusters test the following myths:-Whether or not window awnings will break your fall out of a building, as in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).