Frank wrote in news:m69t0q$qu5$1@dont-
email.me:

Television was not HD and they could get away
with it.


Movies are differnt kettle of fish.

There is a Die Hard movie where Bruce Willis's character throws some 9mm
rounds into a frying pan and flees the scene. The bad guys enter his
apartment, only to be killed by the exploding ammo in the frying pan.

Obviously, that's Hollywood unrealistic silliness. But those rounds were
not as they appeared. I saw the actual props that were used. The 9mm cases
were turned out of actual solid brass, and were made to look as realistic
as possible, right down to the primer hole. In real-life, those cases were
about the height of quart milk-cartons. Huge. Apparently this had to do
with how movie cameras work. It was not possible to use ammunition that was
life-size because the cameras couldn't work properly with things that
small.

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Tegger