the church burning
Are they seriously trying to tell us that no one left the church while it was burning? They all just stayed there and burned? That's unbelievable.
... and the rocks it pummels. - James Berardinelli
dumbass colonists!
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... and the rocks it pummels. - James Berardinelli
They didn't just "STAY" there. They were trapped. Don't you recall the chains on the doors?
shareDon't you recall the chains on the doorsI'm quite sure that a large number of people can break out of a wooden church with windows.
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....only to be shot or bayoneted by the Dragoons who were still outside until the church was well and truly alight and there was no hope for the townspeople to escape
shareSo you would stay in the fire then? Hard to say I guess.
... and the rocks it pummels. - James Berardinelli
In reality they would have been overcome with smoke inhalation before succumbing to flames.
Fire kills in minutes, smoke kills in seconds!
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In reality they would have been overcome with smoke inhalation before succumbing to flames.Precisely. You often hear in the news of people dying in their homes before they could get to windows or doors that weren't blocked merely because of the speed with which carbon dioxide can incapacitate and then kill a person. By the time they had picked up heavy alter pieces to bash their way out their eyes would have been watering and their lungs filling up with smoke.
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Thank you so much for a serious and thoughtful answer. They are often hard to come by.
This is exactly what I told the kids today! I was subbing for a class of middle schoolers and their teacher left this movie for us to watch! They knew about the chains and the guys outside, but they still wondered why no one could get out. The smoke from the wood fire is an excellent answer.
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shareYeah I actually helped close the church windows.. we did so pretty quickly after Adam Baldwin threw the torch on the roof.. they weren't getting out cause we all stood there and watched it burn for quite some time.. I felt so badly even though I knew they weren't really in there.
Were you on the set? If you were, in what capacity?
shareSpeaking of Adam Baldwin...for decades I thought he and Alec Baldwin were related, until recently. I should have been able to tell earlier, given that the latter is a much bigger prick than the former.
shareDidn't you ever see Die Hard? They start knocking on the windows and all of a sudden Hans Gruber comes along with his sexy European accent and before you know it he's all Schieß dem Fenster, and everyone is pulling shards of glass out of their feet. I'd rather burn alive than have that inconvenience, or even worse a damn splinter in my finger!
shareI think I would have tried to get out, at least. I think I'd rather be shot than burned alive.
Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?