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How wrong the trajectory was?

posted 15 years ago by Plague2005
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In the last episode, the shooter was firing at waist high and the bullet was travelling parallelly. Yet somehow it managed to go through a tree and hit someone in the head. Since the warehouse and the house was in the same level as we saw in the bullet travel path and that the shooter is not a 10 foot guy, the bullet trajectory seems impossible. Shouldn't they realize that?

Also, the guy who fired the rounds at the car where FBI was hiding behind spent a lot of bullets at their angle. And somehow he missed hitting any of them yet we saw the bullets did penetrate through the car to the other side. And what about the missed bullets? Shouldn't it travel into other houses as well?

Very weak episode on Math.

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[–] jporter-6 15 years ago

You'd probably have a valid point if Numb3rs were a mathematics paper or dissertation. It is a fictional TV show. Fiction allows us to sample what may feel real, but we can get lost in the fun. Or what does, "Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away" mean?

[–] jmbwithcats 15 years ago

I enjoy a level of suspension of disbelief. This show is great because it's got heart, good characters, good supporting cast, and enjoyable stories.

Those are the important elements in a series.

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[–] NewBeginnings16 15 years ago

My knowledge about trajectory is how to correctly spell it. Didn't bother me in the slightest.

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[–] cable232 15 years ago

Did you ever watch Miami Vice?? If you did you'd know that its pretty easy to stand in a barrage of machine-gun fire and not get hit..

[–] NewBeginnings16 15 years ago

Cable,
(nice to see you here too) anyway: and

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[–] cable232 15 years ago

You can see me?? What the hell I don't even have a webcam..

[–] Plague2005 15 years ago

If it is a typical cop show, then I won't have any problem with it. But this show's core is mathematics and numbers. So for a show to be so obviously wrong yet explained as valid using equations does not seem right.

Comparing this with Season 1 episode where there was a sniper shooting, that was pretty accurate. Did the show have a change of writers or director?

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