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The ones they tossed in didn’t have their pins pulled.  The final few did…
(At least that’s how I’ll rationalize it!)
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Well i think it's called plot armor since well who wants to watch a movie where a good guy gets blown into pieces by a frag >

Me. That would be something new. >

True they should make something like that cause then you can make bunch of endings for a movie >

Or continue the story, focusing on other characters. >

Yes and it becomes a saga >

Make a movie or show where all characters are randomized, and every 1-30 minutes, 1-10 of the characters die no matter how important or unimportant they are. And the movie would be a fun challenge for the writers because they'd have to write and change the plot accordingly to the deaths and write the surviving characters stories about how they adjust and stuff. >

Lol inputed this idea into chatgpt and got this lol
Title: "The Culling"
Plot: A mysterious virus has broken out, causing widespread panic and chaos. A small group of people from various backgrounds and professions find themselves holed up in a seemingly secure facility, seeking refuge from the outside world. However, they soon discover that the facility is not what it seems and that their lives are in more danger inside than out.
Every 1-30 minutes, 1-10 characters are randomly selected to be eliminated in a mysterious and brutal way. As the number of survivors dwindles, tensions rise and alliances are formed, but nobody knows who will be next. Will the group band together to find a way out, or will they turn on each other in a desperate bid to survive?
The randomization of the character's fate and the unpredictable nature of their removal creates a high-stakes, edge-of-your-seat suspenseful experience. The theme of survival against seemingly insurmountable odds taps into the audience's primal fear and adds to the overall excitement of the film. >

Bro you need to start writing movies or sum >

That was written by an AI... Not sure if you're joking >

Yeah totally joking because I totally didn't glance over the AI part and actually found it an interesting..
Joking... >

I'm pretty sure Die Hard 2 has the record for slowest exploding grenades. Bruce Willis sees the grenades land, then looks around frantically, sees an ejection seat, scrambles over to it, takes time to strap himself in, then figure out how to use it before finally ejecting himself just ahead of the first explosion that feels at least a minute behind schedule. >

The Rock comes in at a close second, the shootout at the end when Nic Cage jumps into the bath, takes a solid 20 seconds to roll down the corridor >

That was definitely the other one I thought of. Bad guy even verbally cooks them for three seconds before he throws them. >

Shower thought 2: grenades take longer to explode when close to the protagonist (or other significant character) because the scene is from their point of view and your perception of time slows down when you're in danger.
(Heck, sometimes these scenes are literally in slow motion) >


Shower thought 2: grenades take longer to explode when close to the protagonist

Is that why Bruce Willis gets so much time to buckle himself into the ejector seat to escape in Die Hard 2?
The scene feels like they spend a good 2 minutes just hucking grenades into the cockpit.
edit: 34 seconds from the first grenade leaving a hand to the first explosion.