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Woah, how did he throw his SAK and get it to stick in the wooden cage holding the pilot? I've tried throwing my SAK, and all I did was crack the plastic casing. Fortunately it didn't come off.
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QUOTE (Tygr @ 16 September 2007 - 08:38 PM)
Woah, how did he throw his SAK and get it to stick in the wooden cage holding the pilot? I've tried throwing my SAK, and all I did was crack the plastic casing.
A good props crew helps a lot! Good point, though -- SAKs really aren't balanced for throwing, since they tend to be really handle-heavy.
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I have knitted a wool hat like the one Mac was wearing when he climbed up the cliff (the red, white and black ski hat with the red pom pom). I chuckle whenever I wear it - in winter, of course, wondering if anyone recognizes the unique design - or where they might have seen it before. Hehe!
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QUOTE (Braddock @ 1 August 2008 - 08:18 AM)
Why is Mac living in a observatory?
This is just a personal opinion, but I think that by having Mac living at the Observatory, the writers were trying to emphasize Mac's interest in science, while they are setting up his 'derring-do Action!Man troubleshooter' personae.
As much as I love Mac's obsession with living near the beach in a loft-style apartment (houseboats considered) I wish he could have stayed at the Observatory, at least for a couple more episodes. It really did give him a touch of isolation... set him apart from (and literally, above,) the average man.
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I liked this episode alot was great but one of the MacGyverisims was tested on myth busters and the science behind the MacGyverisim was true but it wouldn't of worked
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Though you guys might want to know,( and if you do, excuse me for being out of tune ) I suppose everyone remembers the pilot episode (who doesn't ) hwere dear old Mac sealed a sulphuric acid leak with chocolate. Well, it's true. Every bit of it Though you might find this interesting.
One thing nags me though, why, being in the metalurgics lab, why use NA with water and not NA with F? Much more effective I'd say, course it would have blone the rest of the comlex aside, but hey!, he would have made himself a Deluxe door!
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I suppose everyone remembers the pilot episode (who doesn't ) hwere dear old Mac sealed a sulphuric acid leak with chocolate. Well, it's true. Every bit of it Though you might find this interesting.
Depends on your definition of true.
The science is right, but the amounts used are way out.
Apparently the amount of chocolate needed to stop a leak like MacGyver had would be (in RDA's own words) "a truck load".
This is a perfect example of MacGyerisms being based on scientific principles, but exaggerated or skewed for entertainment purposes.
I just couldn't get through the pilot episodes. I didn't like Spencer at all. I can watch the opening and when the pilot and Mac go off the cliff with a parachute, but just couldn't watch the entire episode and actually skipped to the end. I've tried at least three times to watch the episode and I always end up skipping to the end.
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On Mythbusters, they showed that you can stop an acid leak with chocolate, but again they did the experiment on a small scale. A large scale acid leak probably would require "a truckload."
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I watched the episode again last night and wondered if Mac was already with the DXS at that time. If not, why would his name came up in searching for a suitable person to save the lab?
Does that mean he was working for the Petagon and at the same time driving taxi for Jack while he was in the hospital? It seems to me that Mac was so 'inexperienced' when he and Pete was chasing Murdoc in 'Partners' and I don't think he would act like this if at that time he had completed several dangerous assignments for the Petagon.
I must admend my earlier replies I got through the first episode. Husband really liked it. The acting was kind of forced. I don't like that they had Dana Elcar smoking a cigarrette. I loved the end when the little boy made the basket. I wish they had done a little more with that in the beginning of the series. But I guess the Challengers club made up for it.