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Old 06-30-13, 01:53 PM
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I watched LW4 for 1000th time :-) so I got attention to details "in the background" never seen before.... like scene at 3:33.

As there was no CGI available at the time, I guess 4 or 5 people got hit by the car?!?

That wouldn't be the only bad stunt int the movie:
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Old 06-30-13, 02:15 PM
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

I'm not entirely sure what you're saying, and I can't see thee video, but I'm pretty sure there was CGI available in 1998.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

Originally Posted by jumpjack
I watched LW4 for 1000th time

I watched LW4 for 1000th time

I watched LW4 for 1000th time
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

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As there was no CGI available at the time
Have you never seen Jurassic Park or Terminator 2? Both are very heavy CGI films released several years before Lethal Weapon 4. The Last Starfighter was one of the earliest CGI films and that was the early 1980s.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

Welcome jumpjack! You've set the bar pretty high with your first post, enjoy your stay.

I haven't seen Lethal Weapon 4, but I'l take your word for it.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

I remember LW4 being boring but don't actually remember it. I'm assuming LW4 is still boring were I to watch as an adult?
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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
I remember LW4 being boring but don't actually remember it. I'm assuming LW4 is still boring were I to watch as an adult?
Jet Li was in it--his first American film--so those parts aren't boring.
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I remember that I fell asleep in the theater during Lethal Weapon 4, and that's about all that I remember about it. I've never seen it again.
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I remember watching Saving Private Ryan and then sneaking in to watch LW4 to take the edge off. We had fun with and would not watch it until it hit DVD. When we watched the DVD we thought to ourselves, "WTF were we thinking?"
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

The only thing I remember about LW4 was the embarrassingly bad 80s sitcom ending where all the women gave birth at the same time. As there was no CGI at the time I just assume everyone actually have birth!
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

I watched the videos Boba Fett helpfully provided links/embed of.

At the 3:33 mark on the first video, you see everyone (construction workers, office workers, window washers) get out of the way of the car; nobody is shown as being hit in the film. Of course, as the 2nd video shows, these were very risky and dangerous stunts, with the possibility of people being hurt or killed.

At the 4:20 mark, I'm guessing that the car hit by the semi was being remote controlled, or possibly just had its steering wheel locked and rolled down the hill. This meant it took good timing, but I doubt anyone was in the car.
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The no CGI was the best thing about the movie, did not turn into a cartoon for the car stunts.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

In the theatrical cut, the window washers are already on the side of the scaffolding. Had I not watched the extras and behind the scenes on the dvd (my old boss was the vfx supervisor on the film), I wouldn't have noticed that they included the original stunt with the hurt stuntman. I always wonder how that take was included as it was most likely a case not just for work comp, but OSHA as well.

Always thought the freeway scene was funny as they had to film it in Vegas.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

Originally Posted by devilshalo
In the theatrical cut, the window washers are already on the side of the scaffolding. Had I not watched the extras and behind the scenes on the dvd (my old boss was the vfx supervisor on the film), I wouldn't have noticed that they included the original stunt with the hurt stuntman. I always wonder how that take was included as it was most likely a case not just for work comp, but OSHA as well.

Always thought the freeway scene was funny as they had to film it in Vegas.
Some stuntmen have been injured during stunts and insisted they use the take. A guy in Ghost Rider 2 broke a leg and told the directors to please use the take if possible.
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A guy in Ghost Rider 2 broke a leg and told the directors to please use the take if possible.
Well, we didn't know the directors were going to film the way they were on that shoot. I do not doubt the problems that would have arose had Sony and the insurance company known about the rollerblading with handhelds while hanging on to the motorcycles.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

Originally Posted by Solid Snake
I remember LW4 being boring but don't actually remember it. I'm assuming LW4 is still boring were I to watch as an adult?
It was rushed into production without a finished script...Warners wanted it for a summer release, and I don't even think they started filming it until January of that year. Had it been given some preproduction time, it might have turned out to be a better movie.
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Re: Lethal Weapon 4 bad stunt

Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
Jet Li was in it--his first American film--so those parts aren't boring.
The fight at the end asks for more suspension of belief than humanly possible.

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