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Mephisto2 · 05-24-2005, 01:47 PM

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The Force backfires
May 25, 2005 - 7:03AM

Two Star Wars fans were critically injured in the UK when they tried to replicate the light sabres used in the movie by filling glass fluorescent light tubes with fuel, police and a news report said today.

Mark Webb, 20, and an unidentified 17-year-old girl, were planning to make a video recording of a duel like those in the just-released blockbuster film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Britain's Press Association news agency said.

They were injured when one of the makeshift sabres exploded in the woods in Hemel Hempstead, north of London, yesterday evening.

Hertfordshire Police said a third person present when the explosion happened had been questioned. The two who were injured were in critical condition at a burns unit in Chelmsford, Essex.

"At this stage we are unable to confirm the exact circumstances, but glass tubes and traces of accelerant (flammable substance) were found at the scene," police said.

AP

REF: http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/The...950720606.html

Fucking hell.

I really, really can't understand how someone can be so stupid as this. Honestly. How do these people tie their own shoe-laces in the morning?!

Cue references to the Darwin Awards and Jackass...

Mr Mephisto

stonegrody · 05-24-2005, 01:50 PM

They were making a movie. There has to be video of this somewhere! Oh please, please find it!!!

maleficent · 05-24-2005, 02:05 PM

Sometimes the gene pool really needs to be thinnned out...

Lebell · 05-24-2005, 02:18 PM

Yes, I read that.

I prefer to not think of it as gasoline, but rather as chlorine for the gene pool.

stevie667 · 05-24-2005, 02:20 PM

Happened in Hemel, no wonder...

Still amusing.

TexanAvenger · 05-24-2005, 02:21 PM

I'm wondering if they happened to smell like another flammable liquid when this all went down...

My guess would lean toward 'yes.'

MSD · 05-24-2005, 03:05 PM

Broom handles and glow-in-the-dark paint work much better.

World's King · 05-24-2005, 03:07 PM

IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE.

Duh.

flat5 · 05-24-2005, 03:09 PM

Very sad.
These people have to go through life with half a mind. Or so it looks like to me.
I hope they learn to be more carefull.

streak_56 · 05-24-2005, 03:12 PM

I'm surprised I haven't done anything like that, I am basically the self proclaimed king of stupid....

CSflim · 05-25-2005, 04:19 AM

Desperately needs a video....

paulskinback · 05-25-2005, 04:57 AM

Apparently the Police have in custody the third person involved, and the videotape from the camera he was holding while filming them.

Yet somehow, in a TV interview last night, the police also said they were still trying to figure out what they were doing. hmmmm.... Maybe Chief Wiggum should watch the tape?

JustJess · 05-25-2005, 05:24 AM

Ha! Who says the ridiculously stupid aren't punished???

I don't wish them permanent damage (or not much, anyway), but I am SO glad they were immediately smacked down for this. Idiotas!

ObieX · 05-25-2005, 05:53 AM

This is demented on so many levels. Glass tubes for a sword fight isnt dumb enough.. lets fill them with fuel and LIGHT THEM ON FIRE. This way they wont just shatter, but they'll spray flaming liquid everywhere. Good times!

OFKU0 · 05-25-2005, 08:34 AM

Guess they should have played it safe in the imaginary world of Dungeons and Dragons. Then they could have used super-duper swords that could turn kryptonite into water. Suppose they were just trying to keep it real.

Borgs · 05-25-2005, 10:18 AM

I blame the violent media for encouraging such violence

I kind of feel bad for laughing at them, as they are both probably hurt badly, but at the same time....

Hardknock · 05-25-2005, 11:36 AM

Somebody please find that video!!

sapiens · 05-25-2005, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Hardknock

Somebody please find that video!!

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The two who were injured were in critical condition at a burns unit in Chelmsford, Essex.

Definitely a dumb move, but I don't want to see the video.

Manuel Hong · 05-25-2005, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ObieX

This is demented on so many levels. Glass tubes for a sword fight isnt dumb enough.. lets fill them with fuel and LIGHT THEM ON FIRE. This way they wont just shatter, but they'll spray flaming liquid everywhere. Good times!

Laughed my ass off. Thanks for lightening my mood after the blog story...

Sweetpea · 05-25-2005, 02:59 PM

ohmy

that is funny on many different levels....................

sweetpea

Cuatela · 05-26-2005, 10:39 AM

I don't fault them for trying to recreate the movie...but I do fault them for how they replicated the sabers. There's a much easier way: white broomsticks, then get a computer geek to add glow effect after the action was filmed. That's about how they do it in the movie anyway (except the lightsabers are specially made, not white broomsticks)

Lebell · 05-26-2005, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by OFKU0

Guess they should have played it safe in the imaginary world of Dungeons and Dragons. Then they could have used super-duper swords that could turn kryptonite into water. Suppose they were just trying to keep it real.

Bah!

If you want to keep it real, try this:

www.ifgs.com

05-24-2005, 01:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
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05-24-2005, 02:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
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05-24-2005, 02:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
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05-24-2005, 02:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	Happened in Hemel, no wonder... Still amusing. __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information.

05-24-2005, 03:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE. Duh. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

05-24-2005, 02:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	I'm wondering if they happened to smell like another flammable liquid when this all went down... My guess would lean toward 'yes.'

05-24-2005, 03:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Broom handles and glow-in-the-dark paint work much better.

05-24-2005, 03:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	Very sad. These people have to go through life with half a mind. Or so it looks like to me. I hope they learn to be more carefull.

05-24-2005, 03:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	I'm surprised I haven't done anything like that, I am basically the self proclaimed king of stupid....

05-25-2005, 04:19 AM	#11 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	Desperately needs a video.... __________________

05-25-2005, 04:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
paulskinback Insane	Apparently the Police have in custody the third person involved, and the videotape from the camera he was holding while filming them. Yet somehow, in a TV interview last night, the police also said they were still trying to figure out what they were doing. hmmmm.... Maybe Chief Wiggum should watch the tape? __________________ 'Everything that can be invented has been invented.- - 1899, Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents. 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' - Ken Olson, 1977, Digital Equipment Corporation

05-25-2005, 05:24 AM	#13 (permalink)
JustJess Unencapsulated Location: Kittyville	Ha! Who says the ridiculously stupid aren't punished??? I don't wish them permanent damage (or not much, anyway), but I am SO glad they were immediately smacked down for this. Idiotas! __________________ My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.

05-25-2005, 05:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
ObieX Pickles Location: Shirt and Pants (NJ)	This is demented on so many levels. Glass tubes for a sword fight isnt dumb enough.. lets fill them with fuel and LIGHT THEM ON FIRE. This way they wont just shatter, but they'll spray flaming liquid everywhere. Good times! __________________ We Must Dissent.

05-25-2005, 08:34 AM	#15 (permalink)
OFKU0 Junk	Guess they should have played it safe in the imaginary world of Dungeons and Dragons. Then they could have used super-duper swords that could turn kryptonite into water. Suppose they were just trying to keep it real. __________________ " In Canada, you can tell the most blatant lie in a calm voice, and people will believe you over someone who's a little passionate about the truth." David Warren, Western Standard.

05-25-2005, 10:18 AM	#16 (permalink)
Borgs Tilted	I blame the violent media for encouraging such violence I kind of feel bad for laughing at them, as they are both probably hurt badly, but at the same time....

05-25-2005, 02:59 PM	#20 (permalink)
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05-25-2005, 11:36 AM	#17 (permalink)
Hardknock Republican slayer Location: WA	Somebody please find that video!!

05-26-2005, 10:39 AM	#21 (permalink)
Cuatela Insane Location: NC, USA	I don't fault them for trying to recreate the movie...but I do fault them for how they replicated the sabers. There's a much easier way: white broomsticks, then get a computer geek to add glow effect after the action was filmed. That's about how they do it in the movie anyway (except the lightsabers are specially made, not white broomsticks) __________________ Any sarcasm was intentional.