IN YOUR FACE pb movie- something you should realize before you see this

[paint magnet]

As many of you know, there is a paintball movie coming out soon called "In Your Face" and I believe Tom Kaye and Bud Orr have roles in it. While this is a great opportunity to show paintball to the non playing crowd, we certainly don't want to give a bad representation by doing stupid things that would "look cool" on the screen. For example, I saw one of the posters recently and it has (I'm assuming it's the main character) in his jersey and little camo pants walking off the field with no mask, and of course he doesn't have a barrel plug in because he's 'cool' and it's not 'cool' to have a barrel plug in. Also in the background, there is a guy with some sort of marker thing that looks like a super soaker duck-taped to a model 98 and camo(don't know about you but I've never seen anybody like that, and I've seen some pretty wierd stuff like personman in his pie suit ) Nothing wrong with the hot girls in Dye tank tops though... anyone else have any opinions on the matter?

[Jonno06]

where did you see the poster?

i wanna see this movie now?

when does it come out?

[WhoDaresPlay]

but look at all the people, in our sport that have their photos on the 'net' with no barrel plugs on their markers.

I can think of numerous "pro players" and "high profile" players that are guilty of this.

[personman]

Personally I leave my markers safety on and loaded with no barrel plug kind of laying around the house.. I dont see a problem with it, wouldnt leave it out while guests were here, and I never point them at people, and the wost that could happen is if I shot myself or something..
Now out on the field surrounded by people, thats a diffrent story..

[Automaggin2]

Originally posted by personman
Personally I leave my markers safety on and loaded with no barrel plug kind of laying around the house.. I dont see a problem with it, wouldnt leave it out while guests were here, and I never point them at people, and the wost that could happen is if I shot myself or something..
Now out on the field surrounded by people, thats a diffrent story..

very dangerous. a relative of mine was shot by a .22 caliber once, and, yes, the saftey was on. They can malfunction.

[Brak]

well if your worried about giving paintball a bad image to people who never played... i dont think people who never played know what a barrel plug is, or give a crap.

[personman]

Originally posted by Automaggin2


very dangerous. a relative of mine was shot by a .22 caliber once, and, yes, the saftey was on. They can malfunction.

Not talking about guns, has nothing to do with guns..
If I had a gun there is NO WAY I would keep it armed and laying around..
I never pull the trigger on my markers inside..
Unless Im dryfiring and sure there is no paint loaded..
Even then I touch the barrel to the ground as I shoot..

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by personman
and the wost that could happen is if I shot myself or something..

I can think of several ways this could be bad. Both for you personaly, and for the sport in general.

[Brak]

AGAIN!! if he shot himself, for instance, accidentally, in the foot, IN HIS HOUSE WHICH HE KEEPS HIS GUN IN, how in hell would that be bad for the sport!?!?!?!?

[FalconGuy016]

I think he is talking about his own accident in his house... Im assuming thats the gun is on a table or on the floor where it wouldnt matter, as long as you dont hit your eyes. I dont usually barrel condom my guns in the house because they dont have a tank on them or they are in a safe direction with the valve off (just common sense when I throw the gun down, its thrown in a safe direction). I also dont wear a mask when I shoot my gun at the fence, I take a little common sense in safey when I have my own personal risks, but whenever there are other people around of course I take the full saftey measures (as far as keeping tanks off the guns, barrel condoming if needed, never paintballs+tank on the gun if im not going to shoot it) and of course in the field everything that is required there.

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Brak
AGAIN!! if he shot himself, for instance, accidentally, in the foot, IN HIS HOUSE WHICH HE KEEPS HIS GUN IN, how in hell would that be bad for the sport!?!?!?!?

How about you change "foot" to "eye." You'd have one more statistic "proving" paintball gun are dangerous.

[Brak]

seeing how its rather hard to shoot yourself in the eye, i dont think shooting yourself in the foot would make you a statistic. one time i shot myself in the finger, and its pretty hard to change that to my eye. if you look at the situation in real life, it is practically impossible to shoot YOURSELF, ACCIDENTALLY, in the eye, and if you can, you deserve to be sterilized. and besides that, im sure *everyone* who plays paintball looks up insurance statistics about who got shot in the eye. the truth is, theres a certain amount of responsibility you have using a paintball gun, and if you can't handle that dont play!

oh yeah, i talked to a guy who was shot, from less than 10 feet away, in the eye, unprotected, by a paintball gun, and he can see fine, and i dont think he will change the face of the sport forever becuase some moron with no common sense (surprisingly enough, he didnt shoot himself! can you believe it!?) shot him

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Brak
it is practically impossible to shoot YOURSELF, ACCIDENTALLY, in the eye, and if you can, you deserve to be sterilized

I guess that's why no one ever shoots themselves accidentally in the head with real guns.

[mxracer33x]

There is a problem with leaving a loaded Gun of any kind around. Things happen and there are accidents. We are lucky as paintballers to have such things as effective barrel blocking devices that are effective. So if your safety did malfunction your marker would only make a mess in the barrel condom or at worst shoot paint out the ports onto your mothers "Dry Clean Only" Clothes.

I can bet that if your parents took you to the hospital with a screwed up eye, from being "shot with your own paintball gun in your own home", that there would be a write up in the local newspaper. Thus sending a negative image to people unfamiliar wit hthe sport. Sure, all of us here would say "he must have not used his barrel plug" but anyone not familiar would say..." See Timmy, thats why your not ever getting a paintball gun."

My point being, We have the means to keep our selves and others from being injured, so why dont we use it? I sure there was a fool proof way to cap a gun barrel so kids couldnt fire a gun off accidentally.

Hopefully someday all advertisements or pics taken for publicity will have a disclaimer clearing up just why there is no barrel condom or goggles on the person. Until then we should be free to critisize until they do. Its not fair for anyone, including hollywood, to bring misconceptions to the sport. You could always assume people have common sense, but time and time again you will be proved wrong.

[Brak]

TheTramp, that was a nice attempt at changing the tides, but im sorry, this is a discussion about paintball, not suicide, and i, and many other people, dont appreciate you putting a smiley face next to talking about people shooting themselves in the heads with guns.