Automag on Malcom in the middle

[circus5]

people are stupid

Any rational person would realize that the show blew the game out of proportion,

Thats all well and good, assuming that all people are rational, which they aren't

[Mav D MagMan]

Good point, remember how upset folks got about that bonzia kitty things... people react irrationally to a lot of things.

Mav

[SaS]

my first paintball exposure was
the BE commercial (fransis meets nikki) on MTV and a coupon for a all day pass on the computer game, Special Ops: Rangers Lead the Way... Which i still have, that's what i get for living in montana

[GhillieGuy]

I wonder how those producer idiots learned how to put the gun together with the aftermarket stuff...

[dansim]

yeah its really bad to throw paintballs at people(thats all it was i dont think he was shooting anything but air) and it seemed like paintball sponges or smething cause they were really messy

[Miscue]

I think they do that so you can see the faces of the actors. They don't want to cover them up with masks.

[paint magnet]

They might have just been shooting air, but the average person with no paintball experience doesn't know that. And wearing shop goggles is stupid, if you have to see the actor's faces it's not hard to get a clear mask like the Nuvis or Proteus.

If someone has the email of the show's producers I would like to inform them that I will not be watching their station again. And Tom you should sue them for using a mag in a bad representation of paintball

Seriously though, this could cause some major problems when overprotective mothers see this 'violent' sport (my keyboarding teacher got pissed at me for drawing an assault weapon [autococker] in microsoft paint and acted like i was some kind of psycho) and don't want little Timmy to go off t war and get shot up. Would it have been that hard to at least tell people they were badly representing the sport? Or t go to walmart and buy a couple of brass eagle masks?

It's like the time someone sued Daisy because he shot his friend in the head with a pellet gun and nearly killed them, claiming it was their fault because it looked like the gun wasn't loaded.

Like Einstein said, there are only two things that are infinite: The universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

[Jonesie]

Did no one else notice that MOST of their hoppers were on backwards? My girlfriend pointed that one out!

Too funny, I think the one on the Mag was the only one on properly.

Later ~ Dave

[Mav D MagMan]

I counted:
-One plastic coated Automag...

-Several Spyder Compacts (Java editions etc)....

-One Crazy Tippmann Carbine...

And up until the point where the geek goes beserk (and smacks the kid with his helmet) continual use of *some sort* or safety device.

Plus I really didn't notice any actual paintball impacts... (maybe when beserko had the kid on the ground or when they were shooting him in the behind?) When the paint hit them all it seemed like sponges or maybe a sling shot spot of goo...

Maybe I'm being desensitized to TV Idiocy but there were no markers fired while the contestants weren't wearing safety devices and although there was the beserk kid's overfiring it is a sitcom and they do need giggles some how.

So all in all not too bad... But I really wish Hollywood would get some real protective devices and refs in there.
Mav

Ot: Now did anyone see that show that came out afterwards!?! That was almost bad enough to make me want to write the network! Lol

[acecl22]

lol, yeah, i think it was The Pits, i didnt like it at all, not a great show.

[The Frymarker]

Well here's my 2 cents...

I was in a dead sleep with the TV on, and woke up when I heard the word paintball...really no word of a lie.

I watched and really I think it is a shame that Hollywood gets away with so much. If I remember correctly didn't someone play with Reese?

Someone from this forum played with him and posted pictures, he had all of the proper gear on. What I am saying is that he obviously played before, shouldn't he have taken some responsibilty for the paintball world and said this is not how the game is played and this is not proper safty equipment?

It just really hurts the sport.

And to answer the question: Mom's wouldn't take that show into consideration before letting their children play.

Well I am a mom and yes I do play, but to play devil's advocate, if I had never played after seeing that show, I wouldn't have let them play. Paintball is not about violence, it is a sport. If that child did shoot the other child in that manner, he would have severe damage.

I think it was a pitiful display and we really should do something about it.

I also saw a show by Disney a couple a months ago called Paper Brigade, basically along the same lines as someone lighting someone else up, with out the proper gear.

I think it is a disgrace, and there should be some form of protest or petition, regarding how Hollywood displays a sport that requires so much safty and they choose to use barely nothing.

[GhillieGuy]

Yeah, iv'e seen "Paper Brigade" before and always stay and watch the paintball part. They had old school sheridan guns with the wood stock... And when they just unload on the bullies like that with no masks........ ooooo that was bad!

[FutureMagOwner]

Originally posted by Sir Chopsalot

.....have you actually been called an anti-social nazi? not trying to be smart or anything but that would be kinda random

well one time i got called a liberal that ticked me off

[PzYcO]

arrrrr i missed this episode, any1 wanna send?

[p8ntball72]

hollywood thinks paintball markers are toys.
have you ever seen a tv show or movie where other sports have been played without the proper equipment.
id like to see THE Mighty Ducks movie made with the kids playing hockey with no gear on.
humm... all the football movies too.
i mean how will i know what actor scored the touchdown when he has a helmet blocking his face..ugg the list goes on and on.
every sport related movie i have seen used proper equipment.

the bad thing is that i remember a brass eagle add that had a father/son shooting at cans in the backyard. neather of them had maskes on.
with paintball markers getting cheaper/easyer to get at walmart and the target age group getting younger,
that the high safty record we have set
will go downhill in the next 5 years.

just my .02