My childhood beliefs has been destroyed :(

[BlackCat]

I've always thougth that american cars was so badly manufactured that they could explode almost without reason, and then there are this site that claims it's all fake - can't see another B-movie without knowing they are cheating me

http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/

It's actually quite funny except for the part where they say that stupid people drag people out of cars because the are convinced that they will explode.

[DaShi]

The movie industry is destroying America!

[Urban Ranger]

Unless it's a Pinto...

[DaShi]

...bean.

[Pekka]

They might not explode but they might caught fire. Depends on the crash of course.

It's never stupid to make sure you're securing yourself and/or another person. On the contrary, it's stupid to say it's stupid.

[Combat Ingrid]

Ever notice how cars in movies always burst into flames the instant they collide with anything? Our favorite is when a car falling from a high place explodes the instant before it hits the ground. It's as though its gas tank gets panicky and detonates at the mere thought of striking Earth.

[alva]

Héhé, fun site.

[Tattila the Hun]

Hum, anyone seen the movie Top Secret?

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Hum, anyone seen the movie Top Secret?

[Chemical Ollie]

I have laughed at Armageddon for its moronic physics ever since I saw it the first time. I like the review on the linked site, and their suggestions for alternatives. Bowling balls

[dudemanjack]

My personal favorite is in Die Hard 2 where the plane goes in for an emergency landing because it's basically out of fuel and explodes when it makes a crash landing.

[Zkribbler]

Count the seconds from the time the pin is pulled on the grenade which is thrown into Bruce Willis's plane and the time the grenade explodes.

[:) Smiley]

If you thought movie physics were bad, you ought to see anime physics.

[Chemical Ollie]

Cartoon physics are supposed to be weird, that's the whole point.

[Straybow]

Cars do sometimes explode after collisions and the like, but typically only after gas has leaked out of a cracked tank or gas line and come into contact with smoldering grass or debris of some sort to start a fire.

Cars with carburetors were far more likely to have engine fires and explosions like in the movies, but again after some delay as flames reach the gas tank.