"Justified" on FX HD - Page 53

Originally Posted by cpanther95

loved the finale.

... And to address earlier posts, the only appropriate drink for this show is bourbon.

Originally Posted by CPanther95


... and to address earlier posts, the only appropriate drink for this show is Bourbon.

Originally Posted by rdclark

Did Limehouse catch Quarles at the elbow joint? Butchers are good at that, and it's a lot easier than hacking through bone.

Originally Posted by rdclark

Did Limehouse catch Quarles at the elbow joint? Butchers are good at that, and it's a lot easier than hacking through bone.

Originally Posted by CPanther95

The funniest part for me was the look on Raylan's face as he held Q's arm just out of his reach. It's like he didn't even want to give him the satisfaction of trying to put it back on.

Originally Posted by VisionOn

Can you cut an arm off with a meat cleaver? In the case of Limehouse, absolutely. He kept his tools sharp and he's a big guy.

If you need proof of that then look no further then the Rwanda genocide of the 90's. Thousands of people lost limbs to rusty machetes and a lot of it was captured on film by reporters as it happened.

If you want something more poetic and less horrific as an example then the legends about the katana and it's sharpness measured in bodies is also mostly true and they were regularly tested by their ability to cut through human bodies and limbs in one swing.

edit: and for related damage check out the ARMA archive of their sword testing against carcasses and materials.
http://www.thearma.org/Videos/NTCvid...dmaterials.htm

Originally Posted by CPanther95

Loved the finale.

... and to address earlier posts, the only appropriate drink for this show is Bourbon.

Originally Posted by oink

IIRC, Apocalypse Now has a scene showing a live water buffalo nearly cut in half with an axe or machete.

Originally Posted by WilliamR

I think part of the problem is that hacking throw something ona a flat surface or that is not giving is a lot easier then hitting an arm, extended in the air that is going to give and push downward with the force when it connects, bend at the elbow, shoulder, whole body, etc.

Originally Posted by VisionOn

Not relevant at all, especially since Raylan had Quarles in a firm arm lock. A large enough sharp blade with enough force is more than enough to remove a limb. As I said above, if you want examples just check out the research I mentioned. If you have the guts for it track down some old news footage of Rwanda as people were massacred. I can still to this day remember the scenes captured by a helicopter news crew at the time. You don't need posing on a chopping block to have your arm cut off.

Originally Posted by oink

IIRC, Apocalypse Now has a scene showing a live water buffalo nearly cut in half with an axe or machete.

Originally Posted by bruce73

If you go back and look at that scene, when Raylan grabs Quarles's wrist, it seems like he twists it inward which would secure the extended arm. And it does look as if it was severed pretty close to the elbow, as Raylan appears to be holding just the forearm. I don't have any problems with the plausibility of it. Besides it makes great TV. ;-)

Originally Posted by fjames

I don't know physics, but just to do something I figured 5lb for the cleaver (or was it 4 ...) and 90mph for the swing, and an online calculator gave ~1350 lb/ft of kinetic energy. That kind of energy against a firm object is gonna make a mess whatever it is - being a professional butcher's cleaver, all that energy is directed into a very small area (the edge) and will be multiplied to an extreme.

Originally Posted by bruce73

If you go back and look at that scene, when Raylan grabs Quarles's wrist, it seems like he twists it inward which would secure the extended arm. And it does look as if it was severed pretty close to the elbow, as Raylan appears to be holding just the forearm. I don't have any problems with the plausibility of it. Besides it makes great TV. ;-)

Originally Posted by fjames

I don't know physics, but just to do something I figured 5lb for the cleaver (or was it 4 ...) and 90mph for the swing, and an online calculator gave ~1350 lb/ft of kinetic energy. That kind of energy against a firm object is gonna make a mess whatever it is - being a professional butcher's cleaver, all that energy is directed into a very small area (the edge) and will be multiplied to an extreme.

Originally Posted by daryl zero

This is what I love about AVS. Hang the acting and plot but never miss the important finer points.

Originally Posted by lonwolf615

All I can say is, if the arm cutting spoiled the episode for you, you definately don't want to watch Game of Thrones.

Originally Posted by gwsat

Indeed! If bloody scenes are too much for him, there is an episode in Season 3 of Mad Men, entitled Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency, that he would certainly want to avoid.

Originally Posted by 73shark

I thought Limehouse evicted Errol because he sided up w/ one of the other miscreants (can't remember his name).

Originally Posted by 73shark

I thought Limehouse evicted Errol because he sided up w/ one of the other miscreants (can't remember his name).

Originally Posted by philw1776

Oink, do you find Limehouse's butchering of your brethren personally offensive?

Disclosure: I had bacon for breakfast today

Originally Posted by daryl zero

I don't think so. I though Errol was basically doing what Limehouse told him to do but he was sloppy and apparently wanted as a fugitive which is why Limehouse told him to leave and why it was such a surprise to him.

Originally Posted by oink

Not really....I am a cannibal.



But why didn't Lime mention that to him at the counter?

Originally Posted by Ron Temple

I got the impression from that talk at the counter, that Errol having finally fulfilled his role in playing out the scenario he started without Lime's permission (and endangering the holler), was now being exiled from the kingdom. Lime always said there would be a price to pay after things played out, but they now had no choice and would follow through on Errol's gambit. Exile was the price.

Originally Posted by oink

OK, then Errol shouldn't have acted surprised.

Originally Posted by oink

But why didn't Lime mention that to him at the counter?

Originally Posted by Ron Temple

He didn't know what the price would be and he'd been a good soldier since. Limehouse isn't a forgiving sort and couldn't support that sort of independent behavior with other troops to keep in line.

Originally Posted by daryl zero

My poor failing memory was that he did mention that.

Originally Posted by McDonoughDawg

Great Finale..

Couple of "beverage points"

All Bourbon is Whiskey, but not all Whiskey is Bourbon.