Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> > What always surprising to me is how a real detonation is so
> > underwhelming compared to a Hollywood detonation. No fireball, just a
> > loud report, the shockwave and a dust cloud.
>
> I think that depends on whether it's a controlled explosion or not. If
> you're intentionally blowing up a building, you don't *want* much more than
> that.  If the propane tank catches on fire, yeah, it's probably gonna be louder.

Has anyone seen The Kingdom? There's a large carbomb towards the end that was
actually done for real with the explosives they said were used in the script...
looked terrifying. And not at all typical hollywood :)

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