Since we were talking about The Fall Guy earlier today…
Stuntmen were known to exist when Glen Larson created the original TV series for ABC, following the adventures of stuntman Cold Seavers as he earns money between stunt gigs by bounty hunting. This new movie appears to just be a stuntman forced to be a hero when his ex-girlfriend’s movie set is forced to deal with actual bad guys. That’s disappointing unless this is an origin movie (not that we needed one as the TV series didn’t need it) for how he decided to supplement his income by moonlighting as a bounty hunter.
The question is whether or not the movie (since Lee of The Film Theorists apparently doesn’t know there was a TV show) fudges the actual chances of a stuntman in dealing with the kinds of villains that show up in action movies. Does their stunt training transfer to actually getting into fights or in less controlled environments of life risking. That’s what the following video attempt to theorise on based on training of actual police and military personnel versus what we know stuntmen learn in these days of behind the scenes videos and stuntmen and stuntwomen having their own YouTube channels. Even MacGyver (both versions probably) fudged the science a bit, as Mythbusters proved testing some of Mac’s science solutions. Lee isn’t even sending real stuntpeople into a life-or-death situation.
But that’s why it’s a theory, isn’t it?
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