Real Life Superhero Gadgets - Mythbusters - S04 EP17 - Science Documentary

Maybe he didnt realise what he was saying when he marvelled at the bloody of the hymen (Hyneman). Did anyone else mishear that?

An idea. For cable shot into the wall, use 1rst line to put heavier syst on the cable to plant a bigger nail ;)

they didn't needed a stronger cable, they needed a more elastic one to spread the charge over a longer period of time

The ring myth would have worked better if the ring was not engraved but sculpted (details outward instead of inward)

I always thought that Jamie had big knots! 😉😂

This probably was one of the episodes the channel forced them to make. I can't imagine any one of them came up with the idea: "You know what we should do? Try to reproduce in the real world comic book gadgets, despite the fact that comic book world has completely different laws of physics as well as technology far above our own."😅

Doesn't stop it from being fun to watch, of course.

The ring they chose certainly would never leave a mark. Worst of the selection that were designed, and the designs they came up with were universally pretty bad for it
It really needed some kind of ridges

THE INCH WORM! 😂😂😂😂

Without knowing it, Jamie and Grant passed the superhero combine. The League will be in contact soon...

It looked like a inked stamp not a ring.

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Keep posting Mythbusters episodes. I love it. 😃

They should have heated the ring. I may be wrong but nowhere in the comic is it mentioned if the impression is purely by force or by some other mean, either super natural or HEAT! If they heated the ring I bet they would have left a mark. btw using a heated imprint tool is how animals are marked.

Yikes, they were not wearing safety hats! A single head collision would be a serious injury.

I habe some insults in this great Episode: First the Ring-Punch myth. Real flesh are flown by blood and behaviors completly different than death Skin. Secound the Batman Myth with the Nailgun. Tere also 10 mm Cardriges who will penetrate The nail much deeper in the Concrete and the angle was wrong, you dont will pull the nail outwards of the concrete, you will pull downwards.
But it`s again a really Cool episode👍

Love how the safety people just decided to take a day off for this episode,
Indoor 30000 psi, Jaime going up a thin line with nothing below him (like even a yoga mat), driving a car with 2 mythbusters (no stunt/safety people),
trying to hook steel cables to steel, having the cables snap and send hooks flying with Tori just standing there
AAAaaand Adam casually dropping nail guns that consistently bounce higher than his head i.e. could hit him in the face.

5/7 perfect episode

OMG this episode is full of very questionable safety decisions 😮

When you see Grant fire an air cannon indoor and immediately think: that can't end well ... seconds before it indeed doesn't go well...

You keep delivering, you are a hero in my book. Awesome 👍👍👍

To add to the complaints about the ring:
The pig had all its blood drained and Pork Loin had no flesh at all, while a ring would likely leave a visible discoloration from popped blood vessels.
Of course you dont see anything if theres no blood in your analog at all!

They got the ring thing completely wrong. In the comics, The Phantom's ring is effectively an instant tattoo device. He does not hit you hard enough to leave a permanent dent, the ring just perforates your skin and injects ink into it.

Incidentally, his left ring works the same but brands people with his "good" mark of four crossed swords instead of the skull so his allies and heirs know to trust them, and he doesn't punch people with that one. What impressed me as a kid was that, given the preceding facts, he clearly only ever punches baddies with his right fist, effectively fighting with one hand. :D

a few towing straps would do the trick

more of this

Only Adam could joke about Jamie having his nose smashed into.

the ring trace is plauseble

The version of The Phantom i read as a kid here in Sweden said that the ring had some sort of acid on it to make the mark. Long time i read that comic so i don't remember any details though.

I wonder if they really read the magazines. According The Last Phantom writer, Scott Beatty, it is really NOT the punch itself but a specific juice from a Bangallan berry that is dabbed on the signet rings. This juice is an allergen, which creates a permanent and indelible tattoo. By using the two rings in tandem a Phantom is able to strike a balance between good and evil.

Extremely beautiful ❤😊

Admittedly I am skimming through this so they might have explained this, but that ring is not at all what the Phantom used. That's a massive slab of a ring, the Phantom had a skull shaped one.

The ring punch tests always bothered me.
Kari made a negative impression of a skull in a big flat square. That's the worst configuration for making an impression in anything.
She should have made an actual skull shaped ring. That would have had a much better chance of making an impression in the test skull