# Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/727176 "2015-08-06T17:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/727176/41 "2015-08-16T21:23:33Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > He’d be getting blowback, and wadding, if not the actual slug. And there isn’t any bulletproof glass anywhere that will take point blank shots and not even leave a mark. It wasn’t a serious suggestion. I honestly don’t think the filmmakers gave it much thought, if any. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And I agree with\*\* beowulff\*\* - that computer was the stupidest idea ever. Who would build that? Not only is the general idea dumb (the maintenance alone would make it unworkable. And was that salt water? I missed if it was. That would be even worse.) but the rotating Hunt-knocker was extra-level absurd. What did it do? What is this thing? I mean, it serves no useful purpose for there to be a rotating arm in the middle of a submerged computer. I’m guessing someone saw a picture or video of one of those [tape libraries with a robotic arm](http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/memory-storage/8/258/1025) and thought that would be a cool thing to incorporate into the scene. It might have made a little more sense if we saw the whirling arm grabbing things and moving them to different slots. Maybe that happened, but if so I didn’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/727176/42 "2015-08-16T22:42:54Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Except for transparent Aluminum. Like that Chevy truck commercial - do you want to stand behind an aluminum panel or a steel one when someone is shooting at you? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/727176/43 "2015-08-17T21:35:13Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > And I agree with\*\* beowulff\*\* - that computer was the stupidest idea ever. Who would build that? Not only is the general idea dumb (the maintenance alone would make it unworkable. And was that salt water? I missed if it was. That would be even worse.) but the rotating Hunt-knocker was extra-level absurd. What did it do? What is this thing? I mean, it serves no useful purpose for there to be a rotating arm in the middle of a submerged computer. It was a fun scene, but had so much wrong on every level. Yes, it was salt water (they referenced sea water used for cooling), so unmaintainable, leak-prone, and corroded. And there was a massive amount of water flowing in, but then what? There was no place for it to exit except the usually closed escape hatch. And why did she bother to grab Tom before pulling the escape lever, if doing so ejected everything anyway? Oh well, still a fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/727176/44 "2015-12-28T16:13:01Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Was I the only one wondering where all those bullets were going when Lane was unloading at Ethan from inside the bullet proof glass box? He was firing into it from about 5 inches away. No. 🙂 I did like this movie, perhaps above the others in the franchise. Most of the stupid behaviors ended up making sense when you knew the context, which is unusual for this kind of movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/727176.md?page=2)