You know, I saw again the other night, and looking back on it, that sounds totally plausible.

HMM alright. Cause his entire point of the whole thing was related to the fact that they built everything with NURBS and so the reflections of everything was physical correct and shit. Which...alright. I know they were sweaty but really?

Fincher's known for having shot a shit-tonne of film on that movie, so maul your teacher is most likely... wrong, it was wasn't completely digital. But yeah After Effects (for example) was already up to v4 in '99 so digital motion tools were available, and there was a lot of other cgi being done for it already.

Plus playing with the visuals in that scene was a way to blend the stunt boobies actress into Helena's footage.

Ha. Me too. That's what happens when i take an hour to post something while watching football. People who actually know what they're talking about come in and say it.

Punching someone in the jaw knocks them out because it pinches the vagus nerve that sits laterally behind the jaw line. The vagus nerve delivers sensory information from various organs to the brain including the heart.

At least that is my understanding.

That certainly is the most common way.  I've seen guys get knocked out from just a glancing blow to that area.  THis is what in the fight world we call getting hit, "On the button."

With that said, getting hit behind the ear can knock someone out, or in my case during the 1996 Team USA Shidokan tournament, getting a knee just north of the temple was enough to put me away.  There's no set way to do it, but the Vagus nerve is certainly the most common.

Not sure whether I buy this or not; Cracked's photoplasties are usually dubious factually, and as far as I can tell it only happens once, not every time. It'd be cool if it were true, though.

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