8:30 Actually, I have done this, sort of, in real life. I was at Scout camp, exploring with a friend near the top of a cliff when I heard him yell, "Help me!" I looked down and saw my friend hanging from a tiny ledge. I knew right away he could not hold on long enough for me to run for help, he was too far down for me to reach, and there was nothing I could lower to help him climb back up... except for my prosthetic leg. I took it off, holding it by the strap and had him grab the foot to pull him back up. This was back in the dark days (early 1980's) when legs still had straps so I had a good handle to hold unto. Unfortunately the strap was not designed to hold up the full weight of a 13 year old boy but somehow it held long enough to pull my friend to safety. I ended up having to leave camp to get my strap fixed, but my friend did help me hop back to camp. The cliff was about 50 feet high, so it would have been fatal for him to fall, but yea, this scene is 100% believable, because I have done something like it.
I love, love, LOOOVE, how chill you are about this. I feel like people have gotten so uppity about their viewing experiences. It's refreshing to see someone just ENJOYING film again despite the flaws.
I would absolutely love to see a video of The Rock watching this video. I feel like he would be so cool about it and appreciate the feedback and how she gave them credit for at least trying to be accurate where they could. It would be cool if your guys to meet some day. He is such a down to earth cool guy and I think you guys would get along so well. Obviously it’s hard to do right now because of Covid but maybe a video chat ? Or just the video of him watching this and then you guys could meet up later in person after we are able to go out and interact with people in person again.
There is a movie on Netflix called Walk. Ride. Rodeo. The main character isn't an amputee but she is in a wheelchair and it is based on a real girl called Amberly Synider (she has a youtube channel as well). Or Soul surfer is a great movie I think. Both had the real-life person (like the person who actually went through the accident) on set though so I think they tell the stories well.
@@FootlessJo yeah I took an older socket to the range bc my Buddies and I were curious. I expected it to crack it, but the rounds punched right through lol
I shoot competitively, and regularly shoot with a guy who is a below the knee amputee. Never once did it cross my mind to ask him if his leg was bulletproof. Now, if the socket was made from layers of Kevlar instead of carbon fiber. . .
10:00 Actually, sky scrapers are designed to prevent fires and smoke from spreading to higher floors. In fact, the safest thing to do (usually) in a high rise fire when the fire is one a floor below you is to shelter in place. Of course, if the fire is huge, this won't help, bet then if it's that big, you aren't getting out anyway.
If The Rock's bologna was actually amputated this would be a very different movie... Sorry I've been making the Bologna joke for a while now and I only just thought of it in that way 😂
Once a long time ago (in the '80s?) I saw a movie called Quest for Fire, with Rae Dawn Chong. It was a really good movie and in my 70s (power chair user) I still remember many of the scenes. The movie is interestingly set in prehistoric times and there is (of course) no dialog whatsoever in standard English. This alone is enough to get a lot of folks to want to see it, but I digress and will now describe for you the one particular scene that involves an amputee. After a very exciting chase and fight scene, Rae Dawn is caught by a monstrous version of a gigantic stone age type of human(?) man. The giant had been hunting and clearly saw her as food. The scene cuts to her trussed up and hanging in a tree for later eating, presumably. I say that because he is already eating - a human arm, which he appears to have minimally roasted over his fire. We next see a shot over his shoulder of the tree where Rae Dawn is hanging from a low limb by both wrists and both ankles which are tied together. Hey, there are two chunks of human meat in the tree, the other one being a slender, naked young man who has only one arm and a bloody stump, but he is conscious. He tries to speak to Rae Dawn in some language that is gibberish. She doesn't understand, so he pantomimes as well as he can for her to run away - now, while the giant's back is turned. She struggles hard at her bonds and is starting to loosen them and then gets a hand free. She quickly releases her knots and reaches out to try to get her fellow victim free too. He looks at her with a pathetic expression, shifts his glance to his still heavily bleeding shoulder and to his arm being eaten by the giant, then back to her and shakes his head "no". He clearly means to convey "save yourself while you can", with frantic gestures. She runs off camera. That scene and several others are seared into my mind. It certainly is the one and only movie scene involving an amputee I can clearly remember at my age. And nobody says a single understandable word in the whole movie. The actors do a great job and the movie has been overlooked, I guess. I haven't seen it for rent or sale, but you might be able to get it nowadays. It would be worth the time to try to find it.
I love how Sophie is saying "What is going on here Mom?" during the opening. Also carbon fiber is tough but it's not bullet proof. A bullet would seriously damage a prosthetic.
Yeah. I remember from canoeing, carbon fiber is brittle. I remember being told that it was a bad idea to run rapids with carbon fiber canoes because it'll crack rather than just bend if/when you hit a rock rather than just bend. Can't imagine it would do great with a bullet if it can't do rocks
Yes, definitely more of these videos, think I love "Action Jo" even more tha n reglar Jo and that's saying something. Doesn't even have to be amputee characters. I'd like to see "could an amputee play this role?" Type video. For example, maybe Jo stood on the front of Titanic (you know the scene) or Jo as a leading character at Hogwarts. Great video, this one. Really made me smile. X
I feel like the film "Stronger" really did a good job showing life after trauma. It is about one of the men who lost his legs during the Boston marathon bombings. He struggled a lot mentally and physically and they don't shy away from showing it all like a lot of other films would have. It's super intense but I thought well done. Great cast, although again an able bodied actor in the lead roll.
You should check out The Punisher on Netflix. One of the main characters (Frank's friend Curtis) is a BKA. He has some pretty badass moments, and they also showcase some pitfalls he faces due to his amputation.
If you are into Anime, Full Metal Alchemist is a cool show. I think it's on Netflix as well. One of the protagonists is an above knee and above elbow amputee.
There is a movie called Run (from 2020) where one of main roles is played by Kiera Allen, who is herself disabled, and her character is also disabled. Well, there are still plot twists and the movie is awesome, but when I learnt that the actress IRL is also disabled - that added additional authenticity to the movie.
Hey, Jo! On the *original* "CSI" television program the Medical Examiner was played by Robert David Hall, a double below knee amputee. He appeared many times on the program and sometimes you could see him walking across the autopsy room, or around the table spouting the fifty dollar medical words that professional M.E.s use. The production, however, NEVER showed him in a long shot, nor do you ever see him below his thighs. Ever. I cannot say if it was in his contract to do this, but I do know that an episode director asked him if he could "ditch the sticks" and do the scene again. His response was that he, "kinda needs them to bloody walk" so no he couldn't. Just an idea, see if you can find the original CSI on Netflix, and give it a look see.
Yeah, when I watched it, all I could say through the whole thing was “THATS NOT HAPPENING”. The part with the hammer was totally crazy. Once your leg gets out of line, it sometimes takes awhile to get it back in. Have to do small adjustments to get it back. The pin locks are strong, but not that strong.
Yes I agree with your take on the movie. I also know the feeling of seeing you foot being used on a movie or TV show my first foot was worn by an amputee on one of the seasons of Survivor. The Freedom Innovations Renegade.
I love love LOVED this video!! It was so entertaining and your humor is so delightful as always :D My suggestion for a movie to review is Dolphin Tale. It's a kids movie but it's about a dolphin who gets her tail amputated and the movie revolves around finding a prosthetic for her. There's also a disabled soldier character in the film (I don't know if he's an amputee?? The movie wasn't clear). While you may not be able to determine the accuracy of a dolphin getting a prosthetic, I'd still really enjoy you reviewing it and hearing your thoughts, as I enjoyed the movie when I watched it as a kid when it came out. Hope you're well, sending love, thanks so much for your awesome content
I saw this and loved it, I really like action movies in general and so I expected to have fun and it seemed to me (disabled wheelchair user but not amputee) that they'd done a really good job on disability stuff as a concept. I liked how it was portrayed in a bunch of different lights at different tines, just normal part of the day, an advantage, a disadvantage, a weird quirk of his particular body in this particular moment. I'm so delighted to know that not only did they do a cool overall job but it also sat well with you who has so much shared life experience with his character as far as amputation stuff. Thanks for this review and notes on what was and wasn't realistic.
Soul surfer (girl loses arm in shark attack) and not human, but there’s always Dolphin Tail. And the Sharknado series starting with the second movie has a hand amputee (I know they are ridiculous, but oddly entertaining)
I have nothing to input on anything else but I do know some things about the strength of carbon fibre. If Kevlar is embedded into the layers of the carbon weave then yes, it can survive impact damage because the Kevlar would stop the projectile from breaking through. Also as for the doors I think it is possible for carbon fibre to actually survive that since it is very, very, very strong in tensile and compressive loads. I was watching a video from Mike Patey building a plane and he had a carbon fibre rod that he was testing to destruction and it survived that much load that the steel beam that it was being tested on BENT from the forces before the carbon actually broke. The full video is Testing to Failure (Scrappy Bush Plane 17) by Mike Patey
I think there's a good way for some major movies to have able-bodied people play disabled characters, like actually consulting disabled people and ensuring accuracy which I personally cannot speak on how this movie does because I'm not an amputee. But there is also a bad way, such as Music by Sia which portrays an able bodied actress playing a non speaking Autistic girl, not much accuracy was kept and then Sia started insulting Autistic people for saying that she handled it wrong. As a non speaking Autistic, I can say that was horrific. I appreciate you sharing your view on this movie and am glad that it was portrayed well! 💕
Highly recommend you watching the series La Brea! One of the characters is an amputee, (leg, can't remember if it was over or below knee though), played by a real life amputee. And she's kinda badass!
These videos are such a delight! Loved seeing Action Jo at the beginning 😂 I’d love to see your commentary on a show called The Red Band Society which aired a few years back. One of the characters, Leo, is a below-the-knee amputee who has an interesting storyline, both adapting to his own disability and counseling another character who is facing potential below-the-knee amputation. Similar to Grey’s and Skyscraper, the actor isn’t an amputee himself, despite the character already being an amputee when the show begins. Aside from all that, the show is filled with tons of teen drama and romance. Haha! Whether you check it out or not, I’m so excited to see what you have in store for the future! 💜
All of these life saving situations would be so much more difficult to handle with my above knee leg 😂 I would first need time to take off my trousers and then remove liner and socket incl my heavy knee joint as well, lol. Also where does he clean his liner in between all the dangerous situations? Haha
[Sees the Rock jump from a crane into a building without leg coming loose] ME TO MY WIFE: “fuck outta here” [stands up, reestablishes proper socket suction, walks out the room]
watch ' Men Of Honor ' with Cuba Gooding JR , he portrays Carl Brashear the first black US Navy master diver who lost his left leg in an accident, Mr Brashear's life and story is really an inspiration
from just a quick brushing of information it appears carbon fiber is NOT bullet resistant (much less considered bullet proof) and thats possibly it being confused with kevlar (which i also learned cannot resist high temperature as well as carbon fiber)
If you'd want to do another movie/TV review, the second two seasons of Black Sails' main character is a below the knee amputee, and I thought the show had a really interesting portrayal of that. It seemed fairly consistent with the realities of being an amputee, as far asI've learned through watching your channel, but I'd love to hear an amputee's thoughts on it.
I don't know if you've ever heard of M*A*S*H but there is a really interesting episode about a soldier who has good leg amputated. You should watch that on your channel!
It’s not a movie but I recently read a book called shark girl and it’s about a girl who lost her arm from a shark attack and she had learn how to use a prosthetic arm and go back to school with everyone staring at her. I thought it was a pretty good book
Lost cities with Albert Lin on Disney +. It’s one of the very few documentaries I like or hav even watched. I strongly recommend to people how don’t like documentaries. And the person featured in it is an amputee.
I forgot about this movie, it was b*****t crazy, with action scenes not even close to realistic, but loads of fun. And it was Dwayne Johnson, he is his own grading curve so Rockmania is a 10 with realism a 4. Great video (movie isn't bad either). Especially entertaining to get commentary by Footless Jo.
Brilliant video. I do agree that more disabled actors should be offered roles more when relating to their conditions. I am disabled myself. I think it’s hard when it comes to films when the character is initially not disabled or ill and then an event happens and then they are disabled as will need to include before and after. X
Check out the Oregon Files books by Clive Cussler. Juan Cabrillo has a 'bologna' amputation and a variety of prosthetics. It comes up in the series now and then as an advantage and disadvantage during their world-saving adventures.
It is the same with using hearing actors/actresses to fill Deaf roles. I have several Deaf friends. We discuss this topic often. I am a left leg disarticulant (through the knee for those who are unfamiliar). I think they should cast true amputees, wheelchair bound, blind, Deaf actors and actresses to fill the roles of characters who have the same challenges.
So it's not a movie but in the show The Nightshift there is a character (the partner of one of the main characters) who has to get his leg amputated. There are scenes including/revolving around his amputation and I'd be interesting in what you think of them
Hollywood movies does not care about the feelings of others whether accurate or not what matters to them is earning a million, yet so great is the movie starring The Rock "show in the movie that even if you are an Amputee you can still be a hero 5 times i really watched the best when The Rock Dwayne Johnson played everyone's super Idol
Something that’s really cool is that Dwayne Johnson actually spoke with amputees so he could give the best performance possible for an able bodied man portrayed a disabled person.
Ok now we gotta see this movie. My hubby doesnt know the rock is an amputee in the movie.. thinks the movie looks cheesy.. hubby is an amputee. Hes gotta see your review after i convince him to see the movie!!
My leg is not the pin lock but I can absolutely see someone pulling it off because of the cost of liners and sleeves my leg has just fallen off getting out of a truck at time it feels like I'm wearing a slinky
Oh my goodness! I need to see this!!! I love his movies! Jo, super unrelated to the video, but your hair is getting so long! Are you purposely growing it out, or just haven't gotten it cut because of covid?
You'll soon have another movie to rip apart. It's an upcoming Hong Kong film called "Shock Wave 2" where Andy Lau plays a former bomb disposal officer waking up with partial memory loss being suspected of setting up bombs all over the city. His character loses his leg below the knee as revealed in the trailer.
The real question should be why amputees don't get regular roles to play . They won't get lead roles without the ability to draw people to the theatre .
Someone had told me the actor who played Lt Dan really didnt have legs. And I believed it for years until I realized thats Gary Sinise. Thats not true! Darryl Michelle is a paralyzed actor. I like his character on Fear the Walking Dead..
i ride a carbon fiber bike and my buddies that have been hit by cars can tell you that the prosthetic would have crunched between those two doors. probably.
About that whole able-bodied actors vs disabled actors, I think it would depend on the movie. I mean yes ofc actors that actually have the disability that is to be portrayed in a movie should defenately be considered for such roles, but I also think it should be taken into consideration that the disabled actors might not fit the look or build that the character calls for. Like in an action movie, the main character is usually someone really buff or strong looking. And just to say I have no clue about the possible choises among disabled actors so just keep that in mind, I'm not here to offend anyone. But for all I know there might not be that many disabled actors that fit the strong and buff look that an action movie calls for, and so they might need to go with an able-bodied actor to get the over all look of the move. But hey, what do I know. Either way I am all for equal opportunities and think it's great that amputees and wheel chairs and such are being represented in movies in a positive way :) The more realistic the better :) Love your movies btw, even though I am not an amputee myself, I just like learning about different things, educating myself.
This is exactly what I was thinking, it's mostly just type casting. They were looking for a big buff FBI type guy, and the pool of amputee actors is probably fairly limited and may not have had anyone that would fit. Plus having a big name actor always helps sell your movie better. I too am all for equal opportunities though, and I enjoy seeing different groups being represented in film and tv- I honestly believe it helps de-stigmatize a lot of things that otherwise wouldn't get talked about enough. Disabilities, mental health, lgbtq relationships, and probably way more that I can't think of right now.
Jo! Hello. My name is Rod. My girlfriend became an rbk amputee very close to the same time you did. I sent her an I-Walk to help after seeing your video. She is 5’8. The I walk won’t fit her. The top is too high (in her belly button) and is lowered to the max it won’t reach the floor at the very lowest point. Please share hire this worked fir you. You seem smaller than she. I greatly appreciate your videos ✌️
I think there’s always problems with actors pretending sing to be something they have no real experience of. Musicians laugh at most music portrayals on tv. Computer people cry at the depiction of what we do (having just rewatched Jurassic park. I’d like to assure you Unix does not look like some kinda half baked flight simulator with buildings) Medical people usually pick a lot of holes with anything medical. While it could be impossible to get actors with real experience in some areas (how would you properly have experience of being a robot or an animal) there are times especially if the part is played by some z lister. Dude. Get someone who at least understands the theory. We are t claiming actors need to be prodigy’s in whatever but if there is a main trait of a skill they should have some basic grasp. Even if the music on set sounds like strangled cats or the computer skills are really basic typing make it look like you’re doing what is on screen. Nothing is crappier than it being obvious rot. (Bad dubs also count) So amputees are not alone. There are many actors who play musical instruments or who can type fairly well or could/would learn the theory and understand the practical aspects of a number of Medici procedures. Just as there are amputees who would play the relevant characters. An example I remember was Eddie Izard doing long John silver. Of course missing half a leg except of course everyone knows Eddie Izard has 2 full legs.
8:30 Actually, I have done this, sort of, in real life.
I was at Scout camp, exploring with a friend near the top of a cliff when I heard him yell, "Help me!"
I looked down and saw my friend hanging from a tiny ledge. I knew right away he could not hold on long enough for me to run for help, he was too far down for me to reach, and there was nothing I could lower to help him climb back up... except for my prosthetic leg.
I took it off, holding it by the strap and had him grab the foot to pull him back up.
This was back in the dark days (early 1980's) when legs still had straps so I had a good handle to hold unto.
Unfortunately the strap was not designed to hold up the full weight of a 13 year old boy but somehow it held long enough to pull my friend to safety.
I ended up having to leave camp to get my strap fixed, but my friend did help me hop back to camp.
The cliff was about 50 feet high, so it would have been fatal for him to fall, but yea, this scene is 100% believable, because I have done something like it.
Wow! Amazing!
I hate to be that person, but this needs way more likes
You’re a bad ass!
@@MsTinkerbelle87 I just did what had to be done.
As a scout leader
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That whole opening is beautiful.
😆 Well thank you!! Lol!
@@FootlessJo would love to see your reaction on echo from Hawkeye, where alaqua cox does a brilliant job at playing the role of an amputee 🙌🏽
@@dhruvilpadhiyar9649 She really is one. And the character is the comics isn't, but the crew loved her so much they changed it for her.
I’ve watched how to train a dragon, the show and movie. It’s kinda funny to watch different amputees in it.
Love that opening laugh.
I liked the video JUST for that laugh 😁
ikr and also the re-enactments in the movie
I love, love, LOOOVE, how chill you are about this. I feel like people have gotten so uppity about their viewing experiences. It's refreshing to see someone just ENJOYING film again despite the flaws.
I would absolutely love to see a video of The Rock watching this video. I feel like he would be so cool about it and appreciate the feedback and how she gave them credit for at least trying to be accurate where they could. It would be cool if your guys to meet some day. He is such a down to earth cool guy and I think you guys would get along so well. Obviously it’s hard to do right now because of Covid but maybe a video chat ? Or just the video of him watching this and then you guys could meet up later in person after we are able to go out and interact with people in person again.
You rocked your opening on this one, Jo!
😆😆😆 thank you!!
I once saw my same chair in a tv show and thought it was the coolest thing so it's cool your leg is famous!
There is a movie on Netflix called Walk. Ride. Rodeo. The main character isn't an amputee but she is in a wheelchair and it is based on a real girl called Amberly Synider (she has a youtube channel as well). Or Soul surfer is a great movie I think. Both had the real-life person (like the person who actually went through the accident) on set though so I think they tell the stories well.
I love Walk. Ride. Rodeo. It's a very well-balanced representation of Amberly Snyder's story.
@@MariaRevArt Me too! I've watched it a few times! I love the soundtrack too. One of the songs was written for the movie.
@@sophiecarter1812 Cool.
Also...I have shot carbon fiber to determine whether my socket is bullet-resistant....it is not 🤣
Wait really!?! Lol no way!!
@@FootlessJo yeah I took an older socket to the range bc my Buddies and I were curious. I expected it to crack it, but the rounds punched right through lol
I shoot competitively, and regularly shoot with a guy who is a below the knee amputee. Never once did it cross my mind to ask him if his leg was bulletproof. Now, if the socket was made from layers of Kevlar instead of carbon fiber. . .
I just recently did the same. Shot one of my old sockets out in the Nevada desert.
Lmao don’t seem possible
Hey Jo
Take a look at "Kingsman", the first in this series of James Bond spoof movie has a female double below the knee amputee as a baddie
She was so cool. My brain short circuited a little watching that fight
10:00 Actually, sky scrapers are designed to prevent fires and smoke from spreading to higher floors.
In fact, the safest thing to do (usually) in a high rise fire when the fire is one a floor below you is to shelter in place.
Of course, if the fire is huge, this won't help, bet then if it's that big, you aren't getting out anyway.
If The Rock's bologna was actually amputated this would be a very different movie... Sorry I've been making the Bologna joke for a while now and I only just thought of it in that way 😂
Once a long time ago (in the '80s?) I saw a movie called Quest for Fire, with Rae Dawn Chong. It was a really good movie and in my 70s (power chair user) I still remember many of the scenes. The movie is interestingly set in prehistoric times and there is (of course) no dialog whatsoever in standard English. This alone is enough to get a lot of folks to want to see it, but I digress and will now describe for you the one particular scene that involves an amputee. After a very exciting chase and fight scene, Rae Dawn is caught by a monstrous version of a gigantic stone age type of human(?) man. The giant had been hunting and clearly saw her as food. The scene cuts to her trussed up and hanging in a tree for later eating, presumably. I say that because he is already eating - a human arm, which he appears to have minimally roasted over his fire. We next see a shot over his shoulder of the tree where Rae Dawn is hanging from a low limb by both wrists and both ankles which are tied together. Hey, there are two chunks of human meat in the tree, the other one being a slender, naked young man who has only one arm and a bloody stump, but he is conscious. He tries to speak to Rae Dawn in some language that is gibberish. She doesn't understand, so he pantomimes as well as he can for her to run away - now, while the giant's back is turned. She struggles hard at her bonds and is starting to loosen them and then gets a hand free. She quickly releases her knots and reaches out to try to get her fellow victim free too. He looks at her with a pathetic expression, shifts his glance to his still heavily bleeding shoulder and to his arm being eaten by the giant, then back to her and shakes his head "no". He clearly means to convey "save yourself while you can", with frantic gestures. She runs off camera. That scene and several others are seared into my mind. It certainly is the one and only movie scene involving an amputee I can clearly remember at my age. And nobody says a single understandable word in the whole movie. The actors do a great job and the movie has been overlooked, I guess. I haven't seen it for rent or sale, but you might be able to get it nowadays. It would be worth the time to try to find it.
I love how Sophie is saying "What is going on here Mom?" during the opening.
Also carbon fiber is tough but it's not bullet proof.
A bullet would seriously damage a prosthetic.
Yeah. I remember from canoeing, carbon fiber is brittle. I remember being told that it was a bad idea to run rapids with carbon fiber canoes because it'll crack rather than just bend if/when you hit a rock rather than just bend. Can't imagine it would do great with a bullet if it can't do rocks
This just shows how little attention I pay to movies because I watched skyscraper and didn’t even realise he was an amputee
In a way, that’s great! your are no longer seeing the disability before the person
Yes, definitely more of these videos, think I love "Action Jo" even more tha n reglar Jo and that's saying something. Doesn't even have to be amputee characters. I'd like to see "could an amputee play this role?" Type video. For example, maybe Jo stood on the front of Titanic (you know the scene) or Jo as a leading character at Hogwarts. Great video, this one. Really made me smile. X
I feel like the film "Stronger" really did a good job showing life after trauma. It is about one of the men who lost his legs during the Boston marathon bombings. He struggled a lot mentally and physically and they don't shy away from showing it all like a lot of other films would have. It's super intense but I thought well done. Great cast, although again an able bodied actor in the lead roll.
You should check out The Punisher on Netflix. One of the main characters (Frank's friend Curtis) is a BKA. He has some pretty badass moments, and they also showcase some pitfalls he faces due to his amputation.
If you are into Anime, Full Metal Alchemist is a cool show. I think it's on Netflix as well. One of the protagonists is an above knee and above elbow amputee.
You crack me up... I never picked up on the pin lock leg until now that I have one
There is a movie called Run (from 2020) where one of main roles is played by Kiera Allen, who is herself disabled, and her character is also disabled. Well, there are still plot twists and the movie is awesome, but when I learnt that the actress IRL is also disabled - that added additional authenticity to the movie.
Hey, Jo! On the *original* "CSI" television program the Medical Examiner was played by Robert David Hall, a double below knee amputee. He appeared many times on the program and sometimes you could see him walking across the autopsy room, or around the table spouting the fifty dollar medical words that professional M.E.s use. The production, however, NEVER showed him in a long shot, nor do you ever see him below his thighs. Ever. I cannot say if it was in his contract to do this, but I do know that an episode director asked him if he could "ditch the sticks" and do the scene again. His response was that he, "kinda needs them to bloody walk" so no he couldn't. Just an idea, see if you can find the original CSI on Netflix, and give it a look see.
I love Dwayne Johnson like it's insane how much I love him and skyscraper is one of my favorite Dwayne Johnson movies
Yeah, when I watched it, all I could say through the whole thing was “THATS NOT HAPPENING”. The part with the hammer was totally crazy. Once your leg gets out of line, it sometimes takes awhile to get it back in. Have to do small adjustments to get it back. The pin locks are strong, but not that strong.
Yes I agree with your take on the movie. I also know the feeling of seeing you foot being used on a movie or TV show my first foot was worn by an amputee on one of the seasons of Survivor. The Freedom Innovations Renegade.
That opening sequence had me laughing my ass off even before you started laughing.
I love love LOVED this video!! It was so entertaining and your humor is so delightful as always :D My suggestion for a movie to review is Dolphin Tale. It's a kids movie but it's about a dolphin who gets her tail amputated and the movie revolves around finding a prosthetic for her. There's also a disabled soldier character in the film (I don't know if he's an amputee?? The movie wasn't clear). While you may not be able to determine the accuracy of a dolphin getting a prosthetic, I'd still really enjoy you reviewing it and hearing your thoughts, as I enjoyed the movie when I watched it as a kid when it came out.
Hope you're well, sending love, thanks so much for your awesome content
Omg seconded for Dolphin Tale! That would be so fun to watch you review!
I saw this and loved it, I really like action movies in general and so I expected to have fun and it seemed to me (disabled wheelchair user but not amputee) that they'd done a really good job on disability stuff as a concept. I liked how it was portrayed in a bunch of different lights at different tines, just normal part of the day, an advantage, a disadvantage, a weird quirk of his particular body in this particular moment. I'm so delighted to know that not only did they do a cool overall job but it also sat well with you who has so much shared life experience with his character as far as amputation stuff. Thanks for this review and notes on what was and wasn't realistic.
Soul surfer (girl loses arm in shark attack) and not human, but there’s always Dolphin Tail. And the Sharknado series starting with the second movie has a hand amputee (I know they are ridiculous, but oddly entertaining)
Omg I lost it with that security door 🤣
I have nothing to input on anything else but I do know some things about the strength of carbon fibre. If Kevlar is embedded into the layers of the carbon weave then yes, it can survive impact damage because the Kevlar would stop the projectile from breaking through. Also as for the doors I think it is possible for carbon fibre to actually survive that since it is very, very, very strong in tensile and compressive loads. I was watching a video from Mike Patey building a plane and he had a carbon fibre rod that he was testing to destruction and it survived that much load that the steel beam that it was being tested on BENT from the forces before the carbon actually broke. The full video is Testing to Failure (Scrappy Bush Plane 17) by Mike Patey
I think there's a good way for some major movies to have able-bodied people play disabled characters, like actually consulting disabled people and ensuring accuracy which I personally cannot speak on how this movie does because I'm not an amputee. But there is also a bad way, such as Music by Sia which portrays an able bodied actress playing a non speaking Autistic girl, not much accuracy was kept and then Sia started insulting Autistic people for saying that she handled it wrong. As a non speaking Autistic, I can say that was horrific.
I appreciate you sharing your view on this movie and am glad that it was portrayed well! 💕
I love Dwayne Johnson! And i love Jo’s commentary even more! :D
What a hilarious opening! Good to see you having so much fun making a video.
Highly recommend you watching the series La Brea! One of the characters is an amputee, (leg, can't remember if it was over or below knee though), played by a real life amputee. And she's kinda badass!
You are the best movie critic ever , cracked up the whole time. Helped my mental health
These videos are such a delight! Loved seeing Action Jo at the beginning 😂 I’d love to see your commentary on a show called The Red Band Society which aired a few years back. One of the characters, Leo, is a below-the-knee amputee who has an interesting storyline, both adapting to his own disability and counseling another character who is facing potential below-the-knee amputation. Similar to Grey’s and Skyscraper, the actor isn’t an amputee himself, despite the character already being an amputee when the show begins. Aside from all that, the show is filled with tons of teen drama and romance. Haha! Whether you check it out or not, I’m so excited to see what you have in store for the future! 💜
All of these life saving situations would be so much more difficult to handle with my above knee leg 😂 I would first need time to take off my trousers and then remove liner and socket incl my heavy knee joint as well, lol. Also where does he clean his liner in between all the dangerous situations? Haha
Exactly! (Left leg disarticulant here).
Could he have bent his knee enough for climbing with that socket? 🙃
I mean. Jo kinda did some climbing in an obstacle course video. So its not impossible.
Jo you have missed your calling, Hollywood awaits
[Sees the Rock jump from a crane into a building without leg coming loose]
ME TO MY WIFE: “fuck outta here” [stands up, reestablishes proper socket suction, walks out the room]
I am just in the opening and it's awesome!!! So funny!!!
watch ' Men Of Honor ' with Cuba Gooding JR , he portrays Carl Brashear the first black US Navy master diver who lost his left leg in an accident, Mr Brashear's life and story is really an inspiration
That intro is giving me life! Hope you’re well!
The movie Battleship 2012 have a Veteran with double above knee amputee in it.
from just a quick brushing of information it appears carbon fiber is NOT bullet resistant (much less considered bullet proof) and thats possibly it being confused with kevlar (which i also learned cannot resist high temperature as well as carbon fiber)
I figure that a character who is played by The Rock and was a FBI agent probably went for some kind of super socket.
I love that you are able to take something so traumatic and make it fun and positive 😜❤
HAHAHA Jo starring in a movie would be Epic !
Looking forward to your Fault in our Stars review! 🤗
If you'd want to do another movie/TV review, the second two seasons of Black Sails' main character is a below the knee amputee, and I thought the show had a really interesting portrayal of that. It seemed fairly consistent with the realities of being an amputee, as far asI've learned through watching your channel, but I'd love to hear an amputee's thoughts on it.
I never got to say Thank you Joe for the shout out in another video you did. Saying my RUclips channel name. Mr. Garlicman.
I don't know if you've ever heard of M*A*S*H but there is a really interesting episode about a soldier who has good leg amputated. You should watch that on your channel!
12:00 The Rock *IS* a bologna amputee. 😛
One of my all time favorite movies. Loved the review!
It’s not a movie but I recently read a book called shark girl and it’s about a girl who lost her arm from a shark attack and she had learn how to use a prosthetic arm and go back to school with everyone staring at her. I thought it was a pretty good book
That sounds like what happened in real life to Bethany Hamilton, maybe it was her book?
I love your videos jo another awesome video you always have interesting content you seem like a person like a person that loves her jo love you jo
Lost cities with Albert Lin on Disney +. It’s one of the very few documentaries I like or hav even watched. I strongly recommend to people how don’t like documentaries. And the person featured in it is an amputee.
It was awesome to see you reacting to this movie and The opening 😂 . Maybe you could react to some scenes in Forrest Gump 🤔
You should definitely react to Stronger. It's based on a true story of a double above the knee amputee.
I forgot about this movie, it was b*****t crazy, with action scenes not even close to realistic, but loads of fun. And it was Dwayne Johnson, he is his own grading curve so Rockmania is a 10 with realism a 4. Great video (movie isn't bad either). Especially entertaining to get commentary by Footless Jo.
Battleship is a good movie to look at
Such an enjoyable video, Jo ❤️
Brilliant video. I do agree that more disabled actors should be offered roles more when relating to their conditions. I am disabled myself. I think it’s hard when it comes to films when the character is initially not disabled or ill and then an event happens and then they are disabled as will need to include before and after. X
Check out the Oregon Files books by Clive Cussler. Juan Cabrillo has a 'bologna' amputation and a variety of prosthetics. It comes up in the series now and then as an advantage and disadvantage during their world-saving adventures.
It is the same with using hearing actors/actresses to fill Deaf roles.
I have several Deaf friends. We discuss this topic often.
I am a left leg disarticulant (through the knee for those who are unfamiliar).
I think they should cast true amputees, wheelchair bound, blind, Deaf actors and actresses to fill the roles of characters who have the same challenges.
I still think that you would love the show Kingdom. It's been put on Netflix recently and people are asking for more seasons. All about MMA.
Please review Stronger! I'm curious how well they did with that video considering it's based on real life events.
So it's not a movie but in the show The Nightshift there is a character (the partner of one of the main characters) who has to get his leg amputated. There are scenes including/revolving around his amputation and I'd be interesting in what you think of them
Hollywood movies does not care about the feelings of others whether accurate or not what matters to them is earning a million, yet so great is the movie starring The Rock "show in the movie that even if you are an Amputee you can still be a hero 5 times i really watched the best when The Rock Dwayne Johnson played everyone's super Idol
This movie was amazing.
I thought you'd enjoy that movie. Thanks for your review!
Something that’s really cool is that Dwayne Johnson actually spoke with amputees so he could give the best performance possible for an able bodied man portrayed a disabled person.
I think I need to see this movie now...
Absolutely awesome review !
I was looking forward to this one. This was really good fun, and I definitely would like to see more like this!
That beginig of the video was so funny!! xD hahahaha
Absolutely agree with Katy Sulivan!
Sometimes it sounds like you say "baloney amputee" and I love it
I'm already laughing my @$$ off 🤣
Just exactly like Brian is! 🤣🤣
Has anyone else noticed that buildings design is of an amputated leg?
So it's ampute Die Hard ? Hope you are doing well jo
A new Xmas movie to watch during the holidays coming up 😂
Exactly.
Love this video! Would love to see more of these ❤️
Ok now we gotta see this movie. My hubby doesnt know the rock is an amputee in the movie.. thinks the movie looks cheesy.. hubby is an amputee. Hes gotta see your review after i convince him to see the movie!!
The rock needs to watch this.
Thanks for the review...I will see the movie. Your personality likely improved your review. Be Well.
seems like a good movie i might actually watch it
My leg is not the pin lock but I can absolutely see someone pulling it off because of the cost of liners and sleeves my leg has just fallen off getting out of a truck at time it feels like I'm wearing a slinky
Oh my goodness! I need to see this!!! I love his movies! Jo, super unrelated to the video, but your hair is getting so long! Are you purposely growing it out, or just haven't gotten it cut because of covid?
You'll soon have another movie to rip apart. It's an upcoming Hong Kong film called "Shock Wave 2" where Andy Lau plays a former bomb disposal officer waking up with partial memory loss being suspected of setting up bombs all over the city. His character loses his leg below the knee as revealed in the trailer.
Oh no way!! I will 100% be watching that!!
@@FootlessJo here's the trailer!
ruclips.net/video/B-zTEQxQ4BU/видео.html
Go on a zoom call with the rock and say did you have a chose for cheeping your leg
Stay safe ...wish you health
The real question should be why amputees don't get regular roles to play . They won't get lead roles without the ability to draw people to the theatre .
Someone had told me the actor who played Lt Dan really didnt have legs. And I believed it for years until I realized thats Gary Sinise. Thats not true!
Darryl Michelle is a paralyzed actor. I like his character on Fear the Walking Dead..
i ride a carbon fiber bike and my buddies that have been hit by cars can tell you that the prosthetic would have crunched between those two doors. probably.
Of course a like anything for miss sophie
Review the amputee in The Rookie Season 2 Episode 14, I think you would enjoy that
About that whole able-bodied actors vs disabled actors, I think it would depend on the movie. I mean yes ofc actors that actually have the disability that is to be portrayed in a movie should defenately be considered for such roles, but I also think it should be taken into consideration that the disabled actors might not fit the look or build that the character calls for. Like in an action movie, the main character is usually someone really buff or strong looking. And just to say I have no clue about the possible choises among disabled actors so just keep that in mind, I'm not here to offend anyone. But for all I know there might not be that many disabled actors that fit the strong and buff look that an action movie calls for, and so they might need to go with an able-bodied actor to get the over all look of the move. But hey, what do I know.
Either way I am all for equal opportunities and think it's great that amputees and wheel chairs and such are being represented in movies in a positive way :) The more realistic the better :)
Love your movies btw, even though I am not an amputee myself, I just like learning about different things, educating myself.
This is exactly what I was thinking, it's mostly just type casting. They were looking for a big buff FBI type guy, and the pool of amputee actors is probably fairly limited and may not have had anyone that would fit. Plus having a big name actor always helps sell your movie better. I too am all for equal opportunities though, and I enjoy seeing different groups being represented in film and tv- I honestly believe it helps de-stigmatize a lot of things that otherwise wouldn't get talked about enough. Disabilities, mental health, lgbtq relationships, and probably way more that I can't think of right now.
It's hard to watch a movie about a subject that you live. Having been in U.S. Naval Aviation, I can't watch Top Gun. It's a comedy to me.
Jo! Hello. My name is Rod. My girlfriend became an rbk amputee very close to the same time you did.
I sent her an I-Walk to help after seeing your video. She is 5’8. The I walk won’t fit her. The top is too high (in her belly button) and is lowered to the max it won’t reach the floor at the very lowest point.
Please share hire this worked fir you. You seem smaller than she.
I greatly appreciate your videos ✌️
I think there’s always problems with actors pretending sing to be something they have no real experience of. Musicians laugh at most music portrayals on tv. Computer people cry at the depiction of what we do (having just rewatched Jurassic park. I’d like to assure you Unix does not look like some kinda half baked flight simulator with buildings) Medical people usually pick a lot of holes with anything medical.
While it could be impossible to get actors with real experience in some areas (how would you properly have experience of being a robot or an animal) there are times especially if the part is played by some z lister. Dude. Get someone who at least understands the theory. We are t claiming actors need to be prodigy’s in whatever but if there is a main trait of a skill they should have some basic grasp. Even if the music on set sounds like strangled cats or the computer skills are really basic typing make it look like you’re doing what is on screen. Nothing is crappier than it being obvious rot. (Bad dubs also count)
So amputees are not alone. There are many actors who play musical instruments or who can type fairly well or could/would learn the theory and understand the practical aspects of a number of Medici procedures. Just as there are amputees who would play the relevant characters. An example I remember was Eddie Izard doing long John silver. Of course missing half a leg except of course everyone knows Eddie Izard has 2 full legs.