Posted on 10/21/2016 9:54:00 AM PDT by rktman
THE moment in “Sudden Impact” has become legendary. Inspector “Dirty Harry” Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is witness to a robbery and calmly tells the crooks that “we’re not just gonna let you walk out of here.” With a bemused expression, the would-be thief asks, “who’s we sucka?” “Smith and Wesson…and me.” And with that, Mr Eastwood saves the day with his beloved handgun.
It is a fitting scene for such an indefatigable supporter of the Second Amendment as Mr Eastwood (he has previously joked that he has “a very strict gun control policy. If there is a gun around, I want to be in control of it”). The film industry as a whole has become increasingly gun-friendly, according to the Internet Movie Firearms Database; their crowd-sourced data suggests that the median number of weapon models featured in films has increased by 11% from 1995 to 2015. Researchers also found that gun violence in PG-13 films has more than tripled since 1985; in recent years, it has even exceeded the violence of R-rated films.
The demand for them is there; action movies, once comprising only 4% of the top films in the 1930s, now make up around 34%.
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I still have an empty chair out front.
Gun movies ramp up but yet the actors and actresses in them push for more gun control while the character they portray uses an “assault weapon”.
Oh the irony flows like feces through a goose.
It’s amusing that one of the later episodes of Death Valley Days of the 1950’s featured a mid-western sheriff who would not carry a gun. I believe that the episode ended after he was shot and the implication was that he was too far ahead of his time.
The sheriff was played by Ronald Reagan. :)
The economics of Hollywood have more or less been laid out: they are more reliant than ever on overseas revenue, particularly China and to a lesser extent Russia and Eastern Europe.
Due to linguistic and cultural differences, as well as a lack of education, films with intricate plots, nuances in dialogue, etc. do not perform well abroad. Action and violence are, for better or worse, universally understood.
The timing isn’t good for film buffs, either, since CGI has made sci-fi and comic adaptations a piece of cake for filmmakers (but still expensive due to reliance on for-hire animation houses).
In sum, the entertainment biz must pump out more mindless whiz-bang frenzy and lots of gunshots in order to sell tickets.
I hope they’ll do a remake of “The Magnificent Seven”...without the guns.
Better yet...”Saving Private Ryan”.
Hmmm. Relic tele? Guitar like tele?
ALWAYS a treat.
RE: loss of 2nd amendment. My rural neighbors seem more worried about not being able to hunt than defending the Republic. Pretty sad.
LIst of guns in Collateral Crimes:
Berreta Bobcat
1911 .45ACP
AK47
M16
Ruger MK II
Colt Python
S&W 642
9MM Springfield XDM
Thompson submachine gun
Spencer Reapeating Rifle
CZ52
Ruger Redhawk
Glock 62
Savage Rascal.
I hope I haven't left any out.
Smith, Wesson.........and ME
You just need to tell'em that the gun grabbers want their guns too....just later. You should also remind them that the NRA protects their right to hunt, as well.
Yeah, the irony. It’s as if the only things these guys have ever read in their lives are scripts.
But because of the ad populum fallacy they think their opinions matter.
“I don’t mean to sound squeamish, but I don’t actually like guns. I earn my bread and butter with them but they repulse me, so I don’t think any of you law-abiding pleasant peasants should have a gun.”
Liam Neeson, Matt Damon! and every other lefty tough guy s***bird in Hollyweird
Shut up and act.
I love the latest version of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral with Val Kilmer. He WAS Doc Holiday, my favorite western guy!
Now days, Harry Callahan would be suspended while being investigated for shooting a black man. There would be videos of the shooting all over social media and the BLM would be calling for his death.
Sometimes I miss the 70s.
Eastwood: "We've all got it coming, kid."
yes ... only 2 people including you have noticed to date. :)
and i dont even have the instrument anymore :(
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