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exboyfil

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55. You mean like

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:09 AM

Jan 2013

Columbo? He is not a cop but also Quincy. Now days even the MEs carry and use guns (I don't watch them but the CSI franchise). Guns are sometimes used in the original Law and Order but not that often.

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Movie heroes stopped smoking. Could they stop shooting? [View all] Recursion Jan 2013 OP

When actors get in a car, they nearly always buckle up, too. randome Jan 2013 #1

One word - Financing DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #2

Of course "someone" is asking for your opinion. OrwellwasRight Jan 2013 #17

Well... DollarBillHines Jan 2013 #60

If you don't like shooting in movies, don't see it. Travis_0004 Jan 2013 #3

Isn't the whole point of an action hero to kill the bad guy? Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #4

Mainstream comics (I no longer collect) usually draw the line at killing. randome Jan 2013 #6

You mean killings like these? Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #23

But here the story predominates. Hardly the case with James Bond or Saw movies. randome Jan 2013 #26

Hard to write a narrative distinguishing types of movies as to wehther the violence is gratuitous or Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #27

True, it would be ludicrous. It wouldn't be authentic. randome Jan 2013 #28

No. Because it's SUBJECTIVE whether violence is gratuitous. You may think it is, while others Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #31

I think most fans of 'shoot-em-ups' and 'torture porn' movies would agree that the violence... randome Jan 2013 #39

You might be right about that. But "The Lone Ranger" is a shoot-em-up. "The Halleluyah Trail" - Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #65

We live in a society where a film of one person loving another is considered pornography baldguy Jan 2013 #5

If you like sword-based action movies, there is a small franchise of just such pictures. TheManInTheMac Jan 2013 #7

Highlander! Bake Jan 2013 #10

I know! I tried to catch it at E street Recursion Jan 2013 #11

Also... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #19

I got lesson signups after every one of those movies Recursion Jan 2013 #33

LOL! pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #36

Hey! The noble art of the sword deserves to survive. Recursion Jan 2013 #37

Definitely Agreed! Xyzse Jan 2013 #64

That will never happen. Shooting is one of only about six things movies are about. nolabear Jan 2013 #8

One of my favorite movies, CITIZEN KANE, didn't focus on any of the above derby378 Jan 2013 #13

I love Citizen Kane. But it's about death. nolabear Jan 2013 #56

One of my favorite poems is Charles Baudelaire's L'HORLOGE derby378 Jan 2013 #61

There are plenty of other movies to watch. randome Jan 2013 #20

You could even make a case for the original MATRIX film using that criteria derby378 Jan 2013 #29

Sure. Then there are the 'Saw' movies. Torture porn by anyone's definition, I think. randome Jan 2013 #48

Well, movie plots usually don't need smoking, many need guns. n-t Logical Jan 2013 #9

Many of the action heroes are cops or soldiers. I don't see how that would work. Incitatus Jan 2013 #12

MOST cops go their whole careers without shooting in the line of duty. OrwellwasRight Jan 2013 #22

A very interesting and welcome question. Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #14

It'll be fine... LP2K12 Jan 2013 #15

It wouldn't work well in most cases, TBH. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #16

As far as I know Jackie Chan has fired a gun zero times in his movies Recursion Jan 2013 #18

Excellent point. nt. OrwellwasRight Jan 2013 #24

well, that would be absolutely boring. . . Algebra Palin Jan 2013 #21

Ooh. I teach iaido too. Recursion Jan 2013 #34

In the Jason Bourne movies rrneck Jan 2013 #25

Unforgiven is my favorite Western ever, bar none (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #35

Hollywood didn't get a single mention yesterday. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #30

maybe Research showed it didn't matter, i mean look at Japan, they love shitty american action JI7 Jan 2013 #38

one way to curb it if not eliminate is to apply a gratuitous violence tax with proceeds earmarked In Truth We Trust Jan 2013 #32

I can't picture the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" as being one big pillow fight. Kaleva Jan 2013 #40

And I don't want war movies to end Recursion Jan 2013 #43

You mean like exboyfil Jan 2013 #55

Smoking is banned in a lot of places JI7 Jan 2013 #41

People don't smoke in movies? MrSlayer Jan 2013 #42

We're talking because I asked Recursion Jan 2013 #44

Ok. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #51

I'm jumping back to the cleaning idea Recursion Jan 2013 #52

So why is killing people with guns bad, but killing people with swords OK? MicaelS Jan 2013 #45

Neither is OK, and this isn't a violence reduction plan Recursion Jan 2013 #47

I agree with you that cleaning guns is a PITA. MicaelS Jan 2013 #50

In the late 70's and early 80's the media was under pressure to reduce shootings in movies and TV. LeftyMom Jan 2013 #46

Don't forget robot enemies Recursion Jan 2013 #49

You do know the original Cylons of the ORIGINAL .. MicaelS Jan 2013 #53

There are Always Alternative to Guns On the Road Jan 2013 #54

Um, no. Some people don't want to watch lameass Disney movies. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #57

Maybe they can have drawing and quartering like Braveheart. dkf Jan 2013 #58

Personally, I'd like to see wars fought with knives by the old farts who get us into them. nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #59

. Go Vols Jan 2013 #62

Interesting. Thanks (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #63