Question answered, indeed.
Wince and Nod | Email | Homepage | 07.03.03 - 9:49 pm | #

I don't watch those silly kinds of movies. I watch

John Wayne
Humphrey Bogart
Audie Murphy
etc

who all shoot PEOPLE, not some lame fantasy creature.

My own shotgun is only a side-by-side, because its main function is to buy me time to get to the gun safe...

Well, okay, the .44 Bulldog and 1911 get used before the shotgun, but you get my drift.
Kim du Toit | Email | Homepage | 07.03.03 - 9:58 pm | #

Hmm, I do watch those silly movies. In fact, I just watched Army of Darkness for the 10th time the other day. I love that movie! Of course it's dumb...but it's not dumb.
Serenity | Email | Homepage | 07.04.03 - 6:30 am | #

God, Army Of Darkness! Besides beng a pure hoot, it had the very best poster promotional line I've ever seen:

Lost In Time.
Surrounded By Evil.
Low On Gas.

Alien's "In space, no one can hear you scream" runs second.)
Francis W. Porretto | Email | Homepage | 07.04.03 - 9:04 am | #

Kim,

I guess my underlying thought is that at some deep visceral level, Hollywood gets it. That when confronted by a real monster (which in real life are all men) firepower is a good thing.

Francis,

A real hoot is right.

Yours,
Wince and Nod
Wince and Nod | Email | Homepage | 07.04.03 - 11:54 am | #

"This one-armed man was going to kill my wife. Looks like he was going to try to frame me for it. Good thing she had her gun in her purse..."

Proper armament could simply prevent a lot of movies.
triticale | Email | Homepage | 07.05.03 - 2:35 pm | #

The 590! I love my 590. Why?

Because of the excellent sights. Water jugs at 50 yards are toast.

Because of the Milspec reliability.

Because it's cheap.

Because I can put a Garand sling on it.

Because if 13 rifled slugs aren't enough, I can still affix the bayonet.

Because, if I ever get really scared, I know that this is the gun I'm going to want in my hands. It just has that indefinable, everything's-going-to-be-all-right feel.

I think every well-appointed household ought to have one.
Mike Spenis | Email | Homepage | 07.11.03 - 8:56 pm | #