Anti Gun movies

[Swordfish941]

I remember an episode of The Simpsons (back when they were still good) where Homer buys a handgun for protection over a $500 Security System. And acts very irresponsible with it and treats it like a toy. The episode was non-biased and showed both sides of the gun control argument very equally. The moral of the episode was that a person like Homer shouldn't own a handgun. Why can't the media be non-biased?

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

Why can't the media be non-biased?

Sometimes it can be. I watched an episode of "The Outer Limits" (the 1990s/2000s remake, not the original) which I thought had a fairly balanced portrayal of the gun control debate. You can watch the episode on Hulu if you get time:

http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi984613401/

After I heard the end narration (where we learn the moral of the episode), I was surprised that this episode was even allowed to air.

[Spades of Columbia]

this tread has gone from movies to telvision and nobody said Macgyver yet?

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Spades of Columbia

this tread has gone from movies to telvision and nobody said Macgyver yet?

We talked about this on the IMFDB page for that show. Even though Richard Dean Anderson is/was an HCI/Brady Campaign member, and even though his character in the show refused to use guns, "MacGyver" didn't really have any political statements against guns or gun ownership. That's the difference between it and almost every other movie/TV show we've listed so far.

[k9870]

The character was against guns but it was more a less a plot device, IMO. Reember, the show was about him making inventions and using his mind. If MacGyver carried a gun, well, this would be the show formula.

1. bad guys do something.
2. macgyver sees this.
3. "Bang"
4. credits

Elapsed time: 3 minutes.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by k9870

The character was against guns but it was more a less a plot device, IMO. Reember, the show was about him making inventions and using his mind. If MacGyver carried a gun, well, this would be the show formula.

1. bad guys do something.
2. macgyver sees this.
3. "Bang"
4. credits

Elapsed time: 3 minutes.

That's the thing I like about "Burn Notice"...Michael Westen comes up with all sorts of crazy improvised weapons and schemes to defeat the bad guys, but he isn't so self-righteous that he never uses guns. "Burn Notice" is pretty much the show that I wish "MacGyver" could have been (aside from the protagonist's distaste for guns, it was otherwise a pretty cool show).

Originally Posted by Spades of Columbia

I dont know...i remember a episode where a bald eagle gets shot at the begining and believing it to be pretty open about hunters and civilians with firearms being a bad thing.

Hmmm, point taken then. But as long as the show wasn't constantly and overtly political about guns, I'm still not sure it's fair to classify "MacGyver" as an anti-gun show in the same way as "Liberty Stands Still" or "Strapped" (for example).

[Spades of Columbia]

So...would a...Bowling for columbine be concidered anti-gun.


ooh...and a real one would be "American Gun".

[Spades of Columbia]

Originally Posted by MT2008

We talked about this on the IMFDB page for that show. Even though Richard Dean Anderson is/was an HCI/Brady Campaign member, and even though his character in the show refused to use guns, "MacGyver" didn't really have any political statements against guns or gun ownership. That's the difference between it and almost every other movie/TV show we've listed so far.

I dont know...i remember a episode where a bald eagle gets shot at the begining and believing it to be pretty open about hunters and civilians with firearms being a bad thing.

[funkychinaman]

The Y2K episode of Family Guy had a strangely pro-gun message in the end. (The survivors melted down their guns, and thus were unable to fend off Stewie's mutant offspring.) Strange because the show is otherwise usually pretty liberal.

(And it just dawned on me that Family Guy has been around long enough to actually have a Y2K episode. Wow.)

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by MT2008

We talked about this on the IMFDB page for that show. Even though Richard Dean Anderson is/was an HCI/Brady Campaign member, and even though his character in the show refused to use guns, "MacGyver" didn't really have any political statements against guns or gun ownership. That's the difference between it and almost every other movie/TV show we've listed so far.

Sure RDA's MacGuyver character, but what about his character in Stargate. That show is nothing but guns