{"id":30576,"date":"2012-10-14T22:28:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T04:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/14\/a-note-to-movie-makers-and-writers-regarding-weaponry.html"},"modified":"2012-10-16T07:46:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T13:46:43","slug":"a-note-to-movie-makers-and-writers-regarding-weaponry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/14\/a-note-to-movie-makers-and-writers-regarding-weaponry.html","title":{"rendered":"A note to movie-makers (and writers) regarding weaponry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, here&#39;s a shock: movies (and, honestly, literature) have made basic weapon functionality much more interesting and romantic than it really is. Go figure.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.crackedcdn.com%2Fphpimages%2Farticle%2F9%2F2%2F4%2F149924.jpg%3Fv%3D1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_20052_5-weapon-myths-you-probably-believe-thanks-to-movies.html'>5 Weapon Myths You Probably Believe (Thanks to Movies)<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou might want to put on some comfy pants and get out a tub of consolation ice cream, because we&#39;re about to let you way, way down.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/jBvm6Ks6Qfu' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, here&#39;s a shock: movies (and, honestly, literature) have made basic weapon functionality much more interesting and romantic than it really is. Go figure. Embedded Link 5 Weapon Myths You Probably Believe (Thanks to Movies) You might want to put on some comfy pants and get out a tub of consolation ice cream, because we&#39;re &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/14\/a-note-to-movie-makers-and-writers-regarding-weaponry.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A note to movie-makers (and writers) regarding weaponry&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,108,42,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-history","category-media-music","category-writing-and-language"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135905,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/17\/movie-trailers-playing-front-black-panther.html","url_meta":{"origin":30576,"position":0},"title":"Movie Trailers Playing in Front of &#8220;Black Panther&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 17-Feb-18 11:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Mission Impossible: Fallout -- Look like another M:I film. 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