Old Dog
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This thread has certainly drifted in some interesting directions.
I've pondered the OP a bit since we started.
To the naysayers who seem to believe that motion pictures and television shows cannot widely influence our habits and practices, I offer forth the following: 1980s network TV shows and movies. Who can forget the influences on men's fashion, such as pulling up sleeves on sports coats, loafers with no socks, Members Only jackets, "popping" the collar on your polo shirt, pleated pants and my personal favorite, the "mullet" hairstyle?
For those of us that still indulge in the occasional television series or cinema, most of us have certainly noticed that Hollywood does seem to be making more of an effort toward realism in certain genres (not, of course, the absurdly crappy movies based on comic books that are 90% CGI) and firearms use is being depicted far more accurately (at least in shows featuring law enforcement and military) with actors actually getting trained in tactics and gun-handling and shooting. The trend is positive, in my opinion. Yeah, there's still a lot of crap out there and obviously unsafe gun-handling being shown, but in the productions that strive for more serious audiences, we are light-years ahead of where we were when I was a kid in the early '60s.
I've pondered the OP a bit since we started.
To the naysayers who seem to believe that motion pictures and television shows cannot widely influence our habits and practices, I offer forth the following: 1980s network TV shows and movies. Who can forget the influences on men's fashion, such as pulling up sleeves on sports coats, loafers with no socks, Members Only jackets, "popping" the collar on your polo shirt, pleated pants and my personal favorite, the "mullet" hairstyle?
For those of us that still indulge in the occasional television series or cinema, most of us have certainly noticed that Hollywood does seem to be making more of an effort toward realism in certain genres (not, of course, the absurdly crappy movies based on comic books that are 90% CGI) and firearms use is being depicted far more accurately (at least in shows featuring law enforcement and military) with actors actually getting trained in tactics and gun-handling and shooting. The trend is positive, in my opinion. Yeah, there's still a lot of crap out there and obviously unsafe gun-handling being shown, but in the productions that strive for more serious audiences, we are light-years ahead of where we were when I was a kid in the early '60s.