Hobbies Make the World Go 'Round

Like most, some of our hobbies and toys that keep us happy at home.

 
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Second Amendment, Bill of Rights, Constitution of the United States of America.  "Live Free or Die".  Motto of a free state.

The second amendment is the result of private individuals using their own firearms, organizing into independent militia units, promoted for the common defense and to secure their freedoms by defending themselves from their enemies as well as their own government.  It is this amendment that gives the people the power to protect all the other freedoms that some elements of our society want to remove and grant as exclusive rights only to the government.   Do we remember the Wigs and the Tories?    I hope so, as they were no different back in the time when we were trying to form a free nation than they are now, by other names, such as Liberals and Conservatives.  Which is which???
 

As for firearms in the movies:   Don't we wish that we could do what they do?   Hard to believe that so many people believe that they can.  In any case, in almost all movies, firearms are present and represent death and destruction.  It would be nice to see a movie about collectors, target shooters, or even hunters with out the negative overtones.  Maybe a movie that the use of firearms actual represents what they are really all about when used by the honest everyday citizen.  Hard to imagine, that the people who make movies, with their political inclinations, would produce a movie favorable to the average citizen.

Peter has developed significant experience in identification and use of a variety of firearms, especially historical military rifles. He has spotted more than one historical mistake in the dozens of war movies he has in his collection.

 


Most Movies can be watched once.   Some can be watched more than once and others, like these, can be watched at any time.   The following movies are in no special order and reflect the excitment and lack of realism that makes them a valuable entertainment escape.   
  african alamo all quite  
animal house  waterworld  
armord command art of war
  
Ballistic band of brothers bandolero
appache pass blood beach
galactica   beau geste one
ben hur bend in the river  xxx heven and hell 12 oclock high
big hit  big red one  big trouble little china
birds  black arrow 100 rifles
black dakotas  black hawk down
black hole blue Max bombers moon
bourne  boys in company c  bravehart
breakout  breakthrough  caddy shack the bridge  broken arrow
     the canadians 633 squadron
casablanca  castle keep catlow
cavalry command the centurian
charge of the light brigade  code of silence codename wildgeesse
commancheros  monte cristo
crouching tiger  das boot  four feathers
full metal goldfinger good bad ugly
harry potter high plains drifter independence day
lord of the rings  musketeer josey wales
pearl harbor  Leon lost arc
roller ball new pvt ryan scorpion king   
searchers solo  spider man
star wars transporter  troy
u 571  warriors we were soldiers
windtalkers  world is not enough wyatt earp x men 2                       zulu  
   3 violent people   5 card stud   bulge   55 days at peking above the law
asssination alvarez Kelly  
bravados  breakhart pass  collateral damage  
bulet proof monk  dirty dozen  
dr no   entrapment  
eraser   escape from fort bravo  gladiator  
gusn of Navarone  half past dead  
telemark   last man standing  
khartoum  magnificent seven  marked for death   major dundee
scalphunters last train from gun hill  mckennas gold    oput for justice  longest day  
outland   Pirates  presidio      
posse  red sonia  
replacment killers  tears of the sun   terminator  
glimmer man   long ships  
the one  wind and the Lion  tombstone  total recall true lies  
    where eagles dare  unforgiven    
war lord  war of the worlds  
                                                               zulu    
    
   
 
     
 
     
    
   
               
          
      
                 
    
                      
                            


  


    

     

     
    
      
  

      

Peter is a movie buff extraordinaire. When betamax came out, he was there. When VHS came out, he was there. When DVD came out he was there. You can be sure that Peter is surveying the technological horizon in order to ride the next wave that will roll in from the cinematic sea across his video collection.  Of course, it would be nice if they stayed with one format for a while.

 
Peter has been a long-time fan of the outdoors, which in part, accounts for his move to Northern New England. Thanks to influences from his number one son, Peter learned to birdwatch. He also enjoys spending weekends in his camper with wife, Jeanne, often frequent the likes of state parks.

December 22, 2003