>
> Does any know of a mystery novel where the
protagonist is
twenty-something,
> the bulk of characters are twenty to thirty-five and
dwells in the
milieu
> of nightclubs, drugs and sex?
>
> Kent Westmoreland
>
I don't know about novels but that sounds like my
(over-extended) adolescence you're talking about :-)
(well, OK, maybe just the highlights).
Mark wrote:
>Sorta related, director John Woo has often claimed
>he knows nothing
>about real shooting, everything he knows about
gun->handling he learned
>from watching Alain Delon.
Being an Australian, with no hard core criminal connections,
no background in law enforcement, armed forces or outlaw
motorcycle gangs
& never having lived on a farm, I don't know from guns
(in fact, I even thought a pistol WAS a gun) but even to me
it's apparent that what happens in Woo films, gun-wise, is
highly improbable & not based on reality. I mean, for
starters, you have pistols that seem tofire 30 to 50 shots
before they need re-loading. On this topic, I recently read
something (I think maybe a short story in a Black Mask
anthology but I'm not sure) where somebody is described as
carrying an automatic with a silencer. As I've just said, I
don't know from guns (or pistols) but I thought you couldn't
use a silencer on automatics, at least not the automatics
available in the 1940's & 1950's. I know there are at
least a few people on the list who could clarify that for
me.
miker wrote:
>well, alright. I will admit that mel is a hottie.
;-)
>personally, I loved the mad max series he
did
Here comes my Mel antipathy to the fore, I can't help myself,
honestly, folks - I loved the MAD MAX series (or the first 2
at least) - I think MAD MAX II (aka THE ROAD WARRIOR) is the
best film ever made in this Lucky Country I live in. I
concede that Mel was very good looking at the time these flix
were filmed but honestly, to me he now just looks like any
other middle-aged bloke who was once good looking (hello,
Kevin Costner). (Of course, as a hetero, middle-aged guy -
OUCH!- I realise that my opinion in this matter does not
carry any weight with female fans who do think he's still a
spunk). To be fair to Mel, I understand that he has a strong
desire to do romantic comedy type stuff & I think he has
a definite talent for that. I just don't believe him as a
tough guy - (or an irresistibly good-looking fella who can
successfully woo women less than half his age, unless of
course they were aware that he's one of the richest &
most popular Hollywood leading men alive)- & not just
because he isn't an ex-marine who stormed Pacific beaches in
the Big One.
Rene
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