too true...

The zombie fight scene is great.

My Fav is the Cow fight scene in Kung Pow

Hey Edward,

It wasn't an attack. I'm sorry if it came across as one. It was a real question. There ARE areas in the country where people have more exposure to the realities of violence. I thought you might have lived in one at some point. That is all I was talking about. No insult intended.

And yes, I agree with you about the rest.

I do indeed believe that accurate portrayal of violence as well as the context it occurs in does reduce inappropriately violent behavior and this has been backed up by a number of psychological/sociological studies as have the studies which show that just discussing the realities of what people watch with them helps a great deal, such as parents talking to their kids about the violence they are exposed to.

It has also proven to be an effective therapy in some cases of persons victimized by violent behaviors as some of my studies at the psychiatric institute clearly indicated and there are others.

Believe me, I know all too well what sort of things people can do to other people. I won't go into the gory details. I have worked many jobs in my life from cop to psychologist as well as gotten enmeshed in some really ugly situations when I tried to help people out on a personal basis and had it turn into huge hassles and vindictive backlash. That would be a very long series of postings in it's' own right.

I've also been in several movies, as a stunt person/actor, and have had some very heated discussions with directors and fight coordinator wannabees who put the well being of the actors at risk or just had stupid ideas of what was realistic. I also have the privelege of knowing and having worked with some of the top martial artists and fight coordinators in the world, as well as some of the worst.

For a laugh you can see me beating up George Dzundza with a baseball bat in the film, "What she doesn't know." It was a foam bat and he was wearing armor under his jacket by the way. He was a great guy to work with too.