James Cameron pokes fun at American gun culture during Paris ‘Terminator’ screening: ‘I can just go buy them’

[Reptile]

In 2022, the famous director said he wants to avoid "fetishizing" guns​

Legendary Hollywood director James Cameron poked fun at American gun culture during a screening of his classic film "Terminator" in Paris this week.

Following the screening – part of an exhibition at Paris’ Cinematheque Française on Cameron’s work – the director recounted fond memories and lessons he learned while directing the sci-fi action flick, which was his second directing effort.

As noted in Variety, he provided one anecdote to the sold-out crowd about not having any idea about firearms while working on the movie, which features an iconic scene of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character buying several massive weapons at a gun store while a giddy clerk tells them they’re "ideal for home defense."

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James Cameron pokes fun at American gun culture during Paris ‘Terminator’ screening: ‘I can just go buy them’

During a recent screening of "The Terminator," director James Cameron joked that even though he had no knowledge of guns when making the film, he could just go buy them in America.

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[The5thDentist]

Hypocrite crybaby.

 

[Picton]

I've never thought of that gun store clerk as being "giddy."

 

[Woodsloafer]

Hypocrite crybaby.

Yup, from the article:

"Signaling he’s a supporter of strict gun control implemented in New Zealand, where he and his wife have a farm, he told the outlet, "I’m happy to be living in New Zealand where they just banned all assault rifles two weeks after that horrific mosque shooting a couple of years ago."

 

[EddieZoom]

F@ck this guy,,,,has made zillions $$$ for decades making movies with lots of gunplay....*now* has something bad to say about it...f@ck off.

 

[June4th]

Sometimes I ponder how incredibly Homo sapiens are, at organized violence. We damn nearly killed all competing primates then went on killing each other for millennia. If we take out contents about wars and killings, history books will be thinned about 80%. I bet if movies had been born before guns, directors would’ve been equally fascinated about swords spears and axes.

 

[Da_lucche]

Sometimes I ponder how incredibly Homo sapiens are, at organized violence. We damn nearly killed all competing primates then went on killing each other for millennia. If we take out contents about wars and killings, history books will be thinned about 80%. I bet if movies had been born before guns, directors would’ve been equally fascinated about swords spears and axes.

Yup, homo sapiens have the market cornered in conquering and genociding everything in their path. You can thank them pesky Neanderthals for bringing that evolutionary characteristic out in us.

 

[oldguy68]

I don't want to glamorize firearms. While and when he made movies with guns in them.
Next he'll tell us how to fix climate change when his carbon footprint is probably larger than Los Angeles.

 

[240Geezer]

Yup, from the article:

"Signaling he’s a supporter of strict gun control implemented in New Zealand, where he and his wife have a farm, he told the outlet, "I’m happy to be living in New Zealand where they just banned all assault rifles two weeks after that horrific mosque shooting a couple of years ago."

Yes but suppressors are quite legal and common.

 

[whatluck]

Yup, from the article:

"Signaling he’s a supporter of strict gun control implemented in New Zealand, where he and his wife have a farm, he told the outlet, "I’m happy to be living in New Zealand where they just banned all assault rifles two weeks after that horrific mosque shooting a couple of years ago."

I remember that shooting. There was no blood anywhere in the entire video. People getting shot in the head from 2 feet away with a shotgun and no mess.

 

[In God We Trust]

I've never thought of that gun store clerk as being "giddy."

I’ve been in a lot of gun shops and giddy is one of the last words I would use to describe the clerks.

 

[Picton]

I’ve been in a lot of gun shops and giddy is one of the last words I would use to describe the clerks.

I actually thought the depiction of the clerk in Terminator might have been the most accurate thing in the whole movie.

 

[Reptile]

I actually thought the depiction of the clerk in Terminator might have been the most accurate thing in the whole movie.

Yeah, but that shop sucked.

Nothing in the 40 watt range.