evil luger stigma

Drachenstein · 04-14-2010, 08:25 AM

Just watched FANTASTIC MR FOX. It's a movie where George Clooney attempts to bore everyone to death with monologue. Noted though was the main evil Farmer strutting about with an artillery luger that he has no hesitation using. Funnier yet is the farmers wife who captures one of the young foxes with a WW I trench knife and a meat cleaver.

Why is it the bad guy always carries the luger?

sheepherder · 04-14-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Drachenstein

Why is it the bad guy always carries the luger?

Not always...In the Alan Ladd flic, "O.S.S", Ladd has the Luger at the end...

alanint · 04-14-2010, 08:35 AM

I always remember the great line from Hogan's Heroes. When Sergeant Schultz goes to report to Col. Klink that he was accosted by a plainclothes agent.

When Klink asks Schultz what the man looked like, Schultz's responds: "A German Luger"

MikeP · 04-18-2010, 01:55 PM

You see more Lugers portrayed as bad guys guns back in the 30's era movies.

I recall one where a undercover guy is joining a mob gang.
They show him a closet full of Lugers to choose from.

He grabs one and sez,"What a honey of a Luger!"

"That one belongs to the boss!" Is the response.

George Anderson · 04-18-2010, 02:35 PM

Study the cover art of "SGT ROCK" comics of the '50s; they always featured a Swastika and a Luger.

MikeP · 04-18-2010, 02:46 PM

I was born in 1947. I probably owned every one of those period comics.
"The Haunted Tank" was cool-hanging from a cargo 'chute knocking zeros out of the sky.
Also the French resistance gal with ze beeg headlights.

One image I recall was whenever an evil nazi tank or MG nest got waxed, all you'd see was an explosian with a German helmet flying upwards.

It was funny too see how crudely drawn a lot of that stuff was.

No corpses or dead Americans were depicted back then.

mrerick · 04-18-2010, 07:14 PM

Even "Desperate Housewives" on ABC has woven a Luger into their recent plots... Go figure!

Marc

Went Blakely · 04-20-2010, 05:24 AM

I've seen MR Fox too, funny movie (except for Clooney

). It is just so fitting to have people like that farmer carrying a luger. They are so brooding and menacing looking, just like a C96, or a tommy gun even. Intimidation extraordinairre'

tenbears · 04-21-2010, 10:23 PM

SGT Rock comics brings back lot's of memories.

alterfritz · 05-03-2010, 06:16 AM

I have all 3 Fantomas movies which were made in France in the late 1960's. The henchmen of mastermind Fantomas all use a Luger. I was thinking about taking some screenshots but the guns are too small in the picture to look very spectacular.

04-14-2010, 08:25 AM	#1
Drachenstein User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Elizabethtown, KY Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	evil luger stigma Just watched FANTASTIC MR FOX. It's a movie where George Clooney attempts to bore everyone to death with monologue. Noted though was the main evil Farmer strutting about with an artillery luger that he has no hesitation using. Funnier yet is the farmers wife who captures one of the young foxes with a WW I trench knife and a meat cleaver. Why is it the bad guy always carries the luger?

04-20-2010, 05:24 AM	#8
Went Blakely User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 231 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	I've seen MR Fox too, funny movie (except for Clooney ). It is just so fitting to have people like that farmer carrying a luger. They are so brooding and menacing looking, just like a C96, or a tommy gun even. Intimidation extraordinairre' __________________ Went Blakely

04-14-2010, 08:35 AM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I always remember the great line from Hogan's Heroes. When Sergeant Schultz goes to report to Col. Klink that he was accosted by a plainclothes agent. When Klink asks Schultz what the man looked like, Schultz's responds: "A German Luger"

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MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	You see more Lugers portrayed as bad guys guns back in the 30's era movies. I recall one where a undercover guy is joining a mob gang. They show him a closet full of Lugers to choose from. He grabs one and sez,"What a honey of a Luger!" "That one belongs to the boss!" Is the response.

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George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Study the cover art of "SGT ROCK" comics of the '50s; they always featured a Swastika and a Luger.

04-18-2010, 02:46 PM	#6
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	I was born in 1947. I probably owned every one of those period comics. "The Haunted Tank" was cool-hanging from a cargo 'chute knocking zeros out of the sky. Also the French resistance gal with ze beeg headlights. One image I recall was whenever an evil nazi tank or MG nest got waxed, all you'd see was an explosian with a German helmet flying upwards. It was funny too see how crudely drawn a lot of that stuff was. No corpses or dead Americans were depicted back then.

04-18-2010, 07:14 PM	#7
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Even "Desperate Housewives" on ABC has woven a Luger into their recent plots... Go figure! Marc

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tenbears User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 26 Times in 15 Posts	SGT Rock comics brings back lot's of memories.

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alterfritz User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Posts: 63 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I have all 3 Fantomas movies which were made in France in the late 1960's. The henchmen of mastermind Fantomas all use a Luger. I was thinking about taking some screenshots but the guns are too small in the picture to look very spectacular.