Monday, March 5, 2012

The Rifleman Fantasy World











I always get a kick out of the re-enactment guys, and I enjoy the true gun nuts, but this one is a combination of both. This is the very definition of a fetish object, or perhaps it's better to say, a magic talisman.

"It was the symbol of righteousness, justice, power and wisdom. It was always used in the right way, never in the wrong way."
If you're old enough, you may have grown up watching this show and a number of others like it which inspired childish fantasies. Then, if you're normal, you grew out of them.

What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.

10 comments:

  1. The world was much better when shows like that aired then some of the crap today where the "hero" is a corrupt cop or criminal.

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  2. Oh, I get it, one silly fantasy engendering another is good? Coooooool!

    Yeah, I remember, Lucas McCain (has sort of a biblical ring to it, don't it?), Johnny Yuma, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hicock, Roy Rogers and the rest of the cowboy heroes of my youth. Matt Dillon, alone, musta kilt 'bout a couple hunnert bad guys.

    I seen Lucas one time, his rifle got stolet, he put a six gun in a notch at the end of pine board and it BECAME a rifle--WOW!

    Let's never forget John Wayne and all of the other good guyz wit teh gunz that never ran outta bullets (except as a plot device).

    They were of course supplanted in the 60's by heroes like the soldiers in "Combat" and "Rat Patrol", another group of heroes with magically inexhaustible supplies of bullets.

    Yeah, I can see where FatWhiteMan would like those shows better than the "crap" that's on today. In those days men were men (mostly white) and there were no pesky moral dilemmas about shooting people who besmirched your honor or impugned your honesty. Come to think on it, Greg Camp must be thrilled to watch all of those fine cinematic dramas on TVLand.

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  3. Those shows had a lot less violence than today's television programs.

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  4. Mikeb, you get such a thrill out of calling guns a fetish object, but Dog Gone isn't around any more to award Brownie points, so let it go. Your term, fetish object, is just a schoolyard taunt. It adds nothing to the discussion.

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    1. "but Dog Gone isn't around any more to award Brownie points"

      Where did Dog Gone go? Did I miss something?

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    2. She hasn't explained; she just left.

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  5. I don't know about that Greg. You know, when white cotton gloves are used to handle a gun that costs 3 grand, and when this guy dedicates his life to imitating The Rifleman with a special life-long interest in the gun, what else would you call them?

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    1. Mikeb, we explained the gloves, but you didn't acknowledge your error. Gloves are used in handling antiques all the time. It's because human skin leaves oils on the object that will damage it. Or do you regard the same treatment of an old manuscript or painting as fetish behavior?

      But about the man in these videos, I take it that you've never heard of Star Trek conventions? Perhaps you didn't notice how people lined up to buy the latest Harry Potter book?

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  6. Greg Camp:

    Face it, boy, you LOVE gunz and wish that you lived in a world where you could use them for their designed purpose--shooting people. That does make them fetish objects. Deny it all you like; your comments about killing people over what's in your pocket or to avenge an insult coupled with your silly photo say it all.

    Mikeb302000:

    I forgot to add, yesterday, that the "Rifeleman" redux guy did that neat spinning the rifle under his arm at the end of his little demo--thus violating at least two of the Sacred 4 Rules (TM)(SM)(c), the highest and best dictates of the shootists.

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    1. Once again, Democommie, you misquote me and proceed to make stupid comments about your misquotations.

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