BONES: Finally, a pro-gun show!!

[jason10mm]

Just a heads up on a new Fox show that is almost blatantly pro-gun! The premise is a forensic anthropologist (analyses skeletal remains to determine identity, cause and manner of death, etc) teams up with a FBI agent to crack cases. While there is a lot of soap opera-ish fluff between all of the characters, the crimes themselves are pretty interesting and the dialogue is mildly witty.

But the real gem is that the lead character, the female anthropologist is a pretty gung-ho, self-defense type. she is ALWAYS asking for a weapon. There have been scenes of her at the firing range, using her own pistol in self-defense, and bumming a weapon off of her partner if they know that they are going into danger.

Heck, the last episode involved a cannibal shooting hikers in Washington state and then eating body parts as a Native American ritual. Not ONCE did anyone go off on hunting, guns being bad (mmmmkay?), or any kind of enviro-wackism.

The FBI agent (David Boreanz from Angel) is an ex-Army sniper who actually expresses remorse for killing people, waits to get positive identification before opening fire, and packs a revolver (except for one inexplicable scene where he uses a Glock).

All in all, it is a pretty good show with a VERY positive gun message. Guns are useful if you are planning on taking on bad guys, the gun isn't to blame for every crime in a 10 mile radius, and they can be used responsibly.

 

[Smokey Joe]

2 good 2 be true!

Jason10mm-Well, given what you say, I give 'em 6 weeks before Fox and the Hollywierd types decide that the show's ratings don't justify shooting further episodes (Show-biz-speak for "The thing stinks; we're dropping it.) (Pun on shooting intended. )

This is one of those times where I'd be delighted to be wrong, BTW.

 

[Rob1035]

are they playing the series out of order? pre-empting for sports?

 

[jason10mm]

Actually, Fox might finally be getting a clue. First, it is on Tuesdays, not Fridays. Second, they just stopped showing it for all of October rather than have it get pre-empted by baseball. While there have been 3-4 shows so far, I don't think there are any major plotlines or character backstories you would have missed. They do a pretty good job of reminding the viewer of Bones' poor socialization skills and Booths military background each episode.

But yeah, I suspect a Firefly-esque hatchet job is in the works

 

[GEM]

Jason, do you ever watch Supernatural right after Bones? The brothers have a car full of guns and happily blaze away at monsters. In the intro, one brother says that when he was scared, his dad gave him a 45.

 

[one-shot-one]

one

that i saw the lady doc shoots the BG in the leg as he is trying to burn evidence.

 

[Dr.Rob]

I like the 'trunkload' of guns in Supernatural... but wow do those two break a lot of laws (tresspass, breaking and entering, impersonating federal officers) in the course of 'doing the right thing.'

Which to be fair if I was tracking down monsters, demons etc I might do to. But I'd invest in a few good forgeries (say badges, uniforms, hell even a lab coat, or a t least a 'press pass') and some better common sense. X-files & Nightstalker it's not.

 

[crawfordew]

I like "Bones", "Supernatural" I can take or leave. It's about time somebody realized that pro-gun rights people watch TV too.
Gene

 

[Cosmoline]

Bones is interesting, but the bear scat wasn't like any I'd seen before. I've never seen scat that looks like large dog doo. It's more like a big mound of nasty stuff with all kinds of seeds and stuff in it.

 

[Mute]

Both Bones and Supernatural seem fairly pro-gun in terms of the lead characters. I find both shows mildly enjoyable.

 

[GunGoBoom]

Yeah, I caught the cannibal one - pretty cool (grotesque) premises - I like. And man, that chick is easy on the eyes if ya ask me. I'd like to meet the real 'bones' lady.

 

[SLCDave]

Yeah, I caught the cannibal one - pretty cool (grotesque) premises - I like. And man, that chick is easy on the eyes if ya ask me. I'd like to meet the real 'bones' lady.

If you ask me, her sister Zooey got the looks in the family:

 

[outofbattery]

I like the 'trunkload' of guns in Supernatural... but wow do those two break a lot of laws (tresspass, breaking and entering, impersonating federal officers) in the course of 'doing the right thing.'

Which to be fair if I was tracking down monsters, demons etc I might do to. But I'd invest in a few good forgeries (say badges, uniforms, hell even a lab coat, or a t least a 'press pass') and some better common sense. X-files & Nightstalker it's not.

I only caught it once but one of the characters unloaded on a demon with a sawed-off SXS loaded with rocksalt.Apparently the cops on the show are fairly lenient too,they gave him back his NFA shottie no questions asked

 

[Dr.Rob]

Exactly!

There was a really cool episode of Friday The 13th: The Series (nothing to do with the movies) about a family of survivalists hunting demons where they got it 'right'... (ie a type 4 roaming succubus might not die from a full mag from an AK but it will sure slow it down) high tech soultions to ancient problems but you still have to steer clear of the cops to get the job done.

I'll have to make a point to catch an episode of Bones.

 

[akodo]

I too find bones interesting.

I too noted the agent carrying a semiauto and later a revolver. (looked like a S&W to me. The revolver seemed to fit the ex-sniper character better, a 357 with a long barrel, thumb back the hammer, steady it on a makeshift rest, and you greatly increase your long range accuracy.

However, I didn't like the scene at the shooting range where at the very end he turned and quickfired a bunch of headshots. He is an ex-sniper, this means he is skilled at precision riflecraft, which is related to but different from pistolcraft. Plenty of stuff applies to both fields, such as sight alignment, trigger control, keeping calm and focusing, etc. I don't like it when snipers are shown as magic shooters who can scoop up any gun (like from a fallen enemy) and instantly make a fantastic shot.

 

[one-shot-one]

revived thread

this week was also pretty good, bones applies for a fbi ccw permit and Boreanz rejects it because he had arrested her for shoot ing a suspect in an earlier episode. good comments on death penility cases with a liberial anti-death penility defense lawyer coming around after her client plays her and bones and the fbi.
best remarks:
bones: i'm for the death penility, some people should not be allowed to live in this world.
bones: we had douts, we should never take a human life lightly.

 

[TMM]

i always catch the last few minutes of Bones before House(awesome show) and it makes me laugh that it ends in teh same way - the girl and that guy are always together and alone somewhere- diner, restaurant, bar, etc. in the "next week in Bones..." it looks like they finally get some. about time.

~TMM

 

[zapplez]

Bones is a pretty good show, but House (in Canada) is on right after, making 2 hours of good tv

 

[bogie]

The revolver seemed to fit the ex-sniper character better, a 357 with a long barrel, thumb back the hammer, steady it on a makeshift rest, and you greatly increase your long range accuracy.

A friend a few years back got a little depressed when I took a 6" Dan Wesson and cleaned his clock at 75 yards... He was shooting an SKS with a brand new scope/mount...

this means he is skilled at precision riflecraft, which is related to but different from pistolcraft.

Just because I'm _very_ into the precision rifle doesn't mean that I can't shoot other stuff... Accuracy just interests me more. I can dump a magazine out of a 1911 into two pie plates at 7 yards, drop the mag, stuff a new one, and then dump it fast enough to get the handgunner (he's into IPSC, IDRA, something of the sort...) range officer over sayin' "So, you practicin' up for the big match?"

The .45 with a curved backstrap (don't like flat) points naturally for me. I can point shoot within about a foot out to maybe 15-20 yards with very little conscious thought.

 

[EVIL5LITER]

As much as I like Bones, House is infinitely better.

Unfortunately, I worked late last night and missed both episodes

 

[jacobtowne]

If you enjoy stories about forensics, I find the novels of Patricia Cornwell to be very well done.
JT

 

[MachIVshooter]

I saw part of a "Bones" episode the other night. She was appealing something so the she could carry a gun again. Not verbatim, but her superior says "I wouldn't deny your constitutional right to apply to own a gun"

I try to avaoid network television as a whole, save Law & Order (SVU & CI, though I can't stand Richard Beltzer)

 

[Braz]

Bones is pro-feminist, not pro-gun, imo.

She will be denied permission to carry a gun, now that she has proved she is a tuff woman. And that will place her in dramatic scenes, of course.

Now HOUSE is great TV, if such a thing is possible. Mature themes and very funny scripts. I try to never miss it.

 

[VirgilCaine]

I only caught it once but one of the characters unloaded on a demon with a sawed-off SXS loaded with rocksalt.Apparently the cops on the show are fairly lenient too,they gave him back his NFA shottie no questions asked

The Hookman episode where they were arrested, they had their two longer,
[more legal] shotguns, not the 12 gauge pistol. They haven't hauled out that one where the law could see it AFAIK (yet).