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'''About Me:'''
==MT2008==


After losing my entire account and all the (extremely valuable) contributions I made to this site, I have finally returned. I'm still extremely upset that I lost everything I did (lesson: back everything up yourself, since you can never count on webmasters to do it for you), but fortunately, I have lots of screencaps and too much time on my hands, so I'm back.
'''Name:''' Matt
'''Age:''' 22
'''Home Town:''' Chapel Hill, NC
'''Occupation:''' Student (soon to graduate to...unemployment, most likely)
'''Future Plans:''' Grad school (maybe), law school (less likely)
 
 
==About Me==
 
After losing my entire account and all the contributions I made to this site, I have finally returned. I'm still extremely upset that I lost everything I did (lesson: back everything up yourself, since you can never count on webmasters to do it for you), but fortunately, I have lots of screencaps and too much time on my hands, so I'm back. In addition to working on articles I had edited prior to the great crash, I'm also working on lots of new ones.
 
Anyway, I'm a soon-to-be graduate at a particular college in Maine (I was a History/Government major). I'm sort of a wannabe movie-gun librarian, and I love watching movies and seeing what types of weapons are in it. To be fair, I don't know as much about the classics, mostly just contemporary movies ([[Rafa]], on the other hand, seems to be good with older films). Sometimes, I will buy movies on DVD, even terrible movies, if the guns are worth looking at - which sounds crazy, I know. Additionally, I tend to look for "behind the scenes" information on the guns in a movie - the company that supplied the weapons for the production, the armorers who built/handled the prop weapons on set, etc. I frequently use pictures of the actual prop guns in my articles, if I can find them (see for instance, my work on ''[[I Am Legend]]'', for which I found pictures of the actual AR15 carbine and Mark-23 that were used in the movie).
 
Although I'm big into guns, movies, and guns ''in'' movies, I don't do much shooting in real life. I used to shoot skeet when I was in high school, but that was years ago now. I also go to the pistol range sometimes, but this, too, is pretty rare. Usually, I just buy guns for collector value...I have a very expensive pre-1989 Poly Tech AK which I've fired a total of ''4'' times in my basement. I am thinking about getting more into shooting once I graduate and I'm not in an environment where guns are frowned upon.
 
So that's that. Any other questions, please drop me a note on my "discussion" page.
 
 
==Guns I Own==
 
* Poly Tech AKS-762 (Chinese-made semi-auto [[AK-47#AKM|AKM]] clone) - this is my baby
* [[Smith & Wesson 4506]] - it actually belonged to my grandfather, but he gave it to me.
 
I also used to own a [[Taurus PT92]] which I have since sold (it was a very old and well-used example) and a Ruger Mark III (another of my grandfather's guns which I sold).
 
== My Favorite Firearms ==
 
(please note that I haven't fired or even held all of these necessarily - I just like the way many of them look in movies)
 
* [[AK-47]]/[[AK-47#AKM]]/[[AK-74]] series rifles - I am a Kalashnikov historian, and I'm particularly fond of Chinese Norinco examples (which probably isn't surprising because I own one)
* [[Barret M82]]
* [[Benelli M4 Super 90]]
* [[Beretta M92F|Beretta 92]] and [[Taurus PT92]]-series pistols - let's face it, these are quite possibly the most beautiful-looking semi-automatic pistols ever designed.
* [[Browning M2]]
* [[FN F2000]]
* [[FN Minimi]]
* [[Glock]] variants
* [[Heckler & Koch G36]] series
* [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] series
* [[Heckler & Koch USP]] (one of these will probably be my next purchase)
* [[Jericho 941]]
* [[M16 rifle series]] (I especially like the look of the shorty 11.5-inch barrel models, like those used in ''[[Heat]]'')
* [[MP40]]
* [[Makarov PM]]
* [[Mossberg 500-series shotgun#Mossberg 500 Bullpup|Mossberg M500 Bullpup]]
* [[PK machine gun|PK]]/[[PK machine gun|PKM]] machine gun series
* [[RPG-7]]
* [[SIG Pro]] SP2022
* [[SPAS 12]] and [[SPAS 15]]
* [[Sig Sauer P220 pistol series]] (especially the P220 and P226)
* [[Tokarev TT-33]]
* [[Uzi]] series (especially the Mini)
* [[Walther P99]]
 
 
==Articles to which I've contributed include:==
 
=== Movies ===
 
* ''[[44 Minutes]]''
* ''[[American History X]]'' (an all-time favorite of mine, not so much for the guns but the story and Edward Norton's performance)
* ''[[Blood Diamond]]''
* ''[[Deep Rising]]'' (one of my "guilty pleasure" favorites - I love monster movies)
* ''[[Goldeneye]]'' (one of my favorite Bond movies)
* ''[[I Am Legend]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''
* ''[[Lord of War]]''
* ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
* ''[[Romeo & Juliet]]''
* ''[[Snatch]]'' (love this one)
* ''[[XXX 2: State of the Union]]'' (terrible movie, great guns)
 
=== Television ===
 
''[[Harsh Realm]]'' (under-appreciated TV series which I recently re-discovered on DVD)
 
=== Guns ===
 
* [[AK-47]]
* [[FN Minimi]]
* [[Glock]]
* [[RPG-2]]
* [[Sig Sauer P220 pistol series]]
* [[Taurus PT92]]
 
== Articles I'm Working On Now ==
 
=== Movies ===
 
* ''[[A History of Violence]]''
* ''[[Hard Boiled]]''
* ''[[Raw Deal]]''
* ''[[RoboCop]]'' and ''[[RoboCop 3]]''
 
=== Video Games ===
 
* ''[[Half-Life]]''

Revision as of 17:26, 4 May 2008

MT2008

Name: Matt Age: 22 Home Town: Chapel Hill, NC Occupation: Student (soon to graduate to...unemployment, most likely) Future Plans: Grad school (maybe), law school (less likely)


About Me

After losing my entire account and all the contributions I made to this site, I have finally returned. I'm still extremely upset that I lost everything I did (lesson: back everything up yourself, since you can never count on webmasters to do it for you), but fortunately, I have lots of screencaps and too much time on my hands, so I'm back. In addition to working on articles I had edited prior to the great crash, I'm also working on lots of new ones.

Anyway, I'm a soon-to-be graduate at a particular college in Maine (I was a History/Government major). I'm sort of a wannabe movie-gun librarian, and I love watching movies and seeing what types of weapons are in it. To be fair, I don't know as much about the classics, mostly just contemporary movies (Rafa, on the other hand, seems to be good with older films). Sometimes, I will buy movies on DVD, even terrible movies, if the guns are worth looking at - which sounds crazy, I know. Additionally, I tend to look for "behind the scenes" information on the guns in a movie - the company that supplied the weapons for the production, the armorers who built/handled the prop weapons on set, etc. I frequently use pictures of the actual prop guns in my articles, if I can find them (see for instance, my work on I Am Legend, for which I found pictures of the actual AR15 carbine and Mark-23 that were used in the movie).

Although I'm big into guns, movies, and guns in movies, I don't do much shooting in real life. I used to shoot skeet when I was in high school, but that was years ago now. I also go to the pistol range sometimes, but this, too, is pretty rare. Usually, I just buy guns for collector value...I have a very expensive pre-1989 Poly Tech AK which I've fired a total of 4 times in my basement. I am thinking about getting more into shooting once I graduate and I'm not in an environment where guns are frowned upon.

So that's that. Any other questions, please drop me a note on my "discussion" page.


Guns I Own

  • Poly Tech AKS-762 (Chinese-made semi-auto AKM clone) - this is my baby
  • Smith & Wesson 4506 - it actually belonged to my grandfather, but he gave it to me.

I also used to own a Taurus PT92 which I have since sold (it was a very old and well-used example) and a Ruger Mark III (another of my grandfather's guns which I sold).

My Favorite Firearms

(please note that I haven't fired or even held all of these necessarily - I just like the way many of them look in movies)


Articles to which I've contributed include:

Movies

Television

Harsh Realm (under-appreciated TV series which I recently re-discovered on DVD)

Guns

Articles I'm Working On Now

Movies

Video Games

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