[LS]

You nailed it. I saw the movie a week ago and keep thinking about new aspects of it. A totally conservative, traditional message and, as I said a week ago, the action and violence were NOT gratuitous.

It's funny, I saw maybe seven trailers, and with the exception of one (dumb) comedy, they were all one explosion/gunfire/explosion/car chase after another. The only one that stood out was "Expendables 2" for the names. I thought, wow, if I could show my trailer (which I'm sending you in Freepmail), I think it would be the only one remembered.

[Talisker]

A totally conservative, traditional message and, as I said a week ago, the action and violence were NOT gratuitous.

Maybe that's why it was chosen for a massacre - it was the only way the enemy could think of to block it's message.

[tbw2]

I saw the movie today. I was thinking of logistics and the 2nd amendment. Several thousand bad guys, even with Batman’s arsenal, have no hope if 1 in 5 adults has a gun and used it against the terrorists.
But it’s possible in a disarmed city, where people can’t do anything to protect themselves and the police are powerless and gutless to actually defend the city, a small evil group can take over a realm of millions.