Pistol Pose: Difference between revisions

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* Not the standard "hand-on-the-elbow" pistol pose, but the posters for ''Wanted'' resulted in protests in the UK because of their [http://io9.com/5044825/uk-authorities-dont-want-wanted glamorizing gun violence.]

* On the poster for ''[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/09/xin_2921004091354312413210.jpg The Killer]'', Chow Yun Fat combines this with [[Gory Discretion Shot]].

* Some of the promotional posters for ''[[~~Serenity (Film)|~~Serenity]]'' show River posing with a pistol which, ironically, is used by Jayne in the movie, though she steals it from him and [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|levels it at the camera in one scene.]]

* Some of the promotional posters for ''[[Serenity]]'' show River posing with a pistol which, ironically, is used by Jayne in the movie, though she steals it from him and [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|levels it at the camera in one scene.]]

* Both ''La Femme Nikita'' and the English-language remake ''The Point of No Return'' both had movie posters that feature this trope.

* ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' had various characters doing so in their promo posters, including [[media:Matrix_Reloaded_Agent_Smith_9946.jpg|this good example of the trope]] featuring Agent Smith with the title plastered across his crotch.

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** The Jodie Foster film ''The Brave One''.

* The poster for ''[[The Untouchables]]'' has the other three Untouchables holding rifles in the back as [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|Kevin Costner is about to shoot you]] and under a giant [[Robert De Niro]] as [[Evil Overlooker]].

* Posters for the [[Harry Potter (~~Film~~)|Harry Potter films]] have done with with wands instead of guns.

* Posters for the [[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter films]] have done with with wands instead of guns.

* [[Johnny English]]: the first film has [[Rowan Atkinson]] [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|pointing a gun at the camera]].

== Live Action TV ==

* Although it's not a firearm, some of the Publicity Stills from the new ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' show the Ninth Doctor holding his sonic screwdriver in a similar manner. Although in the right circumstances, it's ''more'' useful than a gun. After all, you can only shoot the lock off so many times, and you can't shoot the lock ''on'' even once. (Except with Captain Jack's Sonic Disrupter.)

* Although it's not a firearm, some of the Publicity Stills from the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' show the Ninth Doctor holding his sonic screwdriver in a similar manner. Although in the right circumstances, it's ''more'' useful than a gun. After all, you can only shoot the lock off so many times, and you can't shoot the lock ''on'' even once. (Except with Captain Jack's Sonic Disrupter.)

== Professional Wrestling ==

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* Campaign posters in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.

** The posters in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' mix it up with melee weapons instead of guns.

** Similarly, all the characters in the ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]'''s "Meet the Team" line-up, the Spy in particular.

** Similarly, all the characters in the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'''s "Meet the Team" line-up, the Spy in particular.

* Many, many video games, such as ''[http://plusxp.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/metroid2_boxart.jpg Metroid]'', ''[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=halo%20box%20art&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enNO312NO312&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi Halo]'', ''[http://media.teamxbox.com/games/ss/1719/1188424878.jpg Call of Duty]'', etc.