Talk:Lethal Weapon

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I removed the POV statement about the film's "relentlessly upbeat" tone, especially considering the themes regarding depression and suicide.

Agreed. "relentlessly upbeat" is a phrase that should be limited to the sequels with joe pesce." 206.192.35.125 (talk) 14:15, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Lethal Weapon Title

It's stated in the first paragraph, "Riggs is considering suicide, has become a borderline alcoholic, and has become so reckless and violent in his law-enforcement methods that he is considered a "lethal weapon"."...but that's not true. It's mentioned registering him as a lethal weapon because he's been trained to be lethal by the special forces (sniper, martial arts, etc). Mcflytrap 18:15, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Mcflytrap is correct, and the article is wrong, unless the article has already been corrected. I remember the scene specifically. Murtaugh is speaking directly to Riggs, and says "Maybe we should register you as a lethal weapon" because of Rigg's sniper skills and martial arts skills. 206.192.35.125 (talk) 14:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Weasel Words

Just checking. Are we allowed to use "evil," "diabolical," "nefarious" and whatnot? In the movie the soldiers seemed to me to be pragmatists. They didn't kill anyone who was unrelated to the investigation or heroin operation. 61.5.56.18 12:38, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Gen. McAllister's Death.

"McAllister is caught in a car accident and deliberately blows himself up with a hand grenade (along with his heroin shipment)."

I would debate this point. My interpretation is that he was trying to reach the grenade before it "cooked off" in the burning wreck of the car. The last we see of the good General, he is pinned in place in the car, with the grenade just out of reach, about to be engulfed in flames. His desperate scrabbling for the grenade seems more like an attempt to grab it and throw it out of the car before it detonates. Opinions?--Enigmatick 18:18, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Can someone please just change it? If it has not been changes already? User: Enigmatick is correct! The General does not deliberately blow himself up. The car is about to explode, and he's trying to reach the grenade, to toss it away. 206.192.35.125 (talk) 14:03, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Rigg's age?

Where in the movie does it say that he is 37? I've seen the movie a bunch of times and I keep missing it.--Liquidous Snake —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:38, 15 September 2008 (UTC).

Homicide or Attempted Homicide

"During Amanda's autopsy, drugs laced with drain cleaner are found in her system. Although she jumped to her death, she would have died within minutes anyway, making her death a homicide."

I've deleted the person's comment regarding this part of the article, since the person did not give electronic initials to his/her comment, and the person's comment didnt make any sense. Its a homicide, not an attempted homicide. Theres no reason to lace drugs with drain cleaner, other than to poison someone. Poisoning drugs is a homicide!!!!! 206.192.35.125 (talk) 14:09, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Expanding on the Riggs's character military background

Not necessarily expanding. But, since it was said in the scene when Murtaugh is going through Riggs' military background and specifically said that Riggs was a part of the Phoenix project in Vietnam, I think that the sentence that has Riggs as in " U.S. Special Forces" so reflect specifically the Phoenix program and be linked to the Wikipedia article on the Phoenix program.

I've asked the question in discussion on the Phoenix program in popular media could be referenced could it be mentioned in the article. The response was if there evidence, then it can be mentioned. And so far, in the context of movies, Lethal Weapon is the only movie I'm aware of where a character was referenced to the Phoenix program.

The Ghost That Walks... (talk) 18:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)