the one that really bugged them was the Bride driving through the streets of Tokyo with a bare blade prominently visible
haha, I used to do the same thing when it was a film set in Washington DC and the protagonists are running through the streets with visible firearms -- dude, it's (well, it was) a firearm-restricted city. There was NO private ownership of firearms! Unless you're wearing a uniform -- and even then, maybe -- it's like, the police will be coming out of the woodwork after your ass. (Not to mention even if firearms are allowed, open carry is going to raise eyebrows and not a few calls to the police.)
Questions about marital status illegal here, by "here" you mean in the US? If yes, then: yeah, very much illegal. I think the only times you can be asked something personal is height/weight and that's only if it's an issue of whether you'll be able to physically do a job, like maybe a job where you need to be able to lift 50lbs (airport skycap, postal worker, that kind of thing). But questions about children, spouse, family, where you live (and whether you have housemates or extended family living with you), how you'll get to/from work, what your parents or siblings do for a living: all off-limits. Ah, they can ask if you have "reliable transportation of your own" if your job requires you do a lot of driving, like a salesperson who does on-location visits, but only if the company isn't providing your vehicle.
I have been asked in interviews, "where do you see yourself in five years?" but that's usually meant as being limited to "in terms of working here/your career". I'm too much of a smart-ass, because if the question happens to be phrased as "where would you like to be in five years" (which is the way I've usually heard it put), I always toss right back, "independently wealthy and living on a beach in Tahiti drinking something fruity out of a tall glass with a little pink umbrella". If nothing else, it breaks the interview tension, and I figure if the interviewers don't crack a smile, I wouldn't want to work for them anyway!
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Date: 5 Nov 2010 01:56 am (UTC)haha, I used to do the same thing when it was a film set in Washington DC and the protagonists are running through the streets with visible firearms -- dude, it's (well, it was) a firearm-restricted city. There was NO private ownership of firearms! Unless you're wearing a uniform -- and even then, maybe -- it's like, the police will be coming out of the woodwork after your ass. (Not to mention even if firearms are allowed, open carry is going to raise eyebrows and not a few calls to the police.)
Questions about marital status illegal here, by "here" you mean in the US? If yes, then: yeah, very much illegal. I think the only times you can be asked something personal is height/weight and that's only if it's an issue of whether you'll be able to physically do a job, like maybe a job where you need to be able to lift 50lbs (airport skycap, postal worker, that kind of thing). But questions about children, spouse, family, where you live (and whether you have housemates or extended family living with you), how you'll get to/from work, what your parents or siblings do for a living: all off-limits. Ah, they can ask if you have "reliable transportation of your own" if your job requires you do a lot of driving, like a salesperson who does on-location visits, but only if the company isn't providing your vehicle.
I have been asked in interviews, "where do you see yourself in five years?" but that's usually meant as being limited to "in terms of working here/your career". I'm too much of a smart-ass, because if the question happens to be phrased as "where would you like to be in five years" (which is the way I've usually heard it put), I always toss right back, "independently wealthy and living on a beach in Tahiti drinking something fruity out of a tall glass with a little pink umbrella". If nothing else, it breaks the interview tension, and I figure if the interviewers don't crack a smile, I wouldn't want to work for them anyway!