tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post7440389666488431568..comments2024-03-05T19:50:31.497-08:00Comments on World O' Crap: Happy 4th of WOLVERINES!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-62863529858006560272011-08-01T01:04:52.069-07:002011-08-01T01:04:52.069-07:00Hey Kilowog honey --- I just went over to your p...Hey Kilowog honey --- I just went over to your place and wanted to leave a comment about how sorry I was to hear about your daughter having to have surgery, but how glad I was to see that she's recovering well <i>(and that she's awfully lucky to have a very witty Uncle Ned!)</i>, but I can't find any comments or contact/profile info on YOU over there!Anntichrist S. Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415084181464098543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-39758201352790664532011-07-09T18:31:29.872-07:002011-07-09T18:31:29.872-07:00No Kilowog I! In fact I look just like my Avatar!...No Kilowog I! In fact I look just like my Avatar! The Name is a contraction of my real name. When I first started reading & commenting on blogs I had a different name for each one. Got bored with that pretty quickly.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-88146580856413847152011-07-05T22:07:36.213-07:002011-07-05T22:07:36.213-07:00Let's try this again:
Is it weird that when I...Let's try this again:<br /><br />Is it weird that when I see KWillow's name in comments, I instantly replace her name with "Kilowog"? <br /><br />There. NAILED it!maryclevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785496858123839668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-73754971995882101532011-07-05T22:02:14.008-07:002011-07-05T22:02:14.008-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.maryclevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785496858123839668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-75699484766827356882011-07-05T13:20:30.360-07:002011-07-05T13:20:30.360-07:00The classics never lose their punch.
And this rete...The classics never lose their punch.<br />And this retelling of fables has led me to put it on my Netflix queue. Which, being about 200 movies long, gives me more than enough time to wimp out and remove it so I really won't watch it. Maybe if I had some deer blood...heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-13898434124119632382011-07-05T10:52:12.433-07:002011-07-05T10:52:12.433-07:00KWillow: Yes, exactly. This movie has exactly tw...KWillow: Yes, exactly. This movie has exactly two speeds: hilarious, chest-thumping triumphalism and a lachrymose (but equally risible) self-pity. It's kind of like GLEE for sociopaths.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-49850884644397883462011-07-05T10:46:04.172-07:002011-07-05T10:46:04.172-07:00Woodrowfan, easy to do. It's 30 paragraphs in...Woodrowfan, easy to do. It's 30 paragraphs in and I wasn't sure myself I'd mentioned him until I checked.<br /><br />I don't know why, out of all the movies we did for BLTBM, this review was by far the longest. We did <i>movies</i> that were longer -- <i>The Postman</i> comes to mind. There was just something about <i>Red Dawn</i> -- once we started insulting it, we couldn't stop. We were all aglow with patriotic fervor; so I guess our version of the "Cold Dead Hands" bumpersticker would be: "These colors don't run. But they do run on a bit."Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-36557742522330303862011-07-05T08:31:28.266-07:002011-07-05T08:31:28.266-07:00Scott, sorry, missed that line.Scott, sorry, missed that line.Woodrowfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-31479033676486913762011-07-04T16:47:21.434-07:002011-07-04T16:47:21.434-07:00The perfect faux macho-conservative myth: they'...The perfect faux macho-conservative myth: they're studly, shoot guns a lot, kill people FOR AMERICA (plus the bonus treats of drinking blood and peeing in a radiator) and YET end up being heroic <i>victims</i> TOO, dying in agony by the ... swing set? Tho apparently the girl is the bravest: macho guy can't put her out of her agony, so the poor kid has to kill herself!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-55167250613493730412011-07-04T10:30:37.914-07:002011-07-04T10:30:37.914-07:00Woodrowfan: Yep, there was:
Just when you though...Woodrowfan: Yep, there was:<br /><br /><i>Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more tedious, the Russkies shoot down Top Gun Colonel Powers Boothe (callsign “Backstory”), who tells the kids that America was conquered by illegal aliens.</i><br /><br />There's actually more to this subplot -- Lea sexually fixates on Powers, presumably because he's the only one in the group who's not prettier than she is, but he dies before the dewy petals of her womanhood can fully blossom -- but I trimmed this piece a bit, as it takes up a whole chapter in BLTBM.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-59800197171149205892011-07-04T10:12:00.359-07:002011-07-04T10:12:00.359-07:00wasn't there a subplot with a downed American ...wasn't there a subplot with a downed American flight pilot??Woodrowfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-26066338136591293422011-07-04T03:57:57.261-07:002011-07-04T03:57:57.261-07:00Unfortunately, when it comes time to put her toget...<i>Unfortunately, when it comes time to put her together again after the stunt, they can't find her original nose and she has to go with a loaner.</i><br /><br />And that's about the time the iced tea hit my monitor. I will read this over and over again, because the only other recourse is to watch the movie...and I'm not that much of a masochist.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-28431964313179461872011-07-04T01:23:36.875-07:002011-07-04T01:23:36.875-07:00So I may be the only person who, every time someon...So I may be the only person who, every time someone yells "Wolverines!" has that Badger Badger song go through their head. At least, I probably was until now. Wolverines, and you're welcome.D. Sidhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810866162936064310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-2820765563698954552011-07-04T00:47:45.110-07:002011-07-04T00:47:45.110-07:00Oh well, it was over twenty years ago. It's to...Oh well, it was over twenty years ago. It's too bad as it would add to the the absurdity of the right wing fantasy depicted in the film.<br /><br />Zeroville isn't yet a film, though I understand James Franco has optioned it. Somehow that doesn't fill me with optimism about the project. The novel by Steve Erickson though is excellent. The story of a strange film obsessed man, who becomes a film editor in the Hollywood of the late '60s early '70s. His bald head is tattooed with a scene of an Elizabeth Taylor \ Montgomery Clift kiss from A Place in the Sun. It also features thinly disguised portraits of de Palma, Margot Kidder and, I think, Milius, among others.<br /><br />BidzilibaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-50942058751444732782011-07-03T22:00:25.238-07:002011-07-03T22:00:25.238-07:00Aimless, according to Wikipedia, Cheney was Number...Aimless, according to Wikipedia, Cheney was Number 46 (but, you know...Wikipedia). I do know there have been a few more VPs than Presidents -- FDR alone had three.<br /><br />Bid, I believe you may be thinking of a different movie. As far as I recall, the invaders in <i>Red Dawn</i> just parachuted in, and you never saw their aircraft (it wasn't a particularly big budget film, and it shows). Admittedly, I saw this thing back in 2006, and have no intention of revisiting it, so I could be wrong.<br /><br />I haven't seen Zeroville, but I did heard that Walter Sobchak was based on Milius, which is yet another reason to love that movie.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-19393544093557059042011-07-03T21:59:41.522-07:002011-07-03T21:59:41.522-07:00Ralph Macchio dies, and he wasn’t even in this mov...<i>Ralph Macchio dies, and he wasn’t even in this movie.<br /></i><br /><br />HAHAHA awesome<br /><br />I'm gonna steal half of this shit, I promise you that.<br /><br />We saw this movie on the TVs in our second favorite Mexican place a couple of weeks ago. My husband, who saw it in a drive-in on original release, couldn't be convinced it was "Red Dawn" until I said, "Look, they spray painted 'Wolverines' all over everything." At which point he admitted that did ring a bell, and if the Commandante was "that dude who played Superfly" then it must indeed be "Red Dawn."Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-32003693333287659432011-07-03T21:52:34.506-07:002011-07-03T21:52:34.506-07:00I think my favorite part is when the Social Studie...I think my favorite part is when the Social Studies teacher notices the Russians parachuting onto the school campus, and he decides to go out to "handle things":<br /><br />"I'm sorry, but are you allowed to be on campus? Where are your student id's, boys?" BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMmaryclevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785496858123839668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-16770300974867974712011-07-03T21:15:08.005-07:002011-07-03T21:15:08.005-07:00Maybe I have the wrong movie, as I've only see...Maybe I have the wrong movie, as I've only seen a few minutes of this but didn't the invaders arrive in strangely futuristic aircraft? I seem to recall thinking they were ETs until I saw the uniforms, at which point I laughed, realized it must be Red Dawn and changed the channel.<br /><br />Also, again correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't both Viking Man in Zeroville and the ineffectual sociopath played by John Goodman in The Big Lebowski based on Milius?<br /><br />BidzilibaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-81630321514771626892011-07-03T19:11:04.725-07:002011-07-03T19:11:04.725-07:00Wolverines. Good boots. By the way, wasn't Che...Wolverines. Good boots. By the way, wasn't Cheney the 41st VP?Aimless in Floridanoreply@blogger.com