What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

Quote: Ayecarumba

Never, "Us" vs. "Muhammed Nguyen, a loyal husband, and father of three young children back on his family farm"

He always said that trainees had to be desensitized because it isn't natural to kill people, and hesitation could be your death. But he never found himself hating the enemy or the country. He has many Vietnamese friends, and he is fond of the culture.


He is pictured on the book that he co-authored sitting in the upper left

Quote: Pacomartin

Reagan was shot 17 year, 4 months after Kennedy,

Any idea how long it was between Reagan being shot and SNL doing the two-ep parody of Buckwheat being shot and killed?

In all fairness, it was brilliant parody of the news style at the time, vastly exaggerated. They repeat the clip of the shooting a lot of times, each time with a sponsor's message. I even remember what it was: "The Shooting of Buckwheat! Brought to you by Texon! Life goes on and Texon is there!" Right after showing it, the anchor informs the audience Buckwheat has died on the OR. So they show the clip of the shooting again with the sponsor's message now being "The Killing of Buckwheat! Brought to you by Texon! Life goes on and Texon is there! because Buckwheat would have wanted it that way."

On the next show it's all about the shooter, John David Stutts (both he and Buckwheat, BTW, were played by Eddie Murphy). They interview people who knew him, always ending with the question "Can you believe he killed Buckwheat?" This was answered invariably with a variation of "Oh, sure! He always talked about that!" They show his yearbook photo, captioned "Most Likely to Kill Buckwheat." Then he's shot at the police station (yes, like Oswald back in 63), and we're treated to repeats of the shooting video clip, again with a sponsor's message. This time it's "The Shooting of John David Stutts! Brought to you by Mutual Life. because YOU could die tomorrow!" As you can guess, the shooter also dies and the message now changes to "The Killing of John David Stutts! Brought to you by Mutual Life. because YOU could die tomorrow! Just like John David Stutts."

No idea who Buckwheat is? He was the African American kid in the "Our Gang" series of short films (also known as "Little Rascals"). The SNL sketches show him as an adult, though (it would have been sick to stage the shooting of a child, wouldn't it?)

Quote: Ayecarumba

It is "Me and my brothers" vs. "the enemy", doing what we had to do. Never, "Us" vs. "Muhammed Nguyen, a loyal husband, and father of three young children back on his family farm"

There is a scene in the WWI novel "All's Quiet on the Western Front," where Paul, the German protagonist, finds himself waiting out a long bombardment in a shell crater all alone with the corpse of a French or English soldier. It gets intense when he goes through his pockets and finds family photos, letters from his wife, etc.

Ghostbusters is officially a flop. It's been
out a week and has barely topped $60 mil
in the US. China has banned it, so that's
that.

The big news that will stop GB in it's tracks
is Star Trek and Ice Age open today and
that's where the action is.

Quote: Evenbob

Ghostbusters is officially a flop. It's been
out a week and has barely topped $60 mil
in the US. China has banned it, so that's
that.

The big news that will stop GB in it's tracks
is Star Trek and Ice Age open today and
that's where the action is.

Speaking of ghostbusters and 1 of the actresses
How about that racist editor over at Breibart Milo Yiannopoulous
For some reason, he really really hates actresses that are black
Twitter had to ban this clown


http://nypost.com/2016/07/20/twitter-bans-breitbart-editor-after-racist-abuse-of-ghostbusters-star/

I saw Star Trek Beyond last night.

I didn't care for it much. The direction sucked. During the action scenes, I could barely tell what was happening.

The sets looked cheap. (Maybe they were going for an original series-vibe?)

Quote: ams288

I saw Star Trek Beyond last night.

How was the popcorn?

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I didn't care for it much.

I haven't cared much for the two "new" Trek films at all. I plan to see the latest one when it's on basic cable.

Quote: Nareed

I haven't cared much for the two "new" Trek films at all.

I loved them, thought they were the
best in the franchise. Chris Pine is a
far better Kirk than Shatner ever was.
The Trek movies made in the 80's and
90's are so cornball now I can't even see
them anymore. All those aging actors
are just painful to watch.

Quote: Evenbob

Chris Pine is a
far better Kirk than Shatner ever was.

Sacrilege!

Shatner is beloved, not because of his great range of acting skills, but he was original and good enough. He could have easily ended up as a lead in a soap opera for many years as well.