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I suppose it is a while since we had a Vietnam war movie, but is anyone crying out for one?
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I suppose it is a while since we had a Vietnam war movie, but is anyone crying out for one?
Vietnam movies, as were WWII movies before them, have become somewhat cliché. In fact, the movie Tropic Thunder based its entire comedic premise around the cliché of the quintessential Vietnam flick. Their lines of dialogue entered popular culture parlance (after it had been in military parlance for years). 'Nam movies served a necessary purpose back then to soothe our damaged egos over losing that particular war. I've lost count of the number of times I heard that "Don't call me sir, I work for a living!" line from some grizzled D.I. to the main characters during basic.
The Korean War was pretty much a stalemate, which is why we never got much of anything out of that one other than M*A*S*H. Nobody really cared, and it only lasted about 3 years - the war, not the series, which lasted 11! Kind of a sad remembrance for veterans of that particular conflict. Don't get me wrong, I love M*A*S*H, but they deserved better.
WWII movies reminded us of A) how bad-ass the allies were when they were working together (at least, until FDR shit the bed at Yalta and gave up a huge chunk of Germany and Berlin to Stalin) and B) cautionary tales against fascism.
Gulf War I gave us "Jarheads", and that's about it to my recollection, as it only lasted a few months.
The globalist debacle that was Gulf War II is still far too fresh and far too politically charged in everyone's minds to really make it worth it to use as much of anything other than a backstory for characters in contemporary tales. I think, with the war fatigue that everyone is feeling right now (especially with a whole bunch of fresh new idiotic wars breaking out all over the world in recent years) makes that particular genre a bit of a hot potato to address.
The Korean War was pretty much a stalemate, which is why we never got much of anything out of that one other than M*A*S*H. Nobody really cared, and it only lasted about 3 years - the war, not the series, which lasted 11! Kind of a sad remembrance for veterans of that particular conflict. Don't get me wrong, I love M*A*S*H, but they deserved better.
WWII movies reminded us of A) how bad-ass the allies were when they were working together (at least, until FDR shit the bed at Yalta and gave up a huge chunk of Germany and Berlin to Stalin) and B) cautionary tales against fascism.
Gulf War I gave us "Jarheads", and that's about it to my recollection, as it only lasted a few months.
The globalist debacle that was Gulf War II is still far too fresh and far too politically charged in everyone's minds to really make it worth it to use as much of anything other than a backstory for characters in contemporary tales. I think, with the war fatigue that everyone is feeling right now (especially with a whole bunch of fresh new idiotic wars breaking out all over the world in recent years) makes that particular genre a bit of a hot potato to address.
Actually, basic training is the only place you are required to call the D.I.s "sir". As a recruit, when a D.I. was present, you were required to stand at attention, outside when not in ranks you had to salute them, and when spoken to you had to start and end every conversation with them with the word "sir". The D.I.s that were drill instructors could be identified with red cords over one arm (red ropers). That got someone fresh out of boot camp into the habit of saying "sir" all the time. When they used the word sir outside of boot camp with an NCO they would instead be derided by everyone in the work center, not just the NCO they said sir to, by being called "boot", not the "I work for a living" nonsense.
Further exemplifying the Hollywood cliché over actual realistic portrayals. I suspect that maybe "Full Metal Jacket" came closest to being accurate in that regard, as the Gunny was always referred to by the recruits as "sir". Makes sense, too, considering R. Lee Ermey was the real deal and had a lot of input on the making of that film.
Remember the series "Wiseguy"? Well, Hollywood does.
Banks to return as Frank McPike for movie in development:
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I'm fond of him as an actor, and consider his character to be one of televisions' best over the decades.
Banks to return as Frank McPike for movie in development:
Wiseguy Movie in Development, Jonathan Banks’ Status Confirmed
More than three decades since concluding its four-season run, a Wiseguy movie is now reportedly in the works from producers Sophie Cassidy and Jeff Katz, who are the team behind the Russell Crowe-led horror movie The Pope’s Exorcist. The project will be based on CBS’s acclaimed mystery crime...
I'm fond of him as an actor, and consider his character to be one of televisions' best over the decades.
The proposed Rambo prequel reminds me of how Chuck Norris’ Missing In Action was filmed concurrently with the film that was eventually released as MIA2. Missing in Action, like the second Rambo movie, is a “rescue the POW” adventure set during the 1980s and was supposed to be the second film in that series. Whereas MIA2, set during the Vietnam War, although released as a prequel, was originally simply intended to be the first film in the series.
I hope it's good.Remember the series "Wiseguy"? Well, Hollywood does.
Banks to return as Frank McPike for movie in development:
Wiseguy Movie in Development, Jonathan Banks’ Status Confirmed
More than three decades since concluding its four-season run, a Wiseguy movie is now reportedly in the works from producers Sophie Cassidy and Jeff Katz, who are the team behind the Russell Crowe-led horror movie The Pope’s Exorcist. The project will be based on CBS’s acclaimed mystery crime...
I'm fond of him as an actor, and consider his character to be one of televisions' best over the decades.
I don't know. Cannell is gone, modern Hollywood is woke, and when they did that revival of "Quantum Leap" -- they didn't even use Mike Post's iconic theme. Not a lot of hope here.
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Must be a JJ Abrams movie. He has a thing for placing the zero first.
Remember the series "Wiseguy"? Well, Hollywood does.
Banks to return as Frank McPike for movie in development:
Wiseguy Movie in Development, Jonathan Banks’ Status Confirmed
More than three decades since concluding its four-season run, a Wiseguy movie is now reportedly in the works from producers Sophie Cassidy and Jeff Katz, who are the team behind the Russell Crowe-led horror movie The Pope’s Exorcist. The project will be based on CBS’s acclaimed mystery crime...
I'm fond of him as an actor, and consider his character to be one of televisions' best over the decades.
I bet Kevin Spacey would sign on if asked. Somehow he has managed to sort of rehab his image enough to keep getting roles.
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My Dad and I saw Full Metal Jacket in the theater. He served in the Air Force during Vietnam. He said afterwards that the basic training sequence was probably the most realistic he had seen onscreen.
His two younger brothers, my uncles, have said that Platoon and Apocalypse Now came the closest to what serving in Vietnam was like at the time.
His two younger brothers, my uncles, have said that Platoon and Apocalypse Now came the closest to what serving in Vietnam was like at the time.
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