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lagerlout2006 · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 985

调和鼻涕虫拾拔除棵！！

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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Can anyone read that? Or has lagerlout just had too much lager?

lagerlout2006 · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 985

拉萨可哈上

johnslat · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:25 pm Post subject:

Dear lagerlout,
"Marines are not allowed to die.....without permission!!!"
Well, don't know if it'll help, but you have my permission.
Regards,
(ex-Marine) John

lagerlout2006 · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 985

Johnslat thanks for asking ---my Chinese friend was typing in Mandarin but it is not acceptable on this computer so it comes out as gibberish. It looked fine at the start but is crap.

lagerlout2006 · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 985

PS THe Marines are not allowed to die business is a joke from Full Metal Jacket. The movie... This Is Vietnam---The Movie,,././ Texas??? Holy shit Only *beep* and steers come from Texas!!! Anyway back to the Christmas goose!!! Do you maggots understand that??? Who is the scroungy little *beep* that just signed his own death warrant??? Let me see your war-face...

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

"Today is Christmas...So you can give your heart to Jesus! But your @$$ belongs to the Corps."

"Sir, does this mean that Ann Margaret is not coming?"

"Well I got a joke for you...."

R. Lee Ermey--f--ckin brilliant!

Oh, and in response to your first posts:

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Comprende, senor?

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

John,

You were a jarhead?

f_c

johnslat · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:35 am Post subject: Semper Fi

Dear fat_chris,
Many years ago, in a galaxy far, far away - yup, I was, '63 to '67. So many people in this field have been in the Peace Corps; I never was, I was, however, in the War Corps. And believe me, the Peace Corps is far, far better, all-around.
Regards,
John
Dear lagerlout2006,
Glad you decided not to use that permission. For my money, "Full Metal Jacket" is the best movie I've ever seen about Viet-Nam. But then, Kubrick was a genius. My only quibble is that the Drill Instructor was too much of a softie.
Regards,
John

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Johnslat, do you suppose Scot47 could have been a Drill Instructor in a previous incarnation?

johnslat · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:32 pm Post subject: Movies versus reality

Dear fat_chris,
"Apocalypse Now" is, of course, Conrad's "Heart of Darkness " transplanted to Vietnam. And since that book is a masterpiece, well, the movie can't be all bad - great music ( "The Ride of the Valkyries" ) and some fine acting. But, in my opinion, more about the "general nature of evil and human fallibiity " than about Vietnam ( in the same way that Conrad's book wasn't really about the Congo - or even about Africa ) . And "Platoon?" - I'd say it was nothing more or less than a run-of-the-mill Hollywood formula "war movie" - and if you want that sort of thing, well, "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" does it much better. But my special animus has to be reserved for what I consider to be the worst travesty of all, that ridiculous film called, "The Deer Hunter", Hollywood trash, from start to finish. Everyone had their own Vietnam, though, so it's highly likely that others who were there would disagree - and have their own opinions. But no movie, even by a genius such as Kubrick, is ever going to capture the reality.
Regards,
John

Dear grahamb,
Well, it's hard to tell - from a distance. But scot47 DOES seem to have most, if not all, of the qualities essential to the making of a "good" D.I.
He may not, however, be psychopathic enough - yet. A few more years in the Kingdom, though, could remedy that.

gerard · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 581 Location: Internet Cafe

The title is Pinyin believe it or not...You guys know your war movies...Casualties of War and the 3rd Oliver Stone (with Tommy Lee Jones the name escapes me) are also great. But there is only 1 Kubrick.

johnslat---the drill instructor is too soft??? HEHHEH!!!

Mosley · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 158

The title you were thinking of is HEAVEN & EARTH. If you're interested, there's a war movie thread going in the Korean off-topic forum.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Yes I am working on developing a truly psychopathic personality. This is made easier by living in the Magic Kingdom where I am surrounded by people in an amazing variety of looniness.

I am spuured on by a disintegrating marriage and the diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease.