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Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:14 pm
by duff
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:13 pm
This teacher is the only Black person these kids have ever seen.
my exact thoughts.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:14 pm
by Johnny Carwash
The teacher is a That Guy hall of famer.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:14 pm
by brian
Foreshadowing
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:14 pm
by DSafetyGuy
I love how this movie does not waste time introducing and establishing characters, etc. Just right to it.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:14 pm
by Giff
Whatever you want to say about the overall quality or message of this movie, this is an all-time great opener.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:15 pm
by duff
Sure, gotta kill the black guy.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:15 pm
by DSafetyGuy
That paratrooper should get kicked out of the military for missing 15 stationary targets by such a distance.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:16 pm
by Giff
Seems like a lot of manpower for a town with 750 people in it.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:16 pm
by brian
The original school shooters
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:16 pm
by duff
movie ends if that Russian could ducking aim the rocket launcher.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:16 pm
by Giff
Of course the Hippie Beatle just pulls over without question. Pussies.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:17 pm
by DSafetyGuy
This isn't a great looking film, but those shots of the parachuting troops against that clear blue sky are beautiful.
I think we have a thing for skydiving movies.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:17 pm
by Giff
It's like they rehearsed this exact scenario. "Wait for Jed, wait for him..."
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:17 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Not a military expert, but questioning the plausibility of an airborne assault in the middle of the US without the rest of the country apparently being under attack.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:17 pm
by duff
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:17 pm
This isn't a great looking film, but those shots of the parachuting troops against that clear blue sky are beautiful.
I think we have a thing for skydiving movies.
only with Patrick swayzee
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:18 pm
by Johnny Carwash
This is almost Hamas-level propaganda. "Show up and just shoot everyone in sight without thinking about actual military objectives."
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:19 pm
by brian
So how did American air defenses fail so badly to allow the Commies to invade Colorado?
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:19 pm
by Giff
Sleeping bags and food!
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:19 pm
by Johnny Carwash
They forgot to loot all the toilet paper.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:19 pm
by brian
Ha Carwash beat me.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:20 pm
by Giff
Narrator: He won't go get them soon enough.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:20 pm
by Giff
Real life if this was going down, this is where the movie ends. Come on.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:20 pm
by brian
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:19 pm
They forgot to loot all the toilet paper.
One kid actually said he's grabbing TP because he's "not using a leaf"
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:21 pm
by duff
How did the Russians get tanks on the ground so fast?
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:21 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Radiator piss kid is way cooler if he gets up there and says, "Cover me."
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 pm
by Giff
These dumbasses forgot bottled water.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 pm
by duff
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 pm
These dumbasses forgot bottled water.
They got cases of Coke and piss.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 pm
by rass
West Germany
No seatbelts
No bottled water
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 pm
by DSafetyGuy
They do get into some explaining of the logistics of how this all happens later on.
Some.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:23 pm
by brian
How were these soldiers re-supplied?
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:24 pm
by Giff
These dumbasses register guns!!
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:24 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Wonder how much it cost to get to have C. Thomas Howell wear a "Star Wars" hat.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:24 pm
by duff
Sit down Danny.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:24 pm
by rass
Is Colonel Bella a term of endearment?
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:25 pm
by Johnny Carwash
The moral of tyhis scene is that democracy is bad.
e: Also "fuck your family."
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:25 pm
by DSafetyGuy
It is very small town that two kids have the same winter coat.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:25 pm
by Giff
I give him credit for making the first move.
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:28 pm
by rass
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:25 pm
It is very small town that two kids have the same winter coat.
I thought maybe they just grabbed the off the rack at the shop?
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:28 pm
by Giff
"Til we don't hear that no more."
Re: Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Red Dawn (1984), Thursday, July 9, 9 PM ET
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:28 pm
by duff
Spirit of the deer.