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RED DAWN (1984)

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May 07, 2020, 09:03 PM
bigguy
RED DAWN (1984)
“Boys...

AVENGE ME!

AVENGE ME!”
May 07, 2020, 09:15 PM
Hound Dog
There were six of them. I *got* five.



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May 07, 2020, 09:15 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Makes the list of it is SO BAD that it is funny. GO WOLVERINES!!
May 08, 2020, 08:33 AM
ruger357
My favorite movie.


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May 08, 2020, 08:41 AM
Sig209
a veritable 'historical document'

'Merica !!

Patrick Swayze was a master at this type of fun movie -- Road House, Point Break, Red dawn, etc

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May 08, 2020, 09:21 AM
Modern Day Savage
A couple fun facts about the movie:

- At the time the movie was made it held the record for the most/ largest explosions on film. Early on the residents of the tiny New Mexico town it was filmed in were happy to have the movie made there but, while filming the great desert tank/ aerial battle, the explosions were so large that several windows back in town were shattered and residents grew angry. The producer was forced to set up a trailer and have residents line up so that he could settle up claims for damage.

- The Russian tanks used were fabricated for the movie but were such accurate looking copies that it prompted a visit to the set by the CIA. Supposedly a satellite fly over had detected the tanks and the CIA wanted to know what Russian tanks were doing in New Mexico.
May 08, 2020, 09:58 AM
ChuckFinley
Still not sure why when the Colonel showed the Soviet pilot the hand grenade he dumped in the plane why the pilot didn't hit his ejector seat. He just sat there for a 5 count then blew up.




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May 08, 2020, 10:35 AM
Ryanp225
quote:
Originally posted by ChuckFinley:
Still not sure why when the Colonel showed the Soviet pilot the hand grenade he dumped in the plane why the pilot didn't hit his ejector seat. He just sat there for a 5 count then blew up.

Weren't they in a hanger?
May 08, 2020, 10:43 AM
ChuckFinley
Camo netting over it only. I'd take my chances with the net.




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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis
May 08, 2020, 10:48 AM
Ryanp225
quote:
Originally posted by ChuckFinley:
Camo netting over it only. I'd take my chances with the net.

Ah, now I remember. Yeah, me too.
May 08, 2020, 11:20 AM
Sigfest
Just watched a documentary on John Milius. The screenwriter/director behind Dirty Harry, Conan the Barbarian, Apocalypse Now, Jeremiah Johnson,and Jaws among others. The movie Red Dawn (1984) caused him to be basically black listed by liberal Hollywood due to violence, kids with guns and fighting back by what they perceived as right wing extremists.
May 08, 2020, 11:45 AM
83v45magna
quote:
Originally posted by Ryanp225:
quote:
Originally posted by ChuckFinley:
Camo netting over it only. I'd take my chances with the net.

Ah, now I remember. Yeah, me too.

Were Soviet ejection systems 'Zero-Zero' on a likely aging MiG or Sukhoi fighter?

Yeah, yeah, I know. They would have helped themselves to Martin Baker technology just like they did in so many other things.

Personally, my friends and I F'ing loved how he took a moment to show it to the pilot before throwing it. Dosvedanya!
May 08, 2020, 12:02 PM
Kuisis
Patrick Swayze was a master at this type of fun movie -- Road House, Point Break, Red dawn, etc

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May 08, 2020, 02:59 PM
rat2306
quote:
Originally posted by Sigfest:
Just watched a documentary on John Milius. The screenwriter/director behind Dirty Harry, Conan the Barbarian, Apocalypse Now, Jeremiah Johnson,and Jaws among others. The movie Red Dawn (1984) caused him to be basically black listed by liberal Hollywood due to violence, kids with guns and fighting back by what they perceived as right wing extremists.

I may be wrong, but it seems like Mr. Milius back in the day was one of the folks appearing on the back cover of The American Rifleman magazine's "I'm the NRA" ads. I have the movie on VHS, but not DVD.
May 08, 2020, 05:01 PM
slabsides45
Corny to think back on now, but my buddies and I went to see that movie together. We had multiple semi-serious teenage conversations afterward (for several weeks) about our plans for bugging out, where we'd hide and how we'd fight the Reds if they came to south MS.... Funny to think about now.


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May 08, 2020, 07:12 PM
cslinger
I don’t want to go to South MS. Can’t imagine why the Reds would have wanted to. Razz


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May 08, 2020, 08:04 PM
P-220
Wolverines!!!!!!!


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May 08, 2020, 08:20 PM
PCWyoming
quote:
Originally posted by cslinger:
I don’t want to go to South MS. Can’t imagine why the Reds would have wanted to. Razz

But, if I remember the movie correctly they were stopped at the Wyoming border.

PC
May 09, 2020, 06:51 AM
RobC2
I probably saw this movie 20 times when I was a kid. I watched it recently with my Russian wife and it was a completely different experience.
May 09, 2020, 10:09 AM
Broadside
quote:
Originally posted by RobC2:
I probably saw this movie 20 times when I was a kid. I watched it recently with my Russian wife and it was a completely different experience.


Please, you need to tell us about her reaction.