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Wolverines!!! I am sure Buckeye fans even cheered at that scene. Besides the amazing cast of young acting talent, Powers Boothe as Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner and Ron O'Neal as the Cuban commander were great. Also, there was a Bond villain Vladek Sheybal. Well... who is on our side? Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen. Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen. Col. Andy Tanner: There were...
1 posted on 12/02/2024 4:48:25 AM PST by C19fan
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The vile, evil attackers of America’s heartland, God and everything Americans hold sacred did not come from the Soviet Union. Those fiends, hell bent on destroying our country and Constitution, came from Hollyweird.


2 posted on 12/02/2024 4:55:35 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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3 posted on 12/02/2024 4:58:11 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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Red Dawn and Diehard are two of my favorite “guilty pleasure” movies.


4 posted on 12/02/2024 5:04:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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So, what did it teach the director? Fox news won’t let me read the article unless I turn off Adblock.


5 posted on 12/02/2024 5:05:47 AM PST by LouAvul (He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam 23:3))
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The remake sucked...thank God for Patrick Swayze.
RIP


6 posted on 12/02/2024 5:06:14 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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...Red Dawn" told the story of the Soviet Union invading America...

Somebody obviously never watched the movie.

7 posted on 12/02/2024 5:07:19 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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bkmk


14 posted on 12/02/2024 5:20:20 AM PST by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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Military Related:

America's"Wokelitary.

New L3Harris Autonomous Recon Vehicle Can Spot Targets, Manage Multiple Drones
Report: China Turns Meta Llama Into a Military AI

Microsoft, Palantir Partner on AI Tools for US Defense Agencies
Intel Announces $3 Billion Contract for Government 'Secure Enclave' Program

16 posted on 12/02/2024 5:29:27 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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Those were they days, back when the libs thought Russia was the good guys.


17 posted on 12/02/2024 5:30:11 AM PST by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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Fun Movie-—’Merica!


28 posted on 12/02/2024 5:43:13 AM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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The movie was filmed in and around Las Vegas, New Mexico, which is not far from Santa Fe.

I watched it about 13 years ago, after having lived in NM. I thought the scenery sure looked like New Mexico. Watched the “making of...” short on the DVD, and sure enough, it was!


33 posted on 12/02/2024 5:49:15 AM PST by Disambiguator
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The Russian paratroopers commander was fluent in Russian. He was a crew on 1950s USAF Spy planes who specialized in listening to Russian directors for responding fighters and other radio traffic.
Good film that aged well.
If you’re ever in Las Vegas New Mexico, that’s where it was filmed. Things are still there to see. Even the big sign on the building, welcome to Calumet City!


34 posted on 12/02/2024 5:49:42 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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Interesting that the SAME HOLLYWOOD who loved the Soviets (and thus hated the move) now DESPISES the Russians.

What changed? Perhaps the Soviets were Communists and the Russians are not? Or maybe the Russians protect their children from Grooming and make sure that queers leave their kids alone? Or maybe that Russians don’t hate conservative government, unlike Leftists?


39 posted on 12/02/2024 5:57:17 AM PST by BobL
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Glad the movie was made, the reaction speaks volumes.


51 posted on 12/02/2024 6:50:13 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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John Milius gave us Jeremiah Johnson, Dirty Harry, Apocalypse Now, Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn, HBO's series Rome and wrote all the Russian sequences of Hunt for Red October.

He gave us the lines "Charlie don't surf," "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," "Go ahead, make my day," "Ask yourself one question, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?"

He wrote Robert Shaw's USS Indianapolis monologue from Jaws, and came up with the opening and closing scenes in Saving Private Ryan at Normandy cemetery and "Did I live a good life?"

He originated the idea for the UFC, designed the Octagon, and his name was critical to its initial fundraising.

He was a lifelong conservative and NRA member in the most liberal community on Earth (Hollyweird). A true original and national treasure.

52 posted on 12/02/2024 6:50:43 AM PST by montag813
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“Avenge me!!!”


59 posted on 12/02/2024 7:08:07 AM PST by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love?)
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Milius’ problem had a lot more to do with him alternating between hits and flops than anything else. Also he didn’t change with the times. He came up as part of the New Hollywood crowd when the suits weren’t sure why all these auteur directors were making so much money so they just wrote blank checks. But the auteur era ended when Jaws and Star Wars (both basically Roger Corman style exploitation flicks, only with budget) were huge hits and Sorcerer flopped. The suits could understand exploitation with a budget, and the free checks ended. But Milius didn’t get that the 70s were over and the suits were guarding the hen-house again. So he found himself mostly out, and more out with every flop.


60 posted on 12/02/2024 7:15:37 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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I like that Milius included the little scene involving Form 4473. Nice touch and way ahead of the curve.


61 posted on 12/02/2024 7:19:32 AM PST by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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There was also Harry Dean Stanton in a commie prison camp, beaten and bloody, knowing that he will soon be executed as a potential counter-revolutionary, clutching at the wire as he says goodbye to his sons, and tells them: "Avenge me! Avenge me!" Reagan saw Red Dawn as President and took it as a warning of what the stakes were in the Cold War.
64 posted on 12/02/2024 7:55:42 AM PST by Rockingham
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Amanda Milius worked in the first Trump Administration.

Gutfeld used to have her on his show. Smart, funny, and easy on the eyes.

65 posted on 12/02/2024 7:58:16 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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