saw Jarhead

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:45 am

knightmare wrote:you are thinking like a woman, a civilian male in a area with higher than average unemployment, exhibiting or wanting to play out his macho desires-- could be influenced to embrace such a lifestyle.

your talking like a guy that knows nothing about this 'lifestyle'

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:50 am

I'm talking like a Hollywood producer who has been hired by the U.S. govt-- to produce such a movie.

I grew up in the military & on military bases. i know all too well.

Meggie wrote:your talking like a guy that knows nothing about this 'lifestyle'

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:51 am

Yeah Meggie, how DARE you think like a woman. I mean geez...oh wait. Ooops.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:57 am

knightmare wrote:I'm talking like a Hollywood producer who has been hired by the U.S. govt-- to produce such a movie.

I grew up in the military & on military bases. i know all too well.

means jack, so u went to school with other military brats... u said goodbye to ur dad more often then most kids... sure doesnt make u a soldier/marine/airman/sailor.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:59 am

brembo wrote:Yeah Meggie, how DARE you think like a woman. I mean geez...oh wait. Ooops.

whats funny is thinking that he thinks more like a soldier simply because he has a penis, then me who has been living the life a few years.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:02 pm

Meg, what branch of service are you in? What do you do, etc.? What is your MOS?

And I'm not trying to mess with you. I'm curious....

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:09 pm

You can say penis in here now? Cool.

Penis, PENIS. Yay!

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:09 pm

knightmare wrote:Meg, what branch of service are you in? What do you do, etc.? What is your MOS?

And I'm not trying to mess with you. I'm curious....

Im in the army, I work full time as the retention nco, my MOS is 96B. what about you? what do you do?

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:12 pm

brembo wrote:You can say penis in here now? Cool.

Penis, PENIS. Yay!

i dont think penis has ever been a word that we cant use here

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:18 pm

So you try to keep them in?? Which skill level for the 96B? requires top secret & SCI clearance*

Me, I am currently the president of a local union in my city.

Meggie wrote:Im in the army, I work full time as the retention nco, my MOS is 96B. what about you? what do you do?

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:54 pm

knightmare wrote:So you try to keep them in?? Which skill level for the 96B? requires top secret & SCI clearance*

Me, I am currently the president of a local union in my city.

my job isnt so much keeping people in as it is making sure they are happy. I try to make sure they are aware of all that they and their families are entitled to, make sure that if they have problems that can be fixed i do what i can.

Maybe our jobs arent as dissimilar as we think.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:18 pm

I think you are right Meg*

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 4:42 pm

when does this hit DVD?

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:25 pm

Blisster wrote:when does this hit DVD?

http://videoeta.com/movie.html?via=form&id=69701
or earlier???

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:14 pm

bigmo66 wrote:This Jarhead wants nothing to do with the movie. I can't stand the trend in movie making these days. Filthy language, sexual content everywhere you look. No thanks.

You're right !
Just got thru watching it. What a piece of crap..A dishonor to those in uniform.
But it might influence someone to join.. I can see it appealing to the 17-21 yr old crowd. Showed some tough stuff, but appealed to the macho desires of young men.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:44 pm

Meggie wrote:whats funny is thinking that he thinks more like a soldier simply because he has a penis, then me who has been living the life a few years.

, looking back, good stuff..lol

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:34 pm

I liked it, thought it was pretty good and don't really see how it dishonors the military in any way?

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:04 pm

Blisster wrote:I liked it, thought it was pretty good and don't really see how it dishonors the military in any way?

thats ok

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:09 pm

I'll be getting it in the mail today or tomorrow. I'll be sure to post in this thread and piss some people off

Mutch · Post by **Mutch** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:04 pm

Everyone needs something to cry about.

Decent movie.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:55 am

Blisster wrote:I liked it, thought it was pretty good and don't really see how it dishonors the military in any way?

those guys were portrayed as a bunch of screw ups, masturbating, homo-acting group of immature kids. I imagine 99% of marines are more mature.

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:17 am

knightmare wrote:those guys were portrayed as a bunch of screw ups, masturbating, homo-acting group of immature kids. I imagine 99% of marines are more mature.

Why do you imagine that? A huge number of recruits are still teenagers - they're not going to stop being teenagers because they're soldiers. Personally, I didn't think the film dishonoured the military. I don't know true to real life the film was, but it didn't seem that far off the behaviour I would have expected from kids so young (military or not). Was an entertaining watch for me - though I can understand why some of the more patriotic viewers could have a beef with it.

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:39 am

Ok guys, i watched the movie last night. The movie is dead on how it was over there, exactly. There were only two scenes I had a beef with. One was the scene where the guys wife sent a movie with her banging her neighbor. That did happen over there but I don't think it was a marine unit iirc. And the guy shot himself a few days later. The other beef I had was when they were all firing into the air. No way in hell anybody would allow that to happen. Other than that the movie really brought back a lot of memories for me.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:14 pm

bigmo66 wrote: Contrary to what some folks in Hollywood would have you believe, not every Marine is a pud-whacking, foul-mouthed, hard drinking, womanizing animal.

And that's why they put the Marines under the Department of Navy and left the above parts to the sailors.

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:14 pm

Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote:And that's why they put the Marines under the Department of Navy ...

Yep, the Men's Department

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:22 pm

bigmo66 wrote:This Jarhead wants nothing to do with the movie. I can't stand the trend in movie making these days. Filthy language, sexual content everywhere you look. No thanks.

, yep the movie sucked.....

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:24 pm

bigmo66 wrote: Contrary to what some folks in Hollywood would have you believe, not every Marine is a pud-whacking, foul-mouthed, hard drinking, womanizing animal.

The movie demoralized the true definition of what it is to be an American Soldier...

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:27 pm

knightmare wrote:The movie demoralized the true definition of what it is to be an American Soldier...

Are you trying to discredit reality?

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:30 pm

Zilog, some people have a strange view of what the military and the soldiers should be like.

Roofles. That's all there is to say.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:33 pm

stevebakh wrote:Zilog, some people have a strange view of what the military and the soldiers should be like.

Roofles. That's all there is to say.

Sorry to toss your fish n' chips, maybe that's your view. I know better. Won't go into details.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:34 pm

Zilog B wrote:

Are you trying to discredit reality?

Just yours. I mean if that is the kind you were....

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:40 pm

knightmare wrote:Sorry to toss your fish n' chips, maybe that's your view. I know better. Won't go into details.

Don't worry about it, they didn't taste so great anyway.

And aren't you the same knightmare that posted here threatening to beat someone down over the internet ages ago (you're a blackbelt in some martial arts, right?)

If not then nevermind.

Internet arguments over movies rawk.

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:48 pm

knightmare wrote:Just yours. I mean if that is the kind you were....

I was probably the most responsible and respectful person in my squadron. I couldn't even begin to describe some of the insane, degrading, and self destructive behavior I saw in the 4 years I was in. This was not isolated to my unit, it is the norm for the Army. Now if you want to talk about techies in the air force, or some comm guy on a navy ship I wouldn't know about that. I'm talking d*cks in the dirt combat troops, not REMF's.

It's some of the same chit that goes on in frat houses across the country. What else would you expect getting large groups of 18-22 year old guys together fresh out of mommy's control, with large amounts of alcohol, drugs, and women involved.

You keep that lily white picture of washington crossing the delaware in your head though.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:09 pm

I imagine that war, combat and the military life are only romantic to those of us who don't know the bitter reality.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:39 pm

stevebakh wrote:Don't worry about it, they didn't taste so great anyway.

And aren't you the same knightmare that posted here threatening to beat someone down over the internet ages ago (you're a blackbelt in some martial arts, right?)

If not then nevermind.

Internet arguments over movies rawk.

You never lived the internet, if you haven't threatened to beat someone thru it.

j/k.
Steve everyone on the internet is a black belt, a GS-15 step 7, a MI-5, a ex-royal guard to the queen, a mind-controlled govt agent., a englishman with a french GF, etc.. a David Icke bodyguard, the list goes on.

I'm sure in my playing around, it takes away my credibility. Not that anyone was going to listen anyway. Most people are dead set in their values, viewpoints, stances on issues.

Honestly, yes I do have a Blackbelt- Shoto-kahn karate. My instructor was Charles Scott, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska. Doesn't matter, I was 13 years old when i got it, took me 3 years. I'm not a current practioner of it.

Also I must admit what a great dishonor it was to brag about it. A true master, never reveals that he is a master. It is a continous learning experience.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:49 pm

Zilog B wrote:

I was probably the most responsible and respectful person in my squadron. I couldn't even begin to describe some of the insane, degrading, and self destructive behavior I saw in the 4 years I was in. This was not isolated to my unit, it is the norm for the Army. Now if you want to talk about techies in the air force, or some comm guy on a navy ship I wouldn't know about that. I'm talking d*cks in the dirt combat troops, not REMF's.

It's some of the same chit that goes on in frat houses across the country. What else would you expect getting large groups of 18-22 year old guys together fresh out of mommy's control, with large amounts of alcohol, drugs, and women involved.

You keep that lily white picture of washington crossing the delaware in your head though.

who are you talking to? I was around it all my life. My dad was in for 30 years.
Airborne Ranger, 3 tours of duty in Nam`. Ranger Instructor in the Army.
I know him, and people that have trained under him.
My only summary is those jarheads had it easy. I know I wasn't actually in the marines or army... I know, I was raised up in it. So unless you were raised by my Dad you have a "lily white perception" of me.

lily white picture, ha

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:27 am

saw this movie last nite ....

I thought it was pretty good ... I have no idea of what life is like for soldiers over in the desert - no first hand knowledge of course, but I do watch a good bit of the documentaries on t.v. about it.
So I went in w/ no preconceived notions, and I thought it was pretty good.

I do agree that I don't think they would be able to unload all their weapons into the air though ... that was kinda

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:15 am

Saw it Friday night....found it kind of slow. I'll give it a "so-so".

Bouncer · Post by **Bouncer** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:31 am

YOU'RE kinda slow, so that's not surprising. Oooo! Burrrrn!

As for the film, have yet to see it, so I have no comment on it. Sounds like it's more about the "in-between" times in the military.

Regards,
-Bouncer-

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:35 am

Bouncer wrote:YOU'RE kinda slow, so that's not surprising. Oooo! Burrrrn!