Bonus: Full Metal Jacket
Added 2021-01-24 22:46:12 +0000 UTCComments
There are incidents of physical abuse in boot camp, but I suppose depending on the command, such events are taken seriously. I went to Parris Island in summer of 2010s. A DI in a sister platoon broke some kid's thumb with one of those dopey-looking L-shaped flashlights because he wasn't holding the rifle at left shoulder arms correctly. Also pushed recruits around in the squad bay, apparently. That said, he was investigated and (temporarily) removed from duty before coming back at some point in the third month of boot camp. The company commander made a big show of going through every platoon and asking recruits individually if they were being hazed or denied water - which yeah absolutely we were - but I just took that as a part of the training. And everyone was afraid to say something, because they'd messsss us up the moment we got further away from the main part of base. I don't know if it's still like that, but you're spot on about the "old army" kind of talk. Everyone before me said it was worse, and everyone before them, and so on...
LensWipe
2024-12-31 02:14:26 +0000 UTCHearing Jo say that about R. Lee Ermey is damn good. I watched a lot of his interviews and listened to others talk about him, and gotten the impression he is a really great guys, and then found it really disappointing to see some of his salesman/gun promotion vids. I'm hoping that it's more of an acted persona he used
heffa
2023-12-31 12:16:20 +0000 UTCProbably the most anti-war movie is Paths of Glory. Also a Kubrick one, coincidentally.
Matt
2023-09-15 00:49:58 +0000 UTCAdam Baldwin is not one of those Baldwins. He's also a massive right-wing tool.
Doug King
2023-07-30 18:50:06 +0000 UTCRich sounds hot, is Rich hot?
Illya Lypyak
2023-07-25 00:00:09 +0000 UTCYou should definitely do a bonus episode on 'Come And See'
alexander pierson
2022-01-17 22:32:58 +0000 UTCMy friends and I used to have a bit torrent share folder with a big ass DRM-free library, it's a good thing if you can get it.
Wayne Rogers
2021-01-28 07:29:30 +0000 UTC“Marines, you’re in the Navy. I don’t care.” I sense a new T-shirt
Michael Davies
2021-01-27 18:38:31 +0000 UTCTo hear how undesirable orders to be a drill sargent is was really wild to me. In the Navy being a Recruit Division Commander is considered a massive career boost and is very selective and highly competitive. I wonder what the difference in how either branch incentives it is.
Ryan Lebrecht
2021-01-27 02:16:04 +0000 UTC"Anyone who runs is a VC! Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined VC!" Kubrick captured the universal attitude of the US military towards war crimes well.
Gryphoneer
2021-01-25 17:41:35 +0000 UTCListening to the discussion about "battle buddies" it occurs to me that the Army just went way out of the way to keep from using the word "comrade."
Sean RD
2021-01-25 07:43:13 +0000 UTCThis is a gross oversimplification of how it works. There is nuance with different publishers, distributors, and platforms with how the whole e-lending thing works. And there are innovative Library systems that are finding a better way, but the problem is very huge and very annoying.
obliteron
2021-01-25 01:07:28 +0000 UTCLibrary worker here. The deal with e-lending is basically this: Library systems have to buy a certain number of licenses or licenses good for a certain number of "copies". Those licenses have terms. In the old system, when a Library buys a physical book it gets checked out or "circulates" as many times as it lasts. For a paperback it might be 20-50 times, for a hardback it might be 80-120 times. The books last as long as they last based on how they're made and how they're treated. With the rise of e-lending, publishers of course don't want to sell a Library a file and let that Library copy it for patrons as many times as it gets requested. They sell a license instead, and an electronic copy is only good for a certain number of digital check outs. It's a racket, and it's a bad deal for Libraries, but it's the way a lot of people read and nothing short of rewriting intellectual property law will fix the problem.
obliteron
2021-01-25 01:04:02 +0000 UTC
