Charlie does surf!

[Oberon]

How Apocalypse Now inspired Filipinos to go surfing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21941069

[bertieck476]

" I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

great film.

[TarJak]

Lance I bet you can't wait to get our there. See how they break both ways? One guy can break right, one left, simultaneous. What do you think of that?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by bertieck476

" I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

great film.

...smells like victory.

Inspired by this thread, Im watching Redux right now. It has been ages!

[Stealhead]

My father went on R@R to Australia in order to surf.He got more than he bargained for because I have an Australian half sister or maybe I am a half brother seeing as she was around first.

[fireftr18]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

My father went on R@R to Australia in order to surf.He got more than he bargained for because I have an Australian half sister or maybe I am a half brother seeing as she was around first.

Now that's a heck of a souvenier.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by fireftr18

Now that's a heck of a souvenier.

Uh...

Here Son. Look what I brought back from Australia.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Uh...

Here Son. Look what I brought back from Australia.

My father was not married to my mother at the time (1967) and I was not born until 1976 so my half sister is 9 years older than I am.My half sisters mother and my father never got married neither party was interested so my father regularly sent my sister and her mother money and my sister would come and visit my father over the summer (winter here). She now lives in Cairns,Australia though she was born in Sydney.

My father did enjoy the surfing as well when you are young and in a war you might as well enjoy life.

[Red October1984]

You know...I've never seen Apocalypse Now.... I've been meaning to for a while now.

*ducks to avoid thrown tomatoes*

[Stealhead]

I do not know if you will like it very much it is not exactly pro military.In fact Vietnam is really just the setting of the story which is an adaption of the story "Heart of Darkness" it is really about one man hunting down another man who has gone "of the reservation". You will love the Do Lung Bridge scene Jimi Hendrix acid,heroin and an M-79 are deadly to the NVA. Judging from your posts you might take offense to some things that it shows though honestly most of the things it shows did happen in Vietnam sometimes not to say that every troop did them.

Of course all that being said you most likely enjoy "Full Metal Jacket" and that film has an anti war message you missed it I bet.So I'll explain;Joker always said that he was a killer
and maybe he did kill some of the enemy from a distance but in combat with everyone firing you usually have no idea that you killed someone for certain you know as a group that you did but not on the individual level. At the end when he could have executed the female sniper that had killed his very good friend Cowboy he was unable to do so even though this person had taken a personal friend of his.
He was not able to be the idealized killing machine.

Apocalypse Now is a very good movie the best out of the last half of the 20th century.The music and sound are amazing.

If you watch it go ahead and watch "Redux" it has nearly an hour of scenes that where fully finished but cut from the original release.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

I do not know if you will like it very much it is not exactly pro military.In fact Vietnam is really just the setting of the story which is an adaption of the story "Heart of Darkness" it is really about one man hunting down another man who has gone "of the reservation". You will love the Do Lung Bridge scene Jimi Hendrix acid,heroin and an M-79 are deadly to the NVA. Judging from your posts you might take offense to some things that it shows though honestly most of the things it shows did happen in Vietnam sometimes not to say that every troop did them.

Of course all that being said you most likely enjoy "Full Metal Jacket" and that film has an anti war message you missed it I bet.So I'll explain;Joker always said that he was a killer
and maybe he did kill some of the enemy from a distance but in combat with everyone firing you usually have no idea that you killed someone for certain you know as a group that you did but not on the individual level. At the end when he could have executed the female sniper that had killed his very good friend Cowboy he was unable to do so even though this person had taken a personal friend of his.
He was not able to be the idealized killing machine.

I really liked Full Metal Jacket and Platoon. I don't care what you say...Charlie Sheen was a pretty darn good actor back in the day. They had antiwar messages. It is true that I'm pro-military but it doesn't mean that these movies have a good message and there are some that I really like.

Apocalypse Now is a very good movie the best out of the last half of the 20th century.The music and sound are amazing.

If you watch it go ahead and watch "Redux" it has nearly an hour of scenes that where fully finished but cut from the original release.

I'm sure my uncle has a copy on DVD somewhere. I could probably get him to send me a copy. He's a big war movie guy and has tons of them.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I really liked Full Metal Jacket and Platoon. I don't care what you say...Charlie Sheen was a pretty darn good actor back in the day. They had antiwar messages. It is true that I'm pro-military but it doesn't mean that these movies have a good message and there are some that I really like.



I'm sure my uncle has a copy on DVD somewhere. I could probably get him to send me a copy. He's a big war movie guy and has tons of them.

Did you even read my post? I said in it that Apocalypse Now is one of the best movies of the 20th Century.I never once said that Charlie Sheen was a bad actor. I will shortly though.

Martin Sheen starred in Apocalypse Now not his son Charlie Sheen.

Charlie Sheen starred in Platoon then in 1990 he stared in Navy Seals and shot his career in the foot and has never recovered.

As for Platoon the best actor in that film by far is William Dafoe.

I'm surprised that you get so riled up by people on this forum when they say even the slightest anti-military or anti-war notion yet you have no problem watching a movie that has an anti-war message and deceptions American soldiers using drugs and killing innocent civilians.How that what not get you a little riled when this forum can that surprises me.Unless of course you enjoy the simulated combat so much that you do not care about the fluff.

You should watch "Born on the Forth of July" some time the main character in his youth reminds me of you or at least how you appear to be on this forum.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Did you even read my post? I said in it that Apocalypse Now is one of the best movies of the 20th Century.I never once said that Charlie Sheen was a bad actor. I will shortly though.

I read the post. I was also thinking about other movies when I replied.

Martin Sheen starred in Apocalypse Now not his son Charlie Sheen.

I actually did not know that.

Charlie Sheen starred in Platoon then in 1990 he stared in Navy Seals and shot his career in the foot and has never recovered.

I liked Red Dawn, Platoon, Navy Seals and the Major League movies.

As for Platoon the best actor in that film by far is William Dafoe.

It's the only movie that I like him in. I hated Willem Dafoe in Clear And Present Danger.

I'm surprised that you get so riled up by people on this forum when they say even the slightest anti-military or anti-war notion yet you have no problem watching a movie that has an anti-war message and deceptions American soldiers using drugs and killing innocent civilians.How that what not get you a little riled when this forum can that surprises me.Unless of course you enjoy the simulated combat so much that you do not care about the fluff.

It does make me a little annoyed to a certain extent. I like war movies from all points of view. Honestly, it really depends on what kind of mood I'm in. There are times where I'll get all riled up over something I clearly know nothing about and there are times when I'm willing to take a step back and look at the big picture. Last time when I had my most recent rant-argument with you, I was closed minded and I did not look at all the information or points of view. I'm pretty defensive sometimes. I think that came from my childhood of being bullied every day for 6 years.

You should watch "Born on the Forth of July" some time the main character in his youth reminds me of you or at least how you appear to be on this forum.

I really want to watch it one of these days. Hopefully I'll get to see it soon. Sailor Steve recommended it to me a while back. How I appear on this forum is, I'm sure, a lot different than how I am in real life. Here, I think most of my GT posts are about what I am currently thinking about and some of the posts definitely reflect my mood. I'm not too good at holding up an argument online either.

I would say that if I had some sort of flaw. It would be my defensiveness or my shyness. Every once in a while, (just did this last week) I will set something down, forget about it, and accuse somebody of stealing it....and then realizing it's where I put it. I'm just so used to people taking my stuff and hiding it that it's my first reaction.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I would say that if I had some sort of flaw. It would be my defensiveness or my shyness. Every once in a while, (just did this last week) I will set something down, forget about it, and accuse somebody of stealing it....and then realizing it's where I put it. I'm just so used to people taking my stuff and hiding it that it's my first reaction.

That sounds more like a lack of confidence.If people are taking your things and hiding them most likely they are doing it because of how you react to it.You really do not want to be that person because people will do that to you everywhere not just in school.

You say that you like the Russian girls at your school right? Well reacting to people teasing you wont make any girls particularly interested in you.Especially not a Russian or Ukrainian girl these people are pretty tough and minor things do not bother them so they will not consider a dude that gets mad when people hide his stuff particularly interesting.

And don't get to upset about being socially awkward in high school.Of course you should work on behaviors that attract unwanted attention.

You cant possibly do worse than me.I did not get picked on and no one hid my stuff from me not beyond the usual antics of friends.However I was pretty dense in the body language department and totally missed out on ques from several girls that they where interested in me.What can I say I am no Wilt Chamberlain.