Red Dawn Re-Done

TarJak · 01-12-10, 01:13 AM

I remember seeing the original in the '80's. From reading the precis, I'd assume it's been updated 'cos it mentions Jed returing from a tour of Afghanistan. If it was the '80's then he would have not been sent there unless it was by the CIA I suspect.

The original wasn't terrible, it just wasn't very good either. Dunno that it would work in current time as the USSR doesn't scare the USA anymore and unless they do mean the Chinese PLA there ain't anyone else looking to come knocking at the moment that doesn't want to strap explosives to themselves and I can't see them doing a major airborne invasion.

The thing I never understood from the original was how the USSR was supposed to send all these troops over the Mid-West without the US forces putting up any sort of resistance before they got there.

Freiwillige · 01-12-10, 01:30 AM

The original is one of my favorite films. Tarjak the Cuban, Russian invasion came from the west not the east. The midwest was free. Russian occupation only extended to the rocky mountains.

VonHesse · 01-12-10, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

The thing I never understood from the original was how the USSR was supposed to send all these troops over the Mid-West without the US forces putting up any sort of resistance before they got there.

It was a three-pronged assault. Russians from the west, Nicaraguans cut through Mexico, and Cuba took the south.

I'm a geek for remembering that...

Can't wait to see a re-make. Hope they don't mess it up

TarJak · 01-12-10, 02:37 AM

The the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines sat on their behinds and watched it happen? That was the bit I never understood.

The movie was OK I just couldn't get behind the premise that the Reds would have been able to get as far as they did without some real fight from the Yanks.

Sorry Freewillige, my US geography was never that good.

nikimcbee · 01-12-10, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

The the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines sat on their behinds and watched it happen? That was the bit I never understood.

The movie was OK I just couldn't get behind the premise that the Reds would have been able to get as far as they did without some real fight from the Yanks.

Sorry Freewillige, my US geography was never that good.

If it's set now, that could happen with the 5th column: Obama

The opening scene to the movie:
Chinese paratroopers walk into a whitehouse party and say: You owe us a lot of money. Where's my money bee-hotch?

nikimcbee · 01-12-10, 02:58 AM

whoa, look what I found:

http://www.reddawn2010.com/

TarJak · 01-12-10, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

whoa, look what I found:

http://www.reddawn2010.com/

I'm sure I saw you in both of the vids. First in the fan trailer in the Civil War reenactment and then on the Dangerous Citizen Alert board!

EDIT: Just found this well written review of the script of the remake: http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2009/0...script-review/

The review makes a good point that China is an unlikely threat, but I can't go along with his idea that North Korea would be a more plausible threat. They can't feed themselves let alone invade North America.

Torplexed · 01-12-10, 07:06 AM

The Soviet plan in the original 1984 movie involved seizing every McDonald's drive-thru in the nation, thereby starving America into submission.

TarJak · 01-12-10, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

If it's set now, that could happen with the 5th column: Obama

Yeh but it woulda never happened with Ronny Raygun in charge now would it? Ronny woulda smoked 'em!

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

The opening scene to the movie:
Chinese paratroopers walk into a whitehouse party and say: You owe us a lot of money. Where's my money bee-hotch?

goldorak · 01-12-10, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

The the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines sat on their behinds and watched it happen? That was the bit I never understood.

The movie was OK I just couldn't get behind the premise that the Reds would have been able to get as far as they did without some real fight from the Yanks.

Sorry Freewillige, my US geography was never that good.

You ain't seen nothing.
I still remember watching in the theater Invasion USA with Chuck Norris.
Thats the summit of implausability.
Terrorists that spank the US, and Chuck Norris that single handedly spanks the poor terrorists.

01-12-10, 02:58 AM	#6
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01-12-10, 01:13 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I remember seeing the original in the '80's. From reading the precis, I'd assume it's been updated 'cos it mentions Jed returing from a tour of Afghanistan. If it was the '80's then he would have not been sent there unless it was by the CIA I suspect. The original wasn't terrible, it just wasn't very good either. Dunno that it would work in current time as the USSR doesn't scare the USA anymore and unless they do mean the Chinese PLA there ain't anyone else looking to come knocking at the moment that doesn't want to strap explosives to themselves and I can't see them doing a major airborne invasion. The thing I never understood from the original was how the USSR was supposed to send all these troops over the Mid-West without the US forces putting up any sort of resistance before they got there.

01-12-10, 01:30 AM	#2
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The original is one of my favorite films. Tarjak the Cuban, Russian invasion came from the west not the east. The midwest was free. Russian occupation only extended to the rocky mountains.

01-12-10, 02:37 AM	#4
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	The the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines sat on their behinds and watched it happen? That was the bit I never understood. The movie was OK I just couldn't get behind the premise that the Reds would have been able to get as far as they did without some real fight from the Yanks. Sorry Freewillige, my US geography was never that good.

01-12-10, 07:06 AM	#8
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The Soviet plan in the original 1984 movie involved seizing every McDonald's drive-thru in the nation, thereby starving America into submission.