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- by Josh Geller
- (unregistered id: 89EB6F36BA)
More Triggermensch wierdness: at the very end of the car chase scene, Brock and Hank are getting on the X-1, TM is lying there in the burning oil slick, screaming in agony. They take off, there he is, unburnt, giggling, with an antiaircraft missile maybe four feet long that he pulled out of his butt and uses to shoot down the X-1. Finally, the escape pod that we saw used in the Unterland sequence lands on the booger, crushing and silencing him.
OK, now, I am all with the cartoon-reality-is-different-from-reality-reality bit. But this is a bit extreme. Is there some pop culture reference that my 25 years spent avoiding televisions has left me unequipped to handle?
And who the heck is Gary Busey (sp?)?
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OK, now, I am all with the cartoon-reality-is-different-from-reality-reality bit. But this is a bit extreme. Is there some pop culture reference that my 25 years spent avoiding televisions has left me unequipped to handle?
And who the heck is Gary Busey (sp?)?
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- by Josh Geller
- (unregistered id: 241A32BF89)
I don't understand your remark, sir, would you kindly expand upon it?
My point is that the man was shown to die at least twice, maybe three times (beaten to death with his own rifle, hit in the breadbasket with Brock's knife, burned - maybe not to death, but enough to scream in agony - in the oil slick) before finally(?) being crushed by the X-1's escape pod.
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My point is that the man was shown to die at least twice, maybe three times (beaten to death with his own rifle, hit in the breadbasket with Brock's knife, burned - maybe not to death, but enough to scream in agony - in the oil slick) before finally(?) being crushed by the X-1's escape pod.
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- by General Treister
- (unregistered id: 21D959691A)
I only meant that for a guy who wonders why they depict Trigger as such a fetishist, you seem a little preoccupied with his specific weapons, their size, and what part of his body he might be pulling them from. But in terms of his staying power, we never necessarily saw him take a lethal blow at any point until the end. He's knocked unconscious twice, stabbed in the gut once--perhaps Brock was reluctant to deliver a killing stroke in front of the young Ventures?--then he survives a crash and some burning, which people have been known to do. Far fetched, sure, but not for a cartoon. I've seen crazier in live action movies that are supposed to be taken seriously.
- by Josh Geller
- (unregistered id: 8D3C36020A)
Oh I see. You are implying that I am a fetishist such as Herr TM. I am not sure why you would say such a thing. I could speculate why, but I have better things to do.
Whatever your motivation, I fear that this indicates that you are not someone who can be constructively engaged in conversation, at least not in this matter.
I do wish you the greatest joy.
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Whatever your motivation, I fear that this indicates that you are not someone who can be constructively engaged in conversation, at least not in this matter.
I do wish you the greatest joy.
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- by Josh Geller
- (unregistered id: 1B98EA76E9)
Pardon me?
I disagreed before I said that.
I am just being polite.
Previously, it seemed (and still seems) to me that Generai Treiser was trying to insult me. So I gave him a chance to say that is not what he was doing, which he did not. So I told him I don't want to talk to him (there is no percentage in having a conversation with someone whose opening is an insult, and it is unpleasant to boot), and wished him well, because I don't really have anything against him (I don't know him): I just don't want to talk to him.
Also, I do not believe that the term 'passive-aggressive' means what you seem to think it means:
"Passive-aggressive behavior refers to passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as learned helplessness, procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate/repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible."
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior
Is there anything else that I can clarify for you?
I hope that you have a wonderful evening and that everything you wish for occurs in the way you wish it to occur.
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I disagreed before I said that.
I am just being polite.
Previously, it seemed (and still seems) to me that Generai Treiser was trying to insult me. So I gave him a chance to say that is not what he was doing, which he did not. So I told him I don't want to talk to him (there is no percentage in having a conversation with someone whose opening is an insult, and it is unpleasant to boot), and wished him well, because I don't really have anything against him (I don't know him): I just don't want to talk to him.
Also, I do not believe that the term 'passive-aggressive' means what you seem to think it means:
"Passive-aggressive behavior refers to passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations. It can manifest itself as learned helplessness, procrastination, stubbornness, resentment, sullenness, or deliberate/repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible."
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior
Is there anything else that I can clarify for you?
I hope that you have a wonderful evening and that everything you wish for occurs in the way you wish it to occur.
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- by haux
- (unregistered id: 0038EDC461)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome
i imagine you'll disagree.
keep on keepin' on.
i imagine you'll disagree.
keep on keepin' on.
- by Sparky
- (unregistered id: 35170347EB)
Some of us are obsessed with Pop Culture TV references popping up in a beloved cartoon show.
The only politics that should be relevant here are whether those of a 10 year old Rusty are the same now.
Such as his belief that then President Nixon should give haircuts to the Herculoids and send them to Vietnam to fight the war.
I could be wrong though.
The only politics that should be relevant here are whether those of a 10 year old Rusty are the same now.
Such as his belief that then President Nixon should give haircuts to the Herculoids and send them to Vietnam to fight the war.
I could be wrong though.
- by Josh Geller
- (unregistered id: C0665DA811)
What about the E-list actors? Dare I ask? Do I really want to know? And are these all SAG actors, or are there, like, some pornostars and off-broadway amateurs and actors who only appear in commercials and actors who act like they got various ailments to train doctors (Mother does that)?
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- by General Treister
- (unregistered id: 21D959691A)
You asked me to kindly expand on my remark! So I did! And then moved on to address the rest of your entry and offer a counter-interpretation of the events of the episode. Which is a fairly constructive way to engage in a conversation. Is it so much to ask that a fellow fan of a comedy cartoon brings his sense of humor to these proceedings?
- by barrytown
- (unregistered id: 936F26E427)
"Brock was reluctant to deliver a killing stroke in front of the young Ventures?" I think if you've been paying attention you should eb aware that Brock is never squeamish. I recall a mention of Brock killing a guy with a sock full of firecrackers? Or quarters? I know there was one mention in Past Tense of Brock killing someone in front of the boys, and another in Eeney Meeney Miney Magic.
- by RetroWarbird
- (unregistered id: 7AC592AD33)
I think the whole "we saw him die like three times!" angle IS what they're poking fun at. In so many B-Movies and C-Movies, especially spy related, we have villainous assassins and henchmen "die", only to turn up later in the movie alive and well.
Actually, that cliche is everywhere these days. In comic books it's so standard that deaths are questioned the second that happen.
Or even the "why won't you just die", "what's it gonna take for you to stay dead/down" angles. Nice to know Brock is way too cool to actually verbalize those cliched lines of dialogue.
Actually, that cliche is everywhere these days. In comic books it's so standard that deaths are questioned the second that happen.
Or even the "why won't you just die", "what's it gonna take for you to stay dead/down" angles. Nice to know Brock is way too cool to actually verbalize those cliched lines of dialogue.
- by wordmaster
- (unregistered id: F511E38F24)
Dude, not everything's a parody. Sometimes the show creates some original material (imagine that!), and in this case they pushed the "unstoppable bad guy" idea to the max. It's a long build-up, plain and simple, that is funny because it keeps going and going. Just laugh! There's not always a deep secret meaning.
- by Shadowman 9 1/2
- (unregistered id: FB2AFA79AF)
Gary Busey - famous actor (Buddy Holly, Lethal Weapon,Point Break,Under Siege)known for REALLY screwing himself up big time in a motorcycle accident in 1998, causing possible brain damage.
More? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Busey
p.s. I'm taking Brock's room if he goes out...as long as Shelia Monarch is still ther on the bed waiting...;-P
More? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Busey
p.s. I'm taking Brock's room if he goes out...as long as Shelia Monarch is still ther on the bed waiting...;-P
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