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Kat Rigel's avatar

You would think I would learn to never read anything you’ve written while in public. All I did was stifle laughter all through this. And no, it didn’t feel good. That being said, this is a brilliantly written, scathingly funny takedown of Red Dawn and I loved it to bits, Mr. Clevenger.

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Scott Clevenger's avatar

Thank you very much, Ms Rigel! I must admit, I do love to scathe.

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Kat Rigel's avatar

That’s why you do it so well.

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Paul Riddell's avatar

You forgot the most important lines:

“Oh my God, they killed Jennifer!”

“You bastards!”

(Right up there with Powers’s “Respect mah authoritah!”)

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Alice's avatar

I never saw this movie... and I'm really glad. The only thing I know/knew about it is WOLVERINES!

Another masterful analysis, Scott.

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Scott Clevenger's avatar

Thanks, Alice! And congratulations on never seeing Red Dawn. I’m happy to be the Scrubbing Bubbles who watch the crap so you don’t have to.

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Sean Michael Chick's avatar

This one is painful. I found myself rooting the Hind Gunship, likely because the Soviet tourism scene is the most charming thing in the movie.

"Patrick collects a motley assortment of future direct-to-video stars" - Having seen Payback this line stung.

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Carl Salonen's avatar

<<It’s now October, and Patrick, Charlie, and C. Thomas are all heavily accessorized with pine boughs and ferns. >>

You say "accessorized," I say "grafted".

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Carl Salonen's avatar

<<humanity evolved into a species of pure energy>>

You corporeals will never understand.

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B-Movie Tea's avatar

Brilliant summation of the film that won the cold war! Thank you for your service, Mr. Clevenger!

So many brilliant choices in Red Dawn but the best was telling the audience how the war ends via voice over epilogue.! No other movie ever realized the power of that technique except for Maximum Overdrive.

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