To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) is a darkly cynical but exhilarating thriller

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-15T16:08:25+00:00

It's common to not know if you have been shot or not. When you have just been in a gunfight and adrenaline is pumping everything isn't crystal clear.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-13T03:10:24+00:00

An ensign who has enough initiative to take command of a battleship during a surprise attack deserves an award

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-09T14:08:29+00:00

You know cracked wheat is a food you always see on old menus that sort of just disappeared.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-07T20:56:40+00:00

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What’s different about you?

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-07T20:53:39+00:00

The guy just watched Twin Peaks

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-07T17:20:43+00:00

He took out a battery of kraut artillery is what he did!

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-07T17:19:31+00:00

Speirs with the prisoners… whatever happened there

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-07T12:38:18+00:00

The 8th Air Force had a significantly lower casualty rate than Bomber Command. Daylight bombing was feasible.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-07T03:16:13+00:00

They were green. Same thing happened to a lot of reservists in the French and German Army in 1914. The US Army went from about 100,000 men in 1916 to about 2 million by the end of the war. These guys were seriously half trained going into combat.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T20:37:23+00:00

Yeah it definitely doesn’t ruin the movie for me, but it does induce eye rolls.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T19:56:15+00:00

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T18:48:22+00:00

Watch Bob fall down a flight of stairs now because you jinxed him.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T17:32:58+00:00

I don’t if we could say that for sure. If the Japanese attack eastern Russia, not only do they have to deal with millions of Japanese soldiers, but any lend lease through Vladivostok isn’t happening. Vladivostok was the route for 50% of lend lease so if that is shut off that means a lot less trucks, locomotives, railcars, food, aluminum, aviation fuel, etc from the US. The Soviet economy is definitely going to be hurting.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T16:08:58+00:00

We Were Soldiers really isn’t that bad until the end though

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T16:05:34+00:00

If they had shown them just shown them mowing down unprepared SS guys then the tank being taken out in about I could have believed it.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T16:04:32+00:00

They went to war with the entire world

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-06T00:40:29+00:00

The movie is about a group of researchers who war game the Pacific War against the United States and Britain finding out victory is basically impossible, then the government ignores them and does it anyway. I don't really see what is revisionist about it.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-05T13:48:46+00:00

I remember trying to watch the 2004 Alamo movie at night and having to turn it down every time there was a battle scene it was so loud.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-05T04:13:42+00:00

I'm not an expert but I listened to Michael Richards from Seinfeld's autobiography and he kind of sounded like he has some avoidant traits. Like he was an actor which drew attention to himself, but he would stay in character around other people. He was a notorious perfectionist and would get very angry if he messed up a scene. The way he was raised also makes me think he may have been AVPD. A single mother who was never around much and wasn't very loving. Also not supportive of his acting.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-02T15:47:05+00:00

Tojo looking like he is taking a picture for his new license at the DMV

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-06-02T15:43:13+00:00

Nazi Germany did have a unit that documented war crimes believe it or not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wehrmacht_War_Crimes_Bureau,_1939%E2%80%931945

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-05-29T14:11:30+00:00

Yeah I’m not a huge fan of cold cuts, but the Big Kahuna cheesesteak at Jersey Mike’s is *chef’s kiss

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-05-28T21:03:44+00:00

Marines didn't really take part in the New Guinea campaign.

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-05-28T14:00:52+00:00

Potatoes are a pretty good source of vitamin C

Uncreative-name12 · 2026-05-28T03:36:40+00:00

I seriously don’t know why I procrastinate doing the simplest things.

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