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Post by fuji on Feb 16, 2017 1:39:14 GMT
Dang. I teach in rural MN, and I keep thinking I'm going to see Russian paratroopers dropping in the fields around us any day now. I thought that movie was complete fiction and a little out there, but I'm starting to think it was prophetic!  |
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Post by scrapsotime on Feb 16, 2017 1:44:01 GMT
I posted that I was having flashes of Red Dawn on a thread a few weeks ago.
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Post by casii on Feb 16, 2017 1:45:52 GMT
I remember having a school girl crush on half the cast, but at the time, half thought it could actually happen.
I'm too old for that kind of baloney now though!
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Post by lucyg on Feb 16, 2017 1:55:03 GMT
There was a remake?! I loved the original (at the time, it was me - a young mom - and all the teenage boys with war fantasies).
So far I have not reached the fear-of-Red-Dawn stage. Yet.
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Post by scrapsotime on Feb 16, 2017 2:09:18 GMT
There was a remake?! I loved the original (at the time, it was me - a young mom - and all the teenage boys with war fantasies). So far I have not reached the fear-of-Red-Dawn stage. Yet. The new on is from 2012 with Chris Helmsworth and Josh Hutcherson. Plot: econmic crisis in Europe, weakened NATO, increasing deployment of US troops abroad, increasing cooperation between an increasingly militant North Korea and ultranationalist-controlled Russia. North Korea invades. Set in Washington state this time. ETA: I didn't realized how many times that summary I paired down used the word increasing. Someone needed a thesaurus. |
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Post by imkat on Feb 16, 2017 2:30:08 GMT
No , but I'm sure our "armed militia" will protect us.
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Post by kernriver on Feb 16, 2017 2:41:59 GMT
That movie scares the shit out of me. The scene where the paratroopers come down and the school teacher walks out...man!
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Post by mrssmith on Feb 16, 2017 3:05:34 GMT
Red Dawn + The Handmaid's Tale
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Post by micheley on Feb 16, 2017 3:08:08 GMT
All I would like to contribute is please don't watch the remake. It was muy stinky.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 3:21:49 GMT
I don't think that would happen here BUT the alarm bells should be ringing about even the mention of ground troops in Syria. No way in hell should we venture into that. We will go to war with Russia and frankly, I do not believe we would win. That pool is too murky and just WHO would we be fighting?
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Post by used2scrap on Feb 16, 2017 3:28:43 GMT
Regretting not being more of a prepper, with a shelter, armory, and several years' worth of rations.
Wolverines!!
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Post by lucyg on Feb 16, 2017 4:05:16 GMT
There was a remake?! I loved the original (at the time, it was me - a young mom - and all the teenage boys with war fantasies). So far I have not reached the fear-of-Red-Dawn stage. Yet. The new on is from 2012 with Chris Helmsworth and Josh Hutcherson. Plot: econmic crisis in Europe, weakened NATO, increasing deployment of US troops abroad, increasing cooperation between an increasingly militant North Korea and ultranationalist-controlled Russia. North Korea invades. Set in Washington state this time. ETA: I didn't realized how many times that summary I paired down used the word increasing. Someone needed a thesaurus. mm, thanks, I might need to watch that one, too. I loved Patrick Swayze pretty passionately back in the day and those two are just way too young for me, but I want to see what they did with the story. It's still called Red Dawn, right? |
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Post by lucyg on Feb 16, 2017 4:08:10 GMT
All I would like to contribute is please don't watch the remake. It was muy stinky. oops, OH.  |
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Post by mrssmith on Feb 16, 2017 4:20:25 GMT
Regretting not being more of a prepper, with a shelter, armory, and several years' worth of rations. Wolverines!! I know! I am useless in case of a Russian invasion (or the zombie apocalypse - whichever comes first). I write for a living. I guess I could work for the resistance newsletter? |
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Post by pyccku on Feb 16, 2017 4:46:34 GMT
One good thing is that with the sanctions, Russia is nearly broke. They don't have the money to invade us (yet).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 7:49:52 GMT
One good thing is that with the sanctions, Russia is nearly broke. They don't have the money to invade us (yet). True, but this is what I mean by murky. There is not a doubt in my mind there would be those with money that would support Russia and other groups in that area to fight us. Trump has made us enemies aplenty now. Urban warfare is not advantageous for us. But I am sure there are many who want to see the Middle East turned to dust regardless of the innocent civilians. |
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Post by anniebeth24 on Feb 16, 2017 12:38:48 GMT
My DH intentionally rented and played Red Dawn for me on our very first official date (in his dorm room when we were college sophomores).
Talk about romance. . . I'm surprised we had a 2nd date.
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Post by pierkiss on Feb 16, 2017 12:42:33 GMT
No.
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