tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post911722517034997086..comments2024-02-29T16:43:55.241-05:00Comments on Lurking Rhythmically: The Wit and Wisdom of Andrew EldritchErin Palettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-30828322636587877742007-05-22T09:46:00.000-04:002007-05-22T09:46:00.000-04:00Alright, maybe I'm overexaggerating, but those hel...Alright, maybe I'm overexaggerating, but those helmets in Starship Troopers are FAR too little protection against bullets or massive insect talons..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492738918046301265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-35270526584221281172007-05-21T16:55:00.000-04:002007-05-21T16:55:00.000-04:00Starship Troopers is a true classic. I love that m...Starship Troopers is a true classic. I love that movie. <BR/><BR/>TurboAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-55374894116714239242007-05-21T16:18:00.000-04:002007-05-21T16:18:00.000-04:00Bicycle helmets in Starship troopers?Are you sure ...Bicycle helmets in Starship troopers?<BR/><BR/>Are you sure you didn't confuse Starship Troopers with Space Above and Beyond?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107912572769487068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-71030601123238416712007-05-21T12:27:00.000-04:002007-05-21T12:27:00.000-04:00HA!! I thought I was the only one who truly apprec...HA!! I thought I was the only one who truly appreciated the brilliance of Starship Troopers! Simply by the name alone you can't expect the movie to be a serious sci-fi opus, I mean it puts The Living Jaw into a heroic role, has some scenes with Dina Meyer (future love-of-my-comic-life Oracle) that stretch my open-minded and enlightened male maturity to the breaking point, the aforementioned Doogie Howser in gestapo-gear(totally badass), and BUGS. Lots and lots of Bugs. Wow at the bugs. I'm rendered speechless at the bugs. Big bugs, little bugs, violent bugs, scaredy-bugs. <BR/><BR/>This movie is meant to be taken about as seriously as those bicycle helmets the soldiers wear in combat. It's a farcical and satirical Full Metal Jacket for the sci-fi crowd, right down to the hard-as-nails one-handed uber-sergeant that's also a teacher. It's a beautiful movie, if you watch it with tongue planted firmly in cheek.<BR/><BR/>Your verification system now wants me to type "exret." That's beyond dirty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492738918046301265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-85530737440216607702007-05-21T00:59:00.000-04:002007-05-21T00:59:00.000-04:00I GET IT!I GET IT!sean witzkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821166438073682827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-82485227621919683122007-05-20T12:41:00.000-04:002007-05-20T12:41:00.000-04:00Salem: It's so true, which is why I enjoyed Starsh...Salem: It's so true, which is why I enjoyed <I>Starship Troopers</I>, despite it being a steaming pile of horse shit: any film that puts Doogie Howser in a leather Gestapo coat is all right by me. Also, the exacting reproductions of Leni Riefenstahl's <I>Triumph of the Will</I> tickled me -- though I suspect no one else in the theater got the joke. <BR/><BR/>Highlander: Can't we agree he can be brilliant AND and wanker at the same time? I mean, he's always been a wanker; there's a reason TSOM always break up after an album.<BR/><BR/>Still, I have to admire anyone who can say what he says to the British press and get away with it...Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-66655136678465238212007-05-20T11:39:00.000-04:002007-05-20T11:39:00.000-04:00Although I love the Sisters, Eldritch is relativel...Although I love the Sisters, Eldritch is relatively easy to sum up for me - and I am +ve I won't be popular for this - pre-Stadium Rock Sisters:brilliant, post-Stadium Rock Sisters:Wanker. He seems to have foregone the wisdom and serenity that should come with age for acting like a horse's arse in the hope it will keep him relevant. Unfortunately I have trouble thinking of anybody more 'rent-a-quote' irrelevant.Highlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071300726235352555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649591714373684167.post-57350571755563095212007-05-20T09:52:00.000-04:002007-05-20T09:52:00.000-04:00You don't know how many times I've quoted the "uni...You don't know how many times I've quoted the "uniforms" bit. Always gets a funny look, right before I call someone a philistine. <BR/><BR/>One I'd like to offer up to Sirrah Eldritch actually is those sirens on the Stukka bombers. Brilliance! I want a siren on my car that does that! <BR/><BR/>Also, if you have not already, which I'm sure you of all people have, read the Wikipedia articles regarding SOM vs. The Mission and The Sisterhood, you should do so. Hilarious stuff.<BR/><BR/>Also, to anyone who wants a laugh, and I mean that in the good UK "good times" meaning, not the pejorative US meaning, should read as much as possible from: <BR/><BR/>http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/home.html#index<BR/><BR/>Also, Erin, have you ever heard of a band called Chiasm / artist named Emileigh Rohn? She comes highly recommended for those rather sulky moods.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492738918046301265noreply@blogger.com