The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[Maximus]

The Economist had a blurb about boogaloos wearing Hawaiian shirts as a marker, which is sacriligeous. 

Yeah - boogaloo to boogaluau to Hawaiian shirts (I assume they err on the big fat party animal wing of white supremacy).

I find the ongoing relationship between memes and reality kind of fascinating.

Another one they use is "Big Igloo"

[Valmy]

Interesting how they are committed to killing other Americans in a big war but cannot seem to agree with who they are going to fight and what exactly they are fighting them for. Just a general feeling of hatred and a desire to kill that lacks any specific purpose. Truly psychos without a cause.

[11B4V]

The Economist had a blurb about boogaloos wearing Hawaiian shirts as a marker, which is sacriligeous. 

Don't worry, it makes them easier to see.

[Josquius]

Interesting how they are committed to killing other Americans in a big war but cannot seem to agree with who they are going to fight and what exactly they are fighting them for. Just a general feeling of hatred and a desire to kill that lacks any specific purpose. Truly psychos without a cause.

Sounds like the far right over here.

[celedhring]

I have a definite recollection of Roger Ebert giving a favorable review to Breakin' 2.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-1984

3 out of 4 stars.  I really enjoyed Eberts reviews and his blog after losing his voice, but this was not his finest hour.

Back in the time he was the first American movie reviewer I followed, and he has many low points like this one sadly. I definitely remember him liking Speed 2, too. 

[Duque de Bragança]

I have a definite recollection of Roger Ebert giving a favorable review to Breakin' 2.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-1984

3 out of 4 stars.  I really enjoyed Eberts reviews and his blog after losing his voice, but this was not his finest hour.

Well, it was not Golan-Globus' finest hour but still way more watchable than King Lear.

[Tamas]

Apparently there's a Churchill statue somewhere in Budapest (to be fair, there is also a Bud Spencer one), and somebody painted "Nazi" and "BLM" on it.


This whole long process of the birth of a global culture is sort of fascinating. Too bad these are just the initial periods of it, and I won't live to see it mature.

Going to be still around for its violent clashes with local cultures though, it seems.

[The Larch]

I have a definite recollection of Roger Ebert giving a favorable review to Breakin' 2.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-1984

3 out of 4 stars.  I really enjoyed Eberts reviews and his blog after losing his voice, but this was not his finest hour.

Back in the time he was the first American movie reviewer I followed, and he has many low points like this one sadly. I definitely remember him liking Speed 2, too. 

IIRC, he actually published compilations of old reviews in which he grossly messed up, either bad movies he praised or good movies he bashed.

[celedhring]

Apparently there's a Churchill statue somewhere in Budapest (to be fair, there is also a Bud Spencer one),

Why? Was he big in Hungary?

[The Brain]

He was now.

[Sheilbh]

My favourite surprising statue is the Bruce Lee statue in Mostar:


I think part of the reason behind it was sort of post-modern art project, but also to avoid questions of what he did during the war. Inevitably, being Bosnia, both Bosnians and Croats complained about the initial plans because they thought he was facing their direction in a fighting stance. So he was rotated to face a neutral direction

[Tamas]

The Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies were absolutely massive in Hungary, they are still shown every public holiday on TV. Of course excellent dubbing always helps in these cases, but still

[celedhring]

They were really popular in Spain when I was a kid. Me and my friends at school used to punch each other trying to get the same punching sound in their movies 

Not very edifying, I know.

[Syt]

They were huge in Germany, too. The dubbing was insane, but Italians informed me it's quite accurate.

There's also a well reviewed game on Steam that covers their movie exploits: https://store.steampowered.com/app/564050/Bud_Spencer__Terence_Hill__Slaps_And_Beans/

[PDH]

Replace all the Confederate statues with Trinity Statues.