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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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#20040
June 17, 2014, 06:29:51 PM
John Reacher: D

Last Stand: D

Second watch of STID: D-
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Eddie Teach

#20041
June 17, 2014, 06:36:58 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 17, 2014, 07:23:27 AM
The Wrong Man (1956).  The worst Alfred Hitchcock movie I ever saw. 

Yeah, probably. Certainly the worst made after 1940. :yawn:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

CountDeMoney

#20042
June 17, 2014, 07:47:31 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on June 17, 2014, 04:08:44 PM
Anyway, figured I'd get way more shit for not grading Stagecoach A+ ONE MILLION!!1 or something equally hyperbolic.

That's because I don't get home from work until late. 

Eddie Teach

#20043
June 18, 2014, 02:06:47 AM Last Edit: June 18, 2014, 02:08:36 AM by Peter Wiggin
So, Fargo. [spoiler]Loved the bit where Lester is running across the ice and it's cracking, then he stops, looks down and falls in. Straight outta Looney Tunes.

Though, I think my favorite moment has to be the elevator scene. "Is this what you want, Lester?" /proceed to shoot 3 people for kicks.[/spoiler]

Also, I recently rewatched the movie Fargo. I liked it, but I like the tv show better. None of the movie villains had Malvo's panache.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

11B4V

#20044
June 18, 2014, 02:39:01 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 18, 2014, 02:06:47 AM
So, Fargo. [spoiler]Loved the bit where Lester is running across the ice and it's cracking, then he stops, looks down and falls in. Straight outta Looney Tunes.

Though, I think my favorite moment has to be the elevator scene. "Is this what you want, Lester?" /proceed to shoot 3 people for kicks.[/spoiler]

Also, I recently rewatched the movie Fargo. I liked it, but I like the tv show better. None of the movie villains had Malvo's panache.

Billy Bob did a good job.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Norgy

#20045
June 18, 2014, 05:16:57 AM
He was evil incarnate.
Are Norwericans seen as a bit dimwitted? Apart from Solverson, most seem to have been riding the short bus.

Eddie Teach

#20046
June 18, 2014, 05:31:45 AM
Small town folks.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Norgy

#20047
June 18, 2014, 05:34:24 AM
Yes, I see that. But if you look at Fargo the movie and the Marshall Eriksen character in HIMYM, it adds up to a fairly unflattering portrayal of these people. Then again, you have The Swede from Hell on Wheels, who's just a bastard.

Eddie Teach

#20048
June 18, 2014, 05:35:42 AM
Marshall is probably the most likable character on the show.  :huh:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Norgy

#20049
June 18, 2014, 05:39:52 AM
He also believes in Saskquatch.  ;)

Which was what I meant. I agree that he is. Innocent and kind. Except for slapsgiving.

Eddie Teach

#20050
June 18, 2014, 05:45:25 AM
Those stereotypes are for Midwestern farmers/rural folk in general(and tend to be nicer than the ones about rural Southerners). Take Woody Boyd from Cheers for instance. It's not about their ethnicity.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Norgy

#20051
June 18, 2014, 05:51:02 AM
Gotcha.  :)

Malthus

#20052
June 18, 2014, 11:31:56 AM
Quote from: Norgy on June 18, 2014, 05:34:24 AM
Yes, I see that. But if you look at Fargo the movie and the Marshall Eriksen character in HIMYM, it adds up to a fairly unflattering portrayal of these people. Then again, you have The Swede from Hell on Wheels, who's just a bastard.

There used to be a North American stereotype that Swedes were very, very dumb - around the turn of the previous century. It has since died out completely, though.

You see it referenced (and subverted) in the poetry of Robert Service.

http://www.oldpoetry.com/Robert_W_Service/Dumb_Swede

Still gets mentioned by academics:

http://www.augustana.edu/x16607.xml
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

CountDeMoney

#20053
June 18, 2014, 11:38:05 AM
I think That evolved more along gender lines, and the imagery that went along with the "Swedish Erotica Blonde Bimbo", so prevalent in the '70s and early '80s.

Swedish male = Swedish chef, bork bork bork

Norgy

#20054
June 18, 2014, 01:17:14 PM
But Swedes generally are dumb.  :huh:

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