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(2,650 posts)111. Star Trek movie villain modeled after Curtis LeMay
Admiral Marcus based on Curtis LeMay
Marcus is no different than Curtis LeMay, with a conscience, said Weller. I dont know if people remember who Curtis LeMay [was], but he hid eighteen nuclear missiles from President John F. Kennedy. He was the guy who wanted to pull the trigger on the Cuban Missile Crisis. If you see Fog of War, it was all about First strike! First strike! Thats a warmonger. So these warmongers exist, man, and LeMay personifies that. They were real. They are real. The thing that Marcus doesnt have is faith in the pacifistic attitude of this particular terrestrial organization because the Klingons are aggressive. A war is coming. Theyre encroaching. And what Marcus is thinking is he wants to get a jump on them, just like Curtis LeMay. Anybody who is critical of this, just watch the Errol Morris documentary Fog of War. Its from 2003, and listen to [Robert McNamara] talk about LeMay.
http://justiceforkennedy.blogspot.com/2013/06/star-trek-movie-villain-modeled-after.html
Marcus is no different than Curtis LeMay, with a conscience, said Weller. I dont know if people remember who Curtis LeMay [was], but he hid eighteen nuclear missiles from President John F. Kennedy. He was the guy who wanted to pull the trigger on the Cuban Missile Crisis. If you see Fog of War, it was all about First strike! First strike! Thats a warmonger. So these warmongers exist, man, and LeMay personifies that. They were real. They are real. The thing that Marcus doesnt have is faith in the pacifistic attitude of this particular terrestrial organization because the Klingons are aggressive. A war is coming. Theyre encroaching. And what Marcus is thinking is he wants to get a jump on them, just like Curtis LeMay. Anybody who is critical of this, just watch the Errol Morris documentary Fog of War. Its from 2003, and listen to [Robert McNamara] talk about LeMay.
http://justiceforkennedy.blogspot.com/2013/06/star-trek-movie-villain-modeled-after.html
So, as with "7 Days" and "13 Days," the villain in the recent Star Trek movie is/based on Gen Curtis LeMay.
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Mississippi Burning was a really good one that had lots of political implications.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2013
#4
Second the motion, a great movie about the civil rights politics of the 60's
bottomofthehill
Jun 2013
#30
If you want some laughs, check out Bullworth. It's not great cinema and has its share
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#46
Lincoln,12 angry men,Grand Torino,Frost/Nixon,Quiz Show,Downfall,41,Being There
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#60
As an 18th Century scholar observing the 21st Century, I'm afraid the answer is Idiocracy.
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Jun 2013
#109