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flamingdem

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6. Saw it in Times Square when it was first in theaters

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Sun Mar 23, 2014, 11:28 PM

Mar 2014

Love it!

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Red Dawn is going to be on TNT tonight [View all] Renew Deal Mar 2014 OP

Wolverines!! Kaleva Mar 2014 #1

and Michigan is in the Sweet Sixteen!! hfojvt Mar 2014 #37

I always thought it was one of the Ilsa Mar 2014 #2

It IS one of the stupidest movies ever made! edbermac Mar 2014 #8

Its one of those guilty pleasure movies like Hawaii Hiker Mar 2014 #9

lol Paolo123 Mar 2014 #11

Roadhouse ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #61

Just watched it yesterday. blueamy66 Mar 2014 #78

It reminds me of a comic I saw decades ago about Reagan . . . Journeyman Mar 2014 #10

It's terrible, yet it's also a total blast to watch Scootaloo Mar 2014 #21

I actually think the acting is pretty good theboss Mar 2014 #44

I think it has fueled a lot of self destructive fantasies el_bryanto Mar 2014 #28

It is insanely stupid and wildly entertaining theboss Mar 2014 #43

"I think a few us WANTED the Russians to invade so we could shoot them and impress girls" Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #62

Granted, I lived in West Virginia so guns would have been pretty easy to get theboss Mar 2014 #65

I've never owned a gun ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #69

10pm Pacific. nt pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #3

Crimea river, you're poot'n me on? TexasTowelie Mar 2014 #4

Really Russian to that one aren't ya Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #12

The historical context is Khruscial to the discussion. nt pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #14

Stop Stalin and admit you love the movie. Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #15

Only you could comintern me around pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #17

I just the love the script. Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #19

I'll try to find it on the web the next time I gulag on. nt pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #20

Damn! I got nothing Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #22

We all get an 'E' for effort--nobody gets bad Marx. nt pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #23

Thanks. I was just Lenin off steam, but Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #24

You must be working some sort of Engle. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #64

Alexander Haig gave it a thumbs up GreatCaesarsGhost Mar 2014 #5

I would love to see that list lame54 Mar 2014 #30

Here GreatCaesarsGhost Mar 2014 #41

Saw it in Times Square when it was first in theaters flamingdem Mar 2014 #6

Liked it as a kid. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #7

"We Live Here!" Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #13

Crap I missed it! clffrdjk Mar 2014 #16

Somehow I escaped an 80's childhood without ever seeing that one. LeftyMom Mar 2014 #18

Tim Burton's Batman is kind of tremendous theboss Mar 2014 #45

You have to see Commando (if you haven't already). Feron Mar 2014 #72

I called it during.... sochi Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #25

Thanks for the JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #32

Jennifer Grey MosheFeingold Mar 2014 #54

I loved her nose! Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #68

I'll go to war alongside Lea Thompson anytime, anyplace... Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #63

Avenge Me! kiawah Mar 2014 #26

Beat me to it. El Supremo Mar 2014 #56

"Harry Dean Stanton" is the balls theboss Mar 2014 #66

Red Dawn is a right-wing masturbatory fantasy. FSogol Mar 2014 #27

Still a good movie. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #31

What about the scene where they fill up a truck radiator by peeing in it? FSogol Mar 2014 #34

Fair enough. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #35

It's bemusing to watch the subjective content of a thing debated over as though it were absolute... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #48

I hadn't realized "Red Dawn" was high comedy. Thanks! FSogol Mar 2014 #49

John Milius - being John Milius - actually gives a ridiculously detailed explanation of the invasion theboss Mar 2014 #50

LOL: Thanks, I take it all back, that's completely reasonable. FSogol Mar 2014 #53

John Milius is a libertarian gun fetishist theboss Mar 2014 #55

Yeah, I remember an article on Milius where FSogol Mar 2014 #67

If I remember correctly, there is a nuclear exchange between Russia and China ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #71

Get it right. theboss Mar 2014 #73

How could I have forgotten that!!! Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #74

That's why it's tough to hate Milius theboss Mar 2014 #76

I just remember thinking that this movie is too crazy to really happen ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #77

It was possible to have a war with the Soviets theboss Mar 2014 #80

I love reading apocolyptic type military confrontation books. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2014 #81

Try The Third World War by Sir General John Hackett Lurks Often Mar 2014 #90

Alas, Babylon has very little about the war itself theboss Mar 2014 #92

That was such a great read. Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #83

Of course - anything Russian is trendy right now... lame54 Mar 2014 #29

Because Red Dawn is never on Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #36

It's "Breakfast Club" for the gun nut crowd... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #33

I think think reservoir dogs is breakfast club for the gun crowd Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #86

GD =/= T.V. Guide 1000words Mar 2014 #38

...and so the takeover begins. Iterate Mar 2014 #39

This OP is the first wave attack Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #40

I do remember the original version of that one. Plenty of bad actors Iterate Mar 2014 #42

We'll stop them butt cold in the Lounge theboss Mar 2014 #52

The Cooking and Baking group has resorted to eating rats, and sometimes... eachother. chrisa Mar 2014 #58

You think you're tough arguing about the ACA every day? theboss Mar 2014 #60

What about Politics 2014 forum? Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #82

I understand the Russian troops arrived... brooklynite Mar 2014 #46

Best guilty-pleasure Swazye movie, aside from Roadhouse. DirkGently Mar 2014 #47

I thought C Thomas Howell shot the mayor's son theboss Mar 2014 #51

Ohh -- you're RIIGHT! DirkGently Mar 2014 #57

Do not make a mistake about this movie in my presence. theboss Mar 2014 #59

So much trashy goodness, all in one place. DirkGently Mar 2014 #70

It's really a tremendously charismatic cast theboss Mar 2014 #75

That stupid movie is on one of the cable channels doc03 Mar 2014 #79

Funny Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #84

FR gonna be dead tonight because all the freepers will be watching it nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #85

Look for an epidemic of people shooting themselves accidentally. FSogol Mar 2014 #87

yes lol nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #88

Who pays for cable anymore? TransitJohn Mar 2014 #89

I remember watching a version with joke subtitles for the Russian dialogue. WatermelonRat Mar 2014 #91