Adam Baldwin in Independence Day...oh my!

POSTED BY: Chani
UPDATED: Sunday, February 27, 2005 07:46
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CHANI

Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:37 PM

I watched this myself the other day, but had to watch it again with the newly firefly-converted flatmate. It's like someone's hit him with a vat of St Tropez! Especially in the part just as they go into the clean room in area 51.

It wasn't as bad a film as everyone (at least, everyone around me) harps on that it was, it made a killing at the box office if I remember and I thought it was good when I was about 12, although the stereotypes of other armies around the world really pissed me off because it was just so stereotypical and kind of insulted the audience.

Still, I thought he was good in this even if there was no way to get a gratuitous topless shot!

Chani

All your base are belong to us....

ZOL

Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:47 PM

By jove, you`re right, I hadn`t made the connection before although he did look familiar in Firefly - and he was a crack shot in ID4 too.

Darin (Zol.)

SAMWIBATT

Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:51 PM

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..because it was just so stereotypical and kind of insulted the audience.

Definitely, ID4 was the sort of movie where you exchange your brain for a little U.S.A. flag that you wave all throughout. Despite that, I had a good time with the film - saw it on opening day and the crowd chemistry was REALLY something. Back then, the creepy uber-patriotism thing was easy enough to avoid, so stepping in it for an afternoon was not so bad.

I agree AB did a good job in the movie.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:56 PM

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although the stereotypes of other armies around he world really pissed me off because it was just so stereotypical and kind of insulted the audience.

Ok, corny? Sure. but pissed you off? Gee, that's taking things a bit much, imo. Not to take sides here, but if you've got a quick scene to convey to the audience that armies from around the world are indeed trying to work together, how might one go about showing very legitmate differences w/ out being 'stereo typical'? Give credit for them not going AIRPLANE on them and showing the Israelie jets w/ large beards and wearing yamakas, etc....

Yeah, AB was a dead eye shot back then too....that's our BDH!

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

JARED

Monday, February 21, 2005 6:34 AM

i guess germans are just better at overly patriotic (or sometimes even pathetically patriotic) movies. especially when trying to please the crowd ,-)

CHANI

Monday, February 21, 2005 1:42 PM

Well pissed off may be a little strong. Annoyed maybe.....

Actually the israli bit was cut from the version released in the gulf states (or it wasn't in the one that I saw when it was released.) but there are ways to show that you are coordinating a world attack. without having people saying "Oh jolly good show- the yanks want to kill the aliens what! Tally-ho!" Why on earth did they show the british army in Iraq anyway? Would it not have made more sense to have a bunch of camoflagued folk in the ruins of London (budget? what budget? ;))

Chani

All your base are belong to us.......

SNIPER

Monday, February 21, 2005 2:38 PM

His was probably the only good acting in ID4. That movie sucked.

CYBERSNARK

Monday, February 21, 2005 3:47 PM

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Originally posted by Chani:
the stereotypes of other armies around the world really pissed me off because it was just so stereotypical and kind of insulted the audience.

The novelization handled it better; turns out the Brits were there as part of some war or another, helping out the (insert Middle-Eastern faction A) against (insert Middle-Eastern faction B). (Who bothers to keep track anymore?) When the war went down, the British forces were the ones who hauled both sides together and whipped them into working together.

There was a really funny scene that I can't remember enough of to quote exactly, but the novel shows the Brit general entering the (faction A) tent with the (faction B) commander behind him, carrying a rifle. The Brit cracks a joke (introducing the "enemy" as his lawyer), which one of the faction-A guys turns into another joke (he brought his fountain pen), then the faction-B guy joins in (he picked it up at their home office).

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OZYMANDIAS

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:19 PM

Hey, i think we all agree that Jayne Cobb is the role that AB was born for. And I know that I may be preaching to the choir here, because everyone I know has seen FMJ, but on the odd chance that anyone out there has NOT seen Stankey Kubrick's "FULL METAL JACKET" Adam Baldwin is one of the great movie badasses as the character Animal Mother. The scene with the sniper where he just charges in with that M-60 blazing gives me chills every time. Probably because I was a machine guner myself a while ago, but that's another story...

And Melkor fled before the laughter of Tulkas, and hated him ever after

BADGERSHAT

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:26 PM

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Originally posted by Ozymandias:
Hey, i think we all agree that Jayne Cobb is the role that AB was born for. And I know that I may be preaching to the choir here, because everyone I know has seen FMJ, but on the odd chance that anyone out there has NOT seen Stankey Kubrick's "FULL METAL JACKET" Adam Baldwin is one of the great movie badasses as the character Animal Mother. The scene with the sniper where he just charges in with that M-60 blazing gives me chills every time. Probably because I was a machine guner myself a while ago, but that's another story...

And Melkor fled before the laughter of Tulkas, and hated him ever after

I must admit, with a certain amount of shame, I've not seen "Full Metal Jacket" before... nor have I seen "Platoon" or "Saving Private Ryan" or any of the other big time War movies...

I know, I should be flogged...

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