Donnie Darko 2. No, i'm not kidding.

[mek]

Originally Posted by Gryeyes

I only hope its as good as American psycho II: All american girl.

I watched this movie and it melted my brain.

[Dethfang]

Originally Posted by dak

Example...Body Armor that keeps our troops alive...

A private company produces it, do they not contribute to their country?

How about the engineer who never even fired a gun because he was too busy learning material science and ballistics physics so he could design working body armor?

How about the school teacher who devoted his life to education and taught several generations of students so one could eventually become that engineer?

How about the guy who jumped through all the hoops to become a certified architect and built the schools that engineer was taught in.

How about the guy who harvested, processed and transported the resources to build that school?

How about the farmer who fed all those people?

What makes the only "worthy and contributing" members of society the ones who put bullets in people for a living? The private sector engineers, scientists and professionals don't need to serve as grunts EVER because their business as usually job skills give back more to the country than what some infantryman guarding a street corner will ever provide. It's an egregious disservice to the stability of the nation to deny the professional base of this country access to citizen rights if they are unwilling to potentially squander their lives and thus a valuable intellectual resources to the nation in some affair where a high school dropout would suffice and probably excel. What do you think Dougie Howser represented in Starship Troopers? Remember the test scores Rico received? You are "serving" and risk getting blown up on a daily basis, that doesn't make you a patriot. You could be serving your country much better if you had hit the books harder, it was your choice not to shape yourself into something more to offer than obedient flesh. The guys working back at home are the force multiplier that separates you from your cold war era weapon wielding, improvised explosive using, malnourished, intel-less adversaries.

Take away the "rest of us" and those who serve in a direct military sense amount to little more than a bunch of nobodies in tattered rags fighting with sticks for nothing.

Hot damn, that's how you make a rebuttal boys...

[The Ancient]

Originally Posted by dak

What makes the only "worthy and contributing" members of society the ones who put bullets in people for a living?

How many people have to point out that Gov't service doesn't have to equate to putting bullets in people before you stop arguing that WAR ISN'T THE ANSWER. It doesn't have to be killing people for the right to vote, but something more significant than surviving to 18 without getting caught for a felony.

Shit, I'd like to see the numbers on the actual percent of Armed Service Members over the past 100 years who even engaged in combat. I'd be suprised if it reached 50%.

[Gryeyes]

Originally Posted by dak

lots of stuff

I said civil or military. Not in essence "combat troops" and a very small fraction of anyone in the military actually puts bullets into someone.

Shit, I'd like to see the numbers on the actual percent of Armed Service Members over the past 100 years who even engaged in combat. I'd be suprised if it reached 50%.

Id be shocked if it was even that how. Id imagine actual combat troops makeup 10% of the military or less.

[James]

Originally Posted by dak

Take away the "rest of us" and those who serve in a direct military sense amount to little more than a bunch of nobodies in tattered rags fighting with sticks for nothing.

Quit trying to dodge the draft you jobless hippy!

[Fog]

Donnie Darko is like a David Lynch movie dumbed down for disaffected high-schoolers.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Arbitrary

Isn't the book gigantically different?

Extremely.

And the very notion of the people having to serve the government is downright retaded. The government's sole purpose it to serve it's people, not nice versa. Some people chose to join the military, but that doesnt make them special or some how more enlightened or deserving. Neither would any other form of civil service.

[Ejukated]

Well, I was going to make another thread for this announcement but fearing that it will end up like this one, I'll just put it here. Feel free to rename this thread The Shitty Sequel Thread.



First you were wowed by an undercover agent with the ability to infiltrate the coolest of surfer dudes.













Prepare to have your mind blown by this follow up that takes you to levels of extreme you didn't think were possible.

[Ejukated]

Jan de Bont Directing Point Break Sequel - ComingSoon.net

Info:
--Title - Point Break: Indo
--Director - Jan de Bont (Twister, Speed)
--Writer - same as first one
--will take place 20 years after the disappearance of one of the criminal surfers (Patrick Swayze).

[The Ancient]

I just creamed my pants.

[Jysin-DW]

No fucking way... haha! Point Break 2!

To the OP: I cant even fathom how they would pull off a Donnie Darko sequel. The suspense trying to figure out what the hell was going on was the draw to the first movie. How are they going to replicate that now???

[Arbitrary]

C'mon Navy Seals 2.

[Gryeyes]

Originally Posted by Arbitrary

C'mon Navy Seals 2.

For some reason i never dug that movie. I vote for Red Dawn 2

[Jysin-DW]

Worst (pre)sequel ever has to be:

[Malice]

Word has it the novel Starship Troopers was supposed to be some metaphor. But the movie? Give me a break. It was for bugs and guns. Observe (note the music):

YouTube - Starship Troopers, made better.