Post B2hHxNxlHCdc5XPwtU by flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange
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(DIR) Post #B2gjihDvzBzx2Vo2yG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-26T20:47:21Z
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Some people watch the movie "Patton" and they think he's a really cool guy and not a creepy monster filled with all the bloodlust of a strange ancient god to whom you must sacrifice your children. And so I don't really like that film for it's ambiguity on the necessity of such men. It's not cute.
(DIR) Post #B2gkL4pmeQpnGooMkq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-26T20:54:17Z
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@bryan I mean that's the cinematic conceit of the story. The big "it makes you think" question of the film. Though I always thought it was a more clear story about how war is always hell, and anyone who loves it is nuts. And that's not getting in to the "real man" who was not as ... honorable as the creature of symbols in the movie.
(DIR) Post #B2glMUWEk1WZApuHBY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-26T21:05:44Z
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@LevZadov The real person and the character in the movie are kind of distinct figures.Patton is the "Born in the USA" of movies in a lot of ways.
(DIR) Post #B2hHxNxlHCdc5XPwtU by flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange
2026-01-27T03:10:56Z
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@futurebird the historical Patton had a much higher pitched voice than George C. Scott; part of the personality was in the neighborhood of small guy syndromeAlso, I think Omar Bradley, who had no love lost for Patton, was the technical consultant for the film and so it played up the crazy. But dudes saw it and thought that was great, much like how a lot of dudes think that Col. Jessup did nothing wrong in A Few Good MenLife imitates art (derogatory)
(DIR) Post #B2hpXqmIut9sMy3Oue by rayhindle@mastodon.social
2026-01-27T09:27:18Z
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@futurebird Patton should have been sacked after the incident on Sicily, if not before!