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I know you do honey. Much love and respect. I sure do love that Irishman :)
It’s here darlin! first episode not too bad… I do wish shows, hadn’t updated to script in Covid… I watch to escape this reality, and every fall show has incorporated 2020 into it. sigh
OMG thank you, thank you, thank you. I had been wracking my brain trying to remember where I had seen a similar, though slightly less eyerollingly clichéd and utterly predictable show.
It was “Evil”!
I could kiss you, you magnificent bastard! 😚
OMG really? where do you find this stuff? and it has 2 stars! lmao
Review by Quora user Jason Bell.
“D-FENS is 1950s America, its values and beliefs roaming through savage, post-recession 1990s gangland LA, getting beaten down and erased from society. The glasses, shirt, pen holder and briefcase (note the apple) are the character. He’s the film’s “bad guy” only to that LA environment. The ‘50s cues and eradication of run throughout the movie.
The movie is packed with so much imagery that easy to miss.
D-FENS isn’t a person. He’s an era: post-WWII/Korea boom times of the American dream of financially comfortable, gainfully employed, patriotic, altruistic, stable family, white middle class USA. The film showcases the eradication of D-FENS’ era with the war zone and widespread unemployment of then modern LA because of disastrous government policy, banking industry greed, lethargic citizen decadence and selfish apathy. Tom Wolfe beat the screenwriters to the selfishness problem by two decades with “The Me Decade.”
Not being a person but a concept, and note every violent outburst is comical, because the socioeconomic situation is one big terrible joke, D-FENS doesn’t have a psychiatric disorder. While modern viewers would assume he’s some banal white racist, the army surplus scene shows that he isn’t. He’s a walking, talking, explosively bitter and angry anachronistic value system, exceptionally performed by Douglas.
Through the film the glasses get damaged. More imagery that D-FENS’ window to the world is cracked and distorted. The “home” he wants to get back to, ‘50s pleasantville, doesn’t exist. Many references to “not economically viable,” tenacious park beggars, cold-blooded gangbangers shooting innocent bystanders in daylight, presenting urban USA as a nightmare of a failed society.
The film is that apple pie is dead; gone are stable careers, edenic family life, replaced by something in the direction of Escape From New York with endemic greed and apathy, obsession with cheap useless consumer products; refused breakfast by a dyspeptic Whammy Burger manager dweeb in the silly suit.
Duvall’s character, the loving faithful husband, deceased daughter, mournful hurting household, is a whole other movie within the movie of how US society treats each other with contempt. The two meet up in the end for the first time. Duvall’s character, not unlike a calm, rational, wise fraternal American dream twin cousin, prevails because the values and beliefs of the ’50s era don’t need to die. By personal choice, anyone can uphold them, even if everyone or most around are contemptuous pricks or losing their mind. Prendergast is the cool, calm decision maker. His character makes altruistic decisions for what is best for everyone, putting his own life on the line if necessary, with only Det. Torres as ally and somewhat so Det. Brian. The Korean storeowner and Japanese cop characters are no coincidence. All imagery and dialogue and almost overcooked to drive the point further and further along.
D-FENS, spending the whole story defending values, can’t be psychotic since would mean ‘50s USA was psychotic. He’s the embodiment of assumed silent majority bitterness at the state of modern society, who expresses his discontent with violence with broken bat and gym bag of guns, which never works. By riddling the public telephone with bullets, another ‘50s nod, he’s become the ‘90s post-recession LA he detests. Like the character’s line, D-FENS orbits the far side of the moon in his LA ghetto travels, emerging back into radio contact to ex-wife, daughter and Prendergast, that his approach and methods to defending values, like his car and shoe, are broken beyond repair. The ’50s are gone but going berserk won’t solve the problems of the present.”
Nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of many of the smaller critic and fan awards.
cool! I rarely overlook a film with these two in it, so was surprised when I saw it. thanks!
Nice comments from the guy that SCOTUS ruled knowingly violated the constitution with DACA. Seems like a President who does that “put democracy on a dangerous path.”
You mean THIS ruling? The Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump in a set of cases over his effort to end the Obama-era executive order known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
Is DACA unconstitutional?
The short answer is, the Supreme Court has yet to rule on its constitutionality, so calling it “unconstitutional” is presumptive. And while the program has vocal opponents, legal experts largely argue that the program is not only constitutional but based on commonplace practices.
Everyone is aware that the election was stolen. Some just won’t admit it. Some can’t. It would be an admission of guilt. Barrack Obama is continuing his mission of destroying America. He said that was his goal , when elected. “I’m going to fundamentally change America”. And he did. President Trump ALMOST had time to repair his damage. Democrats should run out of other people’s money in four years, and another Republican can fix things again. Except for maybe Libya. Obama did such a number on THEM, that I don’t know if they will EVER get straight.
waiting patiently for the Hd version they should be coming soon this movie looks mint ala “once were warriors “and “what becomes of the broken hearted “ 2 of my fav kiwi movies -bring it on :)
Totally Agree!! I said that on IG about SVU and the Chicagos, I watch tv to escape some of the day to day reality after being out in it. Even the “Reality” shows are partially scripted to a point sadly so you expect them to have the news of the day stuff, but we dont need to be reminded of the hell we lived, and are still living through when we sit down to relax.
Yeah I’ve been so disappointed in these story lines. WE KNOW what’s happening, we don’t need it in our face when trying to escape from it for an hour. Greys, This is Us, Chicago Med, etc.. It’s too much. I want a break! Stay safe.
Dangggg this season is going to good. Chicago PD never ceases to disappoint. Just hope it’s all 20 plus episodes and not short like most shows have been so far
I seriously wish they would leave Covid/current events out of the script though. I watch these Chicago shows to escape, not to have the news/issues shoved in my face. Big fan… just sayin.
This was a great film Billy Bob should have gotten an Oscar for that performance, def worth it and it was good to see John Ritter another soul gone to soon
He won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, which is pretty good…and he did get nominated…. can’t remember who won that year.. I think Jack Nicholson in As good as it gets.
It’s unfortunate they ended this excellent series. The storyline of a genius, caring, but drug addicted doctor… this was top notch.
lol! has anyone seen this? I don’t remember this film.
It almost looks like a comedy.
I really enjoyed this documentary, for I grew up with this man throughout the years. “Friday the 13th” scared the crap out of me, another trauma with lasting remnants. STILL won’t go into a lake. It was interesting to know about the man behind the mask. I admire and respect him for coming back from hell, literally. He’s one of the pillars of horror movies for me, and I feel privileged that he went deep within himself, to share his life experiences with us, his fans. Especially those who have watched him since his first Jason movie. I’m glad he’s find happiness in his life and still continues to work, for our twisted pleasure. Definitely worth watching, if you’re a horror movie fan, because you’ve seen ONE of his movies, at least for sure.
Oh how cool! Thank you linkers! I watched I think it was called Samsara… this is some beauty right here
Huzzah!
GENIUS Episode! I can’t decide which lines made me laugh the most! lol But Counting Nemo, was pretty good lol
Back in the cold war of the 1980s, America may have had Christine, the psychopathic car but Czechoslovakia went one better with Ferat Vampire, a car that kills and drinks blood as fuel!
This is such an entertaining science fiction/horror film that is played straight but is so darkly comedic in an understated way. The director Juraj Herz is sadly little known in the English speaking cinema world but films like this and his Beauty And The Beast adaptation are wonderful and well worth checking out.
Thanks for your comment. when links are posted, I will check it out.
Oh! This looks absolutely wonderful! Just the trailer was insightful and uplifting :)
hahaha BLM and antifa have sanctioned the looting and violence , just look it up on youtube . the favourate excuse is “looting is reporations for slavery “ or “we’re only violent because we are frustrated “ . Look at black militia groups like NFAC who are demanding their own ( black americans ) land so they can segragate themselves . Up until recently I considered myself leftwing but I have seen how radical the left is now , they are the fascists intent on control and creating division. Kyle rittenhouse was hardly a murderer , he defended himself . watch the latest full footage
@whatmywifedoesntknow hahahaha! Oh that’s rich! “Just look it up on YouTube” lmao! Yep, YouTube is the place for credible news. smh
Nothing ethical about medical professionals who butcher the unborn, including post-birth(how evil is that), or who slice/dice children to create trans-humans. If that’s your science, you can keep it. So I wonder who has the real mental problems..eh. In a world gone mad, the Joe bidens, Clintons, obamas are your new normal. You can keep’em.
hmmmmm… read balanced non biased news much? No? Ya, I didn’t think so. google a Chart of news bias. From your post, I don’t even think you read the way out there far far right… you’ve gone beyond that. smh
sorry but this comment caught my eye..better character? really? Yes, there are more male serial killers that have been documented but it is theorized there are actually a LOT more female serial killers that are UNdocumented because people generally don’t attribute these kinds of crimes to women…also, for those women serial killers that are known, their crimes are MUCH more heinous…most of them killed people they knew, or they killed others close to them including their own children..male serial killers tend to stalk and murder total strangers…anyways, i could keep going on, but i think you get my point. Before you go putting all men in the same apple Basket like you seem to be doing here, and making comments like “better character” because there aren’t as many female SK then there are male, think about the fact that females crimes are much more heinous and personal in nature…as a woman, i am sure you have heard the phrase “Hell hath no Fury…”? That saying is there for a reason. All men aren’t the same, so it is unfair to judge us based on the actions of a small percentage…i HATE being judged for others misdeeds and i also don’t appreciate someone insinuating that men possess a lesser “character” because of the ridiculous reason you are using here. Just sayin’. Would you want to be thought of as a money grubbing gold digging shallow, stupid woman because there are so many of those TYPES of women out there? Who believe that having Beauty means never having to work and that you are better than everyone else? I don’t think you would..just like Men don’t like to be generalized either due to the actions of a few idiots like Biden. Biden is creepy AF and has no place running for POTUS, and i find it incredibly hypocritical of the Dems to allow him to represent them considering the accusations against him and how lightly he seems to be taking them (probably because he knows he can get away with it in his circle). These are the same people that tried to destroy Kavanaugh for something they alleged happened DECADES earlier! Now, i don’t know the truth, but i DO know that some of these accusers (don’t know if Ford was one of them) admitted that their claims were false, that they had never met the man and that they were “LED” by someone from the Dems!! I mean, crazy, right!? And now these same people are going to allow Biden to run for POTUS and be the possible official candidate for the Dems! Hypocrites, all of them! Anyways, my rant is over. Don’t judge all men based on the actions of a few, that is both unfair and immoral…I am sure you wouldn’t appreciate that yourself…unfortunately it seems to be ok to bash men nowadays due to our “toxic Masculinity” whatever the fuck THAT is supposed to mean… Don’t expect a MAN to apologize for BEING a MAN who enjoys getting his hands dirty or some other generally MALE thing to do like fix cars…
First You said: All men aren’t the same, so it is unfair to judge us based on the actions of a small percentage. THEN you said: Hypocrites, all of them! I am laughing my ass off!
wow watched the first Sat Nite episode… George Carlin… this was a trip down memory lane THANK you uploaders!
I live in Russia and Putin regularly answers questions in an open public forum. He will sometimes stand for hours responding to the questions of regular citizens with no limit on subject. What is profound in this is he answers without canned responses and is a master of facts and statistics. It’s quite refreshing to watch after spending a lifetime watching western pols answer questions with non answers while grabbing for sound bytes.
You’re welcome. Haha I don’t know but I have requested links so hopefully they will upload it soon :D
Definitely worth a watch. Before going into this documentary I heard a lot of people complained because Oliver Stone was ‘’Too nice’’. Which I don’t get. He seems to be polite enough to wanting to have a dialogue with President Putin. And he seems to have a great way of asking his questions. Even though the answers are yeah, expected. But then again I think it is really something that we haven’t seen before even though these interviews are what to expect from a politician. Nevertheless very interesting and exciting for anyone who is a fan of politics, history and other cultures.
thanks for commenting, I have on watch now.. but where is the last episode?
“He brews his own beer…” I said out loud OF COURSE HE DOES…then main Character says “Of course he does…” LMFAO I about lost it.
hahaha!! Can’t wait to see, but waitin so I can watch with my son.
I thought this was fiction.sigh Hit’s too close to home. Back in the early 70’s when Santa Cruz CA was called the ‘murder capital of the world’ I lost my best friend. We believe she was killed by Kempner, though it was never made official. About 6 months later, another beautiful friend and her two children, were killed by Mullen, that crazy bastard is up for parole in 2025! How he didn’t get life, is beyond me. I was on my way to Kathy’s house to spend the day with her, when I got a terrible feeling, on the way there, turned around and went home with my baby instead. …but for the grace… Both murders destroyed me for a long time though. :(
I watched it Saturday and was thinking the same thing. But it seems that right after the death of Natasha Richardson, he began to make one movie after the other. It was as if he needed to keep really busy to not possibly go over the deep end or drink a lot. He isn’t young anymore and not sure how he keeps the pace up for action movies.
Yes, I think that may be part of it. His boys may help keep him young. Just read an interview on Heavy, where they talk about Natasha’s death. I’m looking forward to watching Made in Italy. His son Michael stars with him in it. I think I will watch it with my son.
Oh look! It’s Liam in the same movie again. I KNOW he has more nuanced actor skills, sure wish they would cast him in something that could utilize them. I love him, so I will watch…. just sayin.
No, no, no! I just watched the trailer and even though it’s intriguing, I don’t care for drama’s/movies with satanic overtones. I’ve never watch The Exorcist and even hearing the theme song played on the radio when I was a teen unnerved me to the point I had to sleep clutching my bible. Laugh if you must, but I draw the line…some believe in neither God nor the devil but where does that evil come from……hmmmm?
Though I don’t believe like you do, perhaps, I can’t believe people voted your comment down. I think I will pass on this too.
Both my son and I watched the first episode.(2020 Amazon, didn’t know there was an original) An hour of our lives we can’t get back, and wish we spent watching the stars through his telescope hahahaha…. simply awful.
Pretty cool. But sad to see.
I think I may have to rewatch this great series