Posted on Mar 28, 2014
Most memorable military "movie discrepancies"?
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Ah yes, we've all seen them; "so, there you were" in a theater or a room full of service members or veterans, one minute everything's ok, then all of a sudden there it is... the over-the-top military movie discrepancy! So, what was that moment that stands out most in your mind? What are those associated memories or stories that come to mind? Did the base theater erupt into 'chaos' over an unkempt/incorrect uniform, improper language/jargon/ customs, or was there something that was just plain 'unsat' from a military point-of-view. lol Well, there's a ton of them out there, and I'm pretty sure that something should immediately come to mind, so what are we waiting for? Quick, pull up a keyboard, and let's get this thing started; thanks for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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MCPO (Join to see)
Hell, any John Wayne movie. His six-shooters all held 10-15 rounds - no matter what movie it was!!
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SFC Charles Woods
In 1966/67 time frame my unit had a USO show that starred Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans. We showed Roy Rodgers an M60 Machine gun,he cracked a joke sbout how he would not have needed it in his movies,as those 50 round six shooters only ran out of bullets when the director wnated to show Roy in a fist fight with the bad Guys.
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In the movie "Rambo" he shoots a law rocket out of helicopter. Really....can you say back blast!
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PO2 Tom Andrews
It's a special LAW using high pressure fruit juice. A kinder gentler LAW. Sort of a rule instead of a LAW!
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The Core, crap sci-fi movie, but the thing that drives me insane is the three minutes that Hilary Swank is in uniform, she's wearing these small hoop earrings. I just want throw something at the screen.
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SSG Nicholas Wright
But not the part where they fly into the center of the Earth to nuke the core back into spinning? ;)
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On the show Burn Notice there's a character portrayed by Bruce Campbell named Sam Axe who in the show is an ex-Navy SEAL. There's a few occasions where Bruce Campbell is in uniform, and as much as I love the man as an actor he has absolutely zero military bearing whatsoever. It was pretty obvious that the man had never been given any kind of instruction on how military men talk, move, provide customs and courtesies, and really do just about anything military related.
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SSG Trevor S.
He has mucho military experience, after all he did lead the "Army of Darkness". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/
Directed by Sam Raimi. With Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie. A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the ...
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SGT (Join to see)
In the series finale he was in his officer whites and not wearing his Trident despite mentioning he was a SEAL EVERY time his Navy career was brought up.
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In the original episode of Stargate SG-1 was an Air Force guy with SSGT stripes and Major insignia on the shoulder.
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SGT (Join to see)
Yes it does...I guess he must be from a special place where the Earth spins in the opposite direction.
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
The sun was setting in the west in CA where filmed, but he was "on the east coast of RVN" in the movie.
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In the spring of 1968, I was a student at the US Army Special Warfare School at Ft Bragg just prior to deploying to Vietnam as an advisor. The movie shown in the post theater was "The Green Berets" with John Wayne. The audience was filled to capacity with SF soldiers who had earned their green berets, many of whom had been "across the pond". The catcalls, boos, hissing, laughter and complaining were extremely loud and constant! The errors were too numerous to remember! Today, almost fifty years later, it is still my most memorable movie experience ever!
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GySgt Charles O'Connell
Having watched as much of it as I could stand, I have to add the, Jack Reacher, movies. what a load of nonsense.
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Independence Day, one of my favorite movies, but seriously, the POTUS in a flight suit going on a mission to save the world from aliens? Really?
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MAJ Terry LaFrance
That's an example of a movie that I classify as bad but still entertaining. It's a horrible film but the characters make it fun to watch, especially Jeff Goldblum - "Ooops" ? What's "oops"? No more "oops.'
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Interceptor - 1993 movie where terrorists hijack a C-5 by climbing down the interior of a KC-135 boom and cutting a hole in the fuselage...then the hero evades the terrorists by climbing through the miles of hidden crawl spaces in the aircraft -- followed by a F-117 "dogfight" that ensues after the aircraft are airdropped off the C-5 ramp...wings unfolded (ha) and engines started during the flat-spin freefall to earth. This one's hard to beat.
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