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Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Heh, I was going to mention the Caine Mutiny. MacMurray really did make a career out of being a dick, at least until he did The Absent-Minded Professor.
McQueen's last movie was The Hunter, which I only know because of the Drive By Truckers song about McQueen.
The coolest goddamned motherfucker on the silver screen...
(Also, check out Bogart as Caine slowly unraveling.)
Queeg. The Caine was the boat, I believe.
I want to know what happened to the strawberries.
Bogie gave good crazy (see also TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE).
Queeg. The Caine was the boat, I believe.
Was that the movie about the (fictional) crew of the WWII destroyer that mutinied against their crazy and incompetent captain?
Was that the movie about the (fictional) crew of the WWII destroyer that mutinied against their crazy and incompetent captain?
Yep. There was a play made of it as well.
But first, it was a novel by Herman Wouk. Not a very good novel, I'm afraid, but that is Herman Wouk for you.
It was inspired by an actual event, when Admiral Halsey (edit: I think it was him) sailed his carrier task force directly into a hurricane or typhoon or something - several destroyers (which are small ships when compared to a carrier) sank as a result of the storm.
I put off reading that damn thing until the day before my 11th grade History test on it. 617 pages in the printing I had!
But first, it was a novel by Herman Wouk.
I can totally tie this back to "Firefly". Here's how: a married couple, both friends of mine, can never agree on "good" books, each of them enjoys completely different books. The favorite of the husband? The "Cain Mutiny" mentioned above. The favorite of the wife? "Ender's Game", written by Orson Scott Card, who apparently really likes "Firefly".
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Queeg. The Caine was the boat, I believe.Okay. I thought so, but I don't like to correct Nutty, because 99 times out of 100, she's going to be correct, and I'm going to be wrong. Plus, I get a little dizzy(ier) trying to keep straight The Caine Mutiny, Citizen Kane, and Mutiny on the Bounty.
Whenever I try to sort them out in my teeny brain, I wake up on my old sled, watching Casablanca.
Plus, I get a little dizzy(ier) trying to keep straight The Caine Mutiny, Citizen Kane, and Mutiny on the Bounty.
And, strangeley enough, none of them star Michael Caine.