Yeah, I always assumed that line referred to Russia.
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'Sleeper'
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Jessica - Jan 26, 2009 10:46:37 am PST #9685 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Jessica - Jan 26, 2009 10:48:28 am PST #9686 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I couldn't make it through the recap. Neon text on black = instant headache.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2009 10:51:25 am PST #9687 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It had never occurred to me that it was anything other than Vietnam.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2009 10:52:09 am PST #9688 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Neon text on black = instant headache
Or exacerbation thereof.
juliana - Jan 26, 2009 10:52:44 am PST #9689 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It had never occurred to me that it was anything other than Vietnam.
That and Korea, but same here.
Ailleann - Jan 26, 2009 10:56:35 am PST #9690 of 10000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I always assumed he was referring to Napoleon.
brenda m - Jan 26, 2009 11:01:25 am PST #9691 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Um, I never imagined Vizinni's speach referencing Viet Nam directly. "A land war in Asia"
I thought that was kind of a truism - that a land war in Asia never goes well, not for U.S., France, Russia, etc. So yes, Vietnam, but more like the history of Western intervention in Asia since 1700 or something.
megan walker - Jan 26, 2009 11:05:10 am PST #9692 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I always thought it was a geeky reference to Risk.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2009 11:07:48 am PST #9693 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Korea. There too. But my knowledge of history is very erratic.
brenda m - Jan 26, 2009 11:09:57 am PST #9694 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
“The U.S. has broken the second rule of war. That is, don’t go fighting with your land army on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don’t march on Moscow. I developed these two rules myself.”
Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery (Viscount Alamein) in 1962 (spoken of the US approach to the Vietnam War) Quoted in Chalfont’s Montgomery of Alamein.