If he dies... he dies

[RedRalph]

Was just watching the first half of the utterly high-larious Cold War propaganda movie rocky IV last night, featuring Dolph Lundgren as evil communist death machine with no heart vs emotional, patriotic freedom loving Sly stallone

any other great examples of Cold War propaganda? Particularly form the East?

 

[RedRalph]

http://www.authentichistory.com/1960s/treasure_chest/godless_communism.html

this is a good laugh even staunch anti-communists will see the humour in

 

[Ecofarm]

The absolutely worst one, by far, is 'Iron Eagle'. It was on some cable station last month and I just had to keep watching, like a train wreck. It's so awful, you will not believe it.

Instead of the antagonist (at least) being a death machine, they are just complete and total morons all the time.

The protagonist is some kid that jumps in a fighter jet and becomes the best ever. He slaughters those commies (err, evil muslims) left and right!

It's one of the most embarrassing movies ever to come out of hollywood.

But it's not cold war. It's evil (and OH SO INCOMPETANT) islamic govt.

I'll think a lil more and post a particularly bad cold war movie if I can think of one.

http://www.authentichistory.com/1960s/treasure_chest/godless_communism.html

this is a good laugh even staunch anti-communists will see the humour in

Issue 1:

"A revolution was directed by a small group of men who urged people to attack their representative government".

1) Was not small group.
2) What representative govt? The tsarist autocracy?? WTH

That's enough of that series for me.

 

[RedRalph]

Red Scorpion was a good one. Again, featuring Dolph Lundgren as a heartless, humourless soviet killing machine, who (literally) only learns to smile when he decides to switch to capitalism. Isnt freedom great?

 

[RedRalph]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWihWfdH4Zw

Ivan Drago tribute (isnt Drago a Serb name?)

 

[rhawn]

The absolutely worst one, by far, is 'Iron Eagle'.

I believe there are several incarnations of this one.

 

[DNK]

What's the one with... I want to say Bruce Campbell for some reason... no, Clint Eastwood! The one with Clint in the top secret fighter jet?

Beyond idiotic. Doesn't really deserve an actual analysis, it's just that bad.

That and Steel Magnolias.
I never saw SM, but I assume it was about the Iron Curtain and hippies trying to infiltrate it in the 60s and then get everyone in East Berlin on an acid trip to harmonyland, but then they get caught and sent to a work camp in Siberia, but they use the warmth of love to melt the snow and get on a tie-dyed train to Moscow where they spread their message of peace to all of Russia and end the Cold War, and Nixon gets kicked out of office and replaced with Jerry Garcia.

Yeah, that movie sounds stupid. The premise is ridiculous.

 

[RedRalph]

Issue 1:

"A revolution was directed by a small group of men who urged people to attack their representative government".

1) Was not small group.
2) What representative govt? The tsarist autocracy?? WTH

That's enough of that series for me.

the bit about WW2 is hilarious too... paraphrasing, but in one bit they imply the Red Army wont get off its arse to fight the Germans (!), a few frames later they complain that they only bothered to capture Berlin out of greed

http://www.authentichistory.com/1960s/treasure_chest/v17_14_12.html

Brilliant... "I hear the Russians are claiming they won the war against Germany" "they ought to stop crowing and help us fight the japs"

Next frame:

"I hear the Russians declared war on Japan" "thats no surprise. this way Stalin can say he fought the Japanese and claim some of their land as reward"

Make yo ***in minds up

 

[Ecofarm]

What's the one with... I want to say Bruce Campbell for some reason... no, Clint Eastwood! The one with Clint in the top secret fighter jet?

Firefox was campy, not all bad

True, the Soviets were pathetic, but it was a fun movie overall.

Tagline: The most devastating killing machine ever built. His job... steal it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_(film)

Fighter jet with cloaking device (was that the super-power, I forget)? How can that be all bad.

At least the civilian Russians helping Clint were kickass.

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Anyone who proposes Red Dawn should recieve an infraction.

 

[RedRalph]

link is bad eco, last bracket not in URL

 

[DNK]

Yes, campy - campbell. It makes sense now. My subconscious was trying to tell me in what way the movie was bad.

 

[philippe]

Red Dawn is horribly campy.

 

[Yeekim]

http://www.authentichistory.com/1960s/treasure_chest/godless_communism.html

this is a good laugh even staunch anti-communists will see the humour in

I did not bother to read further than first two issues, but I spotted nothing funny so far. A bit simple-minded, but it is a comic book after all.

 

[RedRalph]

I did not bother to read further than first two issues, but I spotted nothing funny so far. A bit simple-minded, but it is a comic book after all.

Moronically simple-minded, have a look through

 

[joycem10]

Fighter jet with cloaking device (was that the super-power, I forget)?[/B]

If I remember correctly, the super power was that the jet could hear your thoughts. So instead of flicking a toggle you just thought "fire chaff" and the MIG 35 (maybe?, i forget what designation they gave it) would respond immediately.

The trick was, to quote one of the characters, "You have to think in Russian Major Whatsyername!"

 

[bhsup]

Red Dawn is horribly campy.

Red Dawn is awesome!! I love it and have it on DVD.

"BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE!!!!"

"WOLVERINES!!!!"

"AVENGE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[Bugfatty300]

Enemy Mine

A Cold War inspired movie transported to scif-fi genre.

Why are humans made so evil in this movie? You'd think there'd be some balance between evil/good humans and evil/good Draks.

I mean halfway through the movie I kinda wanted the Draks to wipe out humanity because we are apparently just a bunch of a-holes and jerks.

 

[Aegis]

“We should have done our thinking and praying before this happened, Bill. But it’s never too late, lets go to church and ask for God’s help.”

 

[RedRalph]

“We should have done our thinking and praying before this happened, Bill. But it’s never too late, lets go to church and ask for God’s help.”

Little known fact, the Berlin wall only fell because the Germans realised its never too late to pray

 

[Aegis]

Little known fact, the Berlin wall only fell because the Germans realised its never too late to pray

That's exactly why I was laughing.