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   "gatt"  wrote in message   
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   > "Don Homuth"  wrote in message   
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   >>My grandfather and I watched the "Why We Fight" series that was shown to   
   >>all new soldiers during World War II,   
   >>   
   >> Did you see the original in its entirety -- including the films about   
   >> the USSR's experiences?   
   >   
   > I think so. It rings a bell, but I don't remember exactly.   
   >   
   >> When it was made, there was no 90210 campiness.  That was The Way Things   
   >> Were Shown.   
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   > I mean Starship Troopers.  They did a great job of capturing the tone of   
   > the Why We Fight propaganda documentaries, with a futuristic spin, which   
   > was very fascinating until "actors" actually attempted to "act." It almost   
   > seemed deliberately ridiculous, like the way the troops would run out of   
   > the back of the transports and then just stand there and hop around in a   
   > gaggle. Would have been a better movie if they'd scrapped the romance and   
   > sex schlock.  OTOH, the last Heinlein I read went in the garbage can   
   > before the last page because it too became ridiculous.  ("Number of the   
   > Beast.")   
      
   Bad Gatt; bad, bad, bad!  Thou shalt not disparage the sainted Heinlein! ...   
      
      
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