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Posted: 6/4/2020 8:18:08 PM EDT
How would you have killed Kurtz?
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I'm not the kind of guy that they would send on that mission.
But in all honesty. I'd be awfully tempted to just turn around and report back. "Sorry, couldn't get close enough to the guy to get him. But I wouldn't be too worried. Something is going to kill him sooner or later. Probably sooner. Probably a massive heart attack." |
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If you were Willard. You had no choice. You killed Kurtz or he had you killed. That was the Colonels plan all along.
Chef was right. Never leave the boat. |
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I probably wouldn't make it any farther up river after I got laid!
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The "Heart of Darkness" Kurtz or the terribly miscast Marlon Brando Kurtz?
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For anyone that hasn't, read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. It's the book the movie is based off and is stupidly good. And short for you lazy bastards.
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Even the jungle wanted him dead. That's who he really took his orders from anyway.
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Quoted: Did I miss a scene, or was my Alzheimer's kicking in 30 years before I thought? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I probably wouldn't make it any farther up river after I got laid! Did I miss a scene, or was my Alzheimer's kicking in 30 years before I thought? Director's Cut. But original was a better movie. |
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Quoted: Almighty Almighty.. View Quote This is the correct answer. Grab Lance, head back to the boat, call in the air strike..... Almighty, Almighty. This is PBR Street Gang. Report back to General Corman, Captain Lucas & Jerry. Enjoy a lunch of roast beef and shrimp at the General’s trailer. Go fishing on R&R. Attached File |
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Quoted: Did I miss a scene, or was my Alzheimer's kicking in 30 years before I thought? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I probably wouldn't make it any farther up river after I got laid! Did I miss a scene, or was my Alzheimer's kicking in 30 years before I thought? Apocalypse Redux. Almost an added hour over original. |
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Quoted: This is the correct answer. Grab Lance, head back to the boat, call in the air strike..... Almighty, Almighty. This is PBR Street Gang. Report back to General Corman, Captain Lucas & Jerry. Enjoy a lunch of roast beef and shrimp at the General’s trailer. Go fishing on R&R. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116098/31544189-EF97-4126-9FAD-EB4AD119044B_jpe-1447210.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Almighty Almighty.. This is the correct answer. Grab Lance, head back to the boat, call in the air strike..... Almighty, Almighty. This is PBR Street Gang. Report back to General Corman, Captain Lucas & Jerry. Enjoy a lunch of roast beef and shrimp at the General’s trailer. Go fishing on R&R. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116098/31544189-EF97-4126-9FAD-EB4AD119044B_jpe-1447210.JPG Never want another. |
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For me once Kurtz became responsible for Chef's death, all bets are off. He's now responsible for the murder of a US serviceman, whether he personally did it or not. Up until then he was just mercilessly taking the fight to the enemy and accomplishing what all the brass would not. Killing an American would've made it easy for me, and that's how I would've handled it. No hesitation.
Oh... and "Redux" completely sucked. |
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Quoted: PBR Streetgang, PBR Streetgang, this is Almighty... View Quote Apocalypse Now Credits Ending Kurtz Compound Destruction Original Audio |
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Never Get Out of the Boat |
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If you're a Conrad fan, "Ad Astra" is another take on Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" as well. "Darkness" is a symbolic journey into the mind of man, and as the story progresses things start to unravel, and get weirder and weirder. You are on a journey into insanity. If you notice in "Apocalypse Now" every time the boat stops things get more surreal, more bizarre. Same thing goes for Ad Astra. Every time Brad Pitt/"Roy McBride" stops along his journey out things get darker and more insane. Both destinations met with an expedition leader playing God just as in "Heart of Darkness." Both films were renditions of Conrad's novel, although "Apocalypse" was clearly much more effective.
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Quoted: Quoted: PBR Streetgang, PBR Streetgang, this is Almighty... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X_XSqOy-zE This is the real ending. The one I saw in the theater in 1979. |
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after the war, the general got caught up in politics and the mafia
Terminate With Extreme Prejudice - Apocalypse Now (2/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD The Godfather: Part 2 (1/8) Movie CLIP - My Offer is Nothing (1974) HD |
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Seemed like Kurtz was about 3 jelly donuts away from a heart attack, so that's how I would do the deed. Pastries.
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Then there was Tony Poe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Poshepny
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"Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets in the Indy 500."
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Initially I could have considered at the very least of just abandoning the mission, if not even joining him. After imprisonment and Chef killing there no longer would be doubt of what to do.
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Uh oh, and Arfcom Apocalypse Now thread...
... prepare for someone to remind us that it’s based on “heart of darkness” every 5 posts |
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