Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for July 06, 2022

Funny how some things never change. They are just rebooted or get umpteen sequels.

Binkley, Binkley, Binkley…war makes you swell, yes, but there’s an ointment for that!!

I wonder if Hollywood’s reliance on gun usage will abate as we become a more sensible about which firearms we allow in society.

Sign here and see the world …

Yeah, and it’s partly that attitude that leads to more wars. Ever notice how few veterans are thrilled about the prospect?

happy to say i have seen none of those movies

when reagan and Gorbachov met in iceland, there was a mad scramble at the movie theatre accross form where the russian leader was staying, the film playing, and the front was heavily decorated, was Top Gun.

Nothing like 2 hour advertisements for the Industrial Military Complex.

3 of the worst movies ever made!

So Binkley is BD, Milo is Mike, and the duck is Zonker, right?

Violence sells! That is what Hollywood is all about, making money. Make war! Morals and ethics don’t apply, either.

I thought Red Dawn ended rather sadly with all but one of the resistant band group the movie followed dying and the last one limping off with his dead brother. Is that swell?

Tell that to the victims of more than 300 mass shootings in the USA so far in 2022.

And then he grew up and spent four tours in Afghanistan – now he knows better!

I remember one of the Rambo movies being picketed by a group of military veterans (probably of Vietnam era) who resented Sylvester Stallone (who evaded the draft) not only playing a role like this but speaking in interviews as if he represented Vietnam vets.

The Army’s latest advertising is about the all the friends you’ll make in the Army. Pretty sick

Young Binkley seems to have missed the nuances. He is no Critic!

Until you have to go.

Nobody who saw Rambo or Red Dawn would think war is swell. Exciting? Action Packed? Sure (both lies) but swell? Not a chance.

Top Gun – not war (outside the end) and, well, it’s Navy. War may be swell for them in the 80s onward.