Social Meme Thread v.81: RIP Gregolian (1988-2022)

[BroRogan]

Voting for Trump in 2016

Voting for Trump in 2024

 

[BroRogan]

 

[deltapapha]

 

[skysolo]

 

[Deorum]

A committed Pagan, wearing a Mjlonir and worshiping Odin

Voting for Trump in 2016

Voting for Trump in 2024

What an athlete, he's as wide as a barn door. Truly an inspiration for all the little boys out there.

My biggest outside inspiration as a little boy was Arnold by far (shame about some of his recent views). I was already lifting weights before middle school and he was the sole reason I started asking my parents to buy me Polo shirts, simply 'cause Dutch -- his GOAT character -- wore one in Predator. <Lmaoo> He represented the epitome of what a man was to me.

This was undoubtedly the most impressionable moment of my entire childhood. I smirk every time @Papi Chulo drops the gif of it.

 

[Papi Chulo]

My biggest outside inspiration as a little boy was Arnold by far (shame about some of his recent views). I was already lifting weights before middle school and he was the sole reason I started asking my parents to buy me Polo shirts, simply 'cause Dutch -- his GOAT character -- wore one in Predator. <Lmaoo> He represented the epitome of what a man was to me.

This was undoubtedly the most impressionable moment of my entire childhood. I smirk every time @Papi Chulo drops the gif of it.

You were jacked

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

The holes in converse are for ventilation

The rivets in jeans are supposed to re-enforce the stitching on pockets and reduce tearing

The cylinder on your cables is called a ferret and is used to block electrical noise from your computer/electrical product

no idea what the last one is for

 

[Tyler Durden]

man, is this a joke? like, cut footage to make her look dumb or what?
i keep seeing stuff like this, from her and biden, and it's like they're absolutely stoned.
literally nonsensical shit nobody seem to bat an eyelid at.
what the fuck?

And Pelosi is just as bad.

 

[Deorum]

(Bifröst to Asgard is present tho)

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

'bi' frost is right

 

[Fox by the Sea]

My biggest outside inspiration as a little boy was Arnold by far (shame about some of his recent views). I was already lifting weights before middle school and he was the sole reason I started asking my parents to buy me Polo shirts, simply 'cause Dutch -- his GOAT character -- wore one in Predator. <Lmaoo> He represented the epitome of what a man was to me.

This was undoubtedly the most impressionable moment of my entire childhood. I smirk every time @Papi Chulo drops the gif of it.

Predator is one of the best movies of all time.
not action movie. movie period.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[irish_thug]

Even better than German Shepherds for K9 work? Brit police use GSD's and refer to them as, "Land Sharks" or, "Furry Crocodiles".

Not as big, but fast, strong, relentless and a mouth full of razor blades. I was doing aggitation work with one once and the little bitch decided "nope, I'm going to duck under that bite sleeve you've got there and go for that nice juicy inner thigh".

 

[irish_thug]

Predator is one of the best movies of all time.
not action movie. movie period.

This is why we're friends.

 

[Deorum]

Predator is one of the best movies of all time.
not action movie. movie period.

This is why we're friends.

I wrote this about it in a convo with @Kforcer and @PrinceOfPain last Summer:

Predator is a actually really, really good film, small handful of campy one-liners and all. For an action flick Arnold's performance was actually spectacular, the best character he ever played and even possessed layers of subtlety IMO. The depth perhaps isn't even so much in the writing but due to Arnold squeezing more out of the material and dialogue than what is really there to be had.

The flick also gets an enormous boost with the horror elements that are fused into it, and is able to both build and maintain tension. Once they drop into Guatemala, almost nothing feels as though it's all fun and games. The investigation and exposure to the skinnings in the jungle is really class stuff, played remarkably well by all. The growing suspicion Dutch has for Dillon is absolutely palpable and the primary reason it's felt is due to Arnold's variety of understated facial expressions.

The shooting jungle sequence actually makes quite the metaphor for the impotence of strong-arm military aggression against an enemy that can't be predicted or understood. They are killed by the Predator not because of how they react but in spite of it; they are predators themselves who find out they are outclassed. The credibility of the creature here is also paramount to the success of though, I can't imagine if they'd stuck with JCVD in a ridiculous lizard suit.

It's also almost the anti-thesis of Commando in a way. I mean, at 40 years young it was the greatest shape Arnold ever attained or brought to a film post-bodybuilding career but his character wasn't indestructible. He's quite human, vulnerable and not near the one-man army (or literal killing cyborg) of most his other classics. He gets his ass kicked as he realistically should and ultimately wins due to his wit and survival skills as opposed to muscular brawn and unlimited ammo.

For being such a lean-and-mean script with a simplistic plot, the overall characterization was outstanding front to back (trying to avoid top/bottom puns): Every member of the team is believable, thoroughly belongs and comes with their own very distinctive personality, style and skill sets that are successfully fleshed out as much as was feasible.

"My men are not expendable" and they aren't: There's a sense of loss as each one is picked off and a dwindling sense of morale amongst them that Dutch is duty-bound and obliged to hold together. This isn't even touching upon the other blatantly obvious factors such as the design, features and effectiveness of the creature (an ATG), hostile environment and setting (absolutely real), the action scenes and weaponry (over the top amazing) or blunt celebration of raw masculinity.

 

[Broke Lester]

The holes in converse are for ventilation

The rivets in jeans are supposed to re-enforce the stitching on pockets and reduce tearing

The cylinder on your cables is called a ferret and is used to block electrical noise from your computer/electrical product

no idea what the last one is for

The last one is to separate hard working people from their money.

 

[HankScorpio]

I support the opposite of the current thing

Sometime the best move is; no move.

 

[S Class]

The gift that keeps on giving:

 

[S Class]