Standing On Boxes

Tonight: Mail Call

The Gunny (R. Lee Ermey) takes a WW II M2 armored half-track out for a spin… (Looks like it was the WW II equivalent of a Humvee)

Why can’t I have a job like that?

Can anyone explain the break-dancing scene in “Flash Dance“? Was it there for any reason other than an ’80′s attempt at: “Look at how cool we are with the hip, modern culture.”

Oh… well it was on Bravo tonight… why would I watch it (now)?

Other than to see how cute Jennifer Beals was 20 years ago? (I was still a teenager when it came out… I can’t believe she is actually several years older than I am… that actually makes me feel old).

At my age… she’s the only reason to even think about watching this movie… the simplistic plot and 80′s-ness of it are more of a turn-off than anything else. And the cradle-robbing boss/boyfriend? Can we say “Ick!” ? (The same thing that turns me off of a lot of Buffy/Giles fics…