"Red Dawn" Is In Remake !

[Pathfinder]

Its like Nena's "99 Luft Balloons" or Jesus Jones' "Right Here Right Now". You were either a child of the Cold War or you weren't. If you were, those songs and that movie have serious memories attached to them. If you weren't, they are just campy '80s schlock.

I got news for ya there, FQ, 99 Luft Balon WAS 80's schlock even back in the 80's. If this is a representation of a serious memory, boy, you got bigger problems than most of us even guessed at!

Let me guess - you openly wept at a Flock of Seagulls concert - assuming they ever had one?

[fightingquaker13]

I got news for ya there, FQ, 99 Luft Balon WAS 80's schlock even back in the 80's. If this is a representation of a serious memory, boy, you got bigger problems than most of us even guessed at!

Let me guess - you openly wept at a Flock of Seagulls concert - assuming they ever had one?

Wasn't that the band that Paul Macartney had after he left that old one?
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

I liked Flock of Seagulls OK, but I preferred Dexies midnight runners .
I can't for the life of me remember why.  

[PegLeg45]

I liked Flock of Seagulls OK, but I preferred Dexies midnight runners .
I can't for the life of me remember why.  

It was the banjo, wasn't it?      

[tombogan03884]

Dammit Peg, you made me search youtube and find that song, cuz I didn't remember any Banjo's.

Blame it on the 80's  

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[Timothy]

I agree with FQ that Soviets would have a hard time invading the continent.  By the time Red Dawn came out the cold war was essentially over so it was a feel good movie, campy and unrealistic for sure.  Completely unbelievable to me but enjoyable to watch anyway.

Might be the last time Charlie Sheen was sober too..  The Soviets had no Navy to speak of other than submarines, a few really shitty aircraft carriers but a more than capable long range bomber.  Murmansk to Havana without stopping.  We watched them on our deep sea hydrophones when they went over.  The noise signature was unmistakable and we could track them as well as we did submarines.  They could not leave port without a hitchhiker crawling up their backsides....undersea or in the air.

I'll watch it but not only did I live through the cold war, I have a Cold War Certificate and Congress is trying to give us a medal someday not that it matters much too me.  Webb is calling it quits in 2012 and he sponsored the bill. 

We won the Cold War without too many of you knowing what was going on, as it should be. 

[tombogan03884]

Mostly it was fought in Angleton's "wilderness of mirrors".
The most note worthy thing about Red Dawn was the Soviet use of Nicaraguan proxies for the actual assault.

[Timothy]

The most note worthy thing about Red Dawn was the Soviet use of Nicaraguan proxies for the actual assault.

Yes but for the Soviets to amass the armor necessary for an all out invasion from the south, without air cover or Naval bombardment was not a plausible scenario, by any stretch.......by the 50's we were operational, in the 60's we built the knowledge base of sound data, the 70's were our hayday, the 80's saw the beginning of the end and in 1996, we went into "wet storage".......

They never had a chance...trust me!  If the Chinese think they can today, I know at least 1000 ex S0SUS boys  and girls, that will do it for FREE!  Might need a cane, some Geritol and 80mg of aspirin daily but we'd get it done!

 

[fightingquaker13]

If it comes to an invasion fleet from China, it won't take but one sub crew. Aircraft carriers are great for air to mud, and as an instrument of force projection. Attack subs are nice for spec ops and targeted sinkings. But today? If you need to sink a fleet far out to sea, you use a Tomahawk with an MD-88 set to airburst and call it a day. Fleet battles are as obsolete as calvalry charges. Just sayin'.
FQ13

[Timothy]

This is my brothers work today.  He's been with Electric Boat since 1980...

We still got the chops...and we still have bunches of LA class and Ohio Class in the fleet..

http://www.sublant.navy.mil/VirginiaClass.htm