What would DU look like in 1970 the day after "the movie" Patton came out?

[theboss]

I imagine my computer would literally have caught fire, and I would have spent the next 16 hours replacing tubes and cards and such.

[pintobean]

1. I never knew he came out.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Patton was gay?

[tblue]

10. My first thought too.

[isobar]

3. Say what?

[Gman]

4. Patton the MOVIE

I said, "Huh? Patton was gay? Thought he died."

Nevertheless, the effect on DU would be about equal in either situation.

[benz380]

5. Brigadier General Hobart R. Gay was his chief of staff. n/t

[tblue]

11. So Patton was his own Chief of Staff?

[benz380]

14. Gay's nickname was 'Hap' for happy. He was Happy Gay.

Patton and Gay were seated in the back seat of the staff car, en route to a hunting lodge when a traffic accident resulted in General Patton sustaining spinal injuries which later cost his life. General Gay was uninjured. After Patton's death, Gay assumed command of the US 1st Armored Division Europe serving until 1947.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34160263

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. Do a search for threads about "Forrest Gump". If a FICTIONAL character can make mouths foam...

Just imagine the havoc a movie about General Patton could have wreaked.

[benz380]

7. My gf said she knew Apollo 13 (movie) was going to have trouble because Forrest Gump was onboard.n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. LOL I never looked at it that way... tell her thanks for the different perspective! n/t

[Shrek]

13. Tom Hanks, the movie

[benz380]

16. It should have started out with 'Big' clips and had 'Bachelor Party' clips in there somewhere. n/t

[arcane1]

8. LOL two missing quotation marks and we all go "WTF???"

[Bluenorthwest]

12. I saw it when it came out. I was 10. I saw it with my father who was in the War.

It was an anti war movie without a doubt. At that time, even DU's rather simplistic cinema critics would have instantly understood that. If they had bothered to see it.

[brooklynite]

15. Well, if only the Americans hadn't invaded Germany.....something wouldn't have happened

[benz380]

17. That's what the Germans get for attacking Pearl Harbor. n/t

[ileus]

18. Patton...what an awesome movie.

[Blue_Tires]

20. +1000

The brilliance of it is you can take the movie at face value and see a patriotic glorification of war and a most famous war hero, but if you scratch the surface, it is overflowing with cynical anti-war sentiment...

The great part is "Patton" is an equally engaging movie no matter which mindset you view it through...

[Enrique]

19. what would be wrong with discussing "Patton"?

while the Vietnam War was still raging, it would only be natural to question a war movie.