[Milsurplus] Is Fiction Garbage ?

[Bruce Lane]

	Depends on which 'fiction' you get. There are almost as many genres of such as there are types of semiconductors.

	Trust me, it's not all garbage. If you're thinking in terms of war movies, which is the impression I get, I found "Mr. Roberts" to be an absolute delight. Its sequel, 'Ensign Pulver,' though panned by numerous critics, was another I enjoyed (technical hiccups with the radio they were using notwithstanding).

	If you delve into the realms of science fiction and fantasy, there is much to enjoy. That, however, is farther off topic than we've already drifted, so I'll shut up now. ;-)

	Keep the peace(es).

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On 03-Mar-12 at 04:02 Hue Miller wrote:

>So I bought this movie at Safeway for $6.99, "Battle of the Bulge", which 
>taught me again
>the proof of "you get what you pay for", and reinforced my suspicion of 
>fiction works, like
>a well grounded suspicion of packaged fish at its pull date. Without going 
>into the many
>ahistorical equipments in the movie, or the absurd subplots, or inane 
>scenes, I summarize:
>truly EXECRABLE. I can understand a person up to maybe age 16-18 being 
>thrilled by the
>movie, but: if over about 18 years old, how dumb would one have to be, to 
>enjoy this?
>And for the gullible, how many points would watching it, subtract from
>one's 
>IQ ?  The
>screenwriters, do they really not live among actual real people, and can't 
>imagine how
>real people react in the face of real danger?
>Actually, I did get almost $6.00 worth of value from it: by selecting the 
>Spanish subtitles,
>I am able to learn many useful colloquial phrases. Ignore the action on
>the 
>screen.
>-Hue Miller 
>
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