It's raining men, hallelujah

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I love new school military movies. Really. Like, I know a lot of people are all "gore, oh noes!" Or "Military, que boring" or "Violence is bad." To which I'm like, uh, maybe you are not paying attention to the breeding ground of hotass that military movies are, for example:

Two seconds of channel surfing When Were Soldiers produces both Sean McNamara from Nip/Tuck and Don Draper from Mad Men.

The HBO magnum opus Band of Brothers not only provided Damien Lewis of Life and Ron Livingston from Office Space, but also, Jamie Bamber (BSG), James McAvoy, Marc Warren (of every Beeb show ever), Donnie Walhberg, Dexter Fletcher, Kirk Acevedo (Alvarez from Oz), Malarky is now on ER, and Liebgott is going to marry Jennifer Love Hewitt, although, you know, that's not a real recommendation.ETA: And I forgot about Spiers! Holy shit, dude, Lt. Dan Spiers is like, Rambo does Batman! And he's played by Rufus on Gossip Girl. I know that seems weird, but way before he was Rufus he was Spiers, and damn, was he the man.

Saving Private Ryan brought you who? Matt Damon! And like, a lot of other people.

I don't even like Black Hawk Down, but it had Ewan Bremmer (Trainspotting), Eric Bana, Hugh Dancy, Ioan Gyrffund, fucking Jeremy Piven and Ewan McGregor.

The Thin Red Line had Adrian Brody, Jim Caveziel, GEORGE, it had GEORGE, Thomas Jane, Ben Chaplin and Alvarez from Oz again (Kirk was totally getting around, where is he now anyway?)

So, you know, the next time I shriek that the entire world must watch Generation Kill just remember its pedigree, not only is it whip-smart, horrifying and sickingly inappropriately with the laughs, but it's a military movie/series. I promise you, the guys are dead hot. Do you really need much else?



*This is not brought to you by the fact that sometimes I watch the Military Channel hungover. No. Not even.

ETA: It is very hard for me to detox from the Olympics when Michael fucking Phelps is every fucking where, because then I just feel compelled to watch and read when he's fondling strippers and making bets with supremely hot football players. Stupid boy! I do not want to write some story where Michael goes to Cleveland to visit Braylon and Ryan has a hissy fit, least of all because Ryan is so not the hissy fit type. He's very laidback about everything, but there might be some snarky blowback later on.

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[elzed.livejournal.com]

I have to say I get your military movie kink, because there is something disturbingly hot about sexy men running around with guns, and angst. Also, yes, the pretty is thick on the ground. I'm beginning to think I should get hold of Band of Brothers, and maybe even Generation Kill.

(of course, as a BSG fan, I am definitely vulnerable to the appeal of a man in uniform. With a gun. And tonnes of angst)

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

elzed, honey, from what I know of you, you will loooooooove Generation Kill. Imagine Tim Riggins as a badass Marine x eleventy.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Band of Brothers is what led me down the road to Generation Kill. There are things that HBO does very very well and one of them is miniseries. When they put in the money, they make it work, and when I heard about the premise of GK I was just like ohhhhhhhh, dude, sign me up.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Stop that. Did he really say that? Oh, George.

[suaine.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have a deep love for the military genre! Hotass doesn't even begin to describe it :D

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

It's like I've found my people! *hugs you*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

WORD!

[thorne-scratch.livejournal.com]

There's Jarhead in there, too. I'm kind of counting down the days until Generation Kill is available on DVD, because the Olympics made me miss two episodes, and now I have to fill the gap.

Dude, don't detox just yet! At least not until the Entourage episode.

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

Did you know that HBO is running all of Generation Kill on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this week? Eps 1 - 3 on Tuesday starting at 8 PM and Eps 4 - 7 on Weds starting at 8 PM.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I really did not like Jarhead. Like at all. I totally expected to and then was just left flat. I'm not a Jake fan though. Yes, okay, I gave him his own series once, but that was a gift for a friend, I just don't find him... believable. I don't think it helped that the USMC, like, totally panned that book.

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

Okay, I haven't seen any of those! *hangs head in shame* I did see Three Kings though which sort of counts as a new school military movie and has George.

Ryan is so not the hissy fit type. He's very laidback about everything, but there might be some snarky blowback later on.
I can see Ryan being very sullen and petty and kind of mean to Michael and Michael would be all confused and keep on texting Ryan to ask what was wrong and Ryan would ignore him until finally Michael came to visit him all "What the hell is wrong with you?" and Ryan would say, "What? Nothing's wrong, asshole?" "Then why did you call me an asshole?" And then there would be lots of petty name calling and then against the wall make up sex.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I can see Ryan being very sullen and petty and kind of mean to Michael and Michael would be all confused and keep on texting Ryan to ask what was wrong and Ryan would ignore him until finally Michael came to visit him all "What the hell is wrong with you?" and Ryan would say, "What? Nothing's wrong, asshole?" "Then why did you call me an asshole?" And then there would be lots of petty name calling and then against the wall make up sex.

My original thoughts about Ryan's reaction went like this (http://alethialia.livejournal.com/313821.html?thread=3627229#t3627229). But the more I think about, Ryan seems so laid back maybe he would try and pretend he was cool the entire time and then he'd just blow up by accident.

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

He's very laidback about everything, but there might be some snarky blowback later on.

Are you sure you don't mean there might be some snarky blowjob later on?

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

I was thinking THE EXACT SAME THING!

[alethialia.livejournal.com]

Dude! You forgot Matthew Settle in BoB!!! Speirs! Hitting on Lipton! In a church! And smoking cigarettes and scaring the shit out of EVERYONE. And, I mean, c'mon. They made Donnie Wahlberg hot. Military movies/minis/shows are the best EVER.

Why, yes, I am a big Speirs/Lipton girl. Or...Speirs/anyone. Speirs/cigarettes. Whatever. Speirs is a fuckin' BADASS! Also, lickable.

There were...many caps in that. Ahem.

Ugh, fondling strippers? Douche. Douche! I'm all over the bets with hotass NFL players, though.

I do not want to write some story where Michael goes to Cleveland to visit Braylon and Ryan has a hissy fit, least of all because Ryan is so not the hissy fit type. He's very laidback about everything, but there might be some snarky blowback later on.

Oh, sure you do! ::nods::

/shameless

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

OMG, I forgot about Lt. Superman! Dude, that scene where he breaks through that village like an NFL Running Back; the first I saw that I nearly passed out with the awesome.

And yeah, I agree about the nasty fondling, being well nasty. I'm not surprised though, he's a 23 year old guy, who's probably being living a relatively sheltered life except for the occasional GF and he's just achieved more fame than, like, I don't even know. He's going to go out and catch fifteen STDs, fuck anything that walks like Vinnie Chase, and then in like 10 years maybe he'll put it away. You know about the Two Year Rule right?

[metrosex.livejournal.com]

so umm when MP and ryan went to chicago for oprah they stayed the night and went out to a stripclub and then late late dinner.. you shoudl write about that hahahah... i miss your ryan/michael alreadyyyyyyyy.....

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You are telling me lies. Stop it. Wait. Are you serious? You are not.

[alixnoorchis.livejournal.com]

Speirs is so hot. It's weird that Matt Settle plays such milquetoast or annoying guys when he has such hotass potential.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

To what you said? WORD! When I heard Lt. Spiers was going to be on GG I was like, HOT DAMN! And then there was Rufus. Lily-livered (heh), fake-grungy, pining after poor little rich woman and I was stymied. I still am. Dude, Spiers would roll up there with his helmet cocked to one side and Lily Van der Woosen would wet herself.

[thisisbone.livejournal.com]

Is this where I admit I've never seen Band of Brothers????

Because I'm a chickenshit?

Like, somebody would have to sit me down, with pictures, and tell me who gets killed and who doesn't. Because otherwise, I CAN'T TAKE IT. The only reason I can sit and watch Generation Kill is because I've seen Brad and Nate and Josh Ray and Rudy and Kocher all sitting around shooting the shit in flip-flops and blue jeans five years later. Otherwise, I'd be a BASKET CASE watching.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

You've never... you've never... YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BAND OF BROTHERS?!

I need a minute.

...

Okay, so, wait, seriously. Like, never, never? I don't even know what to say to that. Okay, you see how vehemently I insist everybody see GK? When I first saw BoB it was the only thing I watched for two weeks straight.

And as for telling you who survives and who doesn't, I could, but like, it's a long list, and in a way it detracts if you know what's going to happen before it happens. It won't stop you falling in love with every last one of them, nothing does. It really is the kind of thing you need to experience as it happens. It's not pretty though, you are totally going to be broken when it's over, but all the awesomeness you see in GK? The attention to detail, the production values, everything that says someone put time and heart and attention into making that series the best thing it could ever be? HBO perfected that technique with Band of Brothers.

[xanatosdecrion.livejournal.com]

You have convinced me, seriously. All of your posts will have me checking out Generation Kill as soon as it releases on dvd ;) LOL. And as for loving military flicks, I've got an interest too. I viewed Three Kings again this weekend and for what it's worth, Tropic Thunder which I LOVE! LOL. But yeah, Black Hawk Down, Tears of the Sun, U871, etc. love those flicks. I love your enthusiasm; keep the posts coming and keep military-themed tv/movies in the forefront. Yeah! LOL

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

16 December 2008, Generation Kill will be on DVD. Yes. I have it pre-ordered already. Also, your icon makes me sigh. Adrian Pasdar needs to be in a military movie. He needs to be naked.

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

I don't even like Black Hawk Down, but it had Ewan Bremmer (Trainspotting), Eric Bana, Hugh Dancy, Ioan Gyrffund, fucking Jeremy Piven and Ewan McGregor.

My folks and I saw it in the theatre, and then three years later, I bought my stepdad the, whatever, the Super-Duper Extra-Special Mega-Awesome DVD set (it has a making-of that's as long as the movie itself!) so we re-watched it. By the time William Fichtner and Jason Isaacs (HEARTS) showed up, I said out loud, "Who isn't in this movie?" We had completely forgotten Ewan McGregor, which I think is a crime in Scotland.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Every fucking English male actor of age was in Black Hawk Down... which actually makes it a lot like Band of Brothers. But BoB had the hotter overall appeal IMO ;)