Tuttle Did It

They have a character called Frank Burns who would now be recognised as MAGA. In nearly episode he’s in, he’s treated as the villain and representation of the absurd, soulless incompetent us government/us military that it’s keeping them all prisoner.

I actually did my phd on M*A*S*H, so if you have questions or want some recommendations for the best episodes/episodes worth avoiding, let me know.

Absolutely, watch M*A*S*H. But in being you to watch out without the laugh track. America got the laugh track cos CBS was afraid people wouldn’t realise it’s was a comedy without it.

I think they were as clear as they could’ve possibly been that this is an anti-war show.

‘Sometimes You Hear the Bullet’ was a very important episode. I consider it their second pilot, and the episode where they finally get things right. There’s really not much before that episode that means anything to me.

Tommy had to be a lot like Hawkeye. He is a lot like Hawkeye. He had to die, he had to die in front of Hawkeye, in front of everyone there who saw how much he was like Hawkeye. They were telling us this can just as easily be Hawkeye on this table dying. And it had to happen in front of Hawkeye. Hawkeye had to continue stitching up other young people and didn’t even get a chance to fall apart and cry because his childhood friend is dead. That needed to happen. It needed to happen to prove this show could fulfil its potential, and it’s original statement of purpose – which is war destroys. War destroys without prejudice, and without compassion. It doesn’t matter that Tommy is a good guy. It doesn’t matter that Tommy is funny, but he’s intelligent, but he’s sweet, and he’s fun. It doesn’t matter that Tommy is a good person. Because war does not care. Good people die in war. Bad people live through war. They survive. War does not care who or what you are. Or does not care how much you hurt. War is more than happy to destroy you. Because it is one of the most ultimate evil things in the universe. 

and the craziest thing is, it’s not even necessary. It’s not. It is something that humans invented, should’ve been invented.

And M*A*S*H was begging people – begging people to comprehend That nothing good can come from war. That it is only ever destruction.

That the good old boys go to war to become men very often never come home at all.

I don’t understand how anybody could watch the show and not understand that it’s an anti war show. The only thing I can say (again. I’ve said it before several times, including here ) is that I think the laugh track in America camouflage just how serious the show was, and just how anti-war and far left (and queer) the show was, and allowed the Frank Burnses of the world to continue to enjoy the show even though it was lampooning against everything they were.

Which was precisely what the producers of M*A*S*H were afraid of. That the laugh track would camouflage the horrors and realities of how destructive and evil war was.

I don’t know how it’s possible to make a more anti-war show. I think it pretty much just goes to show you how stupid people are, quite frankly.

Cos M*A*S*H was not subtle.

I randomly put on a film that I’ve never actually seen. I never saw it because everyone told me that it was not very good. I needed a background flash of colour. And now I am stuck watching this awful film.

Feel free to guess what it is. If you can get it in 20 questions, I will gift you with one of my favourite gifs.

I randomly put on a film that I’ve never actually seen. I never saw it because everyone told me that it was not very good. I needed a background flash of colour. And now I am stuck watching this awful film.

Feel free to guess what it is. If you can get it in 20 questions, I will gift you with one of my favourite gifs.

I randomly put on a film that I’ve never actually seen. I never saw it because everyone told me that it was not very good. I needed a background flash of colour. And now I am stuck watching this awful film.

Feel free to guess what it is. If you can get it in 20 questions, I will gift you with one of my favourite gifs.

I randomly put on a film that I’ve never actually seen. I never saw it because everyone told me that it was not very good. I needed a background flash of colour. And now I am stuck watching this awful film.

Feel free to guess what it is. If you can get it in 20 questions, I will gift you with one of my favourite gifs.

Pirates of the Caribbean II- Dead Man’s Chest.

Genuinely surprised that nobody managed to guess this one. As I understand it this was an absolutely massive franchise. I only saw the first one, so I can’t speak on my own behalf, but I was under the impression that this was a huge franchise. A very huge one.

Help me out here lads, was this as big film franchise as I was led to believe? I was under the impression that this franchise was pretty massive for its time. I’m surprised that it’s been forgotten this easily. I was playing a similar game with my friends via text, and not only did they not guess it, but they forgot that the films even existed I find that very interesting. Right now these are like flash in the pan – really popular for time, and then forgotten completely.

I was aware of three of the films. They are actually five. And no, I don’t hate myself enough to go and watch the other ones. The first one is fun although terrible, but this one was just awful.

Lord of the Rings (barely), Superman, DCEU, -- all of those are just barely above it. And things like Superman have been going since 1938 and that includes comic sales.

The vast majority of things that are above it are things that have been around for many decades (and also include the comic sales and books apparently) for things like Super Mario, James Bond, Jurassic Park, Star Trek, Avengers DC, Toy Story, Looney Tunes, Spider-Man, Batman, Marvel, Barbie, Winnie the Poo, Mickey Mouse, etc.

So honestly they seem to have done just fine for the time, though the sales for the last few films were not great. I think I was right to say it looks like the franchise was a flash in the pan-- very popular for its time, then forgotten completely.

Well, not completely-- if you saw someone dressed like Jack Sparrow, you'd know immediately who he was. So I'm sure it does have some cultural memory. Just not nearly as much as I'd expect with a franchise worth nearly 8 billion USD.