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07 Nov 2005, 5:01 pm

It means we should never mess with him. He has lots of post-Veitnam angst, and will become a one-man army when hard-pressed. When captured, he will spout a lengthy rant about how his country doesn't love him anymore. Everyone can relate to this.

You want a war? I'll give you a war!!


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07 Nov 2005, 5:26 pm

LOL mjs82! I'll have to have another look at my namesake flick and refresh my memory :wink:


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07 Nov 2005, 7:04 pm

there was a film called The Piano in which the main character was mute. I really identified with her (being mostly mute myself) and with the difficulties it caused her with other people. but in the film she has a daughter who she can gesture to and the girl speaks for her... I cried, I thought to myself "I want one of those! a talking child!" I mean, there's guide dogs for the blind, and all sorts of other assistance animals (even miniature horses!), so why can't I have a "talking child for the mute"? it would make my life so much easier!



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07 Nov 2005, 8:57 pm

[quote="spacemonkey"]Anyone ever seen "Buffalo 66?"

Buffalo 66 is one of my favorite movies-definitely a must see regardless of the aspie aspect. :lol:


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07 Nov 2005, 9:04 pm

I always liked 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', no tbecause I think the main character has AS, but because I look a him and think 'man, if I can get to that level of weirdness I'd rule the autistic/AS world'. I also liked Depp's Jack Sparrow character and Willy Wonka; the man's a friggin genious of weirdness. maybe he has AS...............we can only hope 8)



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07 Nov 2005, 9:29 pm

Has anyone else seen Mozart and the Whale? It doesn't seem to be opening locally any time soon so I resorted to downloading it. The story was decent but I didn't like the way they were constantly explaining themselves (I do "X" because I have Asperger's) and the mannerisms of the female character were completely wrong. She looked about as NT as could be, even though her character supposedly had no interest in pretending to be normal.



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08 Nov 2005, 12:58 am

Sarcastic_Name wrote:
i am sam...he doesn't have Autism, but I can relate to a few things in it. Maybe I just say that because any movie that focuses on someone reterted saddens me. The Phantom of the Opera struck a chord with me, I sided with the phantom the entire movie because I understood most of his actions.


Have you seen The Eighth Day? It's about someone who meets a guy with Down's syndrome, and it's funny at times and downright depressing at others. It's in French, but subtitles are available. Also, it seems pretty unique in that the actor playing the Down's guy actually has Down's.



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08 Nov 2005, 7:26 am

I think Adam Sandlers character in Punch Drunk Love quite possibly has AS.
Also,Nick Cages character in Kiss of Death had quite a few odd quirks such as disliking the feel of metal in his mouth. Both characters are not exactly socially adept. 8O


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08 Nov 2005, 1:04 pm

Anyone see this old Humphrey Bogart movie called "The Caine Mutiny"? The main character seemed to have AS. He was a dysfunctional captain of a WWII destroyer.

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Look at the man. He's a Freudian delight. He crawls with clues. His fixation on the little rolling balls. The chattering in second-hand phrases and slogans. His inability to look you in the eye, the constant migraine headaches.


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23 Feb 2009, 9:23 pm

It sets a good example.In First Blood someone who fought communism in SE Asia comes home to find its anti-individualist conformist anti-freedom `community` over the individual tenets practised at home by the local commisar.Unfortunately for him and the peoples army (National Guard) they get a good dose of what he gave the commies.The Rambo character in his complete lack of feminine characteristics is very Aspie indeed.Thats why hes not liked by pseudo aspies and NTs.






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And just WHAT sort of example does this set???[/quote]


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