Was the flag that funny?
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non-41 — 13 years ago(January 29, 2013 08:00 AM)
haha I thought the same thing. After that scene I thought he was insane for most of the movie. Ironically that scene turned out to be hilarious to me simply because of how overdone it was. A simple chuckle would have made that infinitesimally better.
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ChuckHestonFan — 13 years ago(February 15, 2013 06:53 PM)
The laugh was perfect. Lets you know what kind of guy Taylor is.
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pouncemo — 13 years ago(February 19, 2013 03:04 PM)
Oddly, I saw this same discussion, about a loud, inappropriate laugh from Steve McQueen in "The Thomas Crown Affair". Same discussion.
I admit that I wondered if a subtle laugh or smirk would have been more effective. But we wouldn't be talking about it now if it had been subtle. It was jarring and obnoxious. Perfect. -
Zando777 — 13 years ago(February 20, 2013 07:43 AM)
The thought is still inconceivable and un-american, even with president beep temporarily in office. (The U.S. is far more globally dominant today than it was in 1968.)
The joke was more the fact that even if the U.S. still existed, no one else was ever likely to know the flag has been planted there. They were knocked off course, many light years from earth and their charted destination. -
ChuckHestonFan — 13 years ago(February 20, 2013 05:02 PM)
Actually, Heston does this laugh in almost every film he does. Omega Man, this one, etc.
That's quite an impressive exaggeration.
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moviemarathoneverynight — 12 years ago(June 25, 2013 10:09 AM)
it was so annoying that he had to mock landon..anyway, for me the flag was funny because it was so small and cute
haha that's the reason I laughed.. the other two were talking about something important while he was planting that flag in a very careful way..it was touching and funny at the same time.. ^_^ -
wears-alan — 12 years ago(June 25, 2013 10:44 AM)
I always thought Taylor was thinking "Here we are on an unknown planet some 2000 years from home with no chance of getting back and this fvcking idiot is planting a flag"!!!!
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saturnchick — 12 years ago(July 19, 2013 09:38 PM)
Yes, quite a maniacal laugh that felt totally overdone and out of place. I was sorry that they hadn't the forethought to give Heston a Professor Hinkle-esque mustache so he could twirl it.
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