Was the flag that funny?
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xcom-22-211813 — 11 years ago(June 07, 2014 09:29 AM)
Because when little Tommy looks up in to the sky at night, he knows that somewhere, light-years from home, stands an American, with the courage and determination to raise the stars and stripes and bring freedom across the galaxy.
God Bless the United States of America
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Mississippi20 — 11 years ago(August 31, 2014 11:55 PM)
Taylor had just told Landon that he has to let go of everything he knew - it's all gone. They (think) they're on a different planet lightyears away from Earth and it's 2,000 years later..obviously Taylor is laughing at Landon still holding on to a past identity.
Pretty obvious from watching the film that the laugh was dubbed in post-production. Might not have even been Heston's laugh. It was likely dubbed for greater effect. And with the way the camera zooms, it's almost like something from a horror film. I don't necessarily think it was added for comedic affect. It just makes a profound, perhaps even unsettling, statement -
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texascoon2 — 10 years ago(January 06, 2016 08:59 AM)
I took it as Taylor thinking that the American flag (or anything from Earth) would be meaningless to whatever life (if any) they found on the planet. Plus, usually, when a flag is put up, it shows possession of the area which wasnt worth the distance they went through.