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Jul 29, 2021Liked by Erik Kain

Ohhhh, my God I have to subscribe NOW.

Please put whatever you remember about that POS movie completely out of your head. The Dutch d-bag who directed that never even read the book, or so the story goes (he was telling the story). He had somebody tell him about it.

The movie is widely regarded as a parody of the book, and ultra-nationalistic militarism.

Johnny Rico looks nothing whatsoever like Casper Van Dien in the book. You'll find out why.

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A good excuse to finally read this one. Everything I've ever heard about it says it might be kind of a slog to read, though. Famously different from the movie.

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