Comments on: I’d Buy That for a Dollar!

By: pistolthor

pistolthor — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:30:52 +0000

robocop 2 and 3 hae their own distinct merits.

Friendly neighbourhood robocop in 2 is about the funniest thing in the franchise.

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:09:16 +0000

In reply to Philip. Correction: I meant Slaughter-House Five and Kurt Vonnegut.

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:04:38 +0000

There is a scene/story in Catch-22 wherein the wife of a veteran (who is a friend of Heller) complains that old men talk about war as if they were as wise as they are now, when they participated back then. This article reminds me of some of that, how do you say, anachronistic self-awareness that was probably entirely absent at the time.

And anyway, cynical awareness about the vapidity of media and corporate America is not some invention of the New Generation. In fact, the post-war culture produces cynics that would put any modern-day, politically/culturally savvy wannabe to shame.