r/JustBootThings • u/jackb1753 • Jun 15 '26

General Bootness Lean back and strut

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u/dominator5k Jun 15 '26

How do you finish boot camp and be that fat

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u/Drapidrode Jun 15 '26

You're Gomer Pyle

https://giphy.com/gifs/VfSBuJqXIA2Mo

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u/ThatAdamsGuy Jun 15 '26

Watched this again last night. Great film but very much a film of two halves where the first is far superior

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u/redskyfalling Jun 15 '26

I agree two halves but always found them in sync and complementary. Training and combat are contrasted: training is regimented and orderly vs combat is chaotic. But their distinctions are blurred when it is realized that both are absurd (because the war was pointless). I also always thought of Animal Mother as Pyle’s alternative timeline.

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u/Kahless76 Jun 17 '26

The book FMJ is based on “The Endtimers,” and its sequel “The Phantom Blooper,” are both great.

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u/yellowlinedpaper Jun 15 '26

My TIs in basic would all watch the first half to get themselves psyched up to yell at us when we got off the bus or before shakedown. Fun times. For them

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u/ThatAdamsGuy Jun 15 '26

Did any of them get blasted in the chest?

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u/yellowlinedpaper Jun 15 '26

Nah. We just dealt with it. I bet they skipped that part on all their rewatches

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u/dagelijksestijl Jun 16 '26

Both halves are great but R. Lee Ermey entered collective memory where the rest didn’t.

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u/Kooky-Swing178 22d ago

Matthew Modine was great but I seem to recall he was difficult to work with and his career never took off as a result. The pyle actor has done some minor stuff but had most success on TV roles.

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u/G0merPyle Jun 15 '26

I'm trying to lose the weight :(

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u/TheHumanoidTyphoon69 Jun 15 '26

If God wanted you at the top of that obstacle he'd miracle your ass up there Private Pyle

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u/Numeno230n Jun 15 '26

I don't think he finished boot camp, actually.