GODDAMNIT! R LEE MOTHERFUCKIN EMERY HAS DIED

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Caganer: Feb 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/RLeeErmey/status/985651917870202883

I was watching Seven in the other window when I saw this, his character onscreen.

He got his part in full metal jacket by making a video of him screaming at a bunch of extras as they hurled garbage at him. A true goon. RIP sweet prince.

quote:

Ermey played a series of minor film roles until 1987, when he was cast as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.[6]

Initially, he was intended to be only the technical advisor.[6] Kubrick changed his mind after Ermey put together an instructional tape, in which he went on an extended tirade towards several extras, convincing Kubrick he was the right man for the role.[6] Seeking authenticity for the film, Kubrick allowed Ermey to write or edit his own dialogue and improvise on the set, a notable rarity in a Kubrick film. Kubrick later indicated that Ermey was an excellent performer, often needing just two or three takes per scene, also unusual for a Kubrick film.[7]

Edit: just realized in my rush I misspelled his name - now his ghost is going to skull gently caress my dreams :ohdear:

# ¿ Apr 16, 2018 00:54

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 16:08

Caganer: Feb 15, 2018

Vato posted:

I seriously thought he passed a couple of years ago. Who was I thinking of?
Rest in power, man.

he's only 75

# ¿ Apr 16, 2018 01:01

Caganer: Feb 15, 2018

A Bakers Cousin posted:

I used to watch mail call. I feel like he was probably a bad person though.

yup

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On December 10, 2010, Ermey denounced the Obama administration's economic policies while speaking at a Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots rally, stating that it was difficult to raise money for the charity because "the economy sucks". He went on to say:

We should all rise up, and we should stop this administration from what they're doing because they're destroying this country. They're driving us into bankruptcy so that they can impose socialism on us, and that's exactly what they're doing, and I'm sick and drat tired of it and I know you are too

# ¿ Apr 16, 2018 01:34

Caganer: Feb 15, 2018

mind the walrus posted:

Given the era he lived in it makes 100% sense that he would have those views, although that doesn't make them ok.

Weird, many people managed to march for civil rights and oppose a pointless war rather than making a career out of doing literal propaganda for the marines :shrug:

But he was funny in that one movie where he got shot for being an a-hole so he�s a good person I guess

Ein cooler Typ posted:

People shocked a Marine has conservative views! If we had had these soyboys in the military back then we would have lost Vietnam.

You can be conservative but not nutso. I disagree with libertarians but at least they let me have my gay weed and think invading rando countries for shits and giggles is a bad idea

Caganer fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Apr 16, 2018

# ¿ Apr 16, 2018 04:45

Caganer: Feb 15, 2018

Could have sworn he was gay but apparently he had a wife and kid

# ¿ Apr 17, 2018 04:08

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 16:08

Caganer: Feb 15, 2018

Blast of Confetti posted:

why do people always look at that and say yeah this guy totally isnt gay

*openly gay

I admit he could have been guzzling loads at the glory hole this whole time

# ¿ Apr 17, 2018 04:11

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