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Originally Posted by Ace Oliveira
So in other words, Ace waltz right into scenes where he isn't supposed to appear and instead of keeping his mouth shut he appears in front of the camera and says a bunch of ad-libed bullshit? That's beautiful.
It seems to me the Lieuty stays with his M1 backwards through the entire scene in the church. You can see how his helmet is still backwards in the scene where Barnes is tells him to "haul ass too".
I really like the scenes where they deal with the dead bodies and wounded in the church ambush. You never really see soldiers or marines in movies dealing with the dead bodies and all that.
I also like the Grunt's names. Stone choosed some very unusual names for them. Moorehouse and Fu sheng for example.
I hate how after the Village scene every one has a Flak Jacket. I can understand the platoon leader and the platoon sergeants having flak jackets, but even the privates and specialists have flak jackets.
Does Oliver Stone or Dye say anything about the bandanas? I've never seen any regular army soldiers wearing bandanas in Vietnam. Only Green Berets, SEALs and Force Recon. The only regular i have seen with an Bandana is the black guy in Stone's picture in the trailer.
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In the beginning of film, when Sheen gets off the plane. The person in the body bag being carried off is Dale Dye. Dye said he didn't want to make it easy for the actors so they had to carry full gear and all that. Because if their pack was light, it would show. The packs were lightened up some, because some shit was worthless in the field.
They didn't say anything about the bandannas, I don't think. The bandanna deal may have been the actors own thing. Like the writing on their helmets. Like Sheen's says "When I die, bury me upside down so the world can kiss my ass". Lt. Wolfe "What me worry." it's from a cartoon I can't remember the name.
The names probably might have been their real names. He may have had to combine some people though.
Also while it would be an unnecessary screencap for the Platoon page. There should be one of Dale Dye "Capt. Harris" with his holstered 1911A1, since he was an actual Vietnam vet. Like Stone was, but that's just me.