Finally someone noticed. Been having bad moods just because my usual go to forums did´nt seem to notice or live up to their heritage of being milsim enough lately. Everythings going to shits, just keep your phones straight up into your faces, all will be fine :E
Losing two role models during roughly the time of a month sucks!
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heh! Got a laugh out of me at least, but that´s not it. A´m dearly missing the good old days when forums were a place of comradery and knowledge seeking, rather than "have a like here and there".
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I´ve made a habit of posting happy birthday dear jesus on every jesus anniversary during the past years.
I do hope for at least one god in existence, so he can listen to Mr. Ermeys interpretation!
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True story, he was original a consultant on FMJ, having been a drill instructor in real life. After filming a demonstration where he continuously shouted out insults for two minutes straight while being pelted with oranges, he got the role..
He also came up with a lot of his own dialog, which is pretty fucking insane if you know anything about Kubrick as a director. He got to shape the character in unprecedented ways and nailed most of his scenes in two takes (also unheard of on a Kubrick flick). It's like Ermey was so perfect for the role that he was doing a better job at it than even Kubrick could visualize.
I'm sure right now he's up in heaven, asking about the major malfunction while calling God a mother fucker.
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Damn, he was a lot of fun.
Tribute on Youtube
Worth a watch
"Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018)[2] was an American actor and voice actor known for playing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He was a former United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant; during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps he served as a drill instructor. Ermey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives, a police captain in Se7en, plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films, Lt. "Tice" Ryan in Rocket Power, the warden in SpongeBob SquarePants, and John House in House. Ermey hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various military issues both modern and historic; and Lock n' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which concerned the development of different types of weapons. He also hosted GunnyTime on the Outdoor Channel."
Full Metal Jacket Opening Scene
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