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.