Posted by SUPS at spider-wl024.proxy.aol.com on February 14, 2000 at 11:53:16:
In Reply to: Right and Wrong? posted by ghostmann on February 12, 2000 at 21:34:05:
: : : SUPS-
: : : I think you should watch Platoon again and see how much Chris admires Barnes in the beginning of the movie and how at the end, during the last battle, Chris himself becomes like Barnes in his rage.
: : I disagree. While the final product of their actions at a base level could be see as similar, psychologically I don't think they were anything alike.
: humm... psychologically I think you are right about Chris, but in the most primal part of himself I believe Chris wanted to be like Barnes, a survivor. But I guess Oliver Stone only knows for sure.
: Thanks for the reply.
The lowest common denominator of man is "survive", everyone wants to survive. Elias struggled to survive while being chased down by the Viet-Kong. So if that's the closest you can link them, please try again because in that way they're linked to everyone.
: :ghostmann