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the bootcamp scenes were more intense than FMJ...

posted 15 years ago by reservoirdog1986
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the 'grab your nuts scene', the hispanic DI, and a young R Lee Ermey - a combo of these is what I found very intense

Totally disagree. The DIs in this movie seemed pretty tame in comparison to the tough as hell Gunny Hartman in FMJ. Hartman was the kind of DI who would take a wayward recruit into the head and make sure he "slipped and fell" quite a few times. Definitely not someone to mess around with. That fat hispanic DI in BICC looked, acted, and sounded like a lame caricature.

[–] pete2141 14 years ago

I went through USMC bootcamp at Parris Island in Feb 1972. The FMJ bootcamp scenes are the most realistic in my opinion.

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[–] beersandshots 12 years ago

I found D.I. Aquilla slightly less intimidating than Sgt. Hulka from "Stripes".

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