Platoon
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Sep 25, 2026
DanHOST
Yes.
AndyHOST
Uh, Platoon, and Good Morning Vietnam, and tonight is Full Metal Jacket.
AndyHOST
Um-
DanHOST
There it is
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AndyHOST
They knew it was one of those war movies, but you forget which one.
AndyHOST
They all kinda...
AndyHOST
All those great lines from Full Metal Jacket, from Platoon, from Forrest Gump, from, uh, Good Morning Vietnam, all kinda mixed together 'cause there were so many of these movies that came out at the same time.
AndyHOST
You forget, unless, unless you're die hard for a certain movie.
SiHOST
...
SiHOST
but like in Platoon where he's getting shot and kind of like you're on your knees, it's like, "Ah."
Aaron JayHOST
Yeah, Platoon.
SiHOST
Yeah, that kind of scenario.
SiHOST
But yeah, everyone knows my opinions on Ronnie Harvey.
Colin CunninghamHOST
Yeah, absolutely.
Colin CunninghamHOST
Like when they come out of Platoon and they're laughing.
Colin CunninghamHOST
Yeah, and
April EtmanskiHOST
they're laughing.
Guy DavisHOST
But yeah, not quite as incisive as it thinks it is.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Well, the initial idea for this film, according to Ben Stiller, was that he had a bunch of friends who were in, like, Platoon and Hamburger Hill And they came back from those experiences and talking about, like, you know, the, doing boot camp and being-
Guy DavisHOST
Yeah
Charlie ClausenHOST
... and he thought it'd be hilarious if you made a film [laughs] about a bunch of actors having PTSD-
Willem DafoeGUEST
You were a great Green Goblin.
Willem DafoeGUEST
And then someone told me that you were in Platoon.
Willem DafoeGUEST
And I thought, wow, isn't it great that we recognize, you know, you guys that have been doing this for a long time, that we recognize what they've done before they're gone? Is that strange to you?
Rachel MartinHOST
I mean, he was talking to you about your imminent demise.
Drew SchingenGUEST
I was four.
Paul FletcherHOST
Was it Platoon?
Drew SchingenGUEST
No. [laughs]
RyderHOST
[laughs]
Paul FletcherHOST
[laughs]
Drew SchingenGUEST
I imagine if my parents took me to Platoon.
RyderHOST
Yes.
Drew SchingenGUEST
No. Transformers the movie.
Dave KellettHOST
It's the
Brad GeigerHOST
closing scene from Platoon.
Brad GeigerHOST
Well.
Brad GeigerHOST
Well, listen, I am hoping for the best as we bring Skunk Watch 2026 to a close.
Brandon SparksHOST
Yeah.
Brandon SparksHOST
So from his, again, from his inside look at the Vietnam War with Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July to his showcase of the stock market and finance world with Wall Street.
Brandon SparksHOST
Throughout the 1990s, he had critical hits like Natural Born Killers, JFK, and Nixon.
Brandon SparksHOST
And while some were commercial successes, Stone was still looking for a project that would make him successful on a mainstream level.
Brandon SparksHOST
And this movie was going to deal with this black quarterback.
Brandon SparksHOST
It was going to deal with a youthful quarterback going up against an aging quarterback and this veteran coach in between them.
Brandon SparksHOST
Williams said he told Stone, look at what you did with Platoon.
Brandon SparksHOST
People had a John Wayne perspective to war and you pulled the curtain back and showed war in such a different way.
AndyHOST
Yeah.
ScottPANELIST
Everyone has Platoon except Kelly, who wrote Red Dawn.
ScottPANELIST
Platoon is the correct answer.
AndyHOST
Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket.
AndyHOST
I feel like these are three that tend to get a little tangled in my brain in terms of plot line.
AndyHOST
Sure.
Matt CalleryHOST
Like it was, it was a, it was a rift or a rift causing event for that generation.
Matt CalleryHOST
And yeah, but, and so I don't think any of them can really make an honest, fair, uh, movie about Vietnam, uh, because they're, they're poisoned by, regardless of whether you're a Green Beret person, your view is Green Beret style or it's Apocalypse Now style or any of those other ones, Platoon.
Matt CalleryHOST
That's it, I couldn't think of it.
Matt CalleryHOST
it doesn't matter, you're poisoned by the propaganda of your side of that day.
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