UNDERPANTS - Toy Soldiers (1991) Discussion

[–] cbyrnesjr 20 years ago

Hey
I'll jump in on this, I went to the school where the movie was filmed, (heck, I was there when the movie was filmed). In an all male, private boarding school, stuff like that really does happen. We didn't have doors on the toilet stalls, and the showers were open-bay....16 showerheads, 4 walls, one door...that was it....so hanging out in your room, in your underwear was no big deal.
Hope that clears it up
Chris

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[–] bogartist 20 years ago

Thank you for your response. I get the idea of the community thing. Like the army or sports teams... but it seems to me that EVERY time they were in the dorm they were in their drawers. It felt to me like a purposeful thing.

"Home being Key Largo"

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[–] Remisser 16 years ago

If you really went to that school where the movie was filmed you would know that its a coed school and I even know this and i didn't even attend.

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[–] christy6695 20 years ago

Hey, man!

Personally, I see nothing wrong with that, but then, I'm female, so...guess that's part of it! It enhanced my movie-watching experience and eased the pain of yet another Valentine's Day being single and having no one. It also gave me a renewed appreciation of Sean Astin, who is so damned hot in the movie! Anyone who doesn't perv on him after seeing him in the LOTR trilogy needs only watch this movie at least once...because he looks damn fine! Good on you, Sean...and I have to admit, yes, I did stare at his butt.

Okay, so now you must think I'm a silly woman who just stares at guys' butts. No, I'm an intelligent, caring woman who just happens to enjoy staring at guys' butts...and no, I'm not a slut. It's no worse than all the guys out there who love watching Howard Stern for the boobie flashes...I'm just saying...

Christy 6695

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[–] angelfire87_2006 19 years ago

oh good, i'm not the only one...lol. and he DID have a very nice butt...(i'm female too, by the way)

ALL RIGHT, WHERE'S THE CHOCOLATE??? AND WHY IS THE RUM GONE???

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[–] ryanoconnor-1 18 years ago

As some of us have been saying on another thread, it relates to the gay subtext of the movie. Seeing George Perez in those briefs is very hot.

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[–] talbotjustin 18 years ago

by doing this it made the movie realistic

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[–] corcra_lilac 17 years ago

I guess I missed the gay undertones. I'm not a homophobe or anything its just I thought- they're in their room and soon they will all be sleeping. I lived in a coed dorm where the guys would spend all day in their boxers if they never left. I guess when I saw the movie that was where my mind was- didn't read anything but a bunch of guys in what would be considered their pajamas.

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[–] sonofbeach-sheet 17 years ago

One of the posters mentioned earlier they had stalls with no doors. So.....if you had to take a dump, anybody could see you poop, wipe your butt, and see the poop in the toilet. Very nice

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[–] rmanuel123 16 years ago

why couldn't the school afford doors? They should do a version of this movie where Sean Astin takes the school hostage, wipes his butt on any student that tries to escape and demands that george perez put some clothes on and demand doors in the stalls.

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[–] jerry_03athi 16 years ago

lmao

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[–] asbeku 16 years ago

I remember seeing this movie in the theater. As well, I own it on Laser Disc (!) and DVD. Truly, I completely missed the whole "gay overtone" thing. I guess, as a male, I didn't take the guys being in their underwear (shorts, T-shirts) as unusual. When I was in college, we did not have co-ed dorms, so it wasn't abnormal to see the residents in comfortable clothing--boxers/briefs and the optional T-shirt. When you're "in" for the evening (or if you don't go out at all for some reason on a particular day), why not get into your preferred & comfortable night time attire?--UNLESS you sleep without clothing. That would NOT be an appropriate sight, unless the guy is on his way to the shower or something. However, I was lucky. I quickly learned to pay extra to NOT have a roommate (after having one from hell during my first term as a Freshman)--AND, I lived on the only floor in the whole set of guys' dorms where each room had its own private bathroom and shower!! For 3 years, I had the same room. Only that first year did I live on a regular floor with typical bathrooms--which had doors on each stall, as well as 6 or 7 individual shower stalls!

Therefore, I can agree with that story line pertaining to the demand of doors on the stalls. In fact, I would even go for small, sound-proofed compartments!! It is unfathomable what can actually go on in a bathroom stall...I'll leave it at that.

Sincerely,
Jon Sprague

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[–] dakotakid 15 years ago

Its not that they couldnt afford doors, the reason they dont put doors on the stalls is because of what goes on behind closed doors in dorm bathrooms. Smoking, drinking, drugs, masterbating. Without doors, any member of the staff can walk in and see what is going on right away. A lot of bars and nightclubs with customers that are prone to fighting, or snorting, will have no doors on the stalls in the mens bathrooms, and mirrors set up so that bouncers can see into the bathroom when the door is open to look for fights.

Yes, I know my Grammer, puncuation, and spelling, suck. Find something else in my post to flame.

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[–] crockett_john 11 years ago

This is something that happens in the military, too. They have you sleep in a room full of other people, shower with others, and no privacy in the bathroom, plus have people around you at all times.

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[–] cobnut 14 years ago

LOL, I am 2 years late to the party, but rmanuel123, your comment just totally made my day.

The mirror... it's broken.
Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.

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[–] dunbar7 15 years ago

Wow, thatnks for the graphics, I really needed that. Go read "Everybody Poops," maybe it'll help clear out your obvious phobia.

"She's, like, a biscuit older than me..."

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[–] Jaybegood 13 years ago

You're concerned about that?
Basic Training, Ft Benning Ga,1966...10 commodes less than 10 inches from each other in a line. No walls, no doors, just you "cheek to cheek" with your new "best friend" taking care of nature's business.

Gotta take a leak? Just a long trough, standing side by side...

You get to know the guy who's gonna be protecting your back in combat that way.

You've got NO secrets from each other.

It's the only way.

They don't do that now.

It's why the current "military" is full of puzzies.

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[–] simba122504 15 years ago

For the girls?

I'm glad Obama won, but I will not jump on the Pro-Choice bandwagon

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[–] pacificboy 14 years ago

The same reason some movies put in shots of sexy co-eds in their underwear. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

"My brain rebelled, and insisted on applying logic where it was not welcome."

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[–] moakley2 14 years ago

so they guy who said he was there bla bla is full of shiat.

"ps the school is still coed and if you google earth the school its not that big of a school"

The Miller School of Albemarle

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[–] donstuie 14 years ago

Boxers weren't invented yet, it seems

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[–] subase 13 years ago

Boxers are shorts, masquerading as underwear.

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[–] charcoalchicken 14 years ago

Yeah I found those scenes pretty amusing

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[–] docflellis 13 years ago

I have an answer to that question in my interview with Keith Coogan who played Snuffy: http://jeffcramer.blogspot.com/2011/06/very-candid-conversation-with-k eith.html We even jokedabout this thread here in Toy Soldiers.

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[–] ryanoconnor-1 12 years ago

Thanks for posting the interview.

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[–] captainvictorialonghamme 12 years ago

on a side note, I would like to ask: Is Wil Wheaton's character wearing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles boxers?
If so, for a teenage boy from a mafia family, isn't that a bit...odd? He's tough enough for an earring but still wearing cartoons on his boxers?

I know Wil would probably wear them but for his character to wear them?

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[–] crasmi 12 years ago

This leads me on to something I have always wondered about: when you see a character on screen in their underwear, it is the actors own choice of underwear, or part of their on screen clothing allocation?

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[–] House_of_No 10 years ago

In an interview with Keith Coogan, he said that he made the character choice of wearing the white briefs, that all of the other guys made their own decision at the kind of underwear they would wear, and he picked those because he felt that his character would.I only wish Will Wheaton had chosen them too.

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Nessarose:What's in the punch?
Boq:Lemons and melons and pears
Nessarose:Oh my!
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