I love how eventhough she's suppose to be the tough sheriff, she never once arrests or acts more hostile to the man who forced her to kiss him and beat up his husband FREELY ADMITTING to the fact that he tried to kill a prisoner under her jurisdiction. That's just boring and moronic. I know times were different when this movie was made, but this isn't displaying her qualities at all and makes absolutely no sense.
Actually, Lookout Mountain was pretty much a minor part of the Chattanooga battle (only 10,000 Bluecoats and 9,000 rebels)
"The battle of Lookout Mountain is one of the romances of the war. There was no such battle and no action even worthy to be called the battle on Lookout Mountain. It is all poetry."-U.S. Grant.
I would've liked it if, after his emotional story about the battle, she launched into a long-winded explanation of how the North's industrial capacity and control of shipping would have made any Confederate victory impossible.
You know, the dude describes the Battle of Missionary Ridge, not Lookout Mountain... And the war was pretty much lost by that point... sorry, i'm a nerd..
@durane42 let me guess, public school education? The Civil War was way more about states' rights and the federal government consolidating power, but guess what-your government controlled educational system will never give that side of the story.
@pretorious700 Yeah, I live in the old capital of the Confederacy, so I hear the "states' rights" story a lot. People do seem to forget that the primary "states' right" in question was the right to allow slavery.
@durane42 I think a little more research than the public school narrative is warranted. The primary states rights were actually the states' rights to secede. The constitution was constructed to protect the citizenry from overweening central government-something we see now in spades.
@pretorious700 Oh, haha, I'd forgotten about this conversation. I'll go with your argument, but would they have even wanted to exercise their right to secede in the first place (which, I'll give you, seems like a reasonable right to have) if slavery weren't under dispute?
Anyway, I'll leave it at that question and go research it myself, since this is MST3K after all, and not a history forum. Thanks for being civil (pun not intended)!
@pretorious700 Obviously slavery is reprehensible. Nevertheless the some people do not understand The Principles on which the Feds were trampling. For example, if any state wished to secede from the Union, then that was the state's right to pull away. I believe Jefferson in the Declaration stated that a people had the right if not a duty to change or abolish a gov't that was tyrannical. I can understand why The South from their standpoint would seen the writing on the wall and wished to secede.
@Stazmo2 Yeah, Missionary Ridge was the northern most ridge along the Chattanooga outskirts commanded by Brigadier general Hardee. What the character describes is how General William T. Sherman charged the Confederate line at the ridge but was defeated during the initial attack. The Confederates fled from the ridge only because the real Lookout Mountain was abandoned since the rebels had little defensive measures on the mountain to hold back the scaling Union army
"ooh - this movie is just sitting on my head and crushing it" ROFL!!
easyeasy506 5 months ago
Best line of the movie: "I'm wearing these pants because I lost a man. A better man than ever slipped you a dollar."
ChaoticYak 6 months ago
You're not buying this, are you.
ChaoticYak 6 months ago
Man, this week has really dragged on.
abmstie 6 months ago
Testify!
Twilightisafterlight 7 months ago
I love how eventhough she's suppose to be the tough sheriff, she never once arrests or acts more hostile to the man who forced her to kiss him and beat up his husband FREELY ADMITTING to the fact that he tried to kill a prisoner under her jurisdiction. That's just boring and moronic. I know times were different when this movie was made, but this isn't displaying her qualities at all and makes absolutely no sense.
Gjkl345 7 months ago
Man, look what's coming out of your horse!
(I'm not big on scatological humor very often, but I thought that one was pretty much perfect for how they were looking back.)
ChaoticYak 11 months ago
I think its hilarious Joel does his own version of Sunday service when the man is reminicing. LOL That was just TOOO funny!
Ickiesgal 1 year ago
Yup, Roger Corman has lost me now.
einomega 1 year ago
I just couldent , the drunk looking right at us .Honey? lmao
antgav79 1 year ago
This just reconfirms for me that Roger Corman was a terrible, terrible man
SubmarinerAndroid 1 year ago
@SubmarinerAndroid He's not dead.
Applemask 1 year ago
Sing out, brother. Righteous. Testify!
Applemask 1 year ago
Actually, Lookout Mountain was pretty much a minor part of the Chattanooga battle (only 10,000 Bluecoats and 9,000 rebels)
"The battle of Lookout Mountain is one of the romances of the war. There was no such battle and no action even worthy to be called the battle on Lookout Mountain. It is all poetry."-U.S. Grant.
Tareltonlives 1 year ago 2
....It was about this time that the Palin family said "If the North wins I`m moving to Alaska"
Gjeorje 1 year ago 8
@Gjeorje WIN
Tareltonlives 1 year ago
I would've liked it if, after his emotional story about the battle, she launched into a long-winded explanation of how the North's industrial capacity and control of shipping would have made any Confederate victory impossible.
guysmiley00 1 year ago 11
"....And the Vikings would've finally captured a Super Bowl Title....."
buckracer 1 year ago 3
So he assaults an officer... and she lets him go!?
WhiteTiger225 1 year ago
Revisionist History of the Ol' West
Tareltonlives 2 years ago 4
Easiest Vendetta in the West!
superspiderspy 2 years ago
This movie is just one giant Mobius strip of horse rides, indiscriminate buildings and hallways.
Iwuznothere 2 years ago 3
5:43 "What is that thing there?!" "Whatever it is, it hasn't been invented yet, that's for sure"
IntroSpetful 2 years ago
The strange thing is, this is the only western I can think of without the breakaway furniture. They evidently went out and bought the sturdy kind.
Oppledeldoc 2 years ago 4
"...callin' it Leaves of Grass."
Kinemacolour 2 years ago
"Man, this movie is just sitting on my head and crushing it."
Yes. Yes, it is.
ChaoticYak 2 years ago 15
The flashback machine is broken!
Cosmoline 2 years ago 3
She's paying them with television warranties!
Durandal1717 2 years ago
You know, the dude describes the Battle of Missionary Ridge, not Lookout Mountain... And the war was pretty much lost by that point... sorry, i'm a nerd..
Stazmo2 2 years ago 39
Yeah, this has as much to do with the real battle of Chattanooga as Braveheart.
Tareltonlives 2 years ago 3
@Stazmo2 I think Lookout Mountain was part of Missionary Ridge, and it is considered the turning point of the war.
rcevey2 1 year ago
@Stazmo2 That's ok, the South is gonna do it again.
sleepyhollow783 1 year ago
@Stazmo2 You think that'd stop a Confederate from complaining, but they reaaaaaally wanted to keep their free labored workers.
Sloth7d 1 year ago
@Sloth7d ah yes, the public school version of history..I love fantasy too.
pretorious700 8 months ago
@pretorious700 It's fantasy that the Confederate states seceded because they wanted to keep their slaves?
durane42 6 months ago
@durane42 let me guess, public school education? The Civil War was way more about states' rights and the federal government consolidating power, but guess what-your government controlled educational system will never give that side of the story.
pretorious700 6 months ago
@pretorious700 Yeah, I live in the old capital of the Confederacy, so I hear the "states' rights" story a lot. People do seem to forget that the primary "states' right" in question was the right to allow slavery.
durane42 6 months ago
@durane42 I think a little more research than the public school narrative is warranted. The primary states rights were actually the states' rights to secede. The constitution was constructed to protect the citizenry from overweening central government-something we see now in spades.
pretorious700 3 months ago
@pretorious700 Oh, haha, I'd forgotten about this conversation. I'll go with your argument, but would they have even wanted to exercise their right to secede in the first place (which, I'll give you, seems like a reasonable right to have) if slavery weren't under dispute?
Anyway, I'll leave it at that question and go research it myself, since this is MST3K after all, and not a history forum. Thanks for being civil (pun not intended)!
durane42 3 months ago
@pretorious700 Obviously slavery is reprehensible. Nevertheless the some people do not understand The Principles on which the Feds were trampling. For example, if any state wished to secede from the Union, then that was the state's right to pull away. I believe Jefferson in the Declaration stated that a people had the right if not a duty to change or abolish a gov't that was tyrannical. I can understand why The South from their standpoint would seen the writing on the wall and wished to secede.
sleepyhollow783 3 months ago
@Stazmo2 That battle and a dozen other battles the rebels lost.
verbusen 9 months ago
@Stazmo2 Yeah, Missionary Ridge was the northern most ridge along the Chattanooga outskirts commanded by Brigadier general Hardee. What the character describes is how General William T. Sherman charged the Confederate line at the ridge but was defeated during the initial attack. The Confederates fled from the ridge only because the real Lookout Mountain was abandoned since the rebels had little defensive measures on the mountain to hold back the scaling Union army
I'm a Civil war buff
alexiaNBC 5 months ago
TESTIFY!
Man! look what's comin' outta yer horse!
animegrrl5k 2 years ago 3