Comments on: My Bloody Valentine’s Blue Collar Machismo http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/ Unearthing Forgotten Horror Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Felter (Warden) http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3791 David Felter (Warden) Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:15:05 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3791 LMAO!!! I’m rolling around laughing like Mabel in the dryer
(btw, how hot do those things get?!?) Great, hilarious job
Amanda. I can honestly say that I’d never given a second’s
thought to the latent homoerotic undercurrents present in MBV
(or examined the male cast for their boyfriend potential)
but reading about it is damn near more entertaining than the
movie itself (oh who am I kidding – it’s WAY more entertaining
- after all, MBV ain’t no Halloween. It’s like a bad-acting
olympics). Thanks, and please write-up EVERY possible slasher
classic, soon. I look forward to your thoughts on the whole
priest-as-sinner theme at work in Splatter University… :)

]]> By: glenn http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3790 glenn Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:04:11 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3790 The MBV thing is interesting because most of the killers in slashers are blue collar whilst the victims are usually very suburban
As a teenage commie, when everyone else was pondering whether slashers were sexist/misogynistic I sat in a corner mumbling about class fears/revenge as symbolised by boiler suite, tools and stuff. In MBV the miners just do normal stuff rather than crop up to menacing in the background. I think this is one of the things that make it stand out and also what the remake got wrong.

]]> By: Morgan Rankin http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3789 Morgan Rankin Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:31:57 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3789 This article made my Valentine’s Day! I love it, Amanda!

Even though I have the major hots for Axel, T.J., and Dave, there was something more lovable about Hollis. Mmm, that mustache!

]]> By: dave stewart http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3788 dave stewart Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:31:34 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3788 Oh, Amanda! I’d read your writing even if you were writing nutritional labels. You’re awesome!

]]> By: John Klyza http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3787 John Klyza Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:46:01 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3787 I love the “twinkle” in Unmasked Axel’s eyes as he looks at TJ in the end…

]]> By: Hambone http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3786 Hambone Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:41:59 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3786 I never did like Howard, but I won’t fault him for leaving Patty and Sarah in the mine. I would have abandoned Patty too. I’m not sacrificing my life for a crying bimbo with a death wish.

]]> By: Hambone http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3785 Hambone Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:04:30 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3785 This film is really about a failed bromance between Axel and T.J. Sarah is just a beard.

The way these guys thrust at each other in the showers goes a ways beyond bromance. They’re practically raping each other in the parking lot after their shower, and why is Howard trying to drink Hollis’ pee? Then the cute young leather stud dies by wienies to the face. Come out of the closet, Harry Warden! The Cage? Sounds like a leather bar to me.

I also think Happy and Crazy Ralph are butt buddies.

]]> By: Ross Horsley http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3784 Ross Horsley Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:47:38 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3784 God, this article had me in stitches!

“I mean, what cheers up a town more than a Laundromat with streamers?” … Classic!

]]> By: Unk L http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3783 Unk L Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:49:56 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3783 Great post. It’s good to see Hollis getting his due and I have faith in TJ’s ascot, I think it’ll make a comeback soon! BTW, Neil Affleck who played Axel went on to direct “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy”. I got to meet him once and he was a very cool guy.

]]> By: John Klyza http://retroslashers.net/my-bloody-valentines-blue-collar-machismo/#comment-3782 John Klyza Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:02:36 +0000 http://retroslashers.net/?p=9731#comment-3782 Many a soap bar was dropped in those man-filled shower stalls… as the ballad says… “and no one will know, as the years come and go”

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