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Stripes

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Stripes The Rewatchables

The panel asks whether the movie should end at graduation, what middle material would replace the rescue, and how attraction to the two military-police characters changed with age.

In the discussion (6)
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  • The main question asks whether the film improves if it ends with the graduation ceremony and drops the military-vehicle rescue.
  • The proposal draws a specific objection: the welcome-to-Italy arrival still works, even though the plot from there is judged a disaster.
  • More backstory with the central friends, the two military-police characters, Candy, and another Pom Pom excursion is proposed.
  • The woman from the opening finding John attractive again is proposed as another middle sequence.
  • The favorite recruit-introduction scene was reportedly rewritten by the cast in Murray’s trailer, prompting regret that the ending did not receive the same treatment.
  • A bonus question compares adolescent and present-day attraction to Sean Young and the actress the machine transcript calls P. J. Souls.