Vision Quest

[jackwebster]

I just rewatched Vision Quest a few times this weekend. Idk but this essay seems right for the most part: https://1morefilmblog.com/2017/04/02/the-queer-beauty-of-vision-quest/

[Dark Energy]

7 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

I just rewatched Vision Quest a few times this weekend. Idk but this essay seems right for the most part: https://1morefilmblog.com/2017/04/02/the-queer-beauty-of-vision-quest/

Huh, I guess every guy who gets down to skivvies for weigh ins or naked in the locker room or scouts his opponent should be thought of the same way.  Quite a good chance they are gay.  Thanks for posting this.  Really making me think. 
 

Didn’t see any mention of the privileged white racism that never was addressed in the movie.  Step up your game.

(eye roll)

[jackwebster]

27 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

Huh, I guess every guy who gets down to skivvies for weigh ins or naked in the locker room or scouts his opponent should be thought of the same way.  Quite a good chance they are gay.  Thanks for posting this.  Really making me think. 
 

Didn’t see any mention of the privileged white racism that never was addressed in the movie.  Step up your game.

(eye roll)

I get what you are saying: none of the wrestling stuff in the film is gay.  But step back from the question of mimetic accuracy for a second. Why is the filmmaker making those decisions? Why does Swain get his Ultra Flexes from the gay guy at the hotel? Why does Swain do Tai Chi in his warm up?

Edited February 12, 2023 by jackwebster

[Nailbender]

Ay caramba.

[BerniePragle]

This makes me think back many years to a friend I had in college.  We were both struggling to make any sense of some BS Social Science elective we were taking. I think it was Philosophy, Psycology or something where we were always looking for the reasons behind our actions.  One day in class the professor brought up baseball players spitting.  He explained that there were various reasons for it.  The only two I can remember were because everyone else was doing it you had to follow along, and because someone you admired did it.  My buddy muttered "Sometimes you just gotta spit" just loud enough so everyone could hear it.  The class roared its approval.

Sometimes you can way overthink things.  Sometimes you just gotta spit.  Sometimes you gotta strip to make weight.  End of story.  I sure didn't see all of this in the movie.  Ignorance is Bliss, I guess.

[jackwebster]

3 minutes ago, BerniePragle said:

"Sometimes you just gotta spit" 

I can't remember the last time I spit.

[LJB]

**insert obligatory Top Gun comment**

[jackwebster]

3 minutes ago, LJB said:

**insert obligatory Top Gun comment**

Berlin is featured on both soundtracks fwiw

[LJB]

the only thing that triggers anything inside this head about the band berlin is the lead singer was fairly saucy, yes?

[Fadzaev2]

I watched Vision Quest once and taped over it with some much better wrestling.  Enough said.

[MadMardigain]

3 minutes ago, LJB said:

the only thing that triggers anything inside this head about the band berlin is the lead singer was fairly saucy, yes?

She take your breath away?

[LJB]

7 minutes ago, MadMardigain said:

She take your breath away?

**tip of the cap**

[VakAttack]

A lot of 80s movies had some homoerotic overtones. I blame it on all the cocaine.

[LJB]

we were all in college once...

[jackwebster]

15 minutes ago, MadMardigain said:

She take your breath away?

You might be in luck: Rumor has it that she's a godess, blue movie, geisha, your slave, and one night stand. But then again she's a virgin, bitch, little girl, your mother, and a boy. 

[Major Kong]

1 hour ago, BerniePragle said:

This makes me think back many years to a friend I had in college.  We were both struggling to make any sense of some BS Social Science elective we were taking. I think it was Philosophy, Psycology or something where we were always looking for the reasons behind our actions.  One day in class the professor brought up baseball players spitting.  He explained that there were various reasons for it.  The only two I can remember were because everyone else was doing it you had to follow along, and because someone you admired did it.  My buddy muttered "Sometimes you just gotta spit" just loud enough so everyone could hear it.  The class roared its approval.

Sometimes you can way overthink things.  Sometimes you just gotta spit.  Sometimes you gotta strip to make weight.  End of story.  I sure didn't see all of this in the movie.  Ignorance is Bliss, I guess.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[ionel]

21 minutes ago, Major Kong said:

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[LJB]

[MPhillips]

57 minutes ago, Fadzaev2 said:

I watched Vision Quest once and taped over it with some much better wrestling.  Enough said.

Did you do the same with the Rocky movies? 

 

[MPhillips]

15 minutes ago, ionel said:

Blow jobs are better than no jobs...

[ionel]

1 minute ago, MPhillips said:

Blow jobs are better than no jobs...

The Jobs Report was very good during the Clinton administration. 

[PortaJohn]

Is this thread @jackwebster's vision quest to "come out" to the forum?  I support you buddy.  

[jackwebster]

Just now, PortaJohn said:

Is this thread @jackwebster's vision quest to "come out" to the forum?  I support you buddy.  

I appreciate the support.

[MPhillips]

1 minute ago, PortaJohn said:

Is this thread @jackwebster's vision quest to "come out" to the forum? 

It's certainly a cry for attention...

[flyingcement]

In spite of my avatar, I haven't really looked at this movie through the dimension of sexuality.