Professor Malley was the master manipulator

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Mutant101 — 17 years ago(October 13, 2008 09:18 AM)

He was a left-winger, yet manipulates two of his best students into enlisting in the U.S. army.

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yellow-iodine — 17 years ago(October 16, 2008 05:34 PM)

no, he doesnt. that was not his intention.
if ever there was the slightest chance he may have been leaning toward that, it was not his own opinion. in college, professors play devil's advocate to make you think. it has nothing to do with their own views. the boys landed on that by themselves, if they saw it that way or not. dont be so ignorant.
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Mutant101 — 15 years ago(April 25, 2010 05:50 PM)

If it was their own choice to enlist (without Malley's influence) then they were idiots. With their college degrees, they could've definitely got decent paying jobs.

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yellow-iodine — 15 years ago(April 25, 2010 05:59 PM)

Enlisting had nothing to do with the possibility of getting jobs.
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Mutant101 — 15 years ago(April 26, 2010 08:09 PM)

Mind you, I've only seen the film once; but I do recall Arian (Derek Luke) making a comment about his student loan debt. I thought it was one of the few factors that caused to him and his friend to enlist, along with Malley's teachings.

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theevilmonkeycmp3 — 15 years ago(June 03, 2010 03:58 PM)

that it was, they gave their reasoning right there at the lunch table and if you had been paying attention you'd see that not only did RR character NOT manipulate them into anything, but he tried to talk them out of it and they gave their reasonings behind it.
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