Elwood...smoking?

[Father Elwood]

Originally Posted by Syd-Blues

Freud: "Sometimes a cigar, is just a cigar." Ha...Monica...

Heheh. Thanks for posting that. :]

[takkuneg]

Originally Posted by Father Elwood

I don't see what Elwood suckin' on a "big brown d*ck" (as George calls it) has to do with fanfiction. Take it back to the slash thread, ladies.

Your post was the first time slash was mentioned here. Plz to be reading the thread closer kthnx.

[Father Elwood]

Originally Posted by takkuneg

Your post was the first time slash was mentioned here. Plz to be reading the thread closer kthnx.

Slash, fanfic, whatever you wish to call it. You mentioned how it should have been 17+ in age rating, and I really can't think of violence (let alone being disemboweled) ever needing such a rating, so I took the liberty of assuming.

Welcome to "I don't give a damn." Population: Me.

Because I never do. -shrugs-

[takkuneg]

Slash is a subgenre of fanfiction. Vinnie's stuff is het, not slash.

[Father Elwood]

Originally Posted by takkuneg

Slash is a subgenre of fanfiction. Vinnie's stuff is het, not slash.

Ohhh.

I hate to be a hypocrite, and further off topic, but what's "het"?

Edit: Thanks for correcting me, by the way, instead of leaving me oblivious.

[takkuneg]

Originally Posted by Father Elwood

Ohhh.

I hate to be a hypocrite, and further off topic, but what's "het"?

Edit: Thanks for correcting me, by the way, instead of leaving me oblivious.

Slash = male/male

Het(erosexual) = male/female

Femmeslash = female/female

Gen = fic that isn't romantic or sexual, involves no pairings

[Father Elwood]

Originally Posted by takkuneg

Slash = male/male

Het(erosexual) = male/female

Femmeslash = female/female

Gen = fic that isn't romantic or sexual, involves no pairings

OH GAWRD.

Thanks for the defs. That was really helpful.

On topic: I have a GREAT picture with Jake & Elwood with cigars in their mouths... along with 3 guys I don't really know. I'll post it if I can get it up on here... I have a lot of stuff that's not on the computer. x_x;

[Father Elwood]

Found it. xD Don't know if it counts, since it's not like, lit or anything. But still. <3



It's at an angle. I turned it so that I'd get the other guys outta the picture. So if you've seen this before, that's what's wrong with it.

Dan looks good when he smoke. Heheh. But still, I don't like how he's rationing his life. Oh well. It's his life to do with what he pleases. But I'd like him to live at least until I have a car and can drive cross the states to go see him.

[Syd-Blues]

Jake's is lit.

[Father Elwood]

Originally Posted by Syd-Blues

Jake's is lit.

Good eye. I totally missed that (obviously).

[bluesharp]

Originally Posted by Father Elwood

Found it. xD Don't know if it counts, since it's not like, lit or anything. But still. <3

Didn't know they smoked cigars as well!!

[Father Elwood]

Originally Posted by bluesharp

Didn't know they smoked cigars as well!!

Apparently they did.

This came straight out of the horse's mouth. "Belushi" by Judith Belushi Pisano, Tanner Colby, and Dan Aykroyd (who wrote the forward but I think he also hogged a lot of interview space!).

-cuddles book- I love it so.

[Jo_Pierce]

Ok. Ok. I came real late to this party, as usual.

Does that mean no one's left, and I just get to clean up all the broken beer bottles, like that Chick at Country Bob's?


I have a related question, and one that some people pointed to here. But I couldn't find a separate thread elsewhere. So here goes.

Really, how violent are the boys? I mean, I know that they wreck havoc. But I can't remember anyone punching one another. I don't remember violence in the sense that we see it today in movies.

Jake is arrested for armed robbery, right? But was the gun even loaded?

Just questions, as I have not read the novel, and am still working my way through the maze of canon...

[Gildir]

Originally Posted by Jo_Pierce

Really, how violent are the boys? I mean, I know that they wreck havoc. But I can't remember anyone punching one another. I don't remember violence in the sense that we see it today in movies.

Jake is arrested for armed robbery, right? But was the gun even loaded?

Just questions, as I have not read the novel, and am still working my way through the maze of canon...

Excellent, excellent question, Jo. I haven't read the novel either, but I understand it reveals that Jake committed the robbery with a "toll gun" that shoots tokens (used by toll collectors?). This is not corroborated by Blues Brothers Private, which refers to the incident simply as "armed robbery" and states at one point that Jake "exchanged gunfire" with police. But given the cynical (but not outright hostile) depiction of the police in the first movie, this might well be due to the police exaggerating what happened. And even if Jake did "exchange gunfire" (maybe "toll gun fire"?) with the police, he clearly didn't hit any of them, since that would have resulted in additional charges and, presumably, a much longer sentence.

Certainly in the two movies themselves the violence committed by the Blues Brothers is limited to the property damage they cause with the car. Elwood is a preternaturally gifted driver and is able to drive through the Dixie Square Mall without hitting anyone. The repeated line "They broke my watch!" underscores the fact that, miraculously, none of the police officers or others involved in the car pileups is hurt.

In fact, I may be mistaken, but I don't know of any canonical evidence for Jake or Elwood ever hurting anyone. That's one of the major reasons why they're such loveable anti-heroes.

[Jo_Pierce]

Great points, Gildir. Exactly how I feel.

I have mentioned this before, but I think the Blues Brothers are really a modern version of "The Trickster" - found in mythology and folklore from all over the world.


I think that needs its own thread, for academic geeks and culture vultures...

Now, back to Elwood and his smokes...

[Vinnie Blues]

I agree with you Gildir, really good perspective. Though the brothers look impressive, they wouldna hurt a fly.

Another question : how the police could have considered them "dangerous" (Use of unecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues brothers has been approved) while Jake and Elwood didn't even have a gun ?

In fact the real violent folks in the movies are the same one that run after them, i.e. the Nazis and Camille. The brothers even get almost killed, but they're the ones considered as dangerous !

This is central to the subversive side of the movie : the police is always hitting on the small guy.

[Jo_Pierce]

You are very very right, Vinnie. There is some major subtext going on here, about race, urban poverty, exploitation, power relations, the working class...

But I think that deserves another thread.... I mean, not everyone wants to hear my egghead mumbo jumbo...

[Jo_Pierce]

Well, he obviously has them in the Bluesmobile at some point...

[Jo_Pierce]

Originally Posted by Steam McQueen

Thank you. I was looking for a reason to get wise ... to get to church.

Elwood never forgot his Birthday Gift, Vinnie. 10 minutes after Jake got out, he returned the favour. Well, he drove. Jake had $23.07 to spend.

Ok. I missed something. What is this from?

Call me thicker than a whale omlette.

[Chic_Lady]

Originally Posted by Jo_Pierce

Ok. I missed something. What is this from?

Call me thicker than a whale omlette.

Whale omelette?!

That's a cut scene from the script. You can read the whole thing online (Actually I'm thinking I read it somewhere on this site a while back.)

[Vinnie Blues]

A whale omelette ? Mmmm... I'm sure that's tasty with some sautéed jellyfish and vinaigrette... I'd like it with some special mushrooms too ! LOL

Alright, Jo, seriously, I always thought the whole movie was subversive. See the scene at the restaurant, the most subversive scene in the movie in my humble opinion. Full class divide showing. You're right, that subject deserves a whole thread of its own.

[Chic_Lady]

Originally Posted by Jo_Pierce

You are very very right, Vinnie. There is some major subtext going on here, about race, urban poverty, exploitation, power relations, the working class...

But I think that deserves another thread.... I mean, not everyone wants to hear my egghead mumbo jumbo...

Very true, and that's something I love about the movie. Start a new thread! I'd love to hear your egghead mumbo jumbo!

[Jo_Pierce]

Ok. I started a thread - The Blues Brothers as Social Commentary

You can call me Egghead Blues.

[MoeBluesStooge]

well I've always thought of Elwood as the abstinent type - so I don't think he smokes or does drugs. All he does is drink, sing blues, and try to get laid.

[Syd-Blues]

By definition, doesn't being abstinent, doesn't that mean no drinking or sex?