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ZombiWoof

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5. "I am mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore"

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:22 AM

Aug 2018

I showed the rant to a friend at work, he had never seen it before. It's funny to think it was 1976, I was ten when I saw it the first time. It's 42 years later and nothing in our world has changed. I think Network was more speculative fiction than satire.

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"I am mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore", [View all] BigmanPigman Aug 2018 OP

Heh heh... Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1

Can I join in the chorus?! democratisphere Aug 2018 #2

I considered using it as my outgoing phone message. BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #3

My future wife and I watched "Network" on our first date. Nitram Aug 2018 #4

"I am mad as Hell and I'm not going to take this anymore" ZombiWoof Aug 2018 #5

This film was in my film class in college. BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #6

I remember seeing "Network" back when it first came out! WSSlover Apr 2019 #7

It was on TCM again two weeks ago. BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #8

Me, too! mapol Sep 2019 #9