http://www.englishforums.com/English/TopicOfTheMoment/Forum38.htmDiscussions on anything and everything, all while helping you learn English. (Just like being in a bar!) Please register if you wish to post here.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#11547Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11547hitchhiker0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#11547http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-11547.xmlOk, from now on i'm going to list every yank film I watch that uses a foreigner as the baddy: 'Showtime' (2000 or something) - cheesy 'couldn't make out the accent' generic foreigner - dies at end.. (I should really point out the films that have foreigners in them that don't turn out to be evil, but I can't think of any - seriously)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#11477Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11477janskii1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#11477http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-11477.xmlundertones? were'nt they a band?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#11298Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:11298mejulian2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#11298http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-11298.xmlLast weekend I watched SWAT and it was even funnier. Forget the days of Mexican/Columbian druglords, Arab/Irish terrorists, or blonde Europeans with terrible accents; now the new wave is to make the French look like arrogant and evil blokes. Cheers, Juliánhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10818Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10818Mike in Japan3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10818http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-10818.xmlOh, I almost forgot, Mary was a Pom (British).http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10817Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10817Mike in Japan4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10817http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-10817.xmlI watched the American Disney film Mary Poppins on the weekend. She caused the death of the bank manager! It also had some disturbing occult undertones. Ah, Disney and undertones ..... what a subject!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10804Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10804hitchhiker5http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10804http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-10804.xmlI loved Ocean's 11 though! Since I wrote the first post on this thread I've seen another 3 films that had British people in them; the whole plot was pointless because we all knew FROM THE BEGINNING that the Brit would be the 'baddy' - and we were right! Btw: If there are any blonde Europeans here – You guys play the ‘hitmen/women!’ Lolhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10449Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10449Mike in Japan6http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10449http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-10449.xmlYes Pinky! Banjo playing everglades persons shouting piggie sounds! However did you guess?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10445Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10445janskii7http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#10445http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-10445.xmlbut on the other hand , most of the 'serial killers' movies are set in the states?are either toothless , banjo playing everglades persons shouting piggie sounds, or they are stylish movers and shakers robbing casinos and stuff with ease, like they were born blaggers! DO ME A FAVOUR!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#7187Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7187Mike in Japan8http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/3/bgqx/Post.htm#7187http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7187.xmlPinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7155Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7155maj9http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7155http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7155.xmlVery, very funny.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7149Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7149Woodward10http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7149http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7149.xmlIt's a secret code we use so nobody knows what we are talking about. You know, in world domination areas. Can you decipher it Maj? (I'm sorry hitch, I just had to do it You know where I'm coming from, I couldn't resist)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7136Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7136maj11http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7136http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7136.xmlHitch, are you talking to me? What is that supposed to mean?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7132Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7132hitchhiker12http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7132http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7132.xmlThe red, white & blue algae!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7116Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7116maj13http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7116http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7116.xmlNo idea what you are talking about. Men talk I suppose. I guess the island icon caught my eye.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7080Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7080Mike in Japan14http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7080http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7080.xmlHitch, I'm not sure which side you mean, the side with the blue/green algae or the side with the reddish pink algae? I'm guessing you mean the former.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7059Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7059hitchhiker15http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7059http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7059.xmlThat's just it, I've spent my life surrounded by people from that side of the pond (even longer watching telly from there!). Lately, I'm just getting this feeling that they're heading for a brick wall; I love the whole 'liberty/freedom' idea, so I'd rather not see that happen!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7038Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7038Mike in Japan16http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7038http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7038.xmlToo late Woodward, they and the cats are already on the case! I spotted a shaded moggie going through my trash only a few minutes ago! Actually I just been defending the U.S. in a discussion with one of my rather left of centre students. Politics, a dangerous but effective way to provoke an energetic discussion!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7032Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7032Woodward17http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/2/bgqx/Post.htm#7032http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7032.xmlI wonder if I type the words Bin Laden, Bomb, plan, explode, threat, United States, and rubber chicken (you never know) in the same sentence, whether the FBI/CIA/BLHC or some other secret org will pick this post up and investigate us all. (BLHC = Bin Laden Hate Club)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#7031Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7031Woodward18http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#7031http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7031.xmlI think it has something to do with not getting sued by someone who has a real phone number and they then falsely accuse (and sue) the producers that they are being harrassed and now has psychological damage blah, blah blah. They made a joke about this in one of Arnold Scharzwhatever's (I can't spell his name) movies. I think it was called the last action hero or something like that.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#7027Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:7027Mike in Japan19http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#7027http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-7027.xmlWell, more often than not, when someone in a Hollowood movie, American sitcom, or other American production quotes a telephone number, it starts with 555. Don't believe me? Watch and listen! You will be amazed!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6970Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6970maj20http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6970http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6970.xmlI don't know what you are talking about. Can you explain that, please?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6949Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6949Mike in Japan21http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6949http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6949.xmlI love the way almost all phone numbers in Hollowood movies start with 555_____. Have you ever noticed?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6943Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6943maj22http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6943http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6943.xmlPenelope Cruz?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6942Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6942maj23http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6942http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6942.xmlNichole Kidman? Hitch, are you losing objectivity?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6937Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6937hitchhiker24http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6937http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6937.xmlIt's very unusual for a foreigner to be cast as main character in a HW film (there are some exceptions)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6935Sun, 24 May 2009 13:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6935maj25http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htm#6935http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6935.xmlWhat about Hugh Grant? He's always a goodie in films. Maybe, Americans thinks is a baddie in real life?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 14:52:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:6933hitchhiker26http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheBaddieAlwaysAmerican/bgqx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments38-6933.xmlI'm so sick of it! I can't take it anymore, I thought they would realise in the 80s, then the 90s! I mean how long before EVERYBODY notices and it's seen as completely bigoted. Every single bad person in 90% of Hollywood films is either English or German (and blonde). It is so predictable that it's been ruining plots. Imagine all British movies portrayed Americans as loud, whining, evil idiots. Wouldn't somebody notice!? I've got so many American friends who've set such a great example for their country that I continually resist the urge to forget the U.S as being irrelevant + small-minded. Don’t even get me started on the last year of Bushing. YUK! SORT IT OUT! Btw: If you look at the cover of an American movie you can tell...