The Baroness warns Cobra CommanderĪbout the unpredictable nature of gypsy magic, but Cobra Commander silences Major Bludd is insulted by Cobra CommanderĪs he reports of his failure to capture the base and the Baroness walks They can’t spend the money if they are six feet under.Īfter an elderly gypsy threatens two Cobra Eels with a curse that causeīoth agents to let go of her, the Baroness calls them fools and then leads
The Firebat pilots go against Majorīludd’s orders to stay and fight since they are low on fuel and outnumbered,Īnd as the pilots turn to leave, one of the Cobra agents comments that
Is slightly miffed that Gung Ho scoffs their legends of ghosts and vampires. Remarks that the commander sounds like Count Dracula and the commander Out of the sky with a few well-aimed shots.ĭuke orders Gung Ho to guard the base commander and the other soldierĪnd the three dive under cover before a Firebat cuts them down. Hit Cobra hard and fast before pulling the base commander and Ivan to safetyĪs Cobra Hang gliders attempt to shoot them, but Gung Ho knocks the Cobras The convoy arrives at the plant and Maulers, APCs, Sluggers and ArmadillosĪre brought into the battle to drive back Cobra.
“Yeah, I’ll just bet he is,” radios Scarlett. Voice but Cover Girl’s, who replies, “And don’t worry about Duke. Run Cobra, but you can’t hide.” Scarlett radios Duke, who is leading aĬonvoy of ground equipment to the plant, however, Scarlett hears not Duke’s Before destroying a Firebat, she whispers, “You can Cobra pressesįlying across the mountainous region, Scarlett leads a group of SkystrikersĪgainst the Firebats. Plant, tries to contact the base’s commander for help, however, with theĮntire base under attack, the commander cannot send support. The midst of the Carpathian mountains and the Firebats and Major Bludd’sįANG helicopter rip the buildings apart. Major Bludd orders the Firebats to destroy a munitions depot located in Gung Ho (after a base commander tells the Joe not to scoff his country's legends) Home Episode Summaries Season 1 The Phantom Brigade Duke (talking to Rock 'n' Roll before playing in the Average Joe Band) “There’s something majestic about the reach of Hoberman’s ambitions, the breadth and rigor of his research, and especially the curatorial vision brought to historical - Episode Summaries > Season 1 > The Phantom BrigadeĪre you thinking what I think you're thinking? alternately fevered and measured account of what might be called the primal scene of American cinema.” - Cineaste DeMille rubs shoulders with Douglas MacArthur, atomic tests are shown on live TV, God talks on the radio, and Joe McCarthy is bracketed with Marilyn Monroe ( The American Scholar).įrom cavalry Westerns to apocalyptic sci-fi flicks, and biblical spectaculars from movies to media events, congressional hearings and political campaigns, An Army of Phantoms “remind you what criticism is supposed to be: revelatory, reflective and as rapturous as the artwork itself” ( Time Out New York). In this far-reaching work of historical synthesis, Cecil B. Tracing the dynamic interplay between politics and popular culture, Hoberman offers “the most detailed year-by-year look at Hollywood during the first decade of the Cold War ever published, one that takes film analysis beyond the screen and sets it in its larger political context” ( Los Angeles Review of Books).īy “tell the story not just of what’s on the screen but of what played out behind it,” Hoberman demonstrates how the nation’s deep-seated fears and wishes were projected onto the big screen. The film critic’s sweeping analysis of American cinema in the Cold War era is both “utterly compulsive reading majestic” in its “breadth and rigor” ( Film Comment).Īn Army of Phantoms is a major work of film history and cultural criticism by leading film critic J.
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