As far as I am concerned...

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

...as a general rule of thumb, (and there are a few exceptions to this, most notably Mother Duderior) anybody who claims to be a Dudeist and has never even set foot in the United States, is actually a poser and a f***ing amateur.

IMO, one cannot fully and truly "get" The Big Lebowski unless one is thoroughly familiarized with my country and our popular culture. 

So that being said: all of the nihilist haters can go keep on being nihilistic haters.  But if you don't have anything nice to say to me here in this forum,  then please leave me alone.  There's room for all of us.

[meekon5]

...as a general rule of thumb, (and there are a few exceptions to this, most notably Mother Duderior) anybody who claims to be a Dudeist and has never even set foot in the United States, is actually a poser and a f***ing amateur.

IMO, one cannot fully and truly and fully "get" The Big Lebowski unless one is thoroughly familiarized with my country and our popular culture. 

So that being said: all of the nihilist haters can go keep on being nihilistic haters.  But if you don't have anything nice to say to me here in this forum,  then please leave me alone.  There's room for all of us.

That is enough!

Do not carry on like this.

I am now drawing the line.

There's room for all of us.

Not here, not if you're going to go on like this.

Un-Dude, man.

[Masked Dude]

Just out of curiosity, what do you consider "nihilist haters"? Not to incite an argument since I'm honestly curious, but it sounds as though it just means "those who are stupid enough to disagree with me."

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

...as a general rule of thumb, (and there are a few exceptions to this, most notably Mother Duderior) anybody who claims to be a Dudeist and has never even set foot in the United States, is actually a poser and a f***ing amateur.

IMO, one cannot fully and truly and fully "get" The Big Lebowski unless one is thoroughly familiarized with my country and our popular culture. 

So that being said: all of the nihilist haters can go keep on being nihilistic haters.  But if you don't have anything nice to say to me here in this forum,  then please leave me alone.  There's room for all of us.

That is enough!

Do not carry on like this.

I am now drawing the line.

There's room for all of us.

Not here, not if you're going to go on like this.

Un-Dude, man.

Well then, tell it to those wannabe Walters here who try and bait and attack me for being a Christian.  That's un-Dude, too.  Am I wrong?

[mrpaddy]

  Am I wrong?

Yes. On several levels.

Being from a place and being familiar with a culture are different things.

Little, if anything, in the film is uniquely American. What references there are to American culture are easily understood.

You're out of your element, Donny. Shut the fuck up.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

  Am I wrong?

Little, if anything, in the film is uniquely American. What references there are to American culture are easily understood.

You're out of your element, Donny. Shut the fuck up.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

No.  My name is not Donny, and I will not shut the fuck up.  Quite to the contrary; I'm gonna stand up for myself (unlike Donny, who should have done so) and tell these Walters not to be such a bunch of a**holes.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

  Am I wrong?

Little, if anything, in the film is uniquely American. What references there are to American culture are easily understood.

You're out of your element, Donny. Shut the fuck up.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

No.  My name is not Donny, and I will not shut the fuck up.  Quite to the contrary; I'm gonna stand up for myself (unlike Donny, who should have done so) and tell these Walters not to be such a bunch of a**holes.

Look, I'm an Iraq veteran, man.  I did not watch my buddies dies face down in the sand so that I can have these pretentious UK poser-Dudes telling me what's what about one of my favorite movies.  I'll bet that most of them have never even set foot in my country, much less in the state of California.

[cckeiser]

chill dude.
I see "someone"has got your Walter up....your too easy to poke dude....remember...."calmer than you are."
That's just like your opinion dude.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

chill dude.
I see "someone"has got your Walter up....your too easy to poke dude....remember...."calmer than you are."
That's just like your opinion dude.

Hell, the guy that turned me on to The Big Lebowski in the first place died over there in Iraq.  His name was Mintzlaff, and he truly was my buddy.

It's pure Americana, man, Lebowski is.  So I'm not gonna let some pretentious, poser Brit explain to me what one of my favorite movies is "really all about", much less give me grief about being a Christian.  Hell no, I'm not.

[Judd Dude]

1-800-WHO CARES

[cckeiser]

life goes on man....can't be worried about that shit.
If you keep going Walter every time someone pokes at you....they are just going to keep poking at you dude.
A wiser fella than I once said..."Keep you buttons to yourself."
If you keep you buttons out there and let anyone push them on you...you will forever be jumping to their tune dude. keep your buttons to yourself and dance to your own music.
Besides...why should you give a fuck what anyone else thinks?
It's just like their opinion man....so fuck it dude....abide.

[Masked Dude]

I'm sure you count me as  an attacker, since you've made it clear you think I'm a hater and coward. But you can't play the victim here. You've done your share of baiting and attacking, too. You make these general assumptions and claims,  and then go off on anyone who doesn't agree.

Now you're going off on Brits? All I can say is cool your jets. I've learned a lot from people here, especially those whose opinions differ greatly from mine.

And it's not Christians they're going off on. It's anyone with fundie attitudes and sweeping generalizations. You say they're attacking you, but put yourself in our shoes. You keep calling us names for every little thing we don't agree on. You get annoyed when others get on your case, but you're doing the same. We have a cool little pad here. Just abide, man.

[Shagbeard]

life goes on man....can't be worried about that shit...
Besides...why should you give a fuck what anyone else thinks?
It's just like their opinion man....so fuck it dude....abide.

Ok now I echo this for the reason of its logic and it is what I tell my kids when they worry about what others think of them.

As for the culture of the movie, it is very easy to say one understands but not always true. I have met many foreigners and they always find the reality different. When they see our culture on movies they dont get the subtle under tones and what have yous. Once they are here for a few years they start to get it and still often find it difficult to blend... Heck you see that in our movies too with the foreigner be a bit off in talk and customs. I grew up with British programming and relate much but not pretentious that I could blend in if I moved there tomorrow, no I know I would stick out and feel out of my element in a few areas. The Big Lebowski is definitly a massive amount of American influence. Well that is my 2 cents and surely you can take it for what any wants to.

Whether your Chinaman, Brit, or what have you, just know I am racially cool with all that  If you want to get into the name calling well chill stop being Quintana Mr Lebowski like. We could all use some serious rug time here and have a J

Peace and may you abide well

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

This was the person who loaned me the DVD copy of The Big Lebowski that I first watched in Baghdad, in 2005.

http://www.iraqwarheroes.org/mintzlaff.htm

Rest in peace, Mintzlaff.  I miss you, man.  You were a great guy. 

Thanks for turning me on to such a great movie, brother.   

[Caesar dude]

I'm an Iraq "veteran" in the US vernacular. So what?

I'm a typical Brit...fairly understated...just get on with it and do the job at hand.

Here's a video you might enjoy christian "dude"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I6-2NJhnf4


Modern day cowboys...take your American "culture" and stick it up your arse.

As a Christian I'm sure you can forgive them "dude"