Well, it's just a matter of individual taste about "Midnight", right, Cruiser? ;-P Anyway, I'm glad you remember my Dipwallow poem after all this time.

As for the other Billy Jack movies...I think they went in this order:

"Born Losers" - Billy Jack defends innocent hippies, women, children and other living things, takes on vicious local motorcycle gang and kicks ass! Movie gets little attention.

"Billy Jack" - Billy Jack defends innocent hippies, women, children and other living things, takes on vicious local rednecks and cops and other evil white men like that, kicks ass! Movie becomes gigantic box-office counterculture hit!!! (it was exactly the right moment in history...Kent State had happened...fear and loathing in Washington as Watergate approached...perfect timing)

"The Trial of Billy Jack" - Billy Jack defends innocent hippies, women, children and other living things, takes on vicious government, cop, and military evil white men, kicks ass! But mostly gets day in court. Looooooong day in court. Serious contender for worst movie in history. Did not do well at the box office. The moment had passed.

"Billy Jack Goes to Washington" - Billy Jack defends innocent hippies, women, children and other living things, takes on vicious governmental and societal organized evil of almost incomprehensible dimensions...all done by evil white men...kicks ass! I have it on good authority that this, yes this amazing cinematic abomination may be...and probably is...the WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!!!

Wow, eh?

"Go ahead and hate your neighbour..."

(Don't you wish you were good and noble like me and my young freaky idealistic friends, and not totally evil and disgusting like all you straights really are?)

"Go ahead and cheat your friend..."

(You know you establishment types can't resist being evil and sick, so go ahead. You'll be sorry in the end. It just proves how good I am, how cool the Grateful Dead are, and how awful people like you are.)

"Do it in the name of heaven..."

(Yeah, I know you're one of those crazy Christian Baptist Bible thumpers. Fah! You disgust me. I do ceremonies with rattlesnakes in the mountains and I communicate with the nature spirits daily. I talk to eagles and they tell me secrets you will never know. Death is my friend. He stands right by my shoulder, but you can't see him. Nyahh! Nyahh! Nyahh! You are soooo totally unhip that it just is pathetic, really.)

"You can justify it in the end..."

(But you'll be sooooorrrry.)

"There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the Judgement Day, on the bloody morning after....One Tin Soldier Rides Away..."

(Yeah. Boy are YOU establishment fuckers gonna be sorry when the shit hits the fan. Your whole awful antihuman power structure is going to be destroyed. The Great Purification will kill all of you and wipe out your disgusting civilization. The cool people, like me and my friends, will have gone back to the land and we will survive and prosper, but you straights will all die in your suburban hell like the miserable rats you are. We will have free love and grow flowers and live in freedom, love, and peace, and you will all rot. Ha! Ha! Ha! Like I said....you'll be sorry. Very sorry.)

It's official now. This thread has been totally hijacked. It just got ass-kicked by Billy Jack and his pals...people I was hanging out with in 1973-79. Boy, were we a righteous lot! ;-D


By the way, you can find out what Billy Jack is up to right now by going to his site: http://www.billyjack.com/

He's as radical as ever, and I have to say I still agree with a lot of what he stands for, but I do think those were pretty bad movies...although the man does have some very strong ideals and good intentions, no doubt.