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Lt Col Markinson did not kill himself
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:42 pm
Nobody can convince me this happened.
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:52 pm to deeprig9
Don’t we see him blow his brains out in the movie?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 6:56 pm to SCLSUMuddogs
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Don’t we see him blow his brains out in the movie?
For the most part
Posted on 3/24/25 at 7:38 pm to deeprig9
He was allowed to off himself. His room was guarded.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:08 pm to deeprig9
I'm not Markinson. That's two down.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:17 pm to SCLSUMuddogs
No, you only see him put a gun in his mouth and then a lightning strike at the courthouse.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:52 pm to Sam Quint
There is no Markinson.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 7:23 am to deeprig9
JT Walsh....one of the 90s best actors
Posted on 3/25/25 at 8:24 am to deeprig9
Posted on 3/25/25 at 8:38 am to The Hispanic Titanic
quote:
There is no Markinson.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 6:55 pm to deeprig9
I never understood why Markinson blew his brains out before testifying? Why not take the stand, bring Jessup down, then die with a little dignity?
Posted on 3/25/25 at 6:58 pm to JohnnyBgood
As Pitch Meeting would say, "to make the movie happen".
Posted on 3/25/25 at 7:10 pm to JohnnyBgood
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I never understood why Markinson blew his brains out before testifying? Why not take the stand, bring Jessup down, then die with a little dignity?
The best I can come up with is:
Markinson’s dilemma is the movie.
He was horribly guilt ridden and felt utterly trapped in a moral and ethical conflict of which there was no possible escape or happy resolution.
Taking down Jessup would mean betraying his beliefs, brining shame to the Corps, and essentially making the nation weaker. Of course, it was also still the right thing to do.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 8:34 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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As Pitch Meeting would say, "to make the movie happen".
Studio Exec: So how does Col Jessup survive this trial that the JAG has stacked against him?
Writer: Oh, super easy, barely an inconvenience. Markinson is going to kill himself before the trial.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 8:22 am to deeprig9
I never understood why they didn't try to pin the code red on him after his death. I feel like that is what would happen in real life.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 9:47 am to QC Reb
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I never understood why they didn't try to pin the code red on him after his death. I feel like that is what would happen in real life.
Because Airmen Cecil and O’Malley were going to say it was Jessup who doctored the flight logs.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 10:22 am to Havoc
they were there to testify under oath that they had no recollection of anything
Posted on 3/26/25 at 10:28 am to deeprig9
" He got in full dress uniform pulled out a nickel plated pistol and shot him himself"
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:13 pm to Sam Quint
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they were there to testify under oath that they had no recollection of anything
Yeah but Jessup didn’t know that.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:22 pm to Havoc
i'm just quoting the movie dude
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