TS: Boyz 'N' the Hood vs. Menace II Society

Anyway, 10 years ago I was a highschooler in Wichita, KS, and gangbanger paranoia was in full swing. Stories of beatdowns and shootings every week, your parents telling you not to react in any way if a car flashes its brights at you in the night... Don't wear Jordans or Starter jackets outside school or home, etc.

I like the bit of hopefulness given by Boyz. And Juice has Tupac, so duh.

The Wayan bros parody is pretty decent.

Tough call.

Shit -- punctuation gaffe in thread title.

(we've done that, surely)

"The black man was sensitive long before Alan Alda"

RIP Cuba Gooding Jr

nothing makes me laugh more than the scene in Menace II Society where Caine gets in that dude's vehicle to rob him of his rims and then makes him order a double burger for him.

"I SAID WIT CHEESE!"

shit, rip cuba. i totally missed that news.

yeah the news just kind of came and went. very sad!

lol

That's because he isn't dead, guys. Neither Jr. or Sr. Do a search on the internet, he's very much alive.

So sad.

Sad that he's NOT dead? :)

either that or wanko ergo sum really didn't like his performance as Nicky Barnes :)

Tragic loss for everyone. I loved him in Gladiator.

lol this must be a joke that I really don't get.

rip Lawrence Fishburne rip

Who is that? You aren't making a joke, are you? That's sick.

*yawn*

BTW it's Laurence thankyouverymuch.

I never said it was the celebrity

dudes its larry fishburne wtf

and rip larry

Menace is so much better than Boyz in the Hood it's not even funny. Actually, it is funny. Fishburne's character's name in Boyz is "Furious Styles."

Boyz and Juice for featuring rappers-turned-actors obv.
-- A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:37 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

Saafir was in Menace.

so was MC Eiht

and Too $hort

anyway Menace in a landslide obv

Menace = lols

Menace has been called an homage but I really only see that in the final sequence, which is almost Boyz verbatim.

Really though the main difference is that Cuba Gooding's character tried to fly straight, as did MOST of the people he hung with, whereas Caine and his crew were all homicidal thugs at one point of the movie or another, other than Sharif.

But I think Menace's violence was unsettling...I mean I see mostly movies with guns and shooting (think I've seen maybe 3-4 in the last 6 months that didn't feature a gun homicide) and the opening sequence made me uncomfortable.

revive for one strange bit of Boyz 'N' the Hood cast member "trivia" that's a bummer: Lloyd Avery, who played the triggerman who killed Ricky (Morris Chestnut), well...

After his film debut in ‘Boyz N The Hood,’ he went on to pursue acting as a real career. He landed a short stint on the acclaimed ‘Doogie Howser, MD.’ He was also cast by John Singleton in ‘Poetic Justice.’ He also appeared in the classic Wayans Bros comedy film ‘Don’t Be A Menace To South Central.’ In 2000, he went on to appear as Nate in ‘Lockdown,’ then the following year, he assumed the role of G-Ride in an indie film called ‘Shot.’

However, instead of being an actor, Lloyd decided to become a gangster, moving from his middle class community to “The Jungle,” the notorious Bloods breeding ground. He even went so far as to tattoo “JUNGLEZ” above his eyebrow. Not too soon after wrapping ‘Shot,’ Avery was arrested for a double homicide. He was sentenced to life in prison for the crime. In 2005, he was murdered by his Satan-worshipping celly, Kevin Roby. In the cell, Roby bashed him on the head and strangled him. Avery’s body wasn’t discovered until two days later when Roby laid it on a pentagram and performed a Satanic ritual over it.

anyway both of these films are really great. i think some of the violence *seems* absurdly over the top in terms of frequency and casualness but at the time it was pretty accurate. L.A. County had a few hundred homicides last year, but in 1992 there were 2,589.

Also think they're both great. Boyz is more sentimental, Menace is meaner and harder.

but in 1992 there were 2,589.

― omar little, Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:24 PM (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my god that is insane

http://i.imgur.com/7z6WswF.jpg

that's just a map of L.A. itself and not the county. the lighter regions are the city of L.A.