cal-Q-L8 wrote on 13. Sep 2010 at 05:19:

If BA had an award for post of the year this would win it 

cal-Q-L8 wrote on 13. Sep 2010 at 06:09:

Maybe we can diffuse a potential flamewar with a joke.

Boy walks into an Ice cream parlor and asks for an ice-cream "I'll have 2 scoops of chocolate please" to which the attendant replies "Sorry we dont have that flavor" "What about banana?" "No we dont have that flavor either" "Butterscotch?" "No" "Strawberry?" "No" "Peppermint?" "No" the boy finally asks "So what flavors do you have?" "We have vanilla" "VANILLA? is that it?" "Yes! we only serve vanilla ice-cream!" "What kind of ice-cream shop only serves vanilla ice-cream?" the boy leaves disappointed and as he leaves the attendant says "Thank you for shopping at the Great American Ice creamery, please come again!"

Sorry that wasn't a joke at all, I've probably just made the situation worse. I'll try better next time 

josephk wrote on 13. Sep 2010 at 14:23:

josephk the thing I've noticed is tighty whities seem to be the defacto standard when presenting underwear in TV and movies. Look at the Simpsons for example whenever underwear needs to be represented it is usually the tighty whities they show. I'm certainly not saying this is a case of art imitating life as I will fully acknowledge that America does have colors other than white however you have to admit the range is limited and rather bland compared to other countries.

I'm sure the USA has some nice boys undies. However from my online experience over the years and from watching many many American movies, tightywhities or boxers seem to be the style of choice. I'm reminded of a very recent episode of Sons of Tuscon, where the middle boy had an underwear scene, they were the old fashioned white Y-fronts. If I recall correctly the same style was worn by the Malcolm in the Middle boys at least in the first season. I'd like to be proven wrong but I've seen very little evidence to the contrary. Perhaps it's the preferred style of TV and movie wardrobe departments in the US. Anyway it's not meant to be insulting or to be taken seriously. Watch an episode of the ABC series called The Chaser, plenty of clips on YouTube. We Aussies poke fun at EVERYTHING and everyone, including ourselves.   

No, I refuse to engage in a flame war on the topic of undies

I wish I were an authority on types of underwear boys in the U.S. wear, apart from in the movies. I suspect they are into things I have yet to dream of. But on the whole, I think JosephK is right: most boys underwear here is bought by mothers and they go for the cheapest.

Yes this sure has gone off topic, I'm not really sure what else needs to be said about either topics but I might as well add my two cents to the "Let me In" portion. As I've mentioned previously I'm not a fan of remakes and from what I've read this remake seems inferior to the original.

Actually I'm pretty sure there was a website devoted to underwear in movies somewhere. I'll try to find the url.

I wont post pics but I can write up a lengthy essay on the subject