# Dopers' opinions of Pulp Fiction (1994)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303 "2017-09-02T04:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/141 "2019-05-30T22:03:25Z")
And of course, Pulp Fiction [is the source of certain lines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOsvIxnl7Y) I’m looking forward to saying if I ever personally encounter Brett Kavanaugh or Lindsey Graham, even if there’s no way I can possibly say them in quite the way Samuel L. Jackson did. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/142 "2019-05-31T15:22:01Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I like Tarantino’s violent, off-the-wall movies, so I like Pulp Fiction. I think the latter is very dependent upon the former. As opposed to his romantic comedies? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/143 "2020-01-16T22:52:08Z")
Just found out that the character of Jules was written [with Laurence Fishburne](https://www.theringer.com/video/2020/1/16/21068675/laurence-fishburne-turned-down-samuel-l-jackson-role-in-pulp-fiction) in mind. He turned it down, so the part was offered it to Samuel L. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/144 "2020-01-17T00:14:46Z")
Man, I don’t even have an opinion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/145 "2020-01-17T01:57:04Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Man, I don’t even have an opinion. > > 😃 _BLAMMM!_ “I just shot **burpo the wonder mutt** in the face!” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/146 "2020-01-17T02:20:20Z")
^ I heartily endorse this post. +100 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/147 "2020-01-17T11:58:24Z")
" You like Oak, Jimmy? I’m an Oak man, myself. " It was exactly the right screenplay for its day. Detached irony, over-the-top violence, funny stories, quirky moments, throwaway lines. Stylishly shot. I watch it once a year or so. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303/148 "2020-01-21T20:22:29Z")
‘Oak is nice.’ I use that line every chance I get. It’s also worth noting, IMHO, that Butch’s betrayal of Marcellus is just about money. Money Marcellus (mostly) stole from people who are (mostly) lowlifes. It’s inconvenient for Marcellus, but abandoning him to the rednecks is an order of magnitude different. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-opinions-of-pulp-fiction-1994/795303.md?page=7)