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Jul 12, 2017 - 2:09 PM
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dragon53
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12
MANSON MURDERS---Quentin Tarantino is developing a "unique take", untitled movie about the events leading up to the infamous 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski's wife, and four others by Charles Manson and his cult. Margot Robbie has been approached to play Tate. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lawrence are also candidates to star in the movie.
CHAOS WALKING---Lionsgate released the synopsis for the movie starring Daisy Ridley (STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS) and Tom Holland (SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING) based on the novel trilogy. Doug Liman (EDGE OF TOMORROW) is the director.
"From Carnegie Award-winning author Patrick Ness comes a bold cinematic experience beyond imagination. Todd Hewitt lives on the distant planet of New World—a new hope for humanity until struck by “The Noise,” a virus which inflicts immersive visions of ones’ every thought. The cacophony drives many mad until Todd makes a hidden, silent discovery: there is a girl named Viola, who may be the key to unlocking New World’s many layered secrets. Together, the two unlikely companions are forced on a white-knuckle adventure into an unexplored planet – trying to escape and hide in an environment where all thought is heard, all movement seen –as they both discover the truth about the lives they left behind and the spectacular world they’ve learned to call home."
THE 15:17 TO PARIS---Clint Eastwood has chosen the three men who subdued an ISIS terrorist on a train from Amsterdam to Paris in 2015 to play themselves in the movie based on their book. Airman Spencer Stone, Specialist Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler will star along with Jenna Fischer and Judy Greer. The terrorist had enough ammo to kill over 500 of the 554 passengers on the train.
ALIEN 5---Neill Blomkamp commented on his cancelled sequel to James Cameron's ALIENS, “I met Sigourney on CHAPPIE and I had a different idea for an Alien film I wanted to make. So I had this idea for a story set in the world of those two first films that was not a continuation of James Cameron’s.
It was just in the world of it and it had a totally different character that was the lead character. Because my assumption was that Sigourney would just never make another one. I told her about it on CHAPPIE and she was like ‘No, no, no! I actually would make another one because I felt like Ripley’s story didn’t end correctly.'”
He added, "So I went back to Vancouver and, while I was editing CHAPPIE, I started to think about what I would do with Sigourney as basically a sequel to James Cameron’s film. I spent about a year working on it with only Sigourney knowing and I hired one really awesome concept artist. We put together essentially a script and all the artwork and that’s what I went to 20th Century Fox with. They seemed really into it and Ridley [Scott] came on as producer, and then it just unraveled.”
SPIELBERG---HBO documentary about director Steven Spielberg will air on October 7. Interviews will include George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Harrison Ford, Martin Scorsese, Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Brian De Palma, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Dustin Hoffman.
DOC SAVAGE---Shane Black (THE PREDATOR, LETHAL WEAPON, IRON MAN 3) said he's pessimistic about the pulp hero movie starring Dwayne Johnson, "We talked about DOC SAVAGE with Dwayne Johnson, but Dwayne’s dance card is pretty full. If there’s a slot for us, I don’t know. There might be, I think he wants to do it but you don’t always win. So if that’s the case I might have to shift to something. I’m open to it and I’ll just roll with it."
WESTWORLD---Katja Herbers (THE LEFTOVERS) has joined the cast as Grace, a veteran park guest, when the animatronic residents rebel.
SUICIDE SQUAD 2---Jaume Collet-Sera is the top candidate to direct the sequel.
SAFE---Michael C. Hall (DEXTER) stars in this Netflix series about a British surgeon caring for his two teenage daughters after his wife dies. One of the daughters sneaks out to a party which results in murder and disappearance. Harlan Coben is the producer.
SIX---Olivia Munn has joined the cast as Gina, a ruthless, high level CIA officer in Season 2.
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY---Netflix series underway based on the graphic novel.
THE L WORD---Showtime sequel underway with Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey returning.
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Yeah, the empty chair joke -- perfect. He has the guts, the fame, and the age to pull it off without an unofficial blacklisting.
I'd like to know what they mean by enough ammo to kill 500 people (and I did google). 500 bullets?
I'd like to know, too. That a hell of a lot of ammo in real life. Even trained police officers don't hit their target but a small percentage of time. Surely a terrorist's hit count isn't that much higher. So, taking into account the reality of hitting a moving target (hell, even hitting a target standing still) and the number of misses, that's a shit-ton of ammo needed. How you pack and sneak all that onto a train is beyond me.
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If Chaos Walking isn't the "bold cinematic experience beyond imagination" that the publicity staff promise I'll ask for my - not money, as I'd never pay to see it - but maybe time back. If it's possible. The synopsis does make it sound amazingly unique. As long as the word "unique" has a different meaning than usual.
Had no confidence in Blomkamp and Alien.
Interesting to see how non actors work out for Clint. Hope it works out well. They did a good thing. (A thousand people could have died if every bullet went through two people).
Doco on Spielberg would be innerestin'.
I thought Mad Mel was interested in Suicide Squad 2. The first was so bad I've no interest in a second unless a mad director or cast jump onboard.
Doc Savage I'd be interested to see but the last few things I've seen the Rock in I've found his charm levels and acting to be not that great.
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Jul 13, 2017 - 10:38 AM
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CCOJOE
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Yeah, the empty chair joke -- perfect. He has the guts, the fame, and the age to pull it off without an unofficial blacklisting.
I'd like to know what they mean by enough ammo to kill 500 people (and I did google). 500 bullets?
I'd like to know, too. That a hell of a lot of ammo in real life. Even trained police officers don't hit their target but a small percentage of time. Surely a terrorist's hit count isn't that much higher. So, taking into account the reality of hitting a moving target (hell, even hitting a target standing still) and the number of misses, that's a shit-ton of ammo needed. How you pack and sneak all that onto a train is beyond me.
Not really. Bodies don't necessarily stop bullets. One bullet, at short range, can tear through multiple bodies and kill every one of them. Especially in a train that's loaded with passengers. A shit-ton of people can be taken out by just a few bullets.
To add to the horror, the type of bullet can do added damage. A .44 calibre bullet will do lots more damage than a .22 calibre. It's not surprising that he had enough ammo to kill 500 people. He wouldn't need anywhere close to 500 bullets for that. 50-100 would suffice.
And, for the record, while I tend to dislike Clint Eastwood's films (primarily because he thinks he's a composer...and he's so obviously not) in general, I like the idea of trying to wrangle the actual participants instead of actors. It will probably be terrible, but it IS interesting.
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Not really. Bodies don't necessarily stop bullets. One bullet, at short range, can tear through multiple bodies and kill every one of them.
Well, in real life people don't conveniently line up like in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".
Especially in a train that's loaded with passengers. A shit-ton of people can be taken out by just a few bullets.
Exactly -- a train. People are spaced out in separate box cars. A shit-ton of people aren't going to be taken out with a few bullets.
Take this F.B.I. statistic for trained officers in a shootout: only about 20% of their shots hit a target from seven yards. Now add to that you have to hit every target, because if you don't, while you proceed ahead in the box car or to the next box car, you'll likely be taken down.
It's not surprising that he had enough ammo to kill 500 people. He wouldn't need anywhere close to 500 bullets for that. 50-100 would suffice.
It is surprising. People think more ammo equals more kills or hits. It's simply not so. A nail bomb would have done more damage. It wouldn't even need be on the train.
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Jul 13, 2017 - 11:46 AM
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CCOJOE
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Not really. Bodies don't necessarily stop bullets. One bullet, at short range, can tear through multiple bodies and kill every one of them.
Well, in real life people don't conveniently line up like in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".
Especially in a train that's loaded with passengers. A shit-ton of people can be taken out by just a few bullets.
Exactly -- a train. People are spaced out in separate box cars. A shit-ton of people aren't going to be taken out with a few bullets.
Take this F.B.I. statistic for trained officers in a shootout: only about 20% of their shots hit a target from seven yards. Now add to that you have to hit every target, because if you don't, while you proceed ahead in the box car or to the next box car, you'll likely be taken down.
It's not surprising that he had enough ammo to kill 500 people. He wouldn't need anywhere close to 500 bullets for that. 50-100 would suffice.
It is surprising. People think more ammo equals more kills or hits. It's simply not so. A nail bomb would have done more damage. It wouldn't even need be on the train.
Have you ever been sitting on a train? It would be easy to take out 500+ people...if not with bullets, watching them fly out the windows while the train is going at a high rate of speed. People are nowhere near as spaced out as you would like to think they are. Yes, a shit-ton of people WOULD be taken out by relatively few bullets, especially if you are wielding a semi-auto or automatic. If you have multiple weapons, fully loaded and ready, you wouldn't even need to pause to reload until you had time.
I'm not sure where you get your FBI statistics from, but I guarantee you it would not count in an enclosed space, such as a train.
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Have you ever been sitting on a train?
Yes, I have.
It would be easy to take out 500+ people...if not with bullets, watching them fly out the windows while the train is going at a high rate of speed.
So, you're telling me one terrorist -- which is what it was on this foiled train attack -- can throw people from a moving train one-by-one? At what point does the UFO land?
People are nowhere near as spaced out as you would like to think they are.
Ah, yes they are when you are talking a bullet that follows a straight trajectory once fired. If order to hit two or more people at once, the people would: 1: Be standing still and not fleeing or attacking the terrorist; 2: wait patiently while the terrorist aims at them from an angle that would allow him to hit two or more at once in a lined up trajectory; 3: keep that aim while the train wobbles. It's a terrorist piece of shit, not a highly trained Navy SEAL in Seal Team Six on a mission.
Yes, a shit-ton of people WOULD be taken out by relatively few bullets, especially if you are wielding a semi-auto or automatic.
Ah, no. You'd need multiple terrorists, not one douchebag terrorist. Then you might have a massacre -- certainly multiple people would get hit.
Semi-auto's aren't magic or even used that often, quite frankly, in home-soil attacks by terrorists. Just because it releases more bullets with one trigger pull, doesn't mean it hits more targets. This isn't "Commando" where Arnold goes around spraying and killing multiple bad guys.
If you have multiple weapons, fully loaded and ready, you wouldn't even need to pause to reload until you had time.
Well, that's just some bunk anti-gun people spread (I'm not saying you're one, mind you). In real life you don't have shooters wielding a gun in both hands and getting even remotely decent hits for each bullets fired. That's "The Matrix" territory. Further more it doesn't matter how many you have pre-loaded, you still got to get them onboard without anybody noticing you have multiple pre-loaded weapons on you, have them easily accessible so you can pull one out after you've depleted the cartridge of the former weapon, and re-aim. And you can watch any number of people on Youtube, for example, who can re-load faster than that. Much faster. If the terrorist trains enough, that's his better option.
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not another MANSON movie!!!!!!
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. It'll just lead to politics and threads locked, oy! 
