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I get irritated when military people are portrayed by actors that seemed to have done no research whatsoever as to how real Soldiers conduct themselves on a day to day basis. If I see one more idiot pull the pin on a grenade with is teeth I'll hurl. The there are the morons that fire an RPG or...

We look at these films and say "what cheesey special effects" but when they were made this was top of the line work. I still remember being awed by the visual special effects in "2001 A Space Oddssey". He was one of the best and the role model for those who are now doing the CG stuff that blows...

The Lone Ranger

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When I went through Basic Training back in the 70's the Army was still using C-rations as the primary field/combat ration. They came packed in cardboard boxes and contained a main dish (beef and taters for example) a can with crackers and a pices of candy, a can of jam or processed cheese (think...

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." John W. Gardner If everybody had the equal...

The crew breaks into the basement vault of a bank by using sophisticated but small boring equipment (this actually happened years ago). This bank is built like a fortress and the vault is several stories underground. The first part of the movie has flashbacks of the crew planning the operation...

PT Barnum was a master at making people believe something that wasn't necessarily so. You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

Most of my disposable income has been disposed of and my take home pay won't take me home. My credit is so bad they won't take my cash. Retirement is the time in your life when you have all the time to do the things you want to do but none of the money to do them.

A few years ago one of my military trucks (2 1/2 ton cargo truck AKA a "Deuce and a half") was used in an independent film titled "Dixie Times". My son and I were extras (I drove the deuce and he rode shotgun) and it was a pretty cool father and son experience. I became good friends with the...

Fools and their money are soon parted.

He may be able to get permission to work.....especially if he has to pay fines or restitution. If he's wearing an electronic monitor they can track him 24/7. Mr. Snipes found out the hard way you can't get away from death and taxes.

Myself and a few other indie film fans are working on obtaining a huge industrial complex that has unlimited opportunities for filming different genres of movies. It has buildings from the early 1900's to modern day. There are several buildings that could be made into sound stages. Our goal is...

It would be real interesting to put some floresent dye in the fluids and film it in the dark using a black light.

I watch "Always" with Richard Dryfuss and John Goodman anytime it comes on. It's a chick flick but I like the planes in it. "Open Range" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" are favorites too.

"Since the restaurant chain that has asked for this is so large and international, I imagine that they would want to go with union workers." Are their employees union members? If not why do you think they would want you to pay more for union workers for your project? Is Louisiana a Right to...

History is full of ideas that seemed to pop up at different places on earth at the same time. The invention of radio, internal combustion engines and the airplane are examples. All had major development in different places by different people in a time when communication of ideas was slow. I...

Some people write from an outling that contains major points and details such as dates and things you have to keep straight in a story. I just write what the voices in my head dictate.

I'm a big fan of Stephen King. Critics call him a "horror hack" but he made 6 million bucks writing it. A lot of his books made it to the big screen....mostly the horror ones. The Green Mile is prob my favorite (non-horror) book that was made into a movie. It was written in serial form and you...

Art often imitates life. There have been several movies made based on actual criminal events. "The Great Train Robbery" comes to mind as does some of the movies about the James Gang and other American western outlaws. I find it ironic that the robbers used "sub-machineguns" in a county that has...