POW rescue commentary

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-04-02 11:48am

Alex Moon wrote:pfc. Jessica Lynch was rescued in Nasariyah

And you'd think that there would be something else on TV in this area other than interviews with her Kindergarten teacher, her track coach, her second cousin twice removed.....

Bah. She's rescued, hurrah. Do we have to make a major news story out of it?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-04-02 12:16pm

LadyTevar wrote:
Alex Moon wrote:pfc. Jessica Lynch was rescued in Nasariyah
And you'd think that there would be something else on TV in this area other than interviews with her Kindergarten teacher, her track coach, her second cousin twice removed.....

Bah. She's rescued, hurrah. Do we have to make a major news story out of it?

amen to that, i mean it's good news, but enough already!

(cowers in the corner fearing the impending wrath of one kelly antilles and her crusade to keep debates in the debate forum

)

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-04-02 12:17pm

I'm not a fan of it either. Breaking news only, dammit.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-02 12:17pm

Col. Crackpot wrote: (cowers in the corner fearing the impending wrath of one kelly antilles and her crusade to keep debates in the debate forum )

*thwaps Crackpot*

You know, it'd be a whole lot easier if one of the FORUM'S MODERATORS *coughVympelcough* wasn't doing it too.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-04-02 12:19pm

Beat you

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-02 12:20pm

Yeah, well....

:P:P:P:P:P

You need to stop commenting in there as well, ya know.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-02 12:21pm

I predict a movie of the week about her.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-02 12:22pm

Montcalm wrote:I predict a movie of the week about her.

In less than three months.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-04-02 12:22pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:
You need to stop commenting in there as well, ya know.

Yeah well .... the temptation is great, and power corrupts

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-02 12:24pm

Vympel wrote: Yeah well .... the temptation is great, and power corrupts

Yeah, yeah... flaunt it, why don't ya?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-04-02 12:24pm

Montcalm wrote:I predict a movie of the week about her.

oh jesus jumping christ! if my fiancee makes me sit through a godawful lifetime movie about how she got her inner strength from her strong bond with her maternal grandmother i will shit myself

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-04-02 12:27pm

oh jesus jumping christ! if my fiancee makes me sit through a godawful lifetime movie about how she got her inner strength from her strong bond with her maternal grandmother i will shit myself

Ahahahahahaha

With a corny title like, My daughter, danger. Or My daughters date with danger.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-02 01:29pm

LadyTevar wrote:
Alex Moon wrote:pfc. Jessica Lynch was rescued in Nasariyah
And you'd think that there would be something else on TV in this area other than interviews with her Kindergarten teacher, her track coach, her second cousin twice removed.....

Bah. She's rescued, hurrah. Do we have to make a major news story out of it?

The only reason they're interviewing everyone who's ever known the girl is because she's in the hospital. As soon as she makes a public statement, THEN the fireworks start. The media will twist her words every which way, using her testimony as either justification or lack of justification for the war. (No, the English major couldn't come up with a better synonym for "lack of justification." Shaddup.) Either way, as was stated before, there WILL be a lifetime movie about her deep emotional involvement with her captor Muhammed, and how this evil war tore them apart. I can see it now: Star-Crossed Lovers Under Fire. Romeo and Juliet meets Rambo in the greatest war-drama / romance flick since Pearl Harbor. Formatted to fit your TV screen and edited for time constraints.

The real question is this: Do we show it on Lifetime or TNT?

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2003-04-02 04:28pm

Queeb Salaron wrote: The media will twist her words every which way, using her testimony as either justification or lack of justification for the war. (No, the English major couldn't come up with a better synonym for "lack of justification." Shaddup.)

"...or lack therof"?

The good thing is that we'll get all the overexposer over in a day rather than a week as undoubtedly something else will quickly push it out of the spotlight.

But it was nice to hear some good news.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-04-02 04:35pm

Queeb Salaron wrote:The real question is this: Do we show it on Lifetime or TNT?

Lifetime. Pure Lifetime. It's got everything they want: a woman trying to succede at a man's job, a woman in danger, a woman at the mercy of evil men (as a bonus, they're men from a deeply mysogynist culture), battles that will be staged with cheap, half-assed special effects, and a weepy happy ending when she's reunited with her family. They'll be running that bad boy three nights a week.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-04-02 06:24pm

The thing about this is that it sounds like all of the worst fears didn't come to pass. She was apparently in a civilian hospital and may not have been tortured (beyond have limbs broken, assuming those weren't combat injuries). There's actually some talk of her being released as soon as tommorow. There may be some rather interesting story behind all of this - Perhaps some high-ranking RGFC officer prevented further depravities from being inflicted on her, for example. (For all that they're a regime force they're also uniformed troops and probably despise the Saddam Fedayeen). The depressing thing is anything remotely like that just makes it all the more movie-ready.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-02 07:24pm

RedImperator wrote:Lifetime. Pure Lifetime. It's got everything they want: a woman trying to succede at a man's job, a woman in danger, a woman at the mercy of evil men (as a bonus, they're men from a deeply mysogynist culture), battles that will be staged with cheap, half-assed special effects, and a weepy happy ending when she's reunited with her family. They'll be running that bad boy three nights a week.

True... but think about how TNT would make the movie: Woman is taken hostage in her baggy camo pants and a tight green tank-top, hair pulled back in a tight pony-tail, dirt and blood smeared on her face, in the clutches of the enemy (who obviously try to get her to do lude sexual favors).... bra-less, and apparently a little bit cold....

Our heroine (not "heroin") breaks the crude duct-tape job that binds her hands together with a sharp rock she found on the ground, and systematically disarms / disables / kills her captors, stealing one of their primitive-looking automatic weapons, all the while breasts a-jigglin'. She goes Ramboette and, after killing off most of the Republican Guard, is finally taken captive just before she pulls the trigger on Sadaam himself. She is maimed and tortured to the point of blacking out, the inquisitors trying to get information from her as to the movements of US/UK troops. (During the process of torturing, her camo pants get ripped, and the camera pans to a nice thigh-shot.) Meanwhile, her lover, a marine, slaps together a makeshift rescue squad and goes AWAL to go get her. After the bodycount hits an all-time high (higher then HotShots part Deux,) the marine and whats-her-name reunite in a sweaty, dirty, bloody, passionate, carnal embrace. Top-Gun-esque music plays in the background and credits roll.

...I should DEFINATELY be a director...

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2003-04-02 07:59pm

Does anyone else find her cute?

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2003-04-02 08:49pm

Sam Or I wrote:Does anyone else find her cute?

Yes, I do.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-02 09:33pm

Sam Or I wrote:Does anyone else find her cute?

Who cares? TNT would MAKE her cute.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-04-02 11:12pm

Queeb Salaron wrote:
Sam Or I wrote:Does anyone else find her cute?
Who cares? TNT would MAKE her cute.

And isn't it TNN, not TNT???

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-02 11:17pm

And isn't it TNN, not TNT???

Two different networks. TNT is really macho guy movies like Mad Max II - Return to Thunderdome. TNN is all country and hickish.

BTW...

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:
Sam Or I wrote:Does anyone else find her cute?
Yes, I do.

I got a thread HoSed for talking about that....

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-04-02 11:28pm

And I'll HOS this thread if this tasteless shit about 'hot' POWs continues, for fucks sake.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-02 11:36pm

Vympel wrote:And I'll HOS this thread if this tasteless shit about 'hot' POWs continues, for fucks sake.

::Shrugs:: Just a bit of objectivity. But for decency's sake, I'll knock it off.