On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Amanda Lowery wrote:

> Jim said:

> > Damn... that's almost filmable, and better than Titanic.
> 
> Indeed...not that that's saying much...but Titanic didn't have cannibalism
> OR hulk-outs!

...but it did have Gratuitous Nudity.

So _Hulkable Nazi Ubermenschen from the Wrecked Old Sub_ will do it one
better by haveing at least one utterly gratuitous shower scene, preferably
with an actress whose only scene is that one.  And since I'm an
equal-opportunity smutprovider, I'll also include at least one Acceptable
Man with a bared tuchus -- mayhap he'll be excaping from the Cannibalism
Room.  Suggestions open.

And DiCaprio will be in it and will die an embarrassing death early in the
movie.
 
> > I'll also state that _U-571_ looks like it might be Acceptable.  Ergo, it
> > will suck.
> 
> Nonsense.  It's a submarine movie, and therefore, by definition, at very
> least cool to look at.  Just like space movies! 

...such as _Starship Troopers_.  And _Star Trek V_.

> Flix about closed-space
> environments make it easy for the viewer to relate to the characters, and
> when bad stuff happens, you know the only thing anyone could do is get
> their shit together.  I'm looking forward to it, not least because I should
> have finished _Cryptonomicon_ by then, and it should all tie in nicely.

I also am looking forward to it!  It looks to be good!

That is precisely why it is condemned to suck.

> The Brit soldier who really recovered the Enigma machine off a German
> U-boat during the war was apparently the technical advisor, so it's
> possible that _U-571_ might even be remotely accurate!  He's also got a
> cameo - his name is NOT Robert Paulson, but David Balme.

Huh!  Neat!

> > Jim
> > xROU Not Touching That Shipname With A Ten Foot Pole (named Bruno)
> 
> You got it then?

*withering look*

You can miss it? 

> Amanda
> VFP Das Boot (Canadian Version)

Jim
xGCU DOS Boot (Redmond version)

James S. Coleman Battista
Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Political Science, Duke University
james.battista@duke.edu      ICQ 754720        (919)967-9171
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