Heheheh...read this...BlackFive's "Froggy" predicted these kinds of comments a while back. Also, if you're interested in the real backstory to this film, click the first link in his blog post...it takes you back to an earlier post about it.
Something like this?
Well, if they're signing up based on the film, you don't have much to worry about. SEAL training is notoriously hard to get into and even harder to complete.
Besides, if your idea of glamour is seeing the absolutely best doing what they're best at, then yes, I suppose you could say this is glamorizing, but from what I know about it, it's essentially a documentary that's been wrapped in a dramatic narrative. They're even using live ammunition.
HAHAHAHA Sounds about right.
Agreed. This is interdiction, not entrapment. Plus, there's always the opportunity to discover potential connections that the FBI may not have known about.
It's said to be an almost painfully accurate example of what real SEAL life is like, according to former SEALs who've seen early screenings. That includes a distinct lack of Top Gun-esque hoo-rahery and bullshit. As for me, I cannot wait to see it. The filming techniques and scenarios are going to ruin action/combat films forever, because they've done stuff in this movie that Hollywood has never, ever pulled off.
No way, the description of how the engine starts was great and then "however the intank fuel pump dont work so this one wont run!!!" just about made me fall off my chair.
LG Ally, rooted with Velocity 1.2.2, mildly overclocked and with an ICS theme on ADWLauncher. In other words, a two-year-old phone that doesn't feel like a two-year-old phone.
Yep, he did...Scott Minehart (one of his employees) took over.
Here's the link to the LS3 thread. [usa7s.com]
NP. Great build, great provenance, not so exorbitantly priced as to preclude it being a routine weekender, and as long as you're not overkilling the boost or planting it into the shrubbery, I can see this soldiering on and maintaining its value.
The Fusion's breaking the tie to the Mazda 6 with the new 2013 model, though. It's all Mondeo from here on out. I don't see that as a bad thing. Ford's European arm has done pretty darn well at building cars that aren't Volvo-based, and Volvo took the Focus for the S40.
I'm curious...why are you calling it a farce? From what I was reading, the people on the islands want to "stay British" and the Argies are being rather pushy about their position on it.
Uh, yep. At least in terms of hardware. For example, Venezuela has Russian-built Flanker variants which have always, always been assumed to be on a par with F-15s, if not better.
More inspiring? How about a 300hp supercharged V6, or a LS3 V8? Or the turbo four out of a Solstice GXP? All of these have been installed in Stalkers. Not to mention I've ridden in one with "just" a 3.4L pushrod carb'd V6 and the owner had no problem breaking the tail loose on demand.
There's one guy running a Stalker V8 in race trim with over 500hp. The guy who owns the company now has a Stalker with a 5.3L V8 making "only" in the low 300hp range.
The whole "love triangle" aspect comes off as very much the same as the one in Twilight, but at least in HG, you know that there's manipulation going on for specific reasons.
There are always threats. Venezuela is a continual worry (despot leader+oil money+ties to old-school Communism+access to modern Russian military systems), as is North Korea. Iran may not have lots of airborne threats but they do have them, plus SAMs. The US & China may have a reasonably co-dependent relationship now but it's not really built on benevolence and mutual respect, so you can't count on it. Hell, even Argentina is starting to get antagonistic over the Falklands again, although given the current administration's frosty relationship with 10 Downing Street, I can't picture the US offering anything in the way of assistance or even moral support.
Didn't you notice the lack of errors?
F-16s were carrying AMRAAMs on the wingtips as far back as the mid-90s. I remember seeing them pictured this way when I was in college.
Oh, I agree. This is one of my favorite airframes of all time.
I'm not quite sure how Katniss's fire dress is a point of contention...it's not like CGI can't model fire really, really well. I mean, if Ghost Rider can make it, the fire dress should be easy.
