Invasion USA and Osama Bin Laden - Movies

[AKKuya]

At least in this version of Red Dawn they are invading a coastal state.  One thing I never understood about the old one was how they were able to fly to the middle of Colorado without being detected . . . .

As far as North Koreans invading the US - they haven't even been able to re-invade South Korea for 60+ years, but they are going to stage a trans-pacific invasion of the US? 

But yes, I'll probably go see it.

In the original film, Powers Boothe's character revealed that the Cubans and their allies used passenger airliners to infiltrate US airspace initially.  Then, they turned them into airborne transport aircraft over Colarado.  Somewhere in that timeline, the Soviets offloaded tanks and men onto the coasts of Mexico through the Latin America version of a Warsaw Pact and proceeded to physically invade the USA.  At this time in the world, Communism and the KGB kept a stranglehold on Mideast terrorists and drug cartels when this film was being made.

The good ole 80's.  Best decade to be a teenager.

[Bodhi]

The bin-laden movie is a feature-length re-election campaign ad, made using background information that still remains classified. 

The release dates are over a month after the election, so it does not look to be to useful for the campaign.  Perhaps the trailers will be used... 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790885/releaseinfo

[GScholz]

At this time in the world, Communism and the KGB kept a stranglehold on Mideast terrorists and drug cartels when this film was being made.

Um... The '80s was one of the worst decades for middle eastern terrorism in Europe and the rest of the world. Thousands of innocents were killed in numerous bombings and hijackings.

[Rino]

     Yeah I remember the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 particularly well.  Grenada happened a short time afterwards and
I thought my unit was mobilizing to go to Lebanon for some payback.

     As it turns out, they didn't need us for either.

[AKKuya]

If I was to write a screenplay for a contemporary Red Dawn film, then I would use a combination of a legitamate country or group of countries working together and radical organizations to be used in the suppression of an American town to be liberated from a group of teenage heroes who have no military training, military discipline, access to military weapons beyond any liberated arsenal, and be able to evade enemy forces with no supply network of lodging, food, clothing, medicine, intelligence information beyond any liberated ability while efficiently killing enemy forces, destroying enemy equipment, hindering any enemy expansion, and raising morale both behind enemy lines and in any Free America Zones.


With the catchphrase,


WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VonMessa]

The Bin Laden one could be interesting...the Red Dawn remake looks horrendous - I'd be shocked if it was better than the Swayze 80's version

 Tronsky

But...

but...

Thor is in it 

[guncrasher]

WOLVERINES

more like wolverines 10th year reunion.


semp

[W7LPNRICK]

went to see Total Recall tonight...just barely followed the old story line, then the trailer to O' Dark 30... I thought it was Chinese...didn't get N.Korea from it...went by to fast. I guess they don't want you to know how stupid the plot is until you pay for your ticket...

[Rob52240]

The new total recall is not a remake of the old film, but the original short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.

[VonMessa]

The new total recall is not a remake of the old film, but the original short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.

The 1990 version is closer to the original story.

Both films have taken plenty of "creative license", though.

[W7LPNRICK]

The 1990 version is closer to the original story.

Both films have taken plenty of "creative license", though.

They always do...supposedly True Grit with Bridges is one of the few which attempt to be more closely lined with the novel. 

[SKJohn]

They always do...supposedly True Grit with Bridges is one of the few which attempt to be more closely lined with the novel. 

I went into the new True Grit already prepared to say, "nope - nobody out does John Wayne!", but I actually liked the new version.  Not saying that I liked it better, just that I enjoyed it also.  Favorite line from the new version - "I guess the sun got in your eyes - I mean your EYE!"

[rogwar]

The good ole 80's.  Best decade to be a teenager.