el presidente Highsteppa
TRIBE Member
Blackhawk Down - For those who haven't taken a gander at the tv in the last 4 or 5 weeks, this is the retelling of the U.S. involvement in Somalia, which resulted in the longest sustained firefight in U.S. history (the mission was only supposed to be a quick in and out snatch-and-grab mission that would take an hour - instead it started at around 3pm and went until 6am the following day). I am currently reading the book and am quite impressed with the handling of the story, which is fairly factual, with a minimal U.S. rah-rah tangent (the book often criticizes the U.N. and U.S. involvement, tactics and handling of their insertion in Somalia). Josh Harnett, Ewan MacGregor, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Piven, William Fitchner, Eric Bana and Sam Sheppard star. Ridley Scott (who has done Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and a host of other visually stunning films) directs.
The only problem I'm having with the book is the fact that there is practically zero character developpment. I understand that this is mostly a retelling of the whole conflict, but it is written in a semi traditional way, with a bit of sideline commentary from the writter, giving a critique of the situation and the Somali perspective.
I know Tonedeff has seen it, and given it a very positive endorsement, but I'm curious as to how different from the book it will be.
From the Ministry of still seeing it Saturday. Lil' Timmy, drop me a line bro if you want in.
Prime Minister Highsteppa
The only problem I'm having with the book is the fact that there is practically zero character developpment. I understand that this is mostly a retelling of the whole conflict, but it is written in a semi traditional way, with a bit of sideline commentary from the writter, giving a critique of the situation and the Somali perspective.
I know Tonedeff has seen it, and given it a very positive endorsement, but I'm curious as to how different from the book it will be.
From the Ministry of still seeing it Saturday. Lil' Timmy, drop me a line bro if you want in.
Prime Minister Highsteppa