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2013-05-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Columbia Pictures is putting out a dramatization of the Maersk Alabama incident of 2009 off the coast of Somalia. The movie is supposed to be out late this year. The trailer looks mildly interesting. Since the captain is being portrayed by Tom Hanks I think we can expect a lot of hand-wringing.

Posted by Steve White 2013-05-12 10:52|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 I only wonder how they will spin this one...

Posted by 49 Pan 2013-05-12 11:42|| 2013-05-12 11:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Champ will be right behind the SEALs coaching them on how to take the shot. "No, no, you're not correcting enough for windage..."

Posted by Matt 2013-05-12 12:32|| 2013-05-12 12:32|| Front Page Top

#3 I only wonder how they will spin this one...

The pirates win.

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-12 13:32|| 2013-05-12 13:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Sea Shepherd rams and sinks Maersk Alabama ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-12 13:39|| 2013-05-12 13:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Hanks converts to Islam and turns the ship over as a gift "to Allah"

Posted by Frank G 2013-05-12 13:58|| 2013-05-12 13:58|| Front Page Top

#6 I didn't see much Hanks hang-wringing in Apollo 13.

"I wonder when we'll go back?"

Posted by Bobby 2013-05-12 14:47|| 2013-05-12 14:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Wikipedia about the book -
A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea is a book by Captain Richard Phillips, the captain of the MV Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked in 2009. It tells the story of Phillips' capture and hostage-taking by Somali pirates in April 2009. The book alternates between Phillips' five-day ordeal and the plight of his family in Vermont, watching the drama unfold on cable news.
THERE's where you'll see hand (not hang) wringing.

Phillips utilized all security precautions to keep his crew safe and hidden, leaving him as the only possible hostage. This led to an ordeal of several days in a lifeboat in the hands of pirates, who Phillips portrays as alternately conciliatory, vicious, and unfocused.
Lotsa opportunities for Hollywood, there.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy assembled a large task force, and tensions steadily rose, as did Phillips fear for his life. The book details Phillips' attempted escape and eventual rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs, and portrays Phillips' wife Andrea as loyal and strong-willed.
Maybe Obumble is not mentioned at all?

Posted by Bobby 2013-05-12 14:57|| 2013-05-12 14:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Whose going to play my buddy John Plude?

Posted by Penguin 2013-05-12 15:10|| 2013-05-12 15:10|| Front Page Top

#9 The pirates turn out to be Tea Party supporters.

Posted by Matt 2013-05-12 15:55|| 2013-05-12 15:55|| Front Page Top

#10 The pirates turn out to be Tea Party supporters.

Not Mossad agents?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-05-12 16:28|| 2013-05-12 16:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy assembled a large task force, and tensions steadily rose, as did Phillips' fear for his life

Ah, the "damn that brainless military-industrial complex" theme.

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-12 17:25|| 2013-05-12 17:25|| Front Page Top

#12 Denzel Washington as teh lead FBI negotiator is held up en-route by Mossad trickery, and discovers the piracy is a Israeli plot to increase global prices and starve the Middle East.

(hanks, seriously. Cpt. Phillips doesn't seem to be the old effete epicurian...too late to recast a man, perhaps Hulk Hogan?)

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-05-12 17:36|| 2013-05-12 17:36|| Front Page Top

#13 "Yes, I get it now! Mossad, through its Saudi and Iranian and Russian henchmen, and OPEC, raised the price of the oil used in industrial and agricultural feedstocks, thus driving up global prices..."

"Wait, what's that? Prince Abduabdomen is on the phone?"

"Yessir... yessir.... Oh, of course sir! Anything for a major investor..."

"OK, GET ME REWRITE!"

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-05-12 18:32|| 2013-05-12 18:32|| Front Page Top

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