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''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby BabyPeanut » Fri 28 Oct 2005, 18:53:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=253561]Global Oil Shortage Spurs Paramount's "Black Monday" (link)[/url]
Scott Weinberg writes: "You gotta love it when a book is optioned for a movie adaptation ... before the book is even finished. Such is the case between Paramount Pictures and Bob Reiss' "Black Monday," which tells the story of how a global oil shortage could really mess us up bad.
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby UIUCstudent01 » Fri 28 Oct 2005, 19:52:48

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') mysterious condition is eroding the quality of the crude with catastrophic results, and a federal investigator tries to solve the problem before the world is brought to a screeching halt.


Hmm?

I hope its of 'natural' causes - you know, picking the fruit at the bottom of tree so to speak.

And not like some kind of terrorist sabotage with bacteria being placed in oil fields to make light oil to heavy oil.

Real causes. Based on reality that's about to happen (or happening..)
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby ubercynicmeister » Fri 28 Oct 2005, 20:23:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UIUCstudent01', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') mysterious condition is eroding the quality of the crude with catastrophic results, and a federal investigator tries to solve the problem before the world is brought to a screeching halt.
Hmm? I hope its of 'natural' causes - you know, picking the fruit at the bottom of tree so to speak. And not like some kind of terrorist sabotage with bacteria being placed in oil fields to make light oil to heavy oil. Real causes. Based on reality that's about to happen (or happening..)

HECK, now what're you asking for?
That the "media" (in the broadest sense of that word, including movies) actually start to accurately reflect reality?

Ho ho ho ho hee hee hee hee, ho ho ho, oh, I needed that laugh.
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby rogerhb » Sat 29 Oct 2005, 01:43:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('UIUCstudent01', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') mysterious condition is eroding the quality of the crude with catastrophic results, and a federal investigator tries to solve the problem before the world is brought to a screeching halt.
Hmm? I hope its of 'natural' causes - you know, picking the fruit at the bottom of tree so to speak. Real causes. Based on reality that's about to happen (or happening..)

If it was depletion it would be a horror movie, if a mysterious condition then it becomes a thriller.
"Complex problems have simple, easy to understand, wrong answers." - Henry Louis Mencken
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby elroy » Sat 29 Oct 2005, 07:47:21

It could just as much be a thriller if it focussed on the natural cause. They'd have to focus on the psychological reaction of the people, their insecurities, fear, anger, stuff like that.
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby Leanan » Sat 29 Oct 2005, 10:20:34

I bet it's going to turn out to be due to a terrorist attack. Nano-biological warfare! :P
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby thuja » Sat 29 Oct 2005, 13:19:55

slow depletion rates=boring
killer islamo-fascist terrorist oil refinery destroying zombies=$$$$$
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Re: ''Black Monday'' movie to made after the book is written

Unread postby rkerver » Sat 29 Oct 2005, 13:46:07

Killer zombies invade the white house, horror spreads everywhere. Watch now at your local news source.
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