Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg - THE $6 BILLION MAN
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More, sure. 1,000 times more? I don't think so.
Oy, gevalt with the overthinking!!
People, they just changed the letter "M" with the letter "B" so that it would cost more but the title would sound the same! Nobody actually sat down and gave a shit about what the proper inflation rate was for bio electronic components that don't fucking exist!
That.
Thank you.
I'm intrigued about this even though I'm not sure about Wahlberg. We'll see.
The original pilot for the television series was qute good overall and in many ways quite faithful to the original novel. The sound effects were nicely toned down and it came off quite believable with it's sense of restraint. As such I'm not a fan of the overt sound effects as they feel like some sort of comic book style exclamation only with sound. Remember the POW and BAM word balloons in the Adam West Batman. Similar impression.
The original pilot for the television series was qute good overall and in many ways quite faithful to the original novel. The sound effects were nicely toned down and it came off quite believable with it's sense of restraint. As such I'm not a fan of the overt sound effects as they feel like some sort of comic book style exclamation only with sound. Remember the POW and BAM word balloons in the Adam West Batman. Similar impression.
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It being fiction doesn't mean it gets a pass on making sense.
I suppose they could have called it Six Trillion, but billion works too. It may not make a lot of sense, but it does make some. They pretty much have to keep the rhythm of the name, after all.
Just off the weakness of Battleship, I'm out!
I think Wahlberg will do ok if the script and direction are good.
Marcus Luttrell didn't kill him after Lone Survivor, so that's a plus.*
*Marcus says that in meetings before filming, he told everyone involved that if they didn't do right by his fallen brothers he'd be back to deal with them. I believe him. Never piss off someone who can kill you about 200 different ways.
Marcus Luttrell didn't kill him after Lone Survivor, so that's a plus.*
*Marcus says that in meetings before filming, he told everyone involved that if they didn't do right by his fallen brothers he'd be back to deal with them. I believe him. Never piss off someone who can kill you about 200 different ways.
Having Lee Majors cameo as Oscar Goldman would be way too obvious, wouldn't it?
Probably, but it would still be fun.
I wonder how Lee actually feels about this latest news. Is he in favor of a remake?
Having Lee Majors cameo as Oscar Goldman would be way too obvious, wouldn't it?
Probably, but it would still be fun.
Except Oscar is not a cameo role, he's a central character. And he demands an actor cast for his talent and suitability for the character, someone who can be a strong, even borderline-ruthless authority figure while still being warm and charming. I'd be fine with having Majors cameo in some other role, but certainly not Oscar.
Well, first of all Lee Majors doesn't really have any say in the matter,
Secondly, he is not some nut like Adam West--I am sure he would love a cameo or the chance to make some decent cash of the venture but he is not going to be psychotic about it.
Leaving aside the fact that your complaint is incredibly pedantic because it was just named to keep a similar sounding and flowing title to the original, and that you tend to fixate on these types of minor complaints to the exclusion of other, much more important issues like storytelling (the multi-page debates about the gasoline and battery situation in The Walking Dead spring to mind, among others), it's quite easy to imagine numerous ways an advanced defense project could result in cost overruns, no-bid contracts and corruption, redundancy, exaggerated materials and administration costs, faulty tech that takes a long time to get working properly, and any number of other issues which could push the final budget up to six billion dollars. It doesn't have to be just the direct cost of the individual bionic parts in his body.
