Comments on: …Character, Action http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robie Madison http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-1309 Robie Madison Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:44:37 +0000 http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462#comment-1309 Thanks V.J. and Sam -- I guess the concensus is in. They don't make 'em like they used to. :) Thanks V.J. and Sam — I guess the concensus is in. They don’t make ‘em like they used to. :)

]]> By: Samantha Kane http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-1303 Samantha Kane Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:45:47 +0000 http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462#comment-1303 Washington's character in that other movie, where he played, hold on, a police negotiator (the name escapes me, but it also starred Jodie Foster in a throw away role and Clive Owen), also had been investigated for bribery. This sounds like the same character, which is too bad. I'm a Denzel fan. That being said, I'd take Robert Shaw in any role any day over just about anyone these days. Swashbuckler is one of my favorite movies of all time. Not to mention Force 10 from Navarone and The Deep. And Jaws. Washington’s character in that other movie, where he played, hold on, a police negotiator (the name escapes me, but it also starred Jodie Foster in a throw away role and Clive Owen), also had been investigated for bribery. This sounds like the same character, which is too bad. I’m a Denzel fan.

That being said, I’d take Robert Shaw in any role any day over just about anyone these days. Swashbuckler is one of my favorite movies of all time. Not to mention Force 10 from Navarone and The Deep. And Jaws.

]]> By: V. J. Devereaux http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-1302 V. J. Devereaux Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:31:50 +0000 http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462#comment-1302 I have to admit, I'm tired of the 'flawed' hero - here being Denzel being investigated. I'm tired of the anti-hero. I'd like to see just a good guy, like the good guys I know, like the good guys from the original film, just trying to do a job and go home to their families. Like the guys who went up in the World Trade Center. Sure, maybe not all of them were perfect, but do all the heroes in movies have to be slightly shady any more? I have to admit, I’m tired of the ‘flawed’ hero – here being Denzel being investigated. I’m tired of the anti-hero. I’d like to see just a good guy, like the good guys I know, like the good guys from the original film, just trying to do a job and go home to their families. Like the guys who went up in the World Trade Center. Sure, maybe not all of them were perfect, but do all the heroes in movies have to be slightly shady any more?

]]> By: Robie Madison http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-1301 Robie Madison Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:40:46 +0000 http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462#comment-1301 The two movies are, I think, a great comparison of two very different decades. Thanks for sharing the personal touch. :) The two movies are, I think, a great comparison of two very different decades. Thanks for sharing the personal touch. :)

]]> By: eilis flynn http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462&cpage=1#comment-1300 eilis flynn Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45:55 +0000 http://www.dangerzoneauthors.com/?p=1462#comment-1300 The Hub is a native New Yorker and lived in the Bronx most of his childhood, and he mentioned that when he was a kid, the book was big in New York -- so it wasn't unusual to look around the subway train and see everyone reading it. And he liked the original movie because it was sort of homey. Sort of. Haven't seen the latest one, but it sounds like they went for the gore, so typical these days. The Hub is a native New Yorker and lived in the Bronx most of his childhood, and he mentioned that when he was a kid, the book was big in New York — so it wasn’t unusual to look around the subway train and see everyone reading it. And he liked the original movie because it was sort of homey. Sort of. Haven’t seen the latest one, but it sounds like they went for the gore, so typical these days.

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