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Wanna Know What MEL GIBSON's Doing Next' MORIARTY Knows!!
Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
One of my favorite spies here in town, a long time agent of chaos who's given me many rock-solid scoops over the years, recently gave me some info that got me caught up in all sorts of cease-and-desist letters and threats of legal action, and now he's been driven underground. He's on the move, trying to stay one step ahead of those who would destroy him. THE FUGITIVE GUY took the time to drop by The Moriarty Labs on his way out of town, though, to drop off the following note, which I found rolled up and stuffed in Mongo's nose when he came in from his walk this morning:
Mel Gibson has signed on to star in WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND YOUNG. It
is the story of Lt. Col. Hal Moore (played by Gibson), who led 80 men of
the US Cavalry into a small clearing in the Drang Valley of Vietnam in
1965. 2000 enemy soldiers surrounded them and the battle was one of the most
savage in U.S. History. The film wil be directed by Randall Wallace, who
Directed THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK and is credited as a writer on PEARL
HARBOR.
Oh... my. Sounds like the perfect match of director and material. I'm going to start digging and see what we can come up with. According to Harry, Mel Gibson's staying with the real-life Lt. Col. Hal Moore in middle-America right now, soaking up every detail about the guy. If nothing else, we're guaranteed a spectacle. Let's hope it's a great one.
"Moriarty" out.
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Shouldn't Mel be working on his role as Hannibal for the A-Team movie?
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Wallace also wrote the book that inspired Braveheart, if not the screenplay as well!! Sounds like an intense flick is in the works!!!
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I had that idea in the 6th grade...man i need to get off my ass and quit procrastinating!
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I'll bet Gibson's next movie is going to be one where he plays a military guy going against inconcievable odds. And all he'll want to do is raise a family. Porr guy. Sound familiar? I hope so
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This is The Lost Patrol, a movie that Variety listed over a month ago. The Hollywood Stock Exchange Lists this description.
"The Lost Patrol is a Vietnam War story detailing the first battle between U.S. troops with the Viet Cong. Randall Wallace (The Man in the Iron Mask) will direct from his own adaptation of the book We Were Soldiers Once And Young. The 34-day battle at La Drang pitted 400 American soldiers who were helicoptered in against an enemy force 3000 strong. Mel Gibson will star.
Wallace also penned the script to Braveheart and Pearl Harbor. Revolution Studios will produce the film with Mel Gibson's Icon Productions. "
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if he's spending time talking to the REAL dude, I guess that means he doesn't die in the film.
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Didn't Variety, "scoop" this last month?
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Sounds very similiar, it might be American history but the story sounds a bit too much like the classic Zulu. Then again what the fuck do I know Braveheart kicked ass.
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I hope this kicks ass like The Patriot did. (Incidently, this was the battle that brought about the change to the cavalry patch. A yellow shield with a black horse and a line through it.) Too cool!
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this news came out everywhere...even in yahoo...MONTHS AGO... and the entire industry knows this already. anyway, Mel and co.'s idea is to get ahead of the strike...to wrap up a big one before that...just as what everyone else is doing.
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I wondered if anyone was going to bring up the "spoilers" question. This was something that came up a few months ago when Perfect Storm was released. Do events that occurred in history require a spoiler? Apparntly, the critics and websites don't think so. Only films like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings seem to warrant such reguard. Give us a heads up next time...will ya?
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As a turd. Hopefully he'll stretch his acting muscles a bit more than he did in The Patriot. Gallipoli is still one of my favorite Mel films.
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What's with Gibson and these battle themes?
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....when I first heard it last week... what did "Fugitive guy" do? Shove a rolled up copy of last week's old Variety in Mongo's nose???
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Jan 05, 2001 10:50:06 AM CST
When is Mel going to stop doing the Braveheart "schtick"?
by iamlegolas
When Braveheart came out, it took me until the re-release in the theaters (to garner Oscar support) for me to see it, and only THEN because one of my jaded movie friends happened to see it (because he wanted to spend 3 hours in an air conditioned theater during the summer; he didn't have A/C in his apartment) and raved about it. IT WAS FUCKIN' COOL. Mel finally brought Mad Max back, and with Monty Python-ish Medieval Violence!!! Okay, then THE PATRIOT came out, and I shined that one...."it's BRAVEHEART during the Civil War". I saw it recently on video because a friend rented it, and I was right. Now this Army movie....is Mel not going to stop remaking BRAVEHEART until he does a movie involving a future Flash Gordon type character rebelling against a Ming The Merciless type bad guy? Or maybe he'll start going backwards and lead a dinosaur rebellion as caveman who has a kindship with the dinosaurs (yeah I know cavemen and dinosaurs didn't exist together, but Hollywood doesn't). Oh yeah, and wasn't he the lead chicken in CHICKEN RUN, leading a rebellion? O.T.: When will some of the talk-backs ever be fixed and post correctly and not run on to the right of my browser? Someone's asleep (or most likely past out) at the keyboard... THANKS FOR READING THIS! :)
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The only news that would get my Yang going concerning Mel Gibson would go something like this...Mel Gibson...A George Miller Film...Mad Max 4 (!!!)
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A truly depressing look at Vietnam, it completely changed my view of the war.
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Hooray for Mel! One more chance to see his "Blank-faced-relentless-angel-of-death" face. As seen on Braveheart, Patriot, all the Lethal Weapons, Payback, all the Mad Max films, Ransom . . . still, nothing better than watching an ageing Hollywood star trying to be the war hero he never was . . . my personal bitchiness aside, at least the man can act, and that one thing has brought me back to his (non-What Women Want) films time and again. I'll be keeping an eye on this one, but would prefer a different director/writer. Remember, Randall Wallace is the man who gave the line "It's war . . . get used to it" or something familiar. Urgh. Stomach lurching . . . grrrrrrooooooouuuuuuup . .. splatter splatter splatter.
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first braveheart, then the patriot, now this? ive enjoyed them, but do something different, and i dont mean more crap like what women want
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Jan 05, 2001 11:44:23 AM CST
Randall Wallace also wrote Braveheart. Personally, I think he's
by lenny nero
Got that? SHIT!
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Jan 05, 2001 11:51:14 AM CST
I know this film its *really* called adventures in 'crouching ti
by sundown
Mel gets lost with his soldiers in "Bunghole valley" and uncovers many age old asian 'gods'. He and his men decide it's up to them to stop these 'gods' before they come to 'the states' and kill their families including Mels which is comprised of a blind wife, deaf son and his daughter who through a serious accident with hot pockets now has been deprived of taste buds. It is becuase of this that Mel needs to kill the asian 'gods' however it soon turns into a slaughter as the gods have apparently discovered 'wire work' and use this new tool to cut Mels troops to pieces. Mel is forced to kill them all with his bare hands in the end as he is the sole survivor and the film ends with Mel ripping Chow Yun Fats throat out with his teeth. 'You can take our lives...but you can never take our mediocre plots!' Mel will cry over the dead asian gods body.
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Jan 05, 2001 12:11:47 PM CST
Well, he can't do worse than that exaggerated patriotic piece of
by andymation
What's up with some Americans, huh? I mean, c'mon, loving one's country is one thing, but, Jesus friggin' Christ!!! And while I'm at it, you should be called Usonamicanians (United States Of North America Minus Canada) not Americans because there's a whole lot more than Uncle Sam.
Don't take this shit too seriously though, cuz I'm slightly over-tired while writing shithhsti..uhm.. I mean "THIS". -
Jan 05, 2001 12:16:05 PM CST
I Like To Read Headlines & Fill In The Stories Myself. Here's W
by buzz maverik
...stretching, yawning. Asking his wife if she's through with the paper because if she is, he's going to throw it in the recycling. Looking out the front window. Yelling at the twins for not rolling up the garden hose after they washed their cars. Patting the dog. Looking in the refrigerator, seeing that someone took the last Dr. Pepper and writing it down on the shopping list. Playing the messages on the answering machine and deleting the one from the guy who played The Human Tank in LETHAL WEAPON 4...
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FOR ME TO POOP ON! I agree with the poster that said Gibson's been milking this Braveheart-schtick so vigorously that the cow's teet has gone dry. Put the stick down Mel and step away, the horse is dead.
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I seriously think this man needs mental treatment, he makes up for his dwarf-like stature by ensuring that he kills millions of people in every movie (preferably evil Brits - that'll teach them for sending his grandpa to Botany Bay for stealing a loaf of bread). Fancy your chances do you Mel? Come on then you little short-arse cunt, I'm waiting.
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the most annoying thing on this site are these whiny little assmongers who find it glorious to tell you they saw this or that posted on some website three weeks ago. big fucking deal. if AICN is such a lame website then why...why why why do you keep coming back? i'll bet you are the kind of assholes that call up newspapers saying "i saw it on the news last night so you suck" kind of people. this is new information for most of us. also, if you find it necessary to get on here and strut about showing how in tuned you are to the inner workings of hollywood (located wherever your hovel is) then maybe it is to cover something you feel inadequate on...body odor...small pecker? i'm sure one of the freudian scholars that visit this place could analyze your pissings and find all kinds of problems with you. of course, you'd just tell them you already knew....go get fucked and let the rest of use enjoy AICN.
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http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010105/en/mel_gibson_1.html
Gibson Tours Ga. Locations
CUSSETA, Ga. (AP) - Mel Gibson was scouting possible locations for a proposed film about Vietnam in this west Georgia town bordering Fort Benning Thursday. Surrounded by admiring waitresses at the Four Winds restaurant, he pointed toward retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and whispered: ``He's the real hero.''
Moore, co-author of the best seller ``We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young,'' smiled when he heard Gibson's remark, then said Gibson could play him in a movie based on the 1992 book.
``I had always thought that John Wayne would have been the ideal choice. But Mel will do.''
Moore, who lives in Auburn, Ala., was a commander with the 11th Air Assault Division in the 1965 battle of Ia Drang Valley, the American forces' first major confrontation with North Vietnamese Army regulars.
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actually i like canada...SCTV made me love canada like they were my hot stepsister. i was simply trying in my own feeble way to say i agree that we americans..inbred to the last are shit upon like no other. true...we try to use our influence to control the rest of the world but hey..the guy who comes and saves your ass all the time should be able to pick where he eats after the fight. every brit i have run into online views us with contempt. that might be a blanket statement. this in no way is the view held by the upcoming administration who is currently and doggedly attempting to fill cabinet spaces and complete a full sentence. see spot major league....
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Jan 05, 2001 12:55:00 PM CST
deport Mel and his bare ass back to Australia.................
by smugbug
I'm SO tired of Mel. He useto be a real good actor - back in the days of "Galipoli" and "The Year of Living Dangerously" and the first Lethal Weapon.
There was a time when Mel's acting was effortless and impressive. And then he does "Bird on a Wire".......yuck yuck yuck.
And now he's doing ANOTHER "Patriot". Thats basically what he's doing. And Patriot was another Braveheart - and so on and so on and so on. Mel - give it up. -
you just come to a "lame site" to read the talkbacks? what are you an idiot? glutton for punishment? do you continually ask for coke when all they serve is pepsi? my point is you make it a point to say you go to other "cool sites" to see what is new and then come here to take out your wee wee and show everybody what a great blood hound you are. how on top of it you are...what a smart well behaved little man you must be. if those other sites are sooo great...why don't you stay?
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Jan 05, 2001 1:05:20 PM CST
Wow, you aicn staffers really don't keep up with Web News anymor
by docsisx
you take other's news and claim at as your own...I still love ya'll though.
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Mel Gibson should stop playing what is basically the same role (brave, heroic leader who inspires his men) over and over again.
I mean Braveheart is one of my favourite films and patriot i thought was pretty good too but enough is enough.
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Good job amusing me there, buckos. Buzz, you never fail to entertain...
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Lost Patrol?
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Jan 05, 2001 1:36:56 PM CST
OT: I FINALLY saw "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" last night. M
by iamlegolas
Even as jaded as I am in kung-fu films. Cheers to Ang Lee, Chow Yun Fat, Michell Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Yuen Wo Ping, and the rest of the cast and crew. Probably the best ending if not EVER to a movie in a long time, too. Oh yeah, and the theater I went to had a display of (most likely a replica)the Green Destiny. Frickin' cool!!!!
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Might I add that a first-person look into the LOTR production is better than 99% of the crappy movie news that comes out? Nuff said.
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SCOOPS!!! - George Lucas is making two more "Star Wars" films! And Peter Jackson is in negotiations to film the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy! And Jim Carrey might - just might - be playing the Grinch!
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This guy puts out garbage. Either he's the happy go lucky Mel in a movie or the serious Mel that saves his family. I can't stand the happy go lucky Mel, it's amazing that girls fall for that crap. And the serious Mel is too damn serious. Sure Lethal Weapon and Mad Max were ok, but the other stuff?
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Jan 05, 2001 2:45:13 PM CST
Chacal: it really doesn't matter what you said or what you mean
by lance rock
Please don't do AICN regulars any favors--leave and don't stink up the talkbacks.
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Jan 05, 2001 2:49:57 PM CST
I didn't realize every war movie was a 'Braveheart' sequel just
by critical bill
Of course, "20th century Asian communist fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Vietnam" is parctically synonymous with "14th century English imperialists fighting with archers and heavy cavalry".
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hey 'avid fan' heres some fact about the patriot,
1)if the patriot character had actually excisted he definately wouldve owned slaves
2)the film was originally going to be based on a real life man but the studio scrapped thaat idea when they found out he was a slave owning,indian hunter who married his own cousin
3)ironically if great britain had won the war slavery wouldve finished in the US DECADES earlier
4)as for 'shoving ideals up your ass".....WHAT THE FUCK DO U THINK VIETNAM WAS ABOUT YOU YANKEE TWAT -
Jan 05, 2001 3:09:26 PM CST
This "Scoop" has been Printed Repeatedly in Daily Variety & Holl
by bari umenema
Moriarty has apparently caught up on his reading of the showbiz trade papers! This is most emphatically NOT a "scoop" and has been reported to death already by both trade papers. D'oh!!
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Does anyone remember when Mel Gibson was a good actor?
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I think Mel should take a producer's seat before everyone burns out on him, if it hasn't already started. Looking at the posts, he's pretty much gone the way of Stallone, Arnie, Segal and Van Damm. But, then again, I saw that "Hotel Bullshit" movie he did two years ago and it has still yet to find a distributor. He did a great job on "The Three Stooges" flick though.
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Jan 05, 2001 5:29:45 PM CST
Will Riggs not be happy until he has played a patriotic hero in
by pupkin
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You bring up some valid points but you seem to forget a few key moments in history.
1) 1945 America drops 2 atomic bombs on Japan.
2)World War 1 & World War 2 - Black soldiers pushed to the frontline to be "cannon fodder" ahead of their white comrades.
3) Lets not forget the klu klux klan (Oh I forgot that's not history it's still going on today)
If you want to see a good film check out Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, ir really shows American soldiers in a good light.
What is this thing about English people and bad teeth?
Is it the same as the thing about Americans being fat idle bastards?
( stereotypes are a bad thing)
America is a great nation with a-lot of great people and a great history so why let pricks like Mel Gibson make films that are historically inaccurate.
England has done a-lot of bad things throughout history, but America's just as bad
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..the screenplay for Braveheart, didn't he?
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Really, I loved AICN. It was simply the greatest and most original movie news page. Remember the times when it uncovered the first STARSHIP TROOPERS killer spider pics back in...1997. But today? This is really embarrassing, Mr. Knowles: It is true that Variety and all bigger sites posted this news a month or so ago. But the real disgrace: I read this back in October/November on a tiny page, unfortunately unaware of this being a REAL SCOOP at that time. Why did nobody of you AICN guys grab this?? But, hey, be loyal to AICN, I'm sure Harry has realised the present weakness of his page himself and will make up for it with a plethora of great scoops soon.
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Then we kin awl start postin' talker back's about wut jerks them japsernese wuz back in the 19-fourteens. Gowd bless Harrie fer givin' us awl a plase to post stuf abowt how mutch we hates other cuntries. Personallie I hate aneybuddy that ain't Canadien, Frensh, Amerycain, or Spaniel. The brits ain't tew nise 'cause they stole all the tee in that Boston Harbur. I also hate them Greenlandsers. All they dew is kill raindear and weare big coats. Oh, en don't get me startid about them folks down in Fiji. They'd eat there chilldrin if we gave 'em haf a chanse. En whad abowt them weerdohs over in Eye-taly? All they does is eet garlic and hav shoot-em-outs in Vatican sity. Last butt not leest are them Russikans. Sure they arent Comunistical enymore, but them ruskie gangsters are all over the plase. Just look at how meny movies hav them ass the bad giys. If yew ask me, and I kno you wil, I think we shud drop the bom on 'em. Once agaen, God Bles Hari and Ain't it kewl noose, withowt them we'd have to post these messages on sum other plase. Peice, owt.
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this was Mel's best movie! and whats up with MAD MAX 4 ? i just hope if they make it they get back to their wasteland roots, and dont make a kiddie movie like BEYOND THUNDERDOME!
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Yew lahk Canucks? The hell is wrong witchu boy? Ya Goddamn communist! Go out back and cut me a switch, boy! A'hm a gonna whip the red right outta yew!
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Jan 06, 2001 9:24:56 AM CST
Tombstone : "What is this thing about English people and bad tee
by iamlegolas
Hey, on my Criterion Collection laserdisc of "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" during the commentary by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam they were talking about the stereotype of people having blackened (bad) teeth in the Middle Ages and how that some scientists investigated some medieval ship from the see and they noticed how perfect everyone's teeth were (among the dead) and that the reason for this WAS was because back then they didn't have all these sugars and artifical ingredients to rot your teeth in the first place! You SEE! Movies can teach! ;P
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hwo dare you take the pisss outta me speeling and gRaMmer you prikc,
as for vietnam ha! 5 million american troops beaten by 2 vietnamese farmers armeed with pitchforks and a very agressive cow,as for mels 'anti-brit' campaign he seems to be doing right now on his films SCREW HIM he cant even act,he shoulda just stuck to the dumb action films -
I must have missed that one. Get your facts straight before you open your freakin yaps boys and girls!! This means you Legolas..IT WAS THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR!! MEL's MOVIES KICK MAJOR ASS!!
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You are a typical English asshole who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Vietnam was a different kind of war and I seriously doubt England would have done any better in a similar situation, both at home and abroad. The fact that as good as you think England is; keep this in mind: the colonies didn't win what we call the Revolutionary War, you guys lost it. We also kept England from being conquered by Hitler early in World War II with the supplies we sent over. As for the bullshit about how evil the United States is for dropping 2 atomic weapon on Japan; more would have died on both sides if the United States had invaded Japan instead. If you can pull something off and lose fewer of you troops then you do it. That is how war works. It's one thing to fight a war with as few casualties on your side, it's another thing to try to keep anyone on either side from being killed. People die in wars. Japan would not have surrendered if those bombs had not been dropped. Fewer people lost their lives as a result.
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The atomic weapons issue was just to get back at old avid fan for showing England in a bad light.
England , USA, France, Spain, Germany, Japan we've all done things to be ashamed of in the past. Prove that we haven't and
I'll become Mel Gibson's biggest fan
But now we're getting away from the point, damn that Mel Gibson his dodgy acting, dodgy hair perm and unusual take on history will be the death of us
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when america joinded the war effort the allies were already winning the war,u did shorten the war by a couple of years though,but nazism had to be stopped anyway so stop with the whole 'we saved your butts' shit,facism was evil and had to be stopped,to be blunt u shoulda joined the war earlier
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who gives a toss?
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Mel mentioned this movie when he was on Rosie promoting What Women Want.
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ive totally lost track of the argument now,so much in fact that i cant even remeber my name or where i live,what am i gonna do its getting dark.....
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Jan 09, 2001 12:55:57 AM CST
THE COOL THING ABOUT MEL...IS THAT HE "IS" MEL GIBSON...- Chris
by cynthia_555_
pparently, hard for some to accept.
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Jan 09, 2001 1:03:19 AM CST
THE COOL THING ABOUT MEL...IS THAT HE "IS" MEL GIBSON...- Chris
by cynthia_555_
Apparently, hard for some to accept....
and they'd be in a lifetime damnation because Mel just keeps on rocking! hehe.
Is there any other an OSCAR winning actor, DIRECTOR, AND works well with action as well as with romantic films? incidentally for both men and women.
none...
life's tough...it isn't fair right?
bye guys.
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I love the book!! can't wait!
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