- This is a new twist on breathing more life into an old
movie. Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola is out to make some extra
cash/make one of his most iconic films relevant for a new generation by turning
it into, of all things, a video game. Coppola wants to turn “Apocalypse Now”
into the next big craze for gamers, taking the 1979 action movie into “an
immersive, psychedelic horror RPG.” As rich as he may be, the director is also
trying to bilk a bunch of crowdfunding supporters into helping him by donating
$900,000 to make the game, for which he has teamed up with “Wasteland 2” video
game producer Montgomery Markland and “Fallout: New Vegas” producer Lawrence
Liberty. This game will take some time, as it isn't expected to be completed until
2020. “Forty years ago, I set out to make a personal art picture that could
hopefully influence generations of viewers for years to come,” Coppola said. “Today,
I’m joined by new daredevils, a team who want to make an interactive version of
Apocalypse Now, where you are Captain Benjamin Willard amidst the harsh
backdrop of the Vietnam War. I’ve been watching videogames grow into a
meaningful way to tell stories, and I’m excited to explore the possibilities
for Apocalypse Now for a new platform and a new generation.” Players will be
able to control Captain Willard (Martin Sheen’s character in the movie) in his
mission to assassinate renegade Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando’s character). According
to a description of the game, the emphasis is “not choosing dialogue, but
rather actions and postures” and wants to make it clear that this game is “not
Call Of Duty in Vietnam.” No, because clearly that would be an outright insult
to an iconic film………
- Is a “Wedding Crashers” sequel in the works? If the script
isn't already written, someone clearly needs to get Vince Vaughn on the phone because
this story is too good not to tell with an over-the-top production full of
B-listers who can convey the true hilarity emanating from Thailand, where
authorities have arrested a gang of wedding crashers led by a Buddhist monk who
scammed couples by pretending to be officials with royal links and demanding money
for their hallowed presence at the festivities. Police Col. Phumin Pumpanmuang noted
that the eight suspects — the monk and seven relatives — set up an elaborate ruse
in which the monk would attend weddings as an honored guest with his relatives
pretending to be high-ranking figures presenting him with offerings. Seeing
that display, the scammers hoped, would make it difficult for the members of
the wedding party to refuse when asked for donations. It was a nice scam for as
long as it held up, but eventually someone began asking the right questions and
the scheme quickly unraveled. For claiming that they were royals, the faux
wedding crashers were charged with offending the monarchy, which is punishable
by three to 15 years in prison, which is a new twist on a criminal charge
typically applied to people accused of insulting the monarchy. Clearly,
Buddhist monks are not living up to the same ethical standards the once held…….
- Rest easy, world. The long-running mystery of where
everyone’s favorite Belarusian weightlifter went at the Summer Olympics in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil has finally been solved. Yes, we now know that the reason Belarusian
weightlifter Stanislav Chadovich was suddenly withdrawn from competition with
no explanation at the Olympics is because he tried to deke drug testing
officials by using substitute urine in a pre-Olympic doping test. As a result,
he’s been banned for four years and won't be able to try to pass any drug tests
using substitute urine for a while. The International Weightlifting Federation
announced that Chadovich has been found guilty of trying to tamper with a
doping test sample in an out-of-competition check and although the federation didn’t
specify the exact strategy Chadovich used or how authorities were able to
uncover his deception, does it really matter? Clearly it wasn’t a good plan and
clearly it wasn’t well-executed, so the only fact that matters is that he was
found out and will be punished for it. Other athletes have attempted to use
hidden tubes to fill their sample with clean urine, while some have used artificial,
prosthetic devices to try to haul in clean urine so they can pass their test.
The only piece of good news for Chadovich is that his four-year suspension is
backdated to July 29, shortly before the Olympics began, so the former European
championship silver medalist really only has about three and a half years to go
before he can chalk up and get back to competing………
- Fast food wages have gone up in recent years, but clearly
not enough to finance the lifestyle to which some workers aspire. Thus, a few
workers at a Burger King in New Hampshire have been arrested for operating one
of the more unique pot distribution operations in recent memory. According to
police, the ganja would be sold using a very specific buying method that
remotely resembled asking to enter your older brother’s treehouse or trying to
get into that one club in town everyone wants to go to, but isn’t quite cool
enough to make it past the bouncer. Buyers would pull up to the drive-thru
speakers and ask if "nasty boy" was working, which was the super top
secret nickname for the ringleader of this operation, Garrett Norris. If Norris
was working, buyers then knew to ask for "fries extra crispy," which didn’t
actually mean digging out those fries that got stuck in the cooker a bit too
long and had that extra-special crunch to them, but instead meant ordering a
small quantity of the hippie lettuce. Buyers would then pull up to the window
and Norris would deliver their illicit purchase to them disguised inside some
sort of normal restaurant container. In a sting operation, an undercover
officer he received a coffee cup with a small amount of marijuana. In the
sting, police arrested both Norris and the shift manager, Meagan Dearborn, who
had taken the order. According to the restaurant’s general manager, the two
rogue employees were fired after the sting, which is a bummer because few
things pair more perfectly together than cheap fast food and marijuana. The
only way it could have been better is if this pot business was operating out of
the kitchen at Taco Bell……..
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