Thailand cave movie: Hollywood producers already on the scene

[pennine]

19 hours ago, CGW said:

Money to be made! must be nice to have priorities! ? 

Hollywood is a business not a charity. Like all other businesses, it likes to make a profit.

[maddox41]

There not even dry yet  and its movie talk 

[oldrunner]

Don't worry "Mates" Producers will ensure that actors use bad English accents.

[steve73]

Maybe get the Thai boys to play themselves, (in a mock-up of the cave, obviously).. There wouldn't be much "acting" to do.. just flicking a torch on occasionally, nibbling at their snack and collecting the dripping rainwater, while the coach teaches them to meditate.  And a game of football at the start before they head-off for the birthday party.  Hardly need A-list actors for that. 

 

The real stars would be the rescuers - selflessly putting their life on the line (and one sadly paying the ultimate price), and the rescue coordinator (with a bit of background about his anti-corrupt nature).

 

But quite how you could compress the tension and drama of the past 17 days into just 2-3 hours is very difficult to image.

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Vampires! Not the movie, the sick bastards turning up to plan a movie before they are all safely out. I hope they get told politely, or impolitely come to that, to "go forth and multiply." Maybe they can use less words than me though. Like two, with one of them being "off!"

I actually hope they do authorise the movie to portray them, as long as each person portrayed gets paid the same amount as the A lister that will be portraying them, and a lump sum of several million $ is paid to help the local communities, to pay the volunteers, to safely develop the caves as an ongoing source of income for the local community, and to build swimming pools in every school in the north.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, steve73 said:

Maybe get the Thai boys to play themselves, (in a mock-up of the cave, obviously).. There wouldn't be much "acting" to do.. just flicking a torch on occasionally, nibbling at their snack and collecting the dripping rainwater, while the coach teaches them to meditate.  And a game of football at the start before they head-off for the birthday party.  Hardly need A-list actors for that. 

 

The real stars would be the rescuers - selflessly putting their life on the line (and one sadly paying the ultimate price), and the rescue coordinator (with a bit of background about his anti-corrupt nature).

 

But quite how you could compress the tension and drama of the past 17 days into just 2-3 hours is very difficult to image.

I foresee some plot development, with perhaps a gay relationship among a couple of the lads, a photogenic girl added somehow, and a kick ass female cave diver taking a prominent role. Never let it be said that Hollywood bothered with facts in their desire to cash in large.

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[balo]

4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

kick ass female cave diver

Yes why were there no female cave divers in the group?  Men and women are equal these days.....

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Just now, balo said:

Yes why were there no female cave divers in the group?  Men and women are equal these days.....

 

 

So women keep telling us.

[canuckamuck]

Found this on Reddit.

[chama]

The only way this can viewed in a positive way will be if money is put into the pockets of those families who had loved ones stuck in that cave, perhaps as scholarship funds. Some payment to the operations who actually got the team out also since there is no way this effort came cheap. The viewing audience will be entertained and help fund some f the operation. Unfortunately the blood suckers will also get theirs. They will get more of an audience if the event is still fresh in the worlds mind. 

 

It is unfortunate that the intent is to benefit by virtue of others suffering but if they go forward hopefully a way will be found to benefit those who have suffered.

[tanner89]

PARASITES !!!. 

[smo]

I pray for a docu-drama that would provide some real facts of what happened, what "truth"
remains beneath all the news spin cycles fastforwarding to a happy ending, and people's rush
for a heroes ticker tape parade. This reminds me of the plane crash in the Andes decades ago. An excellent book, plus several movies were made out of it. Most are ok, but the last one takes the cake: "Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains" is a gem, consisted mainly of the survivors
giving their personal account 30 years after the event.

[connda]

Whether is was a heroic rescue or an unmitigated disaster, Hollywood was on the sidelines ready to write the scripts and cash in on the profits.

No - I don't have a lot of respect for my fellow man, especially those who siphon wealth from the misfortunes of others - and ain't this just as good of an example as you can get!!!  You can just hear that 'sucking' noise of money pouring through the box offices.

I hope they have the decency to divert some of those funds to the Thai Navy Seal who gave his life to the rescue -- like a lot of funds.  However, my guess is that there will be more million baht watches distributed to the undeserving, with little more than peanut shells for the actual victims.  And you can't rule out jail time for the coach. 

Edited July 13, 2018 by connda

[connda]

On 7/11/2018 at 6:56 PM, canuckamuck said:

Found this on Reddit.

Why do I want to throw up?  Because you're too close to the truth.  Cynicism is based on understanding how reality is obfuscated into little more than propaganda and profit margins. 

[roo860]

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Made me giggle. [emoji2]

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[lamyai3]

On 7/11/2018 at 3:57 PM, steve73 said:

But quite how you could compress the tension and drama of the past 17 days into just 2-3 hours is very difficult to image.

Slow fade to next scene... "day six"... 

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎7‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 3:57 PM, steve73 said:

Maybe get the Thai boys to play themselves, (in a mock-up of the cave, obviously).. There wouldn't be much "acting" to do.. just flicking a torch on occasionally, nibbling at their snack and collecting the dripping rainwater, while the coach teaches them to meditate.  And a game of football at the start before they head-off for the birthday party.  Hardly need A-list actors for that. 

 

The real stars would be the rescuers - selflessly putting their life on the line (and one sadly paying the ultimate price), and the rescue coordinator (with a bit of background about his anti-corrupt nature).

 

But quite how you could compress the tension and drama of the past 17 days into just 2-3 hours is very difficult to image.

IMO there will be little in the cave, as the A listers will insist on taking the limelight, so it'll be mainly about the "rescuers" that they play, and all the tension and drama will be outside the caves. No farang women actually went in, so the Hollywood requisite "strong woman" part will be set outside the cave- perhaps coming up with the lightbulb moment that  ensured the safe extraction of the 13.

[edwinchester]

I heard Mark Wahlberg will be playing Elon Musk who rescued the boys using his submarine just after it was used by the US Navy to torpedo U571 and seize an Enigma Coding Machine.