Has Clancy finally come to the same conclusion as WOPR, that the only way to win is not to play? (War Games ref)

And for THE definative post nuke view of life please rent
Threads - 1984 UK TV
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/
Very real, very depressing.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
Clancy's video games are much better than his books and film adaptations.


Funny you should mention that, I just watched The Hunt For Red October last night, for probably the hundred-gajillionth time, and I still maintain how much of an excellent movie it is. Great acting, intriguing story, just one heck of an entertaining watch.

And as for his books, I'll agree that some of them aren't that great, however, one of my favourite fiction novels is the original Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. It has a deep, engaging story line, it's very descriptive, interesting action, and some rather nice character development.

But, to each, their own, as they say.

Clancy's video games are much better than his books and film adaptations.

>> ^schmawy:
Not even close...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Happy-New-Year-wLeftover-Fireworks
>> ^uhohzombies:
I think I may have found a portrait of our pal Choggie.



Holy crap! Choggie is Tom Clancy?

Currently reading Wikipedia, I brought only one book on my trip and I read it twice already. So Wiki is filling a large void, did you know that SS uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss? No wai!

As for the book, if you can call it that it's called "The Know It All Book" and basically covers topics on Science, Philosophy, History, Visual Arts, Music, Literature and Religion. A sort of refresher course, expanding horizons and completing education shindig (I totally got that off the back cover). But at least now I can say that late 19th century Romanticism is for douche bags with some certain authority.

Recently I also read Richard Herman's "Against All Enemies", this is about as airport trash as you can get, and the man is totally phoning in Tom Clancy, still a very good page turner though afterwards I felt like I simply wasted my time. I just noticed on Nexttag that he has some perverse pleasure in having the front cover of his books ripped in two, must be some stylistic thing, but god it annoyed me when I was reading the book. It's selling for less then a dollar now... its worth less then the paper its printed on.

Before leaving Kuwait I read Fear up Harsh - An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq which was a great first account of someone whose idealism for helping his nation win a war slowly wanes after witnessing pressure to produce 'results', using dubious techniques. It's a very human account, highly recommended reading for those trying to get an insight into how Army Intelligence operated in Iraq, both good and bad. The comments on Amazon.com are hilarious really -

"No matter how poignant, timely, or interesting Mr. Lagouranis's story may be, or how sincere and intelligent he comes across in an interview on television, we are at war, ladies and gentleman. Our soldiers' lives are risked every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Efforts such as Mr. Lagouranis's, written in the safety and shelter of the United States, undermine theirs so far away, and play into directly the hands of our sophisticated enemies."

Which shows the person hardly read the book at all.

On my last trip here I read two books of Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Tunnel In The Sky. Both excellent sci-fi books, especially the Moon Is A Harsh Mistress which reads like a manual for rebellion against an oppressive government, especially interesting if you read Starshi
p Troopers.

I also read P.D. James' Children of Men, which was adapted into the movie, and wasn't surprised that I liked the book far more then the film as it is beautifully written, far darker then the film and ends differently.

PS: If you are looking for some good Sci Fi to read, its always good to consult Hugo Award winners, here is a list on Amazon for pre-2000 winners, there is another for post-2000 as well.

PPS: I also highly recommend Life of Pi, one of the best books I read.

Now I will shut up.

Clancy Brown was the best evil highlander(1st film), all the others were sweet compared to him-driving the old lady around when he he jacks her car.....creepy

I guess this is my Valentine's sift?

Frida is a 2002 film which depicts the life of the artist Frida Kahlo and portrays the tortured personal life of this Mexican artist. It stars Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo and Alfred Molina as Diego Rivera.

The movie was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas and Edward Norton (uncredited) from the book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera. It was directed by Julie Taymor while the soundtrack was written by Elliot Goldenthal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida