SWAT the movie

[ubergeek Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close ubergeek]

I read a blurb on CNN that they are going to make a movie based on the SWAT tv show. What are everyones thoughts on this?

[Jim Burnes Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jim Burnes]

No Hollywood movie will ever get the SWAT concept right.

As a matter of fact, Hollywood should never get the training or actual operations right.

Jim Burnes

[swatbwana Forum Rookie Find all posts View Profile Close swatbwana]

I wonder if they will all have those same cool names like "Hondo" and sport 1970ish lambchop sideburns?

Oh yeah when they depoly they all have to grunt hut hut hut hut as they run to the objective.

Sign me up with the casting director

[Jim Burnes Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jim Burnes]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by swatbwana:
Oh yeah when they depoly they all have to grunt hut hut hut hut as they run to the objective.


Ya mean its not real when they all leap from the van screaming GO, GO, GO ?

Bummer

[Sig220Man Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Sig220Man]

You mean, real SWAT guys don't have cool nicknames and grunt "hut-hut-hut" as they rappel down the sides of skyscrapers?

As a kid SWAT was my FAVORITE cop show. Now I'm disappointed.

[FLLawdog No Longer Active Find all posts View Profile Close FLLawdog]

I'm really surprised it's not on TVLand or Nick at Night. I liked the show, too. Looking back, not realistic, but, hey the good ones aren't!

[Tacdriver Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tacdriver]

There is one good movie based upon SWAT techniques...........It's called "Renegade Force." Look it up at The Internet Movie Database. The movie shows good tactics. It's not a typical hollywood shoot-em up. I'd love to see a movie based on Tom Clancy's "Rainbow Six." That would kick *** if it was close to the actual book.

[ 07-28-2001: Message edited by: Tacdriver ]

[Lightfighter Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lightfighter]

In my experiance, hollywood has a real tough time with real-life.

[TennDECA Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close TennDECA]

"Rainbow Six" is supposed to be the next Clancy movie out after "Sum of All Fears."

I wish they'd make the "Magnum, P.I." movie that pops up in conversation from time to time.

[Niteshift No Longer Active Find all posts View Profile Close Niteshift]

I loved Magnum PI, but now when I see Tom Selleck, I keep thinking of the scene where his kisses Kevin Kline

[Mitzi Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mitzi]

You mean, SWAT is just a bunch of men sitting in back of a van, holding a gun, belching and letting out other body gases until they get to where they are going? Lol!

[ 07-28-2001: Message edited by: Mitzi ]

[SpecOpsWarrior No Longer Active Find all posts View Profile Close SpecOpsWarrior]

I loved Magnum P.I. it was one of my favorite shows of all time, I still watch it on A&E on my days off. I think it would be best left in syndication, there isnt anybody out there that could play that role as well as Tom Selleck did it. Now a reunion movie would be great, but not a remake.

I know I'm probably gonna catch some flack for this but the last four seasons of Hunter had to be some of the best t.v. ever broadcast on the air.

[JKT Seasoned Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close JKT]

Originally posted by Frogman:
Magnum P.I. the movie would be great.
So would a Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie, a Route 66 movie, Starsky & Hutch movie, as well as book series characters like Dirk Pitt and Mack Bolan made into movies.

There was a Man From U.N.C.L.E. reunion movie in 1983 ( http://us.imdb.com/Details?0086191 ). There was an unsuccessful attempt to re-make a Route 66 series ( http://us.imdb.com/Details?0106117 ) but ut only ran 4 episodes. (Not it's time, I guess)

The others you mentioned woud be excellent, if handled properly

[SWAT1 Forum Rookie Find all posts View Profile Close SWAT1]

Mitzi
You summed it up 100 %
Sig220Man
Only names we ever had in our outfit were:
Ninja (A Black Belt in Karate)
Doggie (An ex-K9 Handler)
Sinex (That is a UK Brand name for a Nasal Decongestant) Because when he got up your nose he lasted for 8 hours
Fifty F**ks (Because he couldn't pronounce a scentence without one)
The Equaliser (Because he single handedly engaged and shot 3 armed robbers killing 2)
Blister (Because he always came out after the hard work had been done)
Beast (For obvious reasons, and the fact that he would pull you legs off and beat you to death with them)
TP (Team Pervert - We won't even go there)
Pepe (After Pepe La Pew - a class act )
The Cat (Now there was an ugly man. Imagine Supergluing a ginger Tom onto somebodies face setting fire to it, then putting it out with a shovel)
And then of course there was Dolph because he was the team leader and bore a striking resemblance to that tall blond good looking film star.
Stay Safe All!
Steve
Oh. did I forget to mention I was a team Leader

[Mitzi Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mitzi]

Swat, you should make it a REQUIREMENT that no one in Swat can EVER eat beans! lol