Anybody else read this article in today's issue of LOGLINE? Very funny...

http://pageawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/logline_julyaugust10.pdf

Yeah, got a laugh out of this. Reminds me of my days in the service. I will be curious to see this movie. Says on the website James Cromwell is starring. Great actor.

Hey Jack, what branch were you in? I'm Air Force.

I have mixed feelings on things like article. Tends to perpetuate the stereotype that people in the military are all like the villian from Avatar. On the other hand, I do know quite a few people like that...

Here's a salute from the Army, James.

I gotta say, this guy feels so familiar to me. But the fact that he actually tears up at the end speaks well...

Very good article as was the one on details, also. Excellent set up and description of both characters.

Very interesting--thanks for pointing out this article. My husband is an Army vet (and I am a latte-drinking, public radio-supporting hippy), so I HAVE seen Platoon and Black Hawk Down and (feels like) every single movie about WWII. Also had to watch Pork Chop Hill because it's about my husband's great uncle (really!)

I've also come to share some pet peeves (which probably bug you guys too): badly executed salutes, incomprehensible insignia, too-long hair, lieutenants who are invariably incompetent fools, and the phrase "over and out."

I do love having my husband around when I need guns or helicopters in my screenplay!

William Goldman's book, Adventures in the Screen Trade, has a great chapter about A Bridge Too Far and the challenges he faced in writing this biographical WWII movie.

I love NPR & Lattes, but I also love guns. Call me a conundrum.

Add to the pet peeves: "This is not a drill!"

It also cracks me up that any time someone is an extraordinary badass all you need is another character to call them "ex-military" and you're good to go.

"I do love having my husband around when I need guns or helicopters in my screenplay!"

Me, too, Susan! I mean, not YOUR husband, MINE. ;-)

Very interesting column. I'll be curious to see the movie.

How wonderful, girls! We should start a club. ;-)