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		A woman whose brother was murdered and dismembered by the "Sun Gym Gang" is just a wee bit miffed that the gang members are depicted as loveable bumbling scamps in a new "action comedy" based on the case (wytv.com)		57
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The Stealth Hippopotamus		2013-04-05 03:47:33 PM

An action comedy based on a dismemberment?!

Magorn		2013-04-05 04:12:17 PM

The Stealth Hippopotamus: An action comedy based on a dismemberment?!

with Marky Mark and The Rock...so you know all the sex scenes will be ruined

wambu		2013-04-05 04:50:22 PM

Crewmannumber6		2013-04-05 04:51:24 PM

That's farked up, but par for the course for Mr. Funky Bunch

Dr.Zom		2013-04-05 04:54:39 PM

Yeah, those guys were first class scumbags. Best reporting on it below. The original article is worth a read.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/specialReports/pain-and-gain-from-new-t im es-story-to-michael-bay-film-1890864/

IronOcelot		2013-04-05 05:01:27 PM

theorellior		2013-04-05 05:10:49 PM

With luck we'll get two "slapstick dismemberment" movies a la "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact".

A Shambling Mound		2013-04-05 05:11:14 PM

I had been reading some things about the movie a while back that lead me to stories about the original case and thought pretty much the same thing. "Wow, they're going to make a comedy out of that? What the f*ck is wrong with these people?"

LesserEvil		2013-04-05 05:14:20 PM

Johnson		2013-04-05 05:19:08 PM

They are making it a COMEDY?

fusillade762		2013-04-05 05:20:56 PM

The Stealth Hippopotamus: An action comedy based on a dismemberment?!

cdn0.sbnation.com

Slaves2Darkness		2013-04-05 05:21:05 PM

So ... wait a dude was kidnapped, tortured, run over by a car twice and forced to give over millions of dollars and the police did nothing?

That is some fine police work there Lou.

studs up		2013-04-05 05:21:56 PM

meh

Zombie Eater		2013-04-05 05:25:52 PM

I wasn't going to see it anyway.

Saiga410		2013-04-05 05:28:11 PM

So like Very Bad Things?

Stantz		2013-04-05 05:33:10 PM

A Shambling Mound: I had been reading some things about the movie a while back that lead me to stories about the original case and thought pretty much the same thing. "Wow, they're going to make a comedy out of that? What the f*ck is wrong with ~~these people~~ Michael Bay?"

FTFY

mtb9000		2013-04-05 05:40:47 PM

Peter Collins (writer of the original article) was my professor in college. Awesome dude, but comically inept at teaching.

Prey4reign		2013-04-05 05:43:59 PM

This just might be this Spring's feel good movie! Zombie Roger Ebert will give it two thumbs up.

Lady Indica		2013-04-05 05:53:43 PM

Slaves2Darkness: So ... wait a dude was kidnapped, tortured, run over by a car twice and forced to give over millions of dollars and the police did nothing?

That is some fine police work there Lou.

I didn't look into it beyond the original article, but it seems to imply that it was thought he hired the detectives to get his money back, money he'd gained illegally. I'd normally guess either he didn't really report it (because of his criminal activities) or he did, but either left a lot out (because of said activities) or because of the criminal elements there wasn't thought to be a case.

But then I see the Florida tag and just assume it was inept police work because...Florida.

Claude the Dog		2013-04-05 05:55:51 PM

Dr.Zom: Yeah, those guys were first class scumbags. Best reporting on it below. The original article is worth a read.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/specialReports/pain-and-gain-from-new-t im es-story-to-michael-bay-film-1890864/

Thanks for the link. That is fascinating (no snark). Makes me a bit less-inclined to laugh at the trailer...

GreatGlavinsGhost		2013-04-05 05:56:40 PM

LesserEvil: [i1101.photobucket.com image 599x479]

Excuse me good sir, but you wouldn't happen to have the original picture, would you?

mooseyfate		2013-04-05 06:03:05 PM

I'm guessing the real case was probably more like "Rise of the Footsoldier" and less like "Dumb & Dumber".

LesserEvil		2013-04-05 06:05:44 PM

GreatGlavinsGhost: LesserEvil: [i1101.photobucket.com image 599x479]

Excuse me good sir, but you wouldn't happen to have the original picture, would you?

Sure... here you go:

1.bp.blogspot.com

thisiszombocom		2013-04-05 06:13:29 PM

been there done that

redheededstepchild		2013-04-05 06:13:54 PM

I felt pretty pissed when 30 min. Or less came out. My sweetie delivers pizza for a living.

groppet		2013-04-05 06:14:40 PM

Well the movie 30 min or less was based on the pizza guy getting a bomb strapped to him. The ending for the real guy didnt turn out so well.

tlchwi02		2013-04-05 06:18:48 PM

Lady Indica: I didn't look into it beyond the original article, but it seems to imply that it was thought he hired the detectives to get his money back, money he'd gained illegally. I'd normally guess either he didn't really report it (because of his criminal activities) or he did, but either left a lot out (because of said activities) or because of the criminal elements there wasn't thought to be a case.

actually it was just incompetance. They decided he must be making it all up because the story was too ridiculous (also he was foreign, so there may have been some bias) and they just ignored him.

namegoeshere		2013-04-05 06:31:19 PM

thisiszombocom: been there done that
[upload.wikimedia.org image 220x326] 30 minutes or less

Yeah that's the one I was thinking of. This is not the first such tasteless film.

Everything that comes out of Hollywood these days sucks ass, with a very few exceptions. The golden age of film is dead and buried.

Doogled		2013-04-05 06:38:05 PM

Claude the Dog: Dr.Zom: Yeah, those guys were first class scumbags. Best reporting on it below. The original article is worth a read.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/specialReports/pain-and-gain-from-new-t im es-story-to-michael-bay-film-1890864/

Thanks for the link. That is fascinating (no snark). Makes me a bit less-inclined to laugh at the trailer...

My same reaction after reading the article a few months ago, although I don't think I laughed at the trailer anyways.

asmodeus224		2013-04-05 06:49:24 PM

fusillade762: The Stealth Hippopotamus: An action comedy based on a dismemberment?!

[cdn0.sbnation.com image 355x500]

Imaginary movies like Big Lebowski and Very Bad Things are fiction. They are based on nothing. Real people did not die to develop their stories. This movie uses the real names of the real people who really died or did the killing.

Do you see the difference?

Or can we do a 9-11 movie in the vein of Airplane! ? That would be hilarious no? I mean plane crash movies are plane crash movies, no?

skinink		2013-04-05 06:49:52 PM

Well, James Cameron turned the tragedy of the Titanic into a love story. And money was made off of all the victims of the Zodiac Killer. So I'm not sure what this lady really expects from Hollywood.

T.rex		2013-04-05 06:50:20 PM

"lovable scamps"? I'm conjuring up the image of the kid gang in Hook.
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Somaticasual		2013-04-05 06:54:04 PM

groppet: Well the movie 30 min or less was based on the pizza guy getting a bomb strapped to him. The ending for the real guy didnt turn out so well.

That guy would probably get more sympathy if he hadn't been in on it (even though he didn't know the bomb would be real, and it does look like his partners turned on him and forced him past that point)

TheShavingofOccam123		2013-04-05 06:58:39 PM

"Run over just the two times? Meh."

fusillade762		2013-04-05 06:59:45 PM

asmodeus224: fusillade762: The Stealth Hippopotamus: An action comedy based on a dismemberment?!

[cdn0.sbnation.com image 355x500]

Imaginary movies like Big Lebowski and Very Bad Things are fiction. They are based on nothing. Real people did not die to develop their stories. This movie uses the real names of the real people who really died or did the killing.

Do you see the difference?

Or can we do a 9-11 movie in the vein of Airplane! ? That would be hilarious no? I mean plane crash movies are plane crash movies, no?

Just going with the "comedy dismemberment" angle. No need to get all huffy.

No Such Agency		2013-04-05 07:27:16 PM

LesserEvil:
[i1101.photobucket.com image 599x479]

38 years old.

Job.

Family.

Homeowner.

But I laugh.

Every.

Damn.

Time.

diaphoresis		2013-04-05 07:29:27 PM

People get too upset over the silliest things.

mcmnky		2013-04-05 07:35:56 PM

skinink: Well, James Cameron turned the tragedy of the Titanic into a love story. And money was made off of all the victims of the Zodiac Killer. So I'm not sure what this lady really expects from Hollywood.

Have you seen Titanic? I'm sure freezing to death in the North Atlantic was non-stop laughter compared to sitting through that movie.

The Flexecutioner		2013-04-05 07:38:41 PM

Zombie Eater: I wasn't going to see it anyway.

Fano		2013-04-05 07:52:38 PM

The Bestest		2013-04-05 08:01:53 PM

Fano: I just feel bad for that poor husband in Fargo

He's fleeing the interview... HE'S FLEEING THE INTERVIEW!

Bonanza Jellybean		2013-04-05 08:12:58 PM

It's like trying to make a comedy out of the pizza delivery bomb collar case (30 minutes or less -- it was crap; i had to review it). perhaps some discretion is called for

GungFu		2013-04-05 08:57:54 PM

HATERZ GONNA HATE...

UncleStumpy		2013-04-05 09:47:45 PM

LesserEvil: GreatGlavinsGhost: LesserEvil: [i1101.photobucket.com image 599x479]

Excuse me good sir, but you wouldn't happen to have the original picture, would you?

Sure... here you go:

[1.bp.blogspot.com image 300x375]

I should have expected that, but I did laugh heartily

LectertheChef		2013-04-05 11:03:49 PM

Magorn: The Stealth Hippopotamus: An action comedy based on a dismemberment?!

with Marky Mark and The Rock...so you know all the sex scenes will be ruined

Only if Marky Mark's the top.

The Gordie Howe Hat Trick		2013-04-06 12:34:56 AM

GungFu: HATERZ GONNA HATE...

I miss Zubaz

stiletto2		2013-04-06 12:41:56 AM

Not every detail of an otherwise good story fits into what Hollywood is willing to invest millions of dollars into.

Clutch2013		2013-04-06 12:46:04 AM

theorellior: With luck we'll get two "slapstick dismemberment" movies a la "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact".

I think we've hit the high-budget Hollywood repeat mark this year with the White House.

/White House Down looks...intriguing. The same way one would be intrigued by a race to a crossing between a car and a speeding freight train
//One day, someone's gonna get around to adapting the Mitch Rapp series of books...and they'll be farked when they have to deal with Transfer of Power

Gordon Bennett		2013-04-06 12:53:05 AM

Surely being depicted in a film directed by that worthless piece of shiat Michael Bay is punishment enough.

spill_thrill		2013-04-06 01:57:35 AM

Lemme guess, same guys making this that made that pizza deliverman murder romp a few years ago? Detestable.

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