Who'd play Dirk?
SteveA NJ
if a decent movie were ever made from Cussler's books... I could see David
Ducovny - he has the tall slim build and dry, ironic sense of humor. Anyway,
that's my grenade to toss on the fire - let the harassment begin!
Steve
The Ranch
HramYaegr
>
Good call; Duchovny doesn't have the air about him that Pitt carries.
>SteveA NJ wrote:
>>
>> Haven't seen a good lively debate lately on who'd people like to see play
>Dirk
>> if a decent movie were ever made from Cussler's books... I could see David
>> Ducovny - he has the tall slim build and dry, ironic sense of humor.
>Anyway,
>> that's my grenade to toss on the fire - let the harassment begin!
>>
>> Steve
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"Only slaves love being powerful."
- Hans Erich Nossack
Milo Bloom
Lamas. Of course, that could be a sign of impending neurosis....
~Milo
HramYaegr <hram...@aol.come.on> wrote in message
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HramYaegr
>Lamas. Of course, that could be a sign of impending neurosis....
>~Milo
ROFL -- Remember, Dirk is supposed to be ATTRACTIVE; besides, Dirk would never
wear the hideous clothes that half-assed imitation actor Lamas wears.
Is it just me, or does LL appear to be in a continual state of shock, thus
appearing to be an insipid fool?
Milo Bloom
little, I suppose). At least he knows how to pull of that "Damn authority,
I do what I believe in" attitude. I hope so, he's been practicing on
"Renegade" for what, six years?
HramYaegr <hram...@aol.come.on> wrote in message
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> >As bad an actor as he may be, I always pictured Dirk resembling Lorenzo
> >Lamas. Of course, that could be a sign of impending neurosis....
> >~Milo
>
> ROFL -- Remember, Dirk is supposed to be ATTRACTIVE; besides, Dirk would
never
> wear the hideous clothes that half-assed imitation actor Lamas wears.
>
Objectively (and fully comfortable in my complete heterosexuality), LL is a
pretty good looking guy.
> Is it just me, or does LL appear to be in a continual state of shock, thus
> appearing to be an insipid fool?
>
That's acting. In actuality, he IS an insipid fool.
Like I said, I don't know why, that's just who I picture.
~Milo
HramYaegr
but can he do it without the look on his face that says, "I wundir how two spel
uhthoritee?"
---------------------------------
Milo Bloom
Get the wizards at George Lucas' ILM to digitally create Lorenzo as an
accomplished actor. They can create entire worlds and their diverse
populations. This simple one man transformation couldn't cost more than,
say, 80 million....
~Milo
HramYaegr <hram...@aol.come.on> wrote in message
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SteveA NJ
Lorenzo Lamas fiasco. At least Ducovney has the attitude...
Matt T.
and the hair, he's a little thinner than I would picture Pitt.....
Matt Garrett
UNOFFICIAL DIRK PITT MOVIE POLL.
http://www.roughedge.com/pittpoll.htm
Now, all results are sent directly to Clive on the monthly basis!
THE UNOFFICIAL DIRK PITT MOVIE POLL.
http://www.roughedge.com/pittpoll.htm
Currently, the results are:
(AS OF FEBRUARY, 1999)
DIRK PITT
Mel Gibson caught up with George Clooney as the most often chosen star to
portray Dirk Pitt.
Harrison Ford and Tom Selleck made a good showing also, pulling into third
and fourth place.
David James Eliot - formerly a third place contender - dropped down several
notches as did
Sean Bean. Basically, it went like this:
No response/no idea: 24
GEORGE CLOONEY: 12
MEL GIBSON: 12
HARRISON FORD: 11
Receiving 5 votes each were:
Alec Baldwin - Hunt for Red October
Sean Bean - Patriot Games, Goldeneye
Pierce Brosnan Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Dante's Peak
David James Elliot - TV's JAG
Receiving three votes were:
Adrian Paul - TV's Highlander
Receiving two votes each were:
Antonio Banderas - Mask of Zorro, Evita, Assassins
Michael Biehn - Aliens, Terminator, The Abyss
Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves, The Postman, Waterworld
Matthew McConaughey - Contact, A Time to Kill
Brad Pitt - Meet Joe Black, 12 Monkeys, Legends of the Fall
Kurt Russell - Soldier, Escape from New York, Backdraft
Steven Seagal - Under Siege, Marked For Death
Michael T. Weiss - TV's The Pretender
And with one vote each:
Tom Cruise - Top Gun, Mission Impossible
Richard Dean Anderson - McGuyver, Stargate SG-1
Robert DeNiro - Taxi, Raging Bull, Goodfellas
David Duchovny - The X-Files, Kalifornia
Jeff Fahey - Silverado, Sketch Artist
Ralph Fiennes - English Patient, Strange Days, Schindler's List
Jonathan Frakes - Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: Insurrection
Thomas Gibson - TV's Dharma & Greg, Chicago Hope
Bruce Greenwood - TV's Nowhere Man
Paul Gross - TV's Due South, Aspen Extreme
David Hasslehoff - TV's Baywatch, Knight Rider
Tommy Lee Jones - U.S. Marshals, The Fugitive, Under Siege
Vinnie Jones
Val Kilmer - Batman Forever, The Saint
Christopher Lambert - Fortress, Adrenaline
Matt LeBlanc - Lost in Space, TV's Friends
Jason Patric - Speed 2, The Lost Boys
Dennis Quaid - The Right Stuff, Savior
Mickey Rourke - 9 1/2 Weeks, Johnny Dangerously
Kevin Sorbo - TV's Hercules, Kull The Conqueror
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky, Judge Dredd, Demolition Man
Fred Ward - The Right Stuff, Remo Williams, Uncommon Valor
Bruce Willis - Armageddon, The Siege, Die Hard I/II/III
Billy Zane - Titanic, Memphis Belle
AL GIORDINO
With six votes, Sly Stallone took the lead as Dirk's longtime pal Al
Giordino, but Sly has some
stiff competition: NYPD Blue's Dennis Franz is hot on his heels with five
votes and Taxi's Tony
Danza and superstar Bruce Willis right behind them with four each. Armand
Assante earned a
couple of votes himself, pushing his way into the top five. Still, a
whopping 54 voters either
couldn't decide or chose not to decide on someone as Al. The voting looked
like this:
No response/No Idea: 54
SYLVESTER STALLONE: 6
DENNIS FRANZ: 5
TONY DANZA: 4
BRUCE WILLIS: 4
With three votes each were:
Armand Assante - Striptease, Gotti, Mambo Kings
Jerry Doyle - TV's Babylon 5
John Goodman - TV's Roseanne, The Flintstones, Always
Ed Harris - Apollo 13, Absolute Power, The Abyss
With two votes each were:
Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas
Franco Columbo - Pumping Iron
Bob Hoskins - Roger Rabbit, Super Mario Brothers
Michael Madsen - TV's Vengeance Unlimited, Species, Reservoir Dogs
Cheech Marin - TV's Nash Bridges, From Dusk Til Dawn, Tin Cup
Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting, Good Morning Vietnam
And with one vote each:
Jason Alexander - TV's Seinfeld
Tom Arnold - True Lies, Nine Months
Alec Baldwin - Hunt for Red October, Miami Blues
Danny DeVito - Twins, Junior, Throw Momma from the Train
Frank DiLeo - Goodfellas, Wayne's World I/II
Robert Forster - Jackie Brown
James Gandolfini - Crimson Tide, TV's The Soprano's
Andy Garcia - Untouchables, Godfather III
Michael Hurst - Hercules
Tommy Lee Jones - US Marshals, The Fugitive, Under Siege
Richard Kairn - TV's Home Improvement
Dennis Leary - Wag the Dog, Small Soldiers, Thomas Crown Affair
John Leguizamo - To Wong Fo, Executive Decision, Spawn
Ray Liotta - No Man's Land, Goodfellas, Field of Dreams
David Marciano - TV's The Last Don, Due South
Sam Neil - Jurassic Park, Hunt for Red October
Al Pacino - Devil's Advocate, Godfather, Scent of a Woman
Joe Pecsi - Lethal Weapon, Goodfellas, Casino
Brad Pitt - Seven
Jeremy Piven - TV's Cupid, Ellen
John Rhys-Davies - Indiana Jones, Living Daylights
Michael Rooker - Days of Thunder, JFK, Bastard Out of Carolina
John Travolta - Get Shorty, Pulp Fiction, Civil Action
John Tuturro - Rounders, Do the Right Thing, Quiz Show
Nicholas Turturro - TV's NYPD Blue
ADMIRAL JAMES SANDECKER
There's no question: Most readers think James Bond should be Dirk Pitt's
boss. The legendary
Sean Connery continued his dominance as the favorite to play Admiral
Sandecker with a lead
of nearly four times that of his nearest competitor: Star Trek's Patrick
Stewart and over four
times that of the #3 contender, the Grandmaster of Adventure himself.
Sandecker's voting went
like this:
No response/No Idea: 34
SEAN CONNERY: 22
PATRICK STEWART: 6
With five votes each are:
Clive Cussler - Grandmaster, etc.
Gene Hackman - Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Get Shorty
Rip Torn - TV's Larry Sanders Show, By Dawn's Early Light
With three votes were:
Charlton Heston - True Lies, Ten Commandments, Ben Hur
The following received two votes each:
Robert Duvall - The Apostle, Days of Thunder, The Godfather, MASH
Harrison Ford - Air Force One, Indiana Jones
Ed Harris - Apollo 13, The Abyss, Absolute Power
Anthony Hopkins - Mask of Zorro, Silence of the Lambs
John M. Jackson - TV's JAG
Paul Newman - Nobody's Fool, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman, Godfather III, Devil's Advocate
Jason Robards - Raise the Titanic
Roy Scheider - TV's Seaquest, Jaws, The Seven-ups
Tom Skerritt - TV's Picket Fences, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It
And with one vote apiece were:
Ernest Borgnine - McHale's Navy, Poseidon Adventure
James Coburn - In Like Flynt, Our Man Flynt, Eraser
Robert Conrad - TV's Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Blacksheep
Brian Dennehy - FX, Cocoon
Danny DeVito - LA Confidential, Get Shorty, Man on the Moon
Robert DeNiro - Jackie Brown, Raging Bull, Backdraft
Sam Elliot - Gettysburgh, Lifeguard, Roadhouse
Richard Farnsworth
Scott Glenn - Hunt for Red October, Silence of the Lambs
Alec Guinness - Star Wars, Bridge on the River Kwai
Tom Hanks - Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia
Tommy Lee Jones - US Marshals, The Fugitive
Robert Loggia - Independence Day
William H. Macy - Fargo, Air Force One, Pleasantville
John Mahoney - TV's Frasier
Billy J. Mitchell - Goldeneye, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
Jerry Ohrbach - TV's Law and Order, Crimes & Misdemeanors
Jack Palance - City Slickers I/II
George C. Scott - Patton
Hector Scott
William Shatner - Star Trek
Donald Sutherland - Virus, Shadow Conspiracy, MASH
Ray Walston - TV's My Favorite Martian, Picket Fences
RUDI GUNN
"Jurassic Park's" SAM NEILL held onto his lead as NUMA's Rudi Gunn with six
votes, nearly
twice that of his nearest competitors, Mac pitchman Jeff Goldblum, Academy
Award nominee
Ed Harris, and David Straitharn. By far the biggest votes, however, came in
the "no idea/no
response" arena with a whopping 54. The voting went like this:
No response/no idea: 54
SAM NEILL: 6
With three votes apiece were:
Jeff Goldblum - ID4, The Big Chill, The Fly
Ed Harris - Apollo 13, The Abyss, Absolute Power, Right Stuff
David Straitharn - River Wild, Sneakers
Receiving two votes were:
Alec Baldwin - Hunt for Red October
Anthony Edwards - ER, In Cold Blood, Top Gun
Tom Hanks - Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump
Marc Harmon - TV's Chicago Hope, Reasonable Doubts, Tombstone
Mitch Pileggi - TV's The X-files, Basic Instinct; dead lookalike for our
attorney
Eric Stoltz - Pulp Fiction, Memphis Belle
Gary Sinese - Ransom, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, George Wallace
Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting, Jumanji, Good Morning Vietnam
James Woods - Contact, Vampires
And with one vote each were:
Woody Allen - Antz, Celebrity
Richard Dean Anderson - TV's Stargate SG-1, McGuyver
Ed Asner - TV;s Mary Tyler Moore, Lou Grant
David Duchovny - TV's The X-Files, Kalifornia
Robert Duvall - The Apostle, Something to Talk About
Ralph Fiennes - English Patient, Schindlers List, Strange Days
Richard Gere - Officer and a Gentleman
Bruce Harwood - TV's The X-Files
Nathan Hudson -
Ice T - Actor/Rapper
Michael Ironsides - TV's Seaquest, Top Gun
Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive, US Marshals, Under Siege
Wayne Knight - TV's Seinfeld, Jurassic Park
Chad Lowe - TV's Life Goes On
Michael Moriarty - TV's Law and Order
Liam Neeson - Star Wars I, Schindler's List, Michael Collins, Rob Roy
Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman, Devil's Advocate
Bill Paxton - Titanic, Twister, Aliens
Joe Pecsi - Lethal Weapon II/III/IV, Goodfellas, Casino
Campbell Scott - The Spanish Prisoner
Kevin Spacey - Usual Suspects, LA Confidential
James Spader - Stargate, Sex Lies & Videotape, Crash
Billy Bob Thornton - Armageddon, Sling Blade, Primary Colors
James Woods - Contact, Vampires
CONGRESSPERSON LOREN SMITH:
The lovely and talented SHARON STONE expanded her lead as Dirk's leading
lady with a total
vote count of seven, versus only five votes each for the next three runners-
up: Teri Hatcher of
"Tomorrow Never Dies," Oscar winner Helen Hunt of "As Good As It Gets" and
Mrs. Tom Cruise,
Nicole Kidman. The voting went a little something like this:
No response/No Idea: 39
SHARON STONE: 7
TERI HATCHER: 5
HELEN HUNT: 5
NICOLE KIDMAN: 5
With four votes each were:
Gillian Anderson - TV's The X-Files
Sandra Bullock - Speed 1 & 2, The Net
Rene Russo - Lethal Weapon 3 & 4, Get Shorty
Receiving three votes were:
Julia Roberts - Pelican Brief, Conspiracy Theory, Steel Magnolias
Mimi Rogers - Rapture, TV's The X Files
Meg Ryan - City of Angels, Courage Under Fire
Getting two votes each were:
Catherine Bell - TV's JAG
Lorraine Bracco - Medicine Man, Goodfellas
Geena Davis - Beetlejuice, A League of Their Own
Terry Farrell - TV's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Demi Moore - Striptease, Ghost
Michele Pfieffer - Fabulous Baker Boys, Up Close and Personal
Shannon Tweed - Assault on Devil's Island, Singapore Sling, No Contest
And with one vote each were:
Anne Archer - Raise the Titanic, Patriot Games
Cindy Crawford - Supermodel
Glen Close - Air Force One, 101 Dalmatians, The Big Chill
Wendy Crewson - Air Force One, From the Earth to the Moon
Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween I/II/H20, True Lies, Trading Places
Dana Delaney - TV's China Beach
Linda Fiorentino - Jade
Linda Hamilton - Terminator 1 & 2
Mary Hart - TV's Entertainment Tonight
Goldie Hawn - First Wives' Club
Lauren Holly - TV's Picket Fences
Holly Hunter - Broadcast News, Home for the Holidays
Heather Locklear - TV's Melrose Place
Mary Stuart Masterson - Fried Green Tomatoes, Bed of Roses, Benny & Joon
Gates McFadden - TV's Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek:
Insurrection
Lena Olin - Havana, Romeo is Bleeding
Kathleen Quinlan - Apollo 13
Theresa Russell - Whore, Black Widow
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking, Bull Durham
Joan Severance - TV's Love Boat: The Next Wave, Black Scorpion I/II
Cybill Shepherd - Texasville, The Last Picture Show
Elizabeth Shue - Leaving Las Vegas, Back to the Future II/III
Jaclyn Smith - TV's Charlie's Angels
Meryl Streep - River Wild, Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice
Uma Thurman - Avengers, Pulp Fiction
Maura Tierney - TV's News Radio, Instinct
Janine Turner - TV's Northern Exposure
Kate Winslet - Titanic
HIRAM YAEGER
Star Trek's BRENT SPINER (whose character is appropriately named "Data")
more than doubled
his lead as first choice for NUMA's computer expert with ten votes, exactly
twice that of his
nearest competitor ID4's Jeff Goldblum. Still, a lot of people - 57 - either
did not respond to this
question or had no idea. The voting broke down like this:
No response/No idea: 57
BRENT SPINER: 10
JEFF GOLDBLUM: 5
With four votes each were:
Dean Hagland - TV's The X Files
Dennis Miller - Murder at 1600, The Net
Garnering two votes were:
George Carlin - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Outrageous Fortune
Jeff Daniels - Fly Away Home, Arachnophobia
Peter Horton - TV's ThirtySomething, From Earth To The Moon, Brimstone
Denis Leary - Wag the Dog, Small Soldiers
Joe Pecsi - Lethal Weapon II/III/IV, Goodfellas, Casino
Eric Stoltz - Pulp Fiction, Memphis Belle, Jerry Maguire, Anaconda
And with one vote each were:
Harry Anderson - TV's Night Court, Dave Barry
Jeff Bridges - Tucker, Big Lebowski, Fabulous Baker Boys
Matthew Broderick - Godzilla, The Freshman, Ferris Beuller's Day Off
Steve Buscemi - Armageddon, Fargo, Trees Lounge
Bruce Campbell - Dracula, Army of Darkness, Brisco County
David Carradine - TV's Kung Fu
Tommy Chong - Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
Brad Douriff - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Harrison Ford - Air Force One, Indiana Jones, The Fugitive
Kurt Fuller - TV's Timecop, Wayne's World, Running Man
Danny Glover - Lethal Weapon I/II/III/IV, Color Purple
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
Lenny Henry - True Identity
Val Kilmer - Batman Forever, The Saint, Top Gun
Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda, The Big Chill
Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future, Taxi
Bill Paxton - Titanic, Twister, Aliens
Brad Pitt - Seven, Legends of the Fall
Oliver Platt - Flatliners, Three Musketeers, The Imposters
Charlie Sheen - Young Guns, The Rookie, Shadow Conspiracy
Christian Slater - Very Bad Things, Robin Hood, Bed of Roses
James Spader - Stargate, Sex Lies and Videotape, Crash
Donald Sutherland - Shadow Conspiracy, MASH
Jon Voight - Mission Impossible
Al Yankovich - Johnny Dangerously
ST. JULIEN PERLMUTTER
John Rhys-Davies of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Sliders" fame maintained
his lead as Dirk's
maritime expert/gourmand but Dom DeLuise stayed close behind, trailing by
only one vote.
James Earl Jones was a distant third with five votes. The voting went like
this:
No response/no idea: 48
JOHN RHYS-DAVIES TV's Sliders, Raiders of the Lost Ark: 16
DOM DELUISE Cannonball Run, Hot Stuff: 15
JAMES EARL JONES Clear and Present Danger: 5
With four votes was:
MICHAEL McSHANE Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: 4
With three votes each were:
Sir Richard Attenburough - Great Escape, Hamlet
Danny DeVito - Get Shorty, Taxi, Twins, Parenthood
William Shatner - TV's Star Trek, TJ Hooker, TekWar
With two votes each were:
Bob Hoskins - Roger Rabbit, Super Mario Bros.
Nathan Lane - The Birdcage, Lion King (vo)
Paul Sorvino - Godfather, Law & Order
Bud Spencer - Trinity
David Ogden Steirs TV's MASH
And with one vote apiece were:
Drew Carey - TV's The Drew Carey Show, Who's Line Is It Anyway?
James Coburn - In Like Flint, Payback
James Doohan - Star Trek's Scotty
Noel Ferrier
Michael Gough - Batman, Batman Forever
Ricky Jay
Tommy Lee Jones - U.S. Marshalls, The Fugitive, Under Siege
Lucianno Pavrotti - Three Tenors
Paul Prudhome - Famous Cajun Chef
Oliver Reed - Three Musketeers, Flatliners
Charles Nelson Reilly - Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Peter Ustinov - Logan's Run
Jesse Ventura - Predator, Gov. of Minnesota, Wrestler
BEST NOVEL TO MAKE INTO A MOVIE
INCA GOLD doubled its votes to easily maintain the lead as Best novel to
make into a movie.
SAHARA and SHOCKWAVE tied for second place with TREASURE following close
behind. The
voting went like this:
No response/No Idea: 2
INCA GOLD: 32
SAHARA: 15
SHOCK WAVE: 15
TREASURE: 11
DRAGON: 10
FLOOD TIDE: 8
CYCLOPS: 7
VIXEN 03: 6
NIGHT PROBE!: 5
ICEBERG: 4
DEEP SIX: 3
MEDITERRANEAN CAPER, THE: 3
RAISE THE TITANIC!:
BEST DIRECTOR FOR A DIRK PITT MOVIE
The world's most popular film director, Steven Spielberg, continued to prove
he is just that
with a whopping 40 votes - more than twice that of his nearest competitor,
TITANIC's James
Cameron. Following with only 6 votes was RANSOM's Ron Howard. The voting
went like this:
No Response/No Idea: 26
Steven Spielberg Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, ET - 40
James Cameron Titanic, Aliens, The Abyss - 17
Ron Howard - Apollo 13, Backdraft - 6
With five votes each were:
Richard Donner Lethal Weapon I, II, III, IV
George Lucas - Star Wars series
With four votes each was:
Michael Bay - Armageddon, The Rock, Bad Boys
Receiving three votes each were:
Martin Campbell - Mask of Zorro, Goldeneye
John Woo - Face Off, Broken Arrow, Mission Impossible II
With two votes each were:
Clive Cussler - Grand Master of Adventure
Jonathan Frakes - Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Total
Recall 2 (tentative)
Paul Verhoeven - Starship Troopers, Robocop II, Basic Instinct
And receiving one vote each were:
John Carpenter - They Live, Vampires, The Thing
Coen Brothers - Hudsucker Proxy, Raising Arizona
Brian DePalma - Mission: Impossible, Dressed to Kill
Jan DuBont - Speed 1 & 2, Twister
Mel Gibson - Braveheart, The Man Without A Face
John Glen - License to Kill, A View to a Kill
Peter Hyams - TimeCop, Presidio, Running Scared
John Landis - Animal House, Twilight Zone: The Movie
Mimi Leder - Deep Impact, The Peacemaker
Nicholas Meyer - Star Trek II, VI
Phillip Noyce - Clear & Present Danger, Patriot Games, The Saint
Ivan Reitman - Twins, Junior
Barry Sonnenfeld - Men in Black, Wild Wild West
Simon Wincer - The Phantom, TV's Lonesome Dove
Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump, Back to the Future I/II/III
And the voting continues...
**** Posted from RemarQ - http://www.remarq.com - Discussions Start Here (tm) ****
SteveA NJ
SteveA NJ
characters have to be American. Not that I have anything against foreign
actors, but can you imagine Pitt or Sandecker with British, Australian or
Spanish accents? Secondly, how old do these people think Pitt is? Some of the
actors they chose could be Pitt's father... Anyway, thanks the site, it's got
some interesting ideas... I still think, done right, Titanic would be the best
movie - especially with all the Titanic fever these days...
Tom Burke
accent?
Also, has any body seen Space Rangers? The guy who played Boone, his
name
escapes me right now, might fit the role also.
Tom Burke
Lora Berger
whom was in a TV show or someone new. That way there is no reputation
of previous works to overlook the actual storyline.
Janice
>
> Haven't seen a good lively debate lately on who'd people like to see play Dirk
> if a decent movie were ever made from Cussler's books... I could see David
> Ducovny - he has the tall slim build and dry, ironic sense of humor. Anyway,
> that's my grenade to toss on the fire - let the harassment begin!
>
> Steve
Hello, all. I have read your posts off and on for awhile. Dirk Pitt is
a fun hero to read about and I enjoy the stories (haven't read them all,
however). The actor I think would fit the part has dark hair, craggy
face, and the necessary height, is Sam Elliott. I guess he's in his
50's, older than the character, but he has a deep voice - something I
attribute to Pitt. Don't think he has green eyes, however.
Pardon for jumping in.
Janice
CJ Simmons
on which book as to who would be good for the role. He ages alot in the
books. What I mean is that for the earlyer books someone young, late 20s
would be good, but then if you go to the books that have just been finished
where he seems to think "I am getting too old for this" or something like
that someone in their 50s would be good, like maybe Harrison Ford or even
Sean Connery (ok he is old but he has the craggy "I have had the adventures
of a life time and I am still living" looks. And what about the other
smaller characters like Giordano, Smith, Gunn, (I cant spell this one but I
mean the computer guy) Hiram Yeager. Anyway that is just my thoughts on the
matter
CJ Simmons
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kevlisa1
You'd need more of a "Marlboro Man". I'll have to give it some more
thought.
SteveA NJ wrote in message <19990520121705...@ng25.aol.com>...
Chris Cox
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SteveA NJ
get hung up on green eyes, there's always contact lenses...
SteveA NJ
Sean Connery, the character is a california boy - not a brit....
SteveA NJ
SteveA NJ
body. I don't picture Pitt being a muscle-bound guy, but you may be right
about Ducovny...
Milo Bloom
SteveA NJ <stev...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19990525101624...@ng-cm1.aol.com...
HramYaegr
Please quote in the future. Thanks.
HramYaegr
>I don't think Pitt makes into his 50's in any of the books, does he? As for
>Sean Connery, the character is a california boy - not a brit....
Please quote in the future.
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HramYaegr
Better yet, get the hell off of Usenet.
HramYaegr
>I enjoy some Seagal movies, but he's definitely not Pitt...!
Yes, indeed, please get the hell off of Usenet.
The Ranch
Did you just have a bad day, or are you just picking on this guy
because you hate the name Steve? What gives?
HramYaegr wrote:
>
> Steve wrote:
>
> >I think he'd be a great choice if he were younger... I don't think we have
> >to
> >get hung up on green eyes, there's always contact lenses...
> >
>
> Please quote in the future. Thanks.
Gillou #99
I'm a French Dirk Pitt fan, and I'm very happy to find this NG about one of
my favorite hero !!!!!
1st, I ask you to excuse me about my english ;-)
2nd, I'll give you my opinion about the choice of the characters for a movie
about Dirk Pitt and the Numa
DIRK PITT
David Hasslehoff
or Tommy Lee Jones
AL GIORDINO
BRUCE WILLIS
ADMIRAL JAMES SANDECKER
Sean Connery
Clive Cussler - Grandmaster, etc.
Gene Hackman
Ed Harris
James Earl JONES (I don't know why, but when I imagine Adm Sandecker, I see
J.E Jones...)
RUDI GUNN
SAM NEILL
CONGRESSPERSON LOREN SMITH:
HELEN HUNT: 5
Rene Russo
Anne Archer
HIRAM YAEGER
JEFF GOLDBLUM: 5
ST. JULIEN PERLMUTTER
Peter Ustinov
BEST NOVEL TO MAKE INTO A MOVIE
INCA GOLD
SAHARA
SHOCKWAVE
TREASURE
NIGHT PROBE
DEEP SIX
RAISE THE TITANIC
BEST DIRECTOR FOR A DIRK PITT MOVIE
Steven Spielberg
James Cameron
Ron Howard
Richard Donner
George Lucas
Colonel Flagg
hram...@aol.come.on (HramYaegr) wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
> >I enjoy some Seagal movies, but he's definitely not Pitt...!
>
> Yes, indeed, please get the hell off of Usenet.
>
Hram, who the fuck do you think you are? The friggin Internet/USENET
Police?
Opinions dickhead. Get use to them. If you are this much of an asshole
on the internet, I would hate to see how you are in real life, where
shit really matters.
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> "Only slaves love being powerful."
> - Hans Erich Nossack
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SteveA NJ wrote in message <19990525101521...@ng-cm1.aol.com>...
>I don't think Pitt makes into his 50's in any of the books, does he? As
for
>Sean Connery, the character is a california boy - not a brit....
You`re right Sean Connery is a bit past it but his nationality doesn`t
matter.
The man has played Russians, Americans, Egyptians and Englishmen all without
having to change his accent and still being able to bed the likes of
Catherine Zeta Jones. Now that`s what I call a quality actor.
But he`s still too old, when he was younger he would have been perfect for
Pitt.
HramYaegr
>matter.
>The man has played Russians, Americans, Egyptians and Englishmen all without
>having to change his accent and still being able to bed the likes of
>Catherine Zeta Jones. Now that`s what I call a quality actor.
>But he`s still too old, when he was younger he would have been perfect for
>Pitt.
>
Sean Connery was recommended for Admiral Sandecker, not Pitt.
Kilkenny Cat
character as Peter Horton (at least I think thats his name) He was Gary in
Thirtysomething. Its probably the long hair!
Anne Marie
CJ Simmons <cj.si...@staff.ihug.co.nz> wrote in article
<7i9pqr$i7b$1...@newsource.ihug.co.nz>...
[snip]And what about the other
> smaller characters like Giordano, Smith, Gunn, (I cant spell this one but
I
> mean the computer guy) Hiram Yeager. Anyway that is just my thoughts on
the
> matter[snip]
>
SteveA NJ
isn't going to pass for a down-to-earth California boy. Having any British
actor would make it seem too much like another James Bond, which is a totally
different character from Pitt...
Mpoconnor7
Sean Connery would have to play Brian Shaw if "Night Probe" was ever made into
a movie.
Mpoconnor7
books; where Pitt is older. As far as a younger Pitt (the earlier books) I
wonder how somebody like Johnny Depp or Edward Norton would do in the Pitt
Role.
Heath Holden
Selleck.
I also think that The Grandmaster would HAVE to play Sandecker.
Heath
Colonel Flagg
seeing someone like Pierce Brosnan (sp?) or the character "Mr.
Sheffield" from The Nanny.
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HramYaegr
>seeing someone like Pierce Brosnan (sp?) or the character "Mr.
>Sheffield" from The Nanny.
>
>
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>Colonel Flagg
>k-lined and a-killed from Xnet for life, if not, I will try harder next
>time.
Mr Sheffield is a fairy, not man enough for that role.
Mpoconnor7
>seeing someone like Pierce Brosnan (sp?) or the character "Mr.
>Sheffield" from The Nanny.
In "Night Probe", it was insinuated that Shaw was Bond, who comes out of
retirement for one last mission.
Lothlorien
the TV series. He has the right colour eyes and with just a hair cut and a
dye job he's my picture of Pitt.
Lothlorien
Matt T. wrote in message <37459485...@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov>...
>What about Bruce Campbell of Xena Fame? While he has the craggy looks
>and the hair, he's a little thinner than I would picture Pitt.....
Colonel Flagg
Kevin Sorbo?
Woof! Not even close to my idea of Pitt, too big, too many muscles, too
good looking....
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Marzena Rolka
Klein) he's also been in some regency stuff.
Marz