No, seriously.
Liam Neeson, apparently needing beer money, is here to collect a check. The alien ship shoots pegs like from the board game.
Oh, and there hasn’t been a battleship in the U.S. Navy in almost 20 years.
has it been 20 years since dessert storm? hey yah. they can always re-activate one iowa-class ship. since the 70s, there have been some stealthy destroyer actions against countries like iran but for the most part, the US navy’s surface ship-of-choice for coming within 20 miles of a hostile shore were iowa-class ships.
The resurrected Iowa-class ships are the only reason I’m going to see this movie.
“Fire the weapons.”
“Which weapons, sir?”
“All of them.”
Based on that exchange alone, I’m assuming that the screen writer has not only never served in the Navy, he’s never seen a body of water larger than his bathtub.
I’m rooting for the PT boat. At least that’s what I always called the two holed surface ship.
In one version of the game it’s a destroyer, in the other it’s a patrol boat (and the destroyer becomes 3 peg). I’m more used to the former.
True they might not use battleships now, but that doesn’t mean they have to use them in the movie. The largest ship used is not a battleship, but for some reason the game isn’t called “Aircraft Carrier.” As long as they stick to the official ensemble of ships it should be ok, or else I’m boycotting because I totally expect this movie to be very serious. :dubious:
I hope we get to hear Liam Neeson say “you sunk my battleship”
You know, everyone says the battleship or aircraft carrier are the most valuable pieces in the game, but I never really understood that - they’re the biggest, and hence easiest to find. It’s the little 2-hole destroyer that’s worth the most.
What the hell has happened to the movie business in the last five years? What a shockingly awful plummeting of ideas they’ve had since the earlier part of the 2000s.
Craptastic.
Remember: if you see this movie - even if you do so ironically - it’s your fault that this sort of crap gets made.
I know Hollywood worships brand recognition, but that really is beyond parody. What’s next, a medical drama based on Operation? African river adventure, Hungry Hungry Hippos?
Not even released yet, and already we have a new contender for dumbest action movie line of all time.
My apologies in advance then. This is a must see for me.
Buy a ticket for something else and sneak in. Please.
If you think this is bad, just wait for next year’s Eli Roth torture porn extravaganza, Operation: The Movie.
Two men are drugged only to awake in a dank basement with a patient on the operating table. Can they remove his funny bone without touching the sides and receiving a deadly electric shock? Find out, Summer 2012!
… or the steampunk gadget extravaganza Mousetrap!
Pretty sneaky, sis.
I would but they physically inspect your ticket at the Alamo Drafthouse. Which is where I’d most likely go see this one so that I can have a bucket of beer sitting in front of me.
Based on the concept alone, you’ll be wanting a very large bucket.
“Including the Pop-o-Matic?”
“No, we don’t want to start any Trouble.”