# There will definitely be a movie made about the rescue of the Thai soccer kids from the cave, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699 "2018-07-11T03:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/21 "2018-07-11T15:28:31Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > But surely you need a romance angle and I don’t see it in the Thai rescue. One of the players could be a ladyboy\*? :dubious: \*Not a slur, SFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/22 "2018-07-11T15:30:00Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I would not be surprised if they did this. After all, U-571 was based on a real incident where the Royal Navy were the heroes, Hollywood decided that American audiences just weren’t ready to see a movie where the heroes weren’t American so it became a US Navy story instead. … And a piece of absolute crap. Yeccch! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/23 "2018-07-11T15:33:51Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m sure there are compelling insider stories that we aren’t privy to from just watching the news broadcasts. At least one of the players will be invited onto at least one late-night talk show, like that Chilean miner who was on Letterman. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/24 "2018-07-11T15:35:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > To be honest, few people remember the story of that submarine, let alone which navy was involved. Few people \*know \*the story of that submarine! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/25 "2018-07-11T15:43:39Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > If they make a movie based on this, it’ll be a movie ‘_inspired_ by’ this, happening in rural Pennsylvania or something. With Dwayne Johnson as the one (and only) (US) Navy SEAL doing the entire rescue. We need more movies with Mr. Rock! There’s just not enough out this summer. With Tom Hanks as the coach. A mixed race and gender bunch of kids, plucked from Disney TV. There will be large explosions where the kids have to hide underwater. (No explanation of how they could breathe after all the oxygen burns) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/26 "2018-07-11T15:44:49Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > **Thai Cave Rescue to Become Film From ‘God’s Not Dead’ Producers** > > [Thai Cave Rescue to Get Movie Treatment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/thai-cave-rescue-become-film-gods-not-dead-producers-1126216) So, not a good movie, then. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/27 "2018-07-11T15:59:38Z")
Unless it’s called \*Thai Take-Out, \*pass. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/28 "2018-07-11T16:23:05Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > If they make a movie based on this, it’ll be a movie ‘_inspired_ by’ this, happening in rural Pennsylvania or something. The Descent [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/29 "2018-07-11T16:41:40Z")
How about _a very special episode_ of **Parks & Recreation**? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/30 "2018-07-11T17:14:23Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I’m sure they will all be played by white actors. Tom Hanks as one of divers or the coach. Hanks? Not likely. Robin Williams’s Dead Poet’s society was about as good as a cave and boys movie can get. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/31 "2018-07-11T17:29:01Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Unless it’s called \*Thai Take-Out, \*pass. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/32 "2018-07-11T17:52:12Z")
Didn’t Andy Warhol once make a movie in which a guy sat in the dark for hours? It was not a commercial success. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > With Dwayne Johnson as the one (and only) (US) Navy SEAL doing the entire rescue. Nah, for extra sensitivity toward Asian audiences, they’d cast Mark Wahlberg. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699/33 "2018-07-11T19:29:30Z")
There will be a scene, for inexplicable reason, where an Australian aboriginal watched bonfire embers drift up into the night sky, where they morph into bioluminescent motes swirling in the dark cave waters. The ‘screee’ of a red-tailed hawk echoes through the cave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-definitely-be-a-movie-made-about-the-rescue-of-the-thai-soccer-kids-from-the-cave-right/817699.md?page=1)