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I have a hard time understanding how they're going to turn this into a decently entertaining movie...
It probably would be a documentary
It would have to be
Imagine it as a drama;Quote:
Originally Posted by rockiesfan4ever
"Oh Billy, we must aquire Chad Bradford, or the A's will lose!"
"Don't worry, sabremetrics will prevail, and we will get Bradford, and save Oakland."
I think it will be a musical. I have a preliminary list of some of the songs.
"UC San Diego" by Billy Beane and Chorus
"First Round Draft Pick" by Billy Beane
"Benched" by Billy Beane and Teammates and Manager
"A Career Over" by Billy Beane
"I Am GM" by Billy Beane
"Sabermetrician" by Billy Beane and Bill James
"All These Damn Sabermetricians" by Joe Morgan, Tim McCarver, Steve Phillips, and John Kruk
"We Made the Playoffs" By Billy Beane and the Oakland A's
That's just act 1... wait until you see act 2! :D
Act 2Quote:
Originally Posted by metsguy234
"Believe, Chad" Chad Bradford and coach
"Tejeda does not got that walk" Billy
"The Hatteberg walk trot" Hatteberg and fans
"Jeremy's Fat" Billy's scouts
"Viva la Swisher!" Billy and Jesus
Documentaries don't usually have actors....Quote:
Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies
Whatever, I do not know movie stuff very well lolQuote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Maybe they will hollywood it up a little.
Billy will overcome his father's heroin addiction and his brother's death in the first gulf war through baseball...but forever he will be haunted by his past. Not even Sabre stats can save him from alcoholism can Billy pull through?
So Brad Pitt would be playing Billy Beane?
This is about the dumbest concept for a Hollywood movie I've seen since hearing that THIS children's book is apparently going to be turned in to one.
LOL awesome, I wonder who will be starring in that one.
Probably Tom Cruise
Can't they just re show Major League ??Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
I love some of the reviews that book got...Quote:
Originally Posted by Arctic Blast
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1 Star- Left My Child Very Confused...
First of all, what's up with the apple on the cover of this book? My child now thinks that not just everyone, but everyTHING poops! I have explained to him at least 4 times now that no, apples do not poop, but he continues to tell his friends. The other day he saw a squirrel with an acorn, and he asked me if the acorn was tree poop. This book, while sort of funny, is obviously misleading. The illustrations also portray pooping to be a very jolly event, and my child, who I was trying to potty train at the time that I read him this book, think's it's very cute to poop in his pants, and everywhere else for that matter. I do not recommend this book to any parents trying to teach their child about potty training.
And my favorite...Quote:
1 Star- Ewwwww....
Honestly, if you're reading this book, you're in need of serious psychiatric help. This book should only be read by the most hard-core of poop fetishists, as it contains words that no self-respecting sailor would use. This is terrible. "POOP" STINKS
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5 stars- I Stoop to Poop
This book rocks. I have never read such an intriging book on the stuff that comes out of the anus. I love having it read to me on Christmas morning. It is a great conversationalist piece, and fun for the whole family. By "Everyone poops" and it will surely become a family heir-loom!
Wow...having 'read' this book with my nieces and nephew (it's not much of a read...just page after page of various animals taking a dump, to show kids that they aren't the only ones who do it), I'm rather awestruck by that second one you quoted. How can a book contain words no self-respecting sailor would use when it basically CONTAINS NO WORDS?!
lol. Don't you know that when it comes to insulting something, there's no use for facts!Quote:
Originally Posted by Arctic Blast
Publisher Comments:
Finally, a beginning science book that really addresses the needs and interests of the very young child. Since we all eat, we all must poop. It is this basic message that this wonderful book presents in a form that is both humorous and informative.
Review:
"Some adults may be squeamish about the facts of life so honestly confronted, but younger children will find their curiosity satisfied, and those in the throes of toilet training will appreciate the book's directness." Horn Book
Review:
"Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi is part biology textbook, part sociological treatise and all celebration of a very natural process. Both my daughters begged me to read the book over and over again. They marveled at the enormity of the elephant's poop and searched with the skill of a scientist for the tiny specks which represent bug poop. The text is simple and straightforward but not without humor....A book which doesn't have any preachy overtones but merely explains where and how each living creature poops seems to work for my two-year-old. In fact, it's number one on the bathroom reading list at our house." Caroline Freibauer, The Expositor, January 28, 1995
It actually got positive reviews?????
And apparently it is part biology textbook... :D
three words for you... naked hot chicks. It's Hollywood, so they can figure out a way to work some gratuitous nudity into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
It will be a "sort" of mad-scientist movie with Beane being the "genius" good guy revolutionising baseball v the bad guys eg scouts/MLB establishment.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Sub-plots of "success" & "failure" of the Moneyball draftees - feel good for some (eg Swisher,Blanton & Teahan) & "bad"/failure for others (eg Steve Obenchain,'fat' Jeremy Brown & awful John McCurdy) inter-linked with the back-drop of the A's.
Mr HankieQuote:
Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP
Well it looks like they pulled it off...
Cool bro, thanks for the update.Quote:
Originally Posted by Manny Trillo
I lol'd in rlQuote:
Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP