NBC picks actress to play Jessica Lynch

[gekko]

NBC picks actress to play Jessica Lynch

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- NBC has found its Jessica Lynch.

Canadian actress Laura Regan, who starred in last year's horror flick "They," has been tapped to play U.S. Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch in the NBC TV movie "Saving Jessica Lynch."

The story centers on the rescue of the 20-year-old Iraqi prisoner of war who became something of a poster child for the U.S.-led military operation in Iraq.

The ever-changing story of the March 23 capture and April 1 rescue of Lynch, a supply clerk in the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Co., continues to make headlines even after Lynch's return to her home in Palestine, W.Va. last month. Conflicting reports have forced NBC to make updates to the original script for the movie by John Fasano.

Lynch became an instant celebrity and symbol of American heroism in early April when the Washington Post reported on her dramatic rescue from a hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. Equally dramatic was her capture after Iraqi troops ambushed her convoy, with Lynch described as fiercely fighting off the attackers.

Many parts of the initial report have since been discredited, but despite the uncertainty regarding what actually happened to Lynch -- who is now said to have been unconscious at the time of the capture and to remember very little about the ordeal -- NBC stuck with its plan for the movie. The project is scheduled to start production this month for a premiere during the November sweep.

During NBC's portion of the Television Critics Assn.'s summer press tour last month, entertainment president Jeff Zucker called the film a compelling action-adventure story that would come largely from the perspective of Mohammed Odeh Al-Rehaief, the Iraqi lawyer who alerted U.S. military officials to Lynch's whereabouts and has since relocated with his family to the United States.

Regan's credits also include M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable" and "My Little Eye."

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Well this is great, let's go make a movie to show the American people this great happy-go-lucky war story. Good for you NBC, go make a movie off some BS hollywood story making Jessica Lynch a hero. I mean, don't bother looking at what really happened, because America wants to see Ms. Lynch as a hero. How about instead, you tell the real story? I think they should call it "How to Get Your Dumbass Captured 101."

Let's take a look on why she was captured in the first place. The 507th took a wrong turn, and bumped into these lovely Fedayeen troops. Fedayeen, Republican Gaurd, I don't care how good CNN makes you want to think these guys are, they're good for Iraqi standards, good for arab standards, but they are utter **** compared to the US. Our Army troops should be able to destroy them. So why didn't the 507th? Good question. The 507th outnumbered the Fedayeen gun-for-gun. More guns, better trained soldiers, and they still got their ass handed to them.

See, a slight problem arises when very few of those guns actually fire. Why? They were clogged with dust! Yes, the rifles were not properly maintained for use in a desert enviorment. Good job. 9 soldiers were killed, 5 captured. The rest ran away, led by their Captain. Yes, the officer left his troops behind and took off running. As for Jessica Lynch, the rescue was more or less walking into a building and bringing her unconscious ass out.

13 soldiers are dead. They are dead because they didn't properly maintain their weapons, and when they needed them, they failed. Their Captain ran off like a coward. But you know what? Instead of learning something from this situation to prevent it from happening again, let's turn Jessica Lynch into a real G.I. Jane. Let's tell these great war stories about her, and let's award her a Bronze Star. Let me tell you the story.

Jessica Lynch was part of a unit who took a wrong-turn. When ambushed by Fedayeen troops, her weapon malfunctioned and she couldn't fight because of her injuries, most of which didn't come from the fight, they came from the crash of their vehicle. Then she was captured, and finally carried out nearly unconscious. And for that, she got a Bronze Star. It's an disgrace to all the men who actually earned the Bronze Star for valor. She got it by being captured in a fight they should've won.

But go on NBC, make her into a hero. Tell a false story about her and make her America's poster child from the war. It's a disgrace to the real heroes of the war.

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[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

whoa...what a load of BS....

[Crash]

i agree with you completely gekko.... lynch is a fraud and a joke to the US army... kinda like the guy with the bullet holes in his helmet. they were put there when his helmet was not even on his head, then he makes it look like it protected his @$$. too much media BS.

did you know in boot camp they can no longer swear at the recruits? the US army is turning into a pampered POS, and relying wayy to much on technology, and not enough on well trained troops. if the troops were trained, we wouldn't have people jumping in front of live grenades, driving tanks off bridges and not knowing how to read a damn map...embarrassment when we kill more of our people than the enemy does.

[GameMaster]

If someone at a boot camp swore at me, I'd envision in my head me beating the **** out of them.

[Jonbo298]

*yawn* Are they still talking about her?

[gekko]

Originally Posted by Crash

did you know in boot camp they can no longer swear at the recruits? the US army is turning into a pampered POS, and relying wayy to much on technology, and not enough on well trained troops. if the troops were trained, we wouldn't have people jumping in front of live grenades, driving tanks off bridges and not knowing how to read a damn map...embarrassment when we kill more of our people than the enemy does.

You can't swear at recruits in Marine Corps boot camp either, by that I mean you're not supposed to. Marine Corps hit hard times in the 70s, and had to agree to many regulations just to survive. Now DIs have a lot of rules to follow, or their careers will be over. They have all but ended physical abuse, and the few cases that occur often are not reported. As for swearing, a lot of DIs get clever, and have some interesting words to use as replacements. They can put on a good show for the camera, and for parents at graduation. But there's still a ton of swearing.

Now as for the Army, I'm not sure why they don't allow it. I do know they train different jobs seperatly. Ft. Jackson is a joke, no gaurds at the gate, they get to make a ton of phone calls home, they rarely yell at the recruits. It's the sadest thing I've ever seen. The rationale is they likely won't get yelled at during their jobs, so why do it to them now? Idiots. Guys doing grunt work are at a different base, and have it harder, thankfully.

In today's military, in order to fill the ranks, they have made things softer, made it easier to get in. We live on a soft age, and most of the military has adapted to that. Thankfully, not my Marine Corps. A Marine supply convoy got ambushed in Iraq as well. Want to know why you didn't hear about it? Because in the Marines everyone is first and foremost a rifleman. They kicked the **** out of them and moved on.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

Originally Posted by Crash

i agree with you completely gekko.... lynch is a fraud and a joke to the US army... kinda like the guy with the bullet holes in his helmet. they were put there when his helmet was not even on his head, then he makes it look like it protected his @$$. too much media BS.

did you know in boot camp they can no longer swear at the recruits? the US army is turning into a pampered POS, and relying wayy to much on technology, and not enough on well trained troops. if the troops were trained, we wouldn't have people jumping in front of live grenades, driving tanks off bridges and not knowing how to read a damn map...embarrassment when we kill more of our people than the enemy does.

apparantly thats not so in canada

they swear at recruits as much as they want. I know because i'm signing up next summer

[PureEvil]

Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

apparantly thats not so in canada

they swear at recruits as much as they want. I know because i'm signing up next summer

Oh-my-f*cking-God! You're signing up for the CANADIAN military?! CANADIAN?!?!?!

Holy sh*t, are you f*cking retarded or something? Who in their right-f*cking-mind signs up for the Canadian military? The American military... Okay. But never, EVER the Canadian military.

That's f*cking horrible.

You're a foolish, foolish boy.

[gekko]

Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

apparantly thats not so in canada

they swear at recruits as much as they want. I know because i'm signing up next summer

Canada hasn't been through the historical events that our military did. The Canadian army has never faced extinction and had to accept some bogus regulations written by politicians (ie. USMC). They also never struggled through the hard times of the 70s, after Vietnam (ie. the entire military). And they never were forced to undergo drastic changes after the end of the Cold War (ie. Army). They also don't have to fill nearly as many ranks, with only 40,000 in the Canadian Army including reserves.

Swearing doesn't make better soldiers. My problem is that instead of changing ****ing to friggin, they make everything easier and less stressful. I don't get it.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

hmm.... as much as you may think that Canada has a weak army, although we have small numbers, their trained VERY well. I'm not saying that american troops aren't, i'm simply saying that because there are fewer canadian troops, it makes them easier to train better. During WWII for example, Canadian troops were the shock troops of the war in many cases. And the special forces are trained in all terrains imaginable, from sweating heat, to the freezing Canadian North. This is all from research from school, granted taht it may be biased because i go to school in Canada but it still shows that even though we may not have been through everything the american army has, we still have a formidable army.

[Bond]

Canada may have a, "nicely trained army," but at this point in time America has the most powerful and most well trained military in histoy. And that is a fact. It's no disrepect to Canada, but it's pretty cut and dry.

[gekko]

Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

hmm.... as much as you may think that Canada has a weak army, although we have small numbers, their trained VERY well. I'm not saying that american troops aren't, i'm simply saying that because there are fewer canadian troops, it makes them easier to train better. During WWII for example, Canadian troops were the shock troops of the war in many cases. And the special forces are trained in all terrains imaginable, from sweating heat, to the freezing Canadian North. This is all from research from school, granted taht it may be biased because i go to school in Canada but it still shows that even though we may not have been through everything the american army has, we still have a formidable army.

What I said had nothing to do with the training of Canadian troops. The US military has gotten softer because of the events they went through, which Canada never has, and with only 40,000 troops, you don't need to work nearly as hard to fill the ranks, so you take the guys who want to be there.

The Canadian army is very active in peacekeeping missions, but it's been many years since Canada has had to fight their own war, or do a majority of the fighting. Canada has the luxury of having the protection of the most powerful nation in the world. Canada can keep a very small army, but the US is forced to keep a large one, and to do that, the Army is trying to sell you on 101 ways to be a soldier without being in infantry, the Navy will let you travel the world and accelerate your life, and the Air Force will provide you with great training with technology when you cross into the blue screen of death The US has to fill its ranks, and to do that, you have to appeal to more people. That's the way things work.

You forgot to mention Canadian snipers, which are very good. No Marine Corps snipers mind you, but they definetly some of the best.

[PureEvil]

Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

...we still have a formidable army.

LOL, good one.

Straight up, Canada's military sucks.

I hear they're well trained, but with next to no budget and such small numbers, they suck. Signing up for the Canadian military is retarded. Simple as that.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

Originally Posted by PureEvil

LOL, good one.

Straight up, Canada's military sucks.

I hear they're well trained, but with next to no budget and such small numbers, they suck. Signing up for the Canadian military is retarded. Simple as that.

hehe, this is exactly the kind of post i was trying to avoid