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McCanns Consider Film About Madeline
Topic Started: Jan 8 2008, 08:09 PM (949 Views)
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The Times Article.

In my opinion, it was sad when it happened. It was sad about a few weeks later when she couldn't be found. But now, 8-and-a-bit months later, it's gone past the point of being news and more of an annoyance. Turning it into a 'major entertainment film' is just a farce. It'd be like a Poirot special where they don't have a clue who did it, not even at the end.
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It's bloody tasteless, that's what it is.

I'm eerily reminded of a series of sketches from Monkey Dust, revolving around a woman who uses her daughter's kidnapping to launch a TV career.
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I just hope somebody finds her corpse in a ditch to get them to shut up with their crusade.

Kids go missing all the time. Theirs isn't special. The fact they replied with anything but "no" to the suggestion just adds weight to the idea that they did it and are living off the fame.
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Yeah, to me, if anything, this sends alarm bells ringing.

If they didn't kill her, they're certainly profiting from her disapearence. And to me, that's utterly repugnant. They've certainly done well out of her "disapearence" - met the Pope, television interviews, a book deal, paid off their mortgage... And now a film deal? My, my, my.
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Their turning their missing daughter into a source of entertainment?

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Mr Mitchell said: “While it may be hugely entertaining and a bit of fun to think of cast lists, we are a million miles away from that sort of thing."


I didn't realise that exploiting global concern over Madeline was such an amusement.

As Feldoon said, and no disrespect to anyone missing their child, there are hundreds of missing children so why is all this attention focused on the McCanns, especially considering the suspicious circumstances?

Will they be starting a chat show next?
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Jeez, and I thought the US was bad for this kinda thing.

At this rate she'll turn up alive and well for epic lulz.
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kalvaza,Jan 8 2008
10:31 PM
Their turning their missing daughter into a source of entertainment?

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Mr Mitchell said: “While it may be hugely entertaining and a bit of fun to think of cast lists, we are a million miles away from that sort of thing."


I didn't realise that exploiting global concern over Madeline was such an amusement.

As Feldoon said, and no disrespect to anyone missing their child, there are hundreds of missing children so why is all this attention focused on the McCanns, especially considering the suspicious circumstances?

Will they be starting a chat show next?

I'll put £100 on the chat show.
As for the reason for the attention-small, blonde white girl missing=media bonaza because it tugs the heart strings of parents who probably raise latch key kids anyway, so for 5 minutes they can feel good about themselves and lucky they haven't lost their Ritalin stuffed sociopath.
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The plot of that film would be so boring.

There'd be, like, one dramatic scene where they come back to their hotel room to find she's not there, and the rest will be pretty formulaic.

[Vatican City]
McCanns: Have you seen our daughter?
Pope: No.

[On television]
McCanns: Have you seen our daughter?
Public: No.
One person in Morocco: Yes, but I decided to take a fuzzy photo and not really take a proper look, since I'm so lazy.

[On television]
McCanns: Have you seen our daughter?
Public: No.

[On television]
McCanns: Have you seen our daughter?
Public: No.

[On television]
McCanns: Have you seen our daughter?
Public: We've seen the money you've made off this, if that's what you mean by "daughter."

THE END?
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You forgot the car chase, and the climactic sword-fight with Prince Phillip atop Buckingham Palace.
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And the fire-breathing elephants, apparently.

In fact, I offer to retract my previous predictions of boredom if they just have Chow-Yun Fat carrying Maddie around a series of gunfights and shit, interspersed with actual media footage on the issue of her whereabouts. The ending should be Maddie powering up to Super Saiyan and fighting a huge dinosaur before coming within inches of being found and then saying (in Leonard Nimoy's voice) "No. I mustn't go back. My planet needs me." And flying off.

That would be WIN.
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Fuck yes Capt. W.

Fuck. Yes.

Pitch it to the producers. Now.
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Captain Wonderful,Jan 9 2008
07:51 PM
And the fire-breathing elephants, apparently.

In fact, I offer to retract my previous predictions of boredom if they just have Chow-Yun Fat carrying Maddie around a series of gunfights and shit, interspersed with actual media footage on the issue of her whereabouts. The ending should be Maddie powering up to Super Saiyan and fighting a huge dinosaur before coming within inches of being found and then saying (in Leonard Nimoy's voice) "No. I mustn't go back. My planet needs me." And flying off.

That would be WIN.

What, no giant robots?

It should also tie into Cloverfield.
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Man, you guys have ruined all the best bits of the trailers for me now.

I hope you're happy.
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SilverSword,Jan 9 2008
08:47 PM
I hope you're happy.

You have no idea.
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Sabre_Justice,Jan 9 2008
08:41 PM
Captain Wonderful,Jan 9 2008
07:51 PM
And the fire-breathing elephants, apparently.

In fact, I offer to retract my previous predictions of boredom if they just have Chow-Yun Fat carrying Maddie around a series of gunfights and shit, interspersed with actual media footage on the issue of her whereabouts. The ending should be Maddie powering up to Super Saiyan and fighting a huge dinosaur before coming within inches of being found and then saying (in Leonard Nimoy's voice) "No. I mustn't go back. My planet needs me." And flying off.

That would be WIN.

What, no giant robots?

It should also tie into Cloverfield.

Well, I didn't go into any detail about the gunfights yet, but there are zombies, robots, and zombie robots. The aforementioned fire-breathing elephants attack Chow-Yun Fat when he has to get to The Ultraking's throne room to rescue his own heart from being obliterated by the power of Ultra-Justice, so he can stop being a vampire and return to being normal Chow-Yun Fat.

Chow-Yun Fat plays himself, and after about 3 hours of the film, around about the middle, Arnold Schwarzeneger and Mr. T combine to make a giant robot Hulk Hogan to fight Zombie Chuck Norris, who is also giant. The giant Robo-Legdrop occurs in slow motion, as the giant zombie head is crushed, showering Turbo City with huge shards of zombie bones and rivers of blood. Madeleine McCann is present.

If I ever actually made a film, it would probably cost 6 Planet Earths to make. There would probably have to be about an hour of product placement.

I have no idea what Cloverfield is.
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Captain W, I like the way you think. *Still cracks up when reading your "movie idea".*

But yes, this is a rather...ahem, disgusting show of profit from the (possible) suffering of others.

They should go with Cap's ideas for the movie, tho.
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We have no 6 earths to destroy to make this movie, how about a webcomic instead? XD
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It's not just that I don't have a scanner, but if I made a webcomic entitled "The Universal Blood Feud of Madeleine McCann" including the attempted likenesses of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Arnie, and Chow-Yun Fat I just don't know who would kill me first.

It's got to be a movie or nothing I'm afraid.
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Captain Wonderful,Jan 10 2008
12:54 AM
It's not just that I don't have a scanner, but if I made a webcomic entitled "The Universal Blood Feud of Madeleine McCann" including the attempted likenesses of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Arnie, and Chow-Yun Fat I just don't know who would kill me first.

It's got to be a movie or nothing I'm afraid.

One of my portfolio assignments could be a movie.

I would need a steller cast of crap alternatives though in my near area!!
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I call the Bob Fossil-esque character.
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Captain Wonderful,Jan 10 2008
12:54 AM
It's not just that I don't have a scanner, but if I made a webcomic entitled "The Universal Blood Feud of Madeleine McCann" including the attempted likenesses of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Arnie, and Chow-Yun Fat I just don't know who would kill me first.

It's got to be a movie or nothing I'm afraid.

There has to be an easier medium.

Flash movie?
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Captain Wonderful,Jan 10 2008
12:54 AM
It's not just that I don't have a scanner, but if I made a webcomic entitled "The Universal Blood Feud of Madeleine McCann" including the attempted likenesses of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Arnie, and Chow-Yun Fat I just don't know who would kill me first.

It's got to be a movie or nothing I'm afraid.

But what a beautiful death it would be. And you would be laughing, LAUGHING in your grave!
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Dark Comet,Jan 10 2008
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Captain Wonderful,Jan 10 2008
12:54 AM
It's not just that I don't have a scanner, but if I made a webcomic entitled "The Universal Blood Feud of Madeleine McCann" including the attempted likenesses of Chuck Norris, Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, Arnie, and Chow-Yun Fat I just don't know who would kill me first.

It's got to be a movie or nothing I'm afraid.

But what a beautiful death it would be. And you would be laughing, LAUGHING in your grave!

He died as he lived, draped over the arms of another man.


Wait, wrong quote.
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Hold on guys, I think we're getting ahead of ourselves: the McCanns haven't considered a webcomic or a flash cartoon about Madeleine, they're considering a full-on, feature-length eyebuster about her violent adventures in the Turbo City vs. Sugar Plum Hamlet trans-dimensional conflict.
We really need to get in contact with the Hollywood bigwigs if we're going to get anywhere with this.
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With the writer's strike, they'll probably take anything!

Just work under a pseudonym for that part or they'll use the Death Note on you.
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