White vans

Post #57,104 by wharris2 10/15/02 11:05:02 PM Reply	White vans Not to mention that vans (at least those I've been in) will have lots of places to hide weapons. Only an advanced chemical sniffer could get a whiff of a shotgun blast, and I presume there are ways to conceal that, too (red pepper all around? Something like that?) The lawyers would mostly rather be what they are than get out of the way even if the cost was Hammerfall. - Jerry Pournelle
Post #57,133 by deSitter 10/16/02 9:54:09 AM Reply	Re: White vans Here's a bizarre thought - what if this van has some kind of servo-controlled mount for the gun and remote video for the scope? He always picks stationary targets. Could be he is firing from the driver's seat and then off he goes without breaking step. -drl
Post #57,136 by admin 10/16/02 10:12:35 AM Reply	You've been watching too many Bruce Willis films. Besides, a few bystanders have claimed to have seen someone standing outside the van with a gun, IIRC. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #57,141 by CRConrad 10/16/02 10:39:52 AM Reply	Yeah, but ya gotta admit... ...it would be pretty damn cool -- if it weren't used in this gruesome way, of course. Only against drug-dealing gangs, or something, like Bruce (and the Equalizer, et al) would do. And, hey, then we could add a buncha electronic navigation aids and such, and computerize it all, and... We could call it "Kit", or something. Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #57,147 by admin 10/16/02 11:04:44 AM Reply	Have you seen "The Jackal"? Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #57,158 by deSitter 10/16/02 11:49:48 AM Reply	No - a remake of "Day of the Jackal"? -drl
Post #57,161 by admin 10/16/02 12:11:50 PM Reply	I don't think so. But I could be wrong. At any rate, there's a van-mounted auto-target gun with video camera sighting in the movie. :-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #57,168 by deSitter 10/16/02 12:24:23 PM Reply	Re: I don't think so. One of these days I'm gonna have another new idea :/ -drl
Post #57,164 by CRConrad 10/16/02 12:14:21 PM Reply	Long, long ago - and long before that, I'd read it (twice) Jack Higgins, right? So long ago, though, that I can't remember any remote-controlled rifles in either. Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #57,169 by admin 10/16/02 12:26:45 PM 10/16/02 12:27:34 PM Reply	This is a remake of Fred Zinnemann's 1973 adaptation ... now that I go look it up. [link\|http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/jackal.html\|Mr. Cranky Review] From the [link\|http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_5_2/mrg39june98.html\|Movie Renter's Guide]: "The Jackal", Universal Pictures, 1997, Color, Filmed in Panavision and presented at measured aspect ratio (DVD) 2.27:1, Surround Sound DD, 2 Hr 5 min; Rated R; Buce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier; In Moscow, the FBI helps the Russian Militia capture a Russian Mafia member. The Russian Mafia decides to take revenge on the United States by hiring a terrorist, the Jackal (Willis), to kill the FBI Director in Washington, D.C. Deputy Director Carter Preston (Poitier) is in charge of capturing the Jackal before this can happen. Preston secures the help of a convicted Irish terrorist, Declan Mulqueen (Gere) who knows what the Jackal looks like. In the meantime, the Jackal prepares for the assassination by obtaining an enormous cannon to be mounted in a van and operated by remote control. The chase takes us to Moscow, Helsinki, London, Montreal, and finally Washington, when we find that the target may not be who was originally thought. The film is reasonably well done, with plenty of action, and Bruce Willis goes through more hair color changes than Dennis Rodman. - JEJ - Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..." Edited by admin Oct. 16, 2002, 12:27:34 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #57,304 by CRConrad 10/17/02 1:59:56 AM Reply	Moscow AND Helsinki? Funny... ...usually Helsinki only gets to stand in FOR Moscow in the movies! :-) Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #57,157 by deSitter 10/16/02 11:49:06 AM Reply	Yippee Kiyea, Mr. Anderson! -drl

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