Lord Of War

The movie i have recently watched on Netflix is "Lord Of War." It is a political Action/war film released in 2005. This film describes how war actually becomes a war. Nicolas Cage stars as the Protagonist; Yuri Orlov, the gun runner. He is an American Gun Runner of a Ukrainian Origin. The movie starts off with him standing in the middle of a sea of spend shell castings. He states that with over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulations, there is about 1 fire arm for ever 12 people, now his question is . . . how to arm the other 11. The movie is based off of a real even that happened from the 1980's to the 21st century. The gun running business has ever so demanded more guns to be sent to over sea country to fuel war. Through out the movie the protagonist travels threw several different places and sells his arms to the fighting Nation. He gets his guns from the break down of the former Soviet Union. Yuri Orlov had to live several different lives and still come back to his family after selling guns that kill. The accuracy of this movie is close to it as it can get. Yuri Orlov is a fictional name composed of 2 names of real gun runners the movie is based on. Yuri Orlov had a partner to sell his arms, his brother Vitaly. The plot is on the illegal arms market and the wars that his arms were used in. During the invation, he sold his weapons to the Taliban that were being helped by the united states. Iraq wars, Cold War and the small proxy wars are where guns were bought by this man who is fictional. The production of this movie actually used real ak-47's. The production team bought 3000 real ak-47 rifles because they were cheaper then prop guns. Also in the scene where Yuri Orlov is in the car driving past the Russian Tanks, those were bought by the production team and then sold after the movie to Libya. Food for thought.

Black Hawk Down

The film was released in 2001. It is based off of a real event like all war movies are. The even was to have UN soldiers keep peace, but the Somalian rebels were terrorizing the UN troops by killing many. This in turn required the US Army to step in. The place is in Somalia, the East coast of Africa. UN and US Army Rangers are placed there to stop conflicts of a high ranking warlord that controls the area. The movie only talks about the event of the 2 - 3 day conflict where the US elite Delta Force were inserted to bring out 2 highly ranked Lieutenants of a renegade warlord. The mission was not successful although they captured the two men. Two night stalkers were shot down by RPGs and one was damaged by small arms fire. The movie brings a sense of history and action all packed down in under two hours. The movie is part first person view and third person narrative. A handful of US soldiers died that day trying to complete the mission. This is not peace keeping.

Sniper one

The book i have been reading is called Sniper One by SGT. Dan Mills. The novel describes each encounter with militants on tour. Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, "The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment" flew into Iraq in April 2004, and they were fighting for their lives trying to stay alive. I flow of this novel is bit of a roller coaster ride, even tho not all war/action books are all filled with blood rushing events; this novel uses a lot of metaphors and has a calm tone of voice. When the action happens the author blends the mellow moment along and adds a catalyst to change the tone. I really enjoy reading these types of novels including this book. And yes this book is about snipers.

50 Word Story

Jake was inserted in the Afghan mountains to eliminate a high value target. We were called on to evac him out. It was cold, we didn't know if he would make it. He was a SEAL, a warrior, best of the best. He wrote to me a few years later.

Lone Survivor

On June 2005, four U.S Navy SEALs were fighting aginist an army ~130+ Taliban soldiers. Their mission was to capture or kill Sharmak, Osama's right hand man. The novel, describes his journey of becoming a Navy SEAL, with knowledge in field medic and advanced rifle marksmanship. The narrator Marcus Luttrell, describes his close teammates the event as it unfolded, where more than 130+ Taliban soldiers circled the four man squad and killed three of his teammates. The novel, gives the reader a scene of overwhelming emotions, how the narrator attached you to this teammate and tells you that he will be shot and injured and later killed. This is the story of the fire team leader Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, and the desperate battle in the Afgan Mountains which lead to the largest lost in Navy SEAL history. In the end, those that were killed were awarded the Cross for Combat Heroism and Medal Of Honor. I really encourage people to read this book, who ever is interested in action adventure and war.

does anybody know what is typically found in the war genre of books? o.O

I'm reading "Song of the Dragon" by Tracy Hickman for my study of Fantasy. This is the first novel that I've read with such intense battle scenes, and i don't know if its different from battle found in a traditional war novel. There are different species of beings fighting in this book but I'm interested in the fundamentals of a war novel. in this book the narration is third person with insight into the protagonists mind. There is also a rank system that differs from a traditional one. is rank one of the things ever present in a war book? if so is creating a new system key in making this novel fantasy? Do war novels work in a similar fashion to vampire novels(i.e. vampires have evolved from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to the objects of lust found in "Twilight")? Does war have to reinvented each time its taken as a subject for writing? Is it the reinventing that makes the book memorable? I'm not looking for answers to each of my questions i just thought i'd throw them out there. i'd greatly appreciate any insight.

Lone Survivor

The eyewitness account of "Operation Redwing" and the lost heroes of Seal Team 10

This book is written by Marcus Lutterell and Patrick Robinson. It is the first hand accout of war at its greatest.

CRYSIS 2 -testing-

War/Action is amazing, but Crysis 2 is a mix of both. I recommend you go play that game.

-Testing-

When you blog, you begin with #abc.

One of the challenges we face in establishing and maintaining a conversation like this - across class sections, genres, subgenres, and other special interests - is organization.  Fortunately, there is a fantastic tool at our disposal for just this purpose.  Blogger (and others) calls them labels, and you'll find a list of the ones currently in use on the main page.  For example, you will see that there are several labels already in place that correspond to the three class sections of Senior English, as well as some of the genres that you are reading.


Note:  Each of your posts must be labeled with your section number as well as your genre (and any other relevant labels that come up along the way).


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Once these labels are in place, readers can click on them to automatically restrict their viewing to only posts with those labels.  For example, if the Period 1 Horror group wants to see what the other Horror groups are reading and writing about, they can click on the "Horror" label and see just those posts.  It's an elegant system for managing quite a lot of information on the fly, but it only works if everyone participates.


We'll review all of this (and more!) in class, so relax and keep reading!