The Hollywood National Guard
Oct. 27th, 2005 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegargantuaHey,
So I had this dream last night where America had an army about the size of Switzerland's (or maybe Togo's -- someplace small with not much army). The stuff it did have was pretty high-tech, state-of-the-art, but we didn't have very much of it. Maybe not even enough to completely defend the country from attack.
What we *did* have was Hollywood. So we'd stage all these broadcasts with the full power of Hollywood special effects so that it *looked* like we had a huge military that was everywhere. We'd invade countries with 5 guys and a tank and people would think we had several battalions in place.
It'd be a fun concept for a short game. I'm thinking PTA, but I've got PTA on the brain a lot recently.
later
Tom
So I had this dream last night where America had an army about the size of Switzerland's (or maybe Togo's -- someplace small with not much army). The stuff it did have was pretty high-tech, state-of-the-art, but we didn't have very much of it. Maybe not even enough to completely defend the country from attack.
What we *did* have was Hollywood. So we'd stage all these broadcasts with the full power of Hollywood special effects so that it *looked* like we had a huge military that was everywhere. We'd invade countries with 5 guys and a tank and people would think we had several battalions in place.
It'd be a fun concept for a short game. I'm thinking PTA, but I've got PTA on the brain a lot recently.
later
Tom
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Date: 2005-10-27 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-27 04:41 pm (UTC)I'm reminded of this Onion article:
Nike to Cease Manufacturing Products
'From now on, we'll focus on just making ads,' says spokesman
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Date: 2005-10-27 05:08 pm (UTC)That said, the US army is not nearly as good as it's PR would have you believe.
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Date: 2005-10-27 05:16 pm (UTC)To your second point: As a former member of the U.S. Army, I've developed my own opionions about the organization as a whole. However, I won't patronize you by passing them off as facts.
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Date: 2005-10-27 05:24 pm (UTC)Should we take this to a private channel?
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Date: 2005-10-27 05:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-27 05:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-27 08:04 pm (UTC)