Danny Boyle Wants To Cut A Dude's Arm Off

[devincf]

http://chud.com/articles/articles/21...OFF/Page1.html

[MrMushnik]

I think a boulder falling on his arm pretty much defeated it. He would have lost it whether he got rescued or not.

[devincf]

Maybe. He wouldn't have sat there for six fucking days and done it himself with a dull knife, though.

[DARKMITE8]

Was he a guest on Oprah? I bet he was a guest on Oprah.

Maybe Boyle can elevate the material into INTO THE WILD territory?

[Princess Kate]

I sort of think this is a tale best told in a sort of docu-drama style, where it feels like we're actually watching a guy go through this. I worry Boyles more hyper-kinetic style might not be a good fit, as it would make you aware you're watching an actor pretend to be in pain

EDIT: OMG, rather than opt for a prosthetic hand, he replaced it with a metal axe! How amazing is that? Bad-ass!!!

PPS: If he'd not waited so long (127 hours), could he have saved the arm? Chopped it off and carried it back with him where it could be reattached?

[agracru]

Hey, sometimes jerking off with your other hand is a nice change of pace. Good for Ralston.

Seriously though, I've heard about this guy's story, and while it's a pretty impressive one, I don't see it being expanded into an engaging feature-length film. Maybe I should give Boyle the benefit of the doubt, but I just can't get behind this idea.

[DARKMITE8]

Originally Posted by Princess Kate

I sort of think this is a tale best told in a sort of docu-drama style, where it feels like we're actually watching a guy go through this.

Ala OPEN WATER?

[BrianM]

The only difference between this guy and Christopher McCandless is that the latter's story had more natural room to grow. Pass.

[nekkerbee]

Bah, it should inspire a horror film instead. He tells nobody where he's going because he intends to kill a man. He accomplishes his task and hides the corpse, but gets trapped by the boulder on his way back to civilization. As he's trapped he hallucinates that the murdered corpse has dug its way out and is slowly crawling towards him to get revenge, so he hacks off his arm in terror and desperation. [Maybe, as PK suggested above, he manages to free the severed arm and takes it with him, but he ends up having to eat the gangrenous member to avoid starvation.] In the end he's rescued and has that mountaineering axe attached to the stump, and gets the accolades he received in reality, but a friend of the dead guy suspects foul play so Axehand murders the shit out of him [in the bathroom at the Oprah Winfrey Show studio? Sure, why not?], but that leads others to suspect him so the killings must continue...

[DARKMITE8]

Originally Posted by nekkerbee

Bah, it should inspire a horror film instead. He tells nobody where he's going because he intends to kill a man. He accomplishes his task and hides the corpse, but gets trapped by the boulder on his way back to civilization. As he's trapped he hallucinates that the murdered corpse has dug its way out and is slowly crawling towards him to get revenge, so he hacks off his arm in terror and desperation. [Maybe, as PK suggested above, he manages to free the severed arm and takes it with him, but he ends up having to eat the gangrenous member to avoid starvation.] In the end he's rescued and has that mountaineering axe attached to the stump, and gets the accolades he received in reality, but a friend of the dead guy suspects foul play so Axehand murders the shit out of him [in the bathroom at the Oprah Winfrey Show studio? Sure, why not?], but that leads others to suspect him so the killings must continue...

Now that? I'd watch. Sounds like an EC Comic.

[RCA]

I'd rather see Boyle do just about anything besides this...

[agracru]

Originally Posted by nekkerbee

Bah, it should inspire a horror film instead. He tells nobody where he's going because he intends to kill a man. He accomplishes his task and hides the corpse, but gets trapped by the boulder on his way back to civilization. As he's trapped he hallucinates that the murdered corpse has dug its way out and is slowly crawling towards him to get revenge, so he hacks off his arm in terror and desperation. [Maybe, as PK suggested above, he manages to free the severed arm and takes it with him, but he ends up having to eat the gangrenous member to avoid starvation.] In the end he's rescued and has that mountaineering axe attached to the stump, and gets the accolades he received in reality, but a friend of the dead guy suspects foul play so Axehand murders the shit out of him [in the bathroom at the Oprah Winfrey Show studio? Sure, why not?], but that leads others to suspect him so the killings must continue...

Okay, now, uh, that I would see.

[DarthLowbudget@]

Originally Posted by nekkerbee

Bah, it should inspire a horror film instead. He tells nobody where he's going because he intends to kill a man. He accomplishes his task and hides the corpse, but gets trapped by the boulder on his way back to civilization. As he's trapped he hallucinates that the murdered corpse has dug its way out and is slowly crawling towards him to get revenge, so he hacks off his arm in terror and desperation. [Maybe, as PK suggested above, he manages to free the severed arm and takes it with him, but he ends up having to eat the gangrenous member to avoid starvation.] In the end he's rescued and has that mountaineering axe attached to the stump, and gets the accolades he received in reality, but a friend of the dead guy suspects foul play so Axehand murders the shit out of him [in the bathroom at the Oprah Winfrey Show studio? Sure, why not?], but that leads others to suspect him so the killings must continue...

That would be greatness.

[mcnooj82]

The Robert McKee expansion of this story features a dude who either loves that arm or takes it for granted. His love/negligence will be put to the test in... BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE!

I'm so sorry.

EDIT: I just realized I typed this without knowing the actual title of the guy's book (I skim like mad, what can I say?). And now, I feel even worse...

[PsycheOut00]

Originally Posted by agracru

Seriously though, I've heard about this guy's story, and while it's a pretty impressive one, I don't see it being expanded into an engaging feature-length film. Maybe I should give Boyle the benefit of the doubt, but I just can't get behind this idea.

C'mon, pal. It just writes itself:

FADE IN ON:

MONTAGE

A SERIES OF EVERYDAY VIGNETTES,

Depicting Aron Ralston’s regular routine:

a) Waking up in the morning as he stretches his arms wide and even SPIN-CRACKS HIS WRISTS TRULY LOUD as if every bone in his body were brittle.

b) Taking a very soapy shower, when suddenly the soap he’s holding SLIPS OFF HIS HAND in the air, but grabs it... but then SLIPS again and grabs it... then slips again... and again... and again... until he finally CATCHES IT between his well-pronounced biceps.

c) Making breakfast distraught when, as he tries to reach for a smoking toast, suddenly puts his hand in the RED-HOT PAN, then RECOILS in shock... only to plunge his whole arm in a pot full of BOILING WATER. Then another shock... which leads him to stick the arm inside A WORKING 10ft TALL INDUSTRIAL FAN laying around in his kitchen that EXPLODES on contact... but thankfully, when the smoke clears, Aron sees he’s perfectly OK and smiles.

d) earning some money as a human guinea pig at L’Oreal laboratories, letting himself inject in the forearm all kinds of NASTY-LOOKING RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

e) trekking the woods during an outdoors excursion when suddenly a GIANT RAVENOUS GRIZZLY BEAR pops up from behind some bushes CHOMPING on his arm.

e) getting a tatoo by a Parkinson’s diseased, munchies-afflicted blind heroin addict of a dirty old indian using a VERY LARGE RUSTY KNIFE.

f) Winning an arm-wrestling contest against a seriously sweating, familiar-looking JEFF GOLDBLUM (memo to producers: cameo required!).

g) ...And finally Aron walking down some beach at sunset looking down lovingly at his PERFECTLY SANE RIGHT ARM:

ARON
Gee, buddy, after all we’ve
been through together today.
Sometimes I think nothing bad
is ever gonna happen to us...

[agracru]

Originally Posted by PsycheOut00

C'mon, pal. It just writes itself:

FADE IN ON:

MONTAGE

A SERIES OF EVERYDAY VIGNETTES,

Depicting Aron Ralston’s regular routine:

a) Waking up in the morning as he stretches his arms wide and even SPIN-CRACKS HIS WRISTS TRULY LOUD as if every bone in his body were brittle.

b) Taking a very soapy shower, when suddenly the soap he’s holding SLIPS OFF HIS HAND in the air, but grabs it... but then SLIPS again and grabs it... then slips again... and again... and again... until he finally CATCHES IT between his well-pronounced biceps.

c) Making breakfast distraught when, as he tries to reach for a smoking toast, suddenly puts his hand in the RED-HOT PAN, then RECOILS in shock... only to plunge his whole arm in a pot full of BOILING WATER. Then another shock... which leads him to stick the arm inside A WORKING 10ft TALL INDUSTRIAL FAN laying around in his kitchen that EXPLODES on contact... but thankfully, when the smoke clears, Aron sees he’s perfectly OK and smiles.

d) earning some money as a human guinea pig at L’Oreal laboratories, letting himself inject in the forearm all kinds of NASTY-LOOKING RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

e) trekking the woods during an outdoors excursion when suddenly a GIANT RAVENOUS GRIZZLY BEAR pops up from behind some bushes CHOMPING on his arm.

e) getting a tatoo by a Parkinson’s diseased, munchies-afflicted blind heroin addict of a dirty old indian using a VERY LARGE RUSTY KNIFE.

f) Winning an arm-wrestling contest against a seriously sweating, familiar-looking JEFF GOLDBLUM (memo to producers: cameo required!).

g) ...And finally Aron walking down some beach at sunset looking down lovingly at his PERFECTLY SANE RIGHT ARM:

ARON
Gee, buddy, after all we’ve
been through together today.
Sometimes I think nothing bad
is ever gonna happen to us...

Holy shit, fund it.

[Ryan S~]

I always find it amazing that there are people who look up to this idiot. He does something really dumb and then has to do something dumber to get out of it. Awesome tale of stupidity, dude.

[Cletus Van Damme]

Originally Posted by nekkerbee

Bah, it should inspire a horror film instead. He tells nobody where he's going because he intends to kill a man. He accomplishes his task and hides the corpse, but gets trapped by the boulder on his way back to civilization. As he's trapped he hallucinates that the murdered corpse has dug its way out and is slowly crawling towards him to get revenge, so he hacks off his arm in terror and desperation. [Maybe, as PK suggested above, he manages to free the severed arm and takes it with him, but he ends up having to eat the gangrenous member to avoid starvation.] In the end he's rescued and has that mountaineering axe attached to the stump, and gets the accolades he received in reality, but a friend of the dead guy suspects foul play so Axehand murders the shit out of him [in the bathroom at the Oprah Winfrey Show studio? Sure, why not?], but that leads others to suspect him so the killings must continue...

Awesome!
And I say pitch it to Asylum. They'll release it day and date with Boyle's film, under the title BETWEEN AN ARM AND A HARD PLACE.

[MightyWorm]

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[BobClark]

Originally Posted by Ryan S~

I always find it amazing that there are people who look up to this idiot. He does something really dumb and then has to do something dumber to get out of it. Awesome tale of stupidity, dude.

http://chud.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29869

[Ryan S~]

Originally Posted by BobClark

http://chud.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29869

I love me some classic Slater.

[Princess Kate]

This might be stunt casting, or perhaps it's a recipe for brilliant method acting! Either way, I just had a stroke of inspiration:


Shia for the lead!


He nearly had to have fingers amputated, and I can't think of a single actor alive today who'd more readily be able to put himself into the mindset of a person who would end up losing their arm as a result of their own stupidity

[Ludwig]

Originally Posted by Devin

But instead he got a book deal, a movie deal and a whole bunch of media attention. And now he has to jerk off with his other hand.

This made me laugh this morning, thank you for that!

[RCA]

"Boyle intends to film the first hour of the movie with no dialogue"

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/11/07/...f-no-dialogue/

That sounds mildly more intriguing...

Also found this which gives updates to a lot of the projects that he has been attached to:

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/new...ext-movie.html

Personally, I'd love to see him do Porno, the sequel to Trainspotting:

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/10/...alker-whiskey/

[Bucho]

Devin should be in charge of TV show titles from now on.

Originally Posted by nekkerbee

Bah, it should inspire a horror film instead. He tells nobody where he's going because he intends to kill a man. He accomplishes his task and hides the corpse, but gets trapped by the boulder on his way back to civilization. As he's trapped he hallucinates that the murdered corpse has dug its way out and is slowly crawling towards him to get revenge, so he hacks off his arm in terror and desperation. [Maybe, as PK suggested above, he manages to free the severed arm and takes it with him, but he ends up having to eat the gangrenous member to avoid starvation.] In the end he's rescued and has that mountaineering axe attached to the stump, and gets the accolades he received in reality, but a friend of the dead guy suspects foul play so Axehand murders the shit out of him [in the bathroom at the Oprah Winfrey Show studio? Sure, why not?], but that leads others to suspect him so the killings must continue...

Haha, finally something good did come out of that genius's boulder wrestling shenanigans. If there's any justice in the world you and Psyche will end up on opposite sides of some Armageddon/Deep Impact blockbuster rivalry with this one.