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[JackChase007]

Now, I know that there aren't too many Clive Cussler/Dirk Pitt fans here, but I do want to ask a small favor: a new company, Crusader Entertainment, has purchased the rights to three Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt novels - Sahara, Inca Gold, and Night Probe!. Initially, the deal made was that Cussler would be given control of the script, casting and the director (the film based on his novel, Raise the Titanic was a horrible mess, and Cussler promised to prevent such a disaster from occurring again). Crusader had it in their contracts that if they did not begin filming by November of this year, they would lose the rights, and therefore the project would be scrapped.

For a long time now, Cussler has yet to see a screenplay that he approves of - the ones that he sees ruin his characters that many Pitt fans have come to love, and would ruin the story, and make for another disasterous Pitt film. But, Crusader is harassing Cussler into going with a screenplay that is not up to snuff, and in order to keep their contract from expiring, they have just begun to film unnecessary footage.

Now, although I tend to believe that internet petitions will really have little effect on movies and how they are made, a fellow fan has drafted one such petition, and although I doubt that it would really work as well as we hope, it wouldn't hurt. With that said, I just want to ask my fellow Bond fans, my CBn family to take a minute and sign the following petition - make sure to say that you will NOT see the movie, NOR buy it.

Thank you very much for your time - I thank you on behalf of the Cussler/Pitt fan community!!!

Cussler Petition

[Tarl_Cabot]

I won't see it anyway. I hate Mathew Mconnahay. He's like a taller Tom Cruise with blond hair and a country accent. If Hugh Jackman took the role I would have paid the $7-8-9-10 bucks. :mad:

[Tarl_Cabot]

I signed it.Good luck (sorry Darren but MM sucks).

[bondood007]

Hi,

Can someone tell me who Dirk Pitt is. It sounds interesting.

Thanks.

[JackChase007]

Originally posted by Tarl_Cabot
I signed it.Good luck (sorry Darren but MM sucks).

Err...well, thanks for the signature - that's what counts! As for your hatred for Matthew McConaughey, I'm sorry that he's the reason that you refuse to see it, because if is half as good as it COULD be, then it would be an amazing spectacle of adventure...

Bondood007:

Dirk Pitt is the creation of writer Clive Cussler. Cussler, a veteran of the Air Force, grew up with a great love for the sea, decided after a short career in advertising that he wanted to write adventure novels. He decided to focus his novels on a hero named Dirk Pitt (who was named after his son, Dirk Cussler). Pitt holds the rank of Major in the U.S. Air Force, and works for the fictional agency, the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). He holds the office of Special Projects Director, and his life-long friend Al Giordino is his Assistant Director, also once an officer in the Air Force. The two are always caught in adventures, and the following novels chronicle their journeys:

[bondood007]

Hi JackChase007.

I'll see if I can find those. :-) Is it like the Bond novels and should read in order but you don't have to if you don't want to? In other words should try to get Pacific Vortex first? And are they hard to find?

Thanks very much.

[JackChase007]

Bondood - There are only certain novels that you should read before others. Otherwise, it won't really matter which ones you read in order. Here are a few recommendations:

[DLibrasnow]

Actually I don't care if the movie is much like the books, as long as it gets made. I also would have preferred Hugh Jackman in the role of Pitt, but I do like MM's conviction and enthusiasm for the project.
Bondood007 - you must read the Dirk Pitt books, they are much better than the 007 books.

[DLibrasnow]

[quote]Originally posted by JackChase007

[JackChase007]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow


I agree with that...In fact the ending of Valhalla Rising will not make any sense whatsoever without having first read Pacific Vortex and the ending of Valhalla Rising is spoiled by knowing the plot details of Trojan Odyssey.

I read Atlantis Found first and then started to read Valhalla Rising before JackChase told me about the need to read Pacific Vortex first. I then read The Mediterranean Caper and am in the process of reading Iceberg right now. I am chomping at the bit though to start on Night Probe though which seems to have a great plot.

Night Probe!, I feel, has the best plot in the series. It is definately more of a suspense novel than an adventure novel, but is still nonetheless fascinating...

It's definately my favorite of the series.

[Felix_Leiter]

thought you guys might like this.

from darkhorizons.com
http://www.darkhoriz...s03/031205a.php

[JackChase007]

I did see that recently, Felix. But thank you for bringing that to my attention.

Actually, speaking of Dark Horizons - do you think it would be worth it to send information concerning the petition to the editor? Maybe that would be a way to get more attention to the cause!

[Felix_Leiter]

You can give it a shot.