Jox wrote:Very enjoyable episode! Please follow Sean's podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud (...) guys, it's a very good one.
I'll post a few notes ASAP.
Here they are, held up in my hand-writing:
• About the plot points feeling sort of "thrown out" in the movie, most have to do with alluding to important plot points from the original script and the following script rewrites
• The faulty transfers and DVD releases do not represent the approved film and photography as it was released theatrically (in most territories worldwide except for the US and the UK)
• The production script features an omitted ending scene between Anderson (Lundgren) and Jackson (Gossett) at the airport but was not shot since it was only there when writer and former attached director William Tannen left the project at the 11th hour
• The comparison between COVER-UP and THE DEFENDER (14 years later) is interesting since one was produced before the Gulf War and the other in the years following 9/11
• COVER-UP was never meant to be "bigger" in terms of action. No action was scrapped during production. It's just the script that was changed along the way during prep, and created more plot holes, with some twists and events that were transformed. I haven't read the draft I have in a while but if anything the action aspect of the film was enhanced because of Dolph being the star.
• The Black October subplot was actually not too far from actual events whenever a single, simple enemy is pointed out to be destroyed...
The point was not to be like a Cannon flick such as Delta Force and others always incriminating Arabs or foreigners as terrorists. The threat here coming from Americans wa actually ahead of the curve regarding the Gulf War that burst out 6-8 months after wrap, and September 11...