Talk:The Rock (film)

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schin singh & mohit saini was a brilliant student in sys informatic institute the article was very artitute in the world

his studiency was very tit

I dont know why this article refers to VX as VX-2, I never saw it mentioned in the movie at all.

Maybe the -2 indicated its a Binary chemical weapon, but this wouldn't be true either way since both times when a pearl is dropped the effects of the gas are present (this wouldn't happen in a binary system). I tend to doubt this though as the movie indicates the writers have knowdledge of binary weapons during the defusing scene in the gas chamber when Goodspeed mentions that the "poisons mixing", wich was the common o the rock site in few day's he is death in few min


On that note I am going to edit this page and remove the fictional part.

i bring the rock return's


After seeing it a few more times, the 2 does just refer to VX, number 2 storage12.182.100.224 00:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

What's up with the VX being stored in those spheres anyway? Is that how it works in real life, or is it just done to make the stuff look more creepy in the movie? Also, when the SEALs supposedly deactivated the motion sensor how come Hummel's Marines were able to detect them anyhow? == Marlboro ==

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When The Cage was being filmed. I will always call the film by it's original name. The laser sensor was the most classified of all Special Forces Equipment. When The SEALS moved it, it has also a built in motion sensor so move it and thinking the lasers are still working. Think again. The motion sensor went off and alarmed The MARINES.

the rock

I have no idea of why a huge share of this article was deleted and replaced by a "Please complete this article" message. The only thing I can think of is vandalism, but maybe there was a reason. Either ways, I replaced that message for a stub message. If anyone has an explanation for this all, I'd like to see it on this talk page. Thanks.

Mackeriv 17:39, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] the movie was a masterpiece

the movie was the best ever written it is portrayed rather nicely i would prfered the scene when nicholas cage burns the flares.

Yeah, this movie is really great, I love it! :D
Yeah I enjoyed it thoroughly but I had a hard time swallowing the notion that Force Recon Marines could subdue a team of SEALS. No disrespect to Force Recon of course.

MARINE Force Recon can subdue a team of SEALs. If you saw the situation SEALS were trapped.

[edit] Trivia mistake

"Alcatraz closed on March 21, 1963. John F. Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963. Therefore it is impossible that one of the secrets stolen by Connery was the identity of John F. Kennedy's assassin."

I don't think this piece of trivia makes any sense. It is clearly possible that in the story a document containing the plot to kill JFK was created before it actually happened. Therefore when Cage's character looks at the microfilm he could very well have found out who killed JFK. --Jayson Virissimo 19:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

You forget J Edgar Hoover was still alive after Kennedy's assassination. And, Mason was also moved around to other Maximum Security Prisons. And, also if you notice he escaped from Alcatraz so he probably did not go back to Alcatraz once he escaped. And, there was record of when he was grabbing the documents. So he could have escaped and kept on spying and was then caught again. Reason why there was no dates mentioned he was arrested, escaped, and also when he gathered the J Edgar Hoover Files.


Bold textDoes anyone know what the name of the theme song to this is? It's really good but I can't find it anywhere.

[edit] Another Word on the Trivia

"Sean Connery's characters full name is John Patrick Mason. The name is an anagram of sorts. By taking the letter "O" from John and Mason you get OO then the name Patrick is 7 letters. The theory is that Mason is the original James Bond. This would explain Bond's change in apperance from Sean Connery to Roger Moore."

This is stupid. Let me present this 'evidence'. Mason is really Douglas Fairbanks because both names are 16 characters long. Jerry Bruckheimer is 16 characters long too. Please. Also, if you remove the letter "O" from John and Mason you get Jhn Masn. It's a stretch and unless you have a source, it doesn't cut it.

Boy, you sure know it all don't you.

John Patrick Mason. Actually stands for two Patriots John Adams and Patrick Henry both of which are Freemasons. Freemasons which of course in known as Mason. If you noticed how Connery spoke, he was a patriot for The People exposing the truth. And, was not under orders by either US or British Government. British Government denied his exsistence because he was not under orders by them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.189.141.171 (talk) 14:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:The Rock (movie).jpg

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[edit] Remake?

There was a movie made in the 60ies or 70 ies (judging by what I saw), where a US officer with three companions seizes an ICBM silo, threatening to launch the missiles and thus start world war three if his demands (compensation for the families of men dieing in secret operations) were not met. Given the similarities in plot, couldn't The Rock be considered a sort of remake or at the very least drawing inspirations from the older movie? I am sorry, I do not remember the title oif said movie, nor did I recognize any of the actors, one of the conspirators was an overweight black man with a beard, the actor who played the president of the United States I remember as somewhat fat. thestor 18:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Eh, doesn't sound similar enough to be a remake. IMO it would have to be an intentional remake for it to be considered one, with multiple overlapping themes, and most likely the exact same title Masterblooregard 00:54, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Not a remake it is was made due to the POW/MIA not being accounted for and being left behind. And, no compensations are made to their families since Special Forces missions are deemed classified. Provided you saw the movie NAVY SEALs. Missions are so classified saying it was a training accident. This was originlly supposed to be the sequel to NAVY SEALs known as The Cage. But, due to Michael Biehn and the whole SEAL Team getting killed they did not have LT Curran. But, renamed to CMDR Anderson.

[edit] Synopsis

Does anybody think that the synopsis might be just a little too long and detailed? They're supposed to give the general idea of the movie plot, not every little thing that happened. Soyseñorsnibbles 21:28, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I'll put the appropriate template at the top. Lemme find it. Knippschild 21:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Someone removed the template on Oct 25, but I think the synopsis is still way too long. Perhaps we should put the template back on? -- CWesling (talk) 23:02, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I concur and put back up the template. Seems too detailed for a general plot of the film. Just for kicks, Microsoft Word counted 1,933 words in the Plot section alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films/Style_guidelines#Plot Joedaddy09 (talk) 04:46, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

The plot of a film is what the movie is about. A Synopsis goes through every detail. Some people are interested in movies and come to Wikipedia to read up. They don't want the film spoiled by having everything pop up at them, so I have edited the page to now be a brief overview of the film's plot. See if I care. It's not fairObriensg1 (talk) 16:01, 17 January 2008 (UTC)