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Post by James G on Jun 4, 2020 11:28:05 GMT
Assassination attempts and successes on American presidents are seen throughout fiction. I've written several myself.
Which examples can you think of that have been crafted well?
Books, TV, films, web tales?
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Post by gillan1220 on Jun 4, 2020 13:32:08 GMT
Shooter series on Netflix is a great example. A former Marine Scout Sniper is framed in a failed assassination attempt.
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Post by forcon on Jun 4, 2020 13:35:32 GMT
I can't think of any in fiction. I have a damned good idea for a story or TV miniseries involving one, but I'll never get around to writing it.
There was a good TL I saw on ah.com where the Reagan assassination attempt is fatal, I read it a few weeks ago but I've lost track of it now. IIRC there's another one where Bush is killed on 9/11 which was quite well written.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 4, 2020 14:40:28 GMT
Assassination attempts and successes on American presidents are seen throughout fiction. I've written several myself. Which examples can you think of that have been crafted well? Books, TV, films, web tales? The West Wing has one ore two i can think of where people try to kill the president. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 5, 2020 10:59:27 GMT
Assassination attempts and successes on American presidents are seen throughout fiction. I've written several myself. Which examples can you think of that have been crafted well? Books, TV, films, web tales?
The one that comes to mind with me is Clink Eastwood's role as a agent protecting the President in "In the Line of Fire" Not only is he seeking to stop an assassin there but his character is haunted by being unable to prevent the death of JFK earlier in his career.
Not the US President but of course there's "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth about an attempt to kill De Gaulle.
There have probably been a number of films and books based on historical assassinations, especially of US Presidents but I can't think of one off the top of my head.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2020 11:03:03 GMT
Never new he had a German first name. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 5, 2020 12:01:45 GMT
Never new he had a German first name.
There's a lot you don't know about him. For instance checking on the name of the film I noticed one of his 1st roles, back in 1955 was in a film on Lady Godiva where he had the role of "1st Saxon".  |
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Post by lordroel on Jun 5, 2020 19:32:03 GMT
The Earthforce One exploding om Babylon 5 is a nice where it kills the president of the Earth Alliance.
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Post by stevep on Jun 6, 2020 8:58:24 GMT
The Earthforce One exploding om Babylon 5 is a nice where it kills the president of the Earth Alliance.
Damn, how could I forget that!!
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Post by lordroel on Jun 6, 2020 9:07:22 GMT
The Earthforce One exploding om Babylon 5 is a nice where it kills the president of the Earth Alliance. Damn, how could I forget that!!
Well there is also Olympus Has Fallen - 2013 action thriller film in which North Korean terrorists attack Washington, D.C. and take over the White House in which they assassinate the South Korean Prime Minister during a visit and also attempt to assassinate the President of the United States, but of course one single guy stops that from happening. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 6, 2020 9:40:18 GMT
Damn, how could I forget that!!
Well there is also Olympus Has Fallen - 2013 action thriller film in which North Korean terrorists attack Washington, D.C. and take over the White House in which they assassinate the South Korean Prime Minister during a visit and also attempt to assassinate the President of the United States, but of course one single guy stops that from happening.
Which reminded me of a similar one, set at an ice rink where a terrorist is attempting to kill the President among other people and I think he's an ex military guy who is there with his son saving the day but can't remember the name of the film or the leading man.
There's also the Harrison Ford film Air Force One where he plays the President who is also the man who saves the day when Air Force One is seized by Russian hard line terrorists.
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Post by lordroel on Jun 6, 2020 9:46:01 GMT
Well there is also Olympus Has Fallen - 2013 action thriller film in which North Korean terrorists attack Washington, D.C. and take over the White House in which they assassinate the South Korean Prime Minister during a visit and also attempt to assassinate the President of the United States, but of course one single guy stops that from happening. Which reminded me of a similar one, set at an ice rink where a terrorist is attempting to kill the President among other people and I think he's an ex military guy who is there with his son saving the day but can't remember the name of the film or the leading man. That would be Sudden Death (1995 film) with Jean-Claude Van Damme being that ex military guy. |
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Post by stevep on Jun 6, 2020 10:58:09 GMT
Which reminded me of a similar one, set at an ice rink where a terrorist is attempting to kill the President among other people and I think he's an ex military guy who is there with his son saving the day but can't remember the name of the film or the leading man. That would be Sudden Death (1995 film) with Jean-Claude Van Damme being that ex military guy.
Excellent thanks. Did have a feeling it was Van Damme but wasn't sure.
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Post by James G on Jun 7, 2020 19:12:35 GMT
Shooter series on Netflix is a great example. A former Marine Scout Sniper is framed in a failed assassination attempt. I've seen the film and thought it was pretty good. I might try the series. I can't think of any in fiction. I have a damned good idea for a story or TV miniseries involving one, but I'll never get around to writing it. There was a good TL I saw on ah.com where the Reagan assassination attempt is fatal, I read it a few weeks ago but I've lost track of it now. IIRC there's another one where Bush is killed on 9/11 which was quite well written. Reagan and Bush 43 assassinations are plentiful. I've seen good ones and bad ones. |
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Post by simon darkshade on Jun 8, 2020 3:20:28 GMT
Stephen Counts’ Under Siege featured an attempted assassination with rather dire consequences.
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