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The story did not require any great expense in terms of special effects so a major expense would have been the outrageous salary demanded by Cruise.

But isn't he also one of the main producers of the film?

Why not cast a lesser known actor instead of an overpaid, overhyped Tom Cruise?

For ticket sales, I suppose. You are more likely going to watch a film with an actor you already know rather than a new person.

Personally, I would have liked to see Jim Caviezel in the role. True, he is still a few inches shy at a mere 6'2" but he has the demeanor down pat and with some serious training he would bulk up nicely.

Since i really don't know what Jack Reacher should look like, aside from a big burly man... Jim would need to pack on some weight :P

Plus, he's not a complete douche like Tom Cruise.

Probably because he had stayed happily married with his since like 1996 while tom cruise divorces each of his wives at the age of 33... Don't get me wrong, Tom Cruise is a talented guy, so lets give the man credit where he deserves it.

Hardly compact (mesomorph). He is described as 6'5" and 250 lbs of solid muscle. Tom cruise is 5'7" and around 100 lbs too light. When the movie was first cast I asked several people to pick the actor least likely to be picked to play Jack Reacher. Out of six people asked this question, all said Tom Cruise.

I guess it makes sense to make him the star. If you want to sell tickets, who would you want as the star? One of hollywood's most powerful figures or a new actor who could be a complete gamble? In terms of being realistic, there are numerous others who could have pulled off the look. I mean, i guess if you casted someone who is large but big in hollywood like the Rock would have worked

@Warrens, simply because they didn't think ahead.

And yes, he is good, if you see mayweather train you'll know nobody's elses training regime even comes close.

Have you not seen mike tyson training? Or maybe Frazier? Or Tim Bradley? Or Pacman himself? Or Holyfield? Or Klitschko? There are many boxers who train harder than Mayweather. The advantage Mayweather has is who fights (and most of which aren't very challenging, from a boxer's perspective).

Well, as he gets older perhaps, but my guess is he'll have one more rematch with pac man, purely for the money and then he'll retire.

He won't. He called him out a coward and took back his "offer."

However, the reason why he is 37-0 is precisely because he's smart when he boxes.

The majority of his fights aren't even impressive fights. To be honest, I pay attention to his fights and most of the fights aren't even with great boxers. Honestly, the only fights I credit him for are with Canelo (Canelo just wasn't at his best like he was in his recent fights), De La Hoya (even though he slipped on that fight), Castillo, and my absolute favorite is his fight in the olympics where he actually lost... and that obviously put a smile on my face. I am not into cheap and low life boxers who are credited with winning easy fights. Honestly, Pacquaio would have won IF he did not have a wounded arm. If it required Mayweather to win by decision after …

Well, i guess when you are sick, you ignore everything around you and I guess that lets you focus.

Maybe, the reason why you can't cancel your daniweb account after clicking the button so many times is because your account is special and it is a sign to do good things... or you just don't know how to click a button.

According to some studies, i need to find some samples of it, people test better when they are sick... I guess that is why I did pretty well on the test.

I don't think the fighters in that fight had any marines to train with them...? At least that's what I know.

In the books, isn't Jack Reacher supposed to be really big, strong, and slow?

lol XD
No, I have never done that

Have you ever felt like a plastic bag drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

I personally think UFC is much more entertaining because its typically shorter and has more action involved. But it really is a preference based on situations...

That reminds me, I did pull off an all-nighter that test day XD... My sleep pattern was out of wack for that week.

@Diafol, Recently, Mayweather took back his word about allowing for a rematch and called out Pacman as a coward. I am a huge boxing fan, and I am realistic with my opinions on who should win and who is great, but Mayweather will never be in the top 10 most greatest boxers of all time... yet at the same time, he thinks he is better than muhammad ali and sugar ray robinson...

Yes (if you count 26 orange M&M's, if not... then no.)
Have you ever broken a bone.

I watched the fight on TV, and i have to admit... it was a terribly boring fight. It was honestly the most hyped fight...
All I basically saw was Mayweather running 20 miles and hugging Pacqauio every few seconds...
I knew Mayweather was going to win, even though it would have been awesome for Pacman to destroy him.
Also, what was interesting is that Pacman was suffering from a teared muscle in his shoulder that required surgery... and he still went to fight without treatment. So that means that Mayweather had won against a one armed man by decision...

Yeah, I have been gone for a while and I had taken my SAT. It was a pretty tricky test, not hard... just very tricky. I scored 2380 out of 2400 (I originally thought i had scored 2385, but it turned out that my counselor does not proof read her written work...).

I, believe it or not, was not the highest scoring student in my school. One student in my school got a 2400... and the kid sits right in front of me in half of my classes.

I took the test in a classroom, it was pretty comfortable... until the A/C system had to go through "repairs" and it was just a boiling mess at that point, and to make things worse, I had football practice and I was sick that day... it was a miserable day that paid off :)

Microsoft Windows salesman marketing for Apple iOS.

I see gray pills...

Oh, i used the last letter XD.

Okay, let me try again.

Pilots fly planes.

I read that Ian McKellen was in tears during the filming because he found acting in front of non-existent sets extremely frustrating.

That was true... i found that out in an app called iFunny. I found it funny that people can learn very interesting things in apps that are meant to be funny...

I have seen quite a lot of movies recently and most of the movies out in theaters were pretty boring in my opinion. So just recently i decided to watch the last of the hobbit movies and i have come to realize that the film is nearly the same as the last harry potter film... just a giant battle scene...

yet be careful

Don't screw up. That's my motto atm with 4 tests coming up today and it is 2 am atm... tests for my classes start at 6:54 am... i should really get some sleep...

Basically, good content = positive feedback from users = positive rep points from users

yawn no sign of effort = no point of assistance...

I don't get as much time as I should and I also don't get enough time to improve myself to a point to where I want to be with programming (due to school and sports) but I try to nail in about 1-2 hours of programming to improve my skills (I have been really diving into Java and Objective C/swift the last month or 2). And the other hours are spent doing homework. I don't really spend time doing social media or all that other meaningless stuff... aside from reading the news...

@slavi, you still play rs?

Personally, i think it would make sense for it to be in the software development area but at the same time, it makes sense that it is in the web development category.

He lived long and prospered. (attempt at doing the spock hand symbol) \\//_

I am pretty sure pixel's solution is pretty effective...

I should really start watching rugby... i have not once watched a game but have seen some clips of it... rugby players are a lot tougher than american football players, and this is coming from a guy who is a starter and plays on a varsity football team...

I still play runescape at times... i tend to ask people who quit if i can inherit their account's bank now a days...

Just got evolve... it's an awesome game.

Even if I was told to pass it, I would have just run it and ignored the coach despite consequences

I still can't believe they didn't run it...

Thought XLIX was some porn thing. Glad you set me straight.

Lol

to be honest, I am very disappointed in the Patriots due to the recent scandal but even then, I always disliked Brady, Belchick, and Kraft. I don't hate the pats, because I always liked Gronk and a few other of their players... So go Seahawks. (I own a football jersey from the Seahawks, got it as a gift from my aunt last month)

@diafol, nice new avatar ;)

Umm, why would you need something like premier to create a logo? Using illustrator/photoshop would do the job? unless your looking to make an intro for your logo, then i recommend after effects, but premier is not a bad choice. I noticed that some of the biggest rapper names (i assume your make a logo for a rap group) use thin logos with pretty sharp cuts (look at eminem and dr. dre logos) while the smaller rap groups/rappers use logos that are typically bold and look a bit awkward to me...

Learning premier/after effects/photoshop/illustrator/or any adobe product is easy. The amount of tutorials there are is insane, even adobe has some pretty useful resources.

Welcome to the community!

Not to be biased or anything, but one of the main reasons why everyone should learn java is because it is a pretty fun language to learn...

Well... despite my age, i am not much of a gamer... all i get to do on my laptop is just write some code and do my reports for ap classes.

American Sniper - i thought it was a bit overrated.

Dani, don't feed the troll.

Just feed it some poison, that should stop it.

Lets not continue this arguement... cassie chadwick over here is just gonna continue his rant about why he is so-called great at something he never even learned... too bad people like Jack is gonna be an example for my generation :/

Well, unless jack clark is your fake name and is trying to cover up your mistakes of your last account or you're the same jack clark who was one of the most feared right handed batter in the eighties trying to learn programming... who knows who you really are... I am guessing your next move is to make a fake linkedin or facebook and say, "see, its really me!"

Isn't it funny how a person from nasa is asks for help on a forum instead of his many colleagues about his algorithm...

@Jack, show some respect. We all know you lied about yourself, no need to continue with it. You solved your code issue, good. No need to tell someone to "stfu" because he was right about something. And please, post carefully... you will just dig bigger holes.

Well, dad or not, please avoid bs-ing around... it doesn't benefit you nor will it benefit anyone else...

But my "Dad" is a programmer and gives me lot's of "Complex" code to look at. I say that in quotes because I have never seemed to find any code hard to understand unless it was in a language I'm not familiar with. (Or LOLCode)

Did you also put "dad" in quotes because your dad is someone who is a person that is not really a programmer...?

Lets be honest here, if your gonna just stay here and just call yourself a "gifted" programmer, why don't you actually prove it and actually help people on the forums... everything you answer seems to be something that anyone could google for.

Also, I have a few friends and a few cousins who attend MIT, they don't know anyone as young as you attending their school...

It's difficult for my computing standard to be affected, because it just feels impossible.

Just as impossible it is to believe anything you say? I mean, your own bio page on daniweb says your a member of Mensa... I am not a Mensa member (I will admit, I am smart but I don't call myself a genius) but I know a few people who are Mensa members (I have a few neighbors and my youngest brother are). Plus, you say you went MIT and graduated in 2013... you might as well show us your diploma...

I can finally call myself the joker. Now, if only I can change my username to The Joker...