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		<title>The top 10 saddest moments in guy movie history</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John M. Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten times when it's okay -- even if you're the toughest, roughest, bro-dude out there -- to ball your eyes out during a movie.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No matter how tough you are or how much you can bench, every guy has his tipping point.</p>
<p>Just as long as it&#8217;s not a scene from &#8220;The Notebook&#8221; or &#8220;Atonement.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here are the top 10 saddest moments in guy movie history.</p>
<h1>10. Wyatt Earp is my friend. &#8220;Tombstone,&#8221; 1993</h1>
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<p>Perhaps Val Kilmer&#8217;s best role, his portrayal of Doc Holliday in the 1993 George P. Cosmatos film &#8220;Tombstone&#8221; has its own place in guy movie history, and no scene continues to pull more heart strings than &#8220;Wyatt Earp is my friend.&#8221; It sums up the bonds between friends and brothers, even in the face of adversity and long odds.</p>
<p><strong>Turkey Creek Jack Johnson:</strong> Why you doin&#8217; this, Doc?<br />
<strong>Doc Holliday</strong>: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.<br />
<strong>Turkey Creek Jack Johnson:</strong>Hell, I got lots of friends.<br />
<strong>Doc Holliday:</strong> &#8230;I don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Maybe not the saddest moment, but if you shed a tear, it&#8217;s excused.</p>
<p>Val Kilmer starts us off, but another of his characters will cause one of the other moments on our list later on.</p>
<h1>9. &#8220;The Outsiders&#8221; 1983</h1>
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<p>Christ. The whole freakin movie.</p>
<p>Francis Ford Coppola&#8217;s adaptation of the S.E. Hinton book that we&#8217;ve all read at some point goes down with &#8220;The Warriors&#8221; about the two best movies about white kids in gangs. (By the way, did you know that Diane Lane was in this movie? She still looks good&#8230;)</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll settle on the tearjerker scene when Johnny Cade dies.</p>
<p><em>So, this is what you get for helping people?</em></p>
<p><em>You punk!</p>
<p>Come on, Johnny, don&#8217;t die.</p>
<p>Come on, don&#8217;t die on me now.</p>
<p>Please!</em></p>
<p><em>Bastards!</em></p>
<h1>8. The ending. &#8220;Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid&#8221; 1969.</h1>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQfyOr3e-34" target="_blank">No embedding&#8230;sorry</a></p>
<p>Damn Bolivans. Butch and Sundance and the Hole-in-the-Wall  gang taught us to root for the bad guys sometimes.</p>
<p><a href="/the-magazine/entertainment/2008/09/paul-newman-dead-from-cancer-age-83/">RIP Paul Newman</a>.</p>
<h1>7. &#8220;Don&#8217;t ever stop!&#8221; &#8212; Rocco dies. &#8220;Boondock Saints&#8221; 1999</h1>
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<p>Our shout out to Boston: The improbable of improbables, &#8220;Boondock Saints&#8221; was not a box office bomb, it was a nuclear explosion. But it&#8217;s one of the most popular action movies in New England.</p>
<p>Rocco, who taught us the true meaning of the f-word, dies toward the end of the movie, and it was sad to see the comic relief and general best friend die. But then again, every Italian in that movie died. </p>
<h1> 6. Remember us. &#8220;300&#8243; 2006</h1>
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<p><strong>Dilios:</strong> &#8220;Remember us.&#8221; As simple an order as a king can give. &#8220;Remember why we died.&#8221; For he did not wish tribute, nor song, nor monuments nor poems of war and valor. His wish was simple. &#8220;Remember us,&#8221; he said to me. That was his hope, should any free soul come across that place, in all the countless centuries yet to be. May all our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones, &#8220;Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here by Spartan law, we lie.&#8221; </p>
<h1>5. William Wallace yells &#8220;freedom.&#8221; Braveheart 1995.</h1>
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<p>&#8220;Braveheart&#8221; is known for some of the best Middle Ages battle scenes in cinema history. The girlfriends watch it with us because of a cunning and deep love story, the loss of one woman and the arrival of another.</p>
<p><em>And this early quote draws emotion as well:</em></p>
<p><strong>Young William: </strong>What are they doin&#8217;?<br />
<strong>Argyle Wallace:</strong> Saying goodbye in their own way. Playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes. </p>
<h1>4. Go to them. &#8220;Gladiator&#8221; 2000</h1>
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<p>A true warrior&#8217;s death. &#8220;Gladiator&#8221; was the first great film of the 21st century, and it had an ending worthy of a tear or two, even from a dude.</p>
<h1>3. &#8220;Earn this.&#8221; &#8220;Saving Private Ryan&#8221; 1998 </h1>
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<p>Tom Hanks has no small plaque on the guy movie hall of fame, but this tops the list with his moving character, Captain John H. Miller. When he dies, it&#8217;s &#8230; it&#8217;s just FUBAR man.</p>
<h1>2. Mickey dies. &#8220;Rocky III&#8221; 1982</h1>
<p>He trained, motivated and believed in Rocky Balboa. The loss of the trainer and mentor nearly destroys Rocky, and if you cried when Mickey said &#8220;I love ya kid&#8221; you&#8217;re certainly not alone.</p>
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<h1>1. Goose dies. &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; 1986</h1>
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<p>GOOSE!</p>
<p>So many guys have seen &#8220;Top Gun&#8221;, and many of us have seen it dozens and dozens of times and no matter how much poker is being played or beer is being consumed or laughs are being had, the room goes quiet when Goose dies.</p>
<p>&#8220;Top Gun&#8221; has a little bit of everything in the guy movie realm &#8212; best friends, competition, explosions, jet planes, a father complex, a hard-to-get girl, beach volleyball, and beer.</p>
<p>And it has led to a generation of women that find themselves serenaded to &#8220;You&#8217;ve Lost That Lovin&#8217; Feelin&#8217;&#8221; by the Righteous Brothers.</p>
<p>However, for these few minutes, we pause. There&#8217;s nothing funny going on.</p>
<p><em>Blast staff writer Daniel Peleschuk and several of John&#8217;s buds contributed to this report</em> </p>
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		<title>More Dragonforce coming to Guitar Hero III</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John M. Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They said it would never work on Guitar Hero, but Dragonforce, known for &#8220;Through the Fire and Flames&#8221; which has created a new generation of bff teenage boys high-fiving each other after finishing it on expert mode like Goose and Maverick after a successful spike against Ice Man and Slider, is putting three more songs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They said it would never work on Guitar Hero, but Dragonforce, known for &#8220;Through the Fire and Flames&#8221; which has created a new generation of bff teenage boys high-fiving each other after finishing it on expert mode like Goose and Maverick after a successful spike against Ice Man and Slider, is putting three more songs on Guitar Hero III.</p>
<p>&#8220;Known for their out-of-control riffs, fast paced songs and twin guitar solos, DragonForce will ascend the virtual stage once again to unleash &#8220;Heroes of Our Time&#8221; &#8211; the debut single off their new album Ultra Beatdown &#8211; in a three-song track pack,&#8221; Activision said Tuesda.</p>
<p>The track pack comes out Thursday on Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation store.</p>
<p>&#8220;Heroes of Our Time&#8221; promises to be much harder than even &#8220;Fire and Flames.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>OH MY GOD THE TOP GUN ANTHEM IS COMING TO GUITAR HERO III!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John M. Guilfoil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Ahem*
The Grammy Award-winning anthem from the 1986 Top Cruise classic &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; will be available as a free download for Guitar Hero III starting July 3.
The instrumental, riff-heavy movie theme represents a film that created a generation of 20-something and awkward 30-something guys who play beach volleyball, serenade women at bars to &#8220;You&#8217;ve Lost that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*Ahem*</p>
<p>The Grammy Award-winning anthem from the 1986 Top Cruise classic &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; will be available as a free download for Guitar Hero III starting July 3.</p>
<p>The instrumental, riff-heavy movie theme represents a film that created a generation of 20-something and awkward 30-something guys who play beach volleyball, serenade women at bars to &#8220;You&#8217;ve Lost that Loving Feeling,&#8221; and nail flipside high fives wearing aviator sunglasses.</p>
<p>The song will be a free download for Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Sto&#8230;.OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!! THE TOP GUN SONG IS COMING TO GUITAR HERO!!!!</p>
<p>I DON&#8217;T WANNA WAIT UNTIL THURSDAY!!</p>
<p>DA NU NA NANANANA NA NANANA NANANA NU NA NA NA</p>
<p>*on the floor air guitar solo*</p>
<p>DA NU NA NANANANA NA NANANA NANANA NU NA NA NA</p>
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		<title>MTV announces video game partnership with Jerry Bruckheimer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MTV Games announced Wednesday an agreement with famed film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer to develop a new video game studio.
Viacom, parent company of MTV and MTV Games, hopes to capitalize on the producer&#8217;s entertainment and drama successes and build Bruckheimer&#8217;s original style into modern interactive entertainment.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MTV Games announced Wednesday an agreement with famed film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer to develop a new video game studio.</p>
<p>Viacom, parent company of MTV and MTV Games, hopes to capitalize on the producer&#8217;s entertainment and drama successes and build Bruckheimer&#8217;s original style into modern interactive entertainment.</p>
<p>&#8220;Video games represent a new and innovative medium for what we&#8217;ve always tried to do, which is to tell great stories,&#8221; Bruckheimer said. &#8220;But this medium is unique in that it gives the player control over how those stories unfold.&#8221;</p>
<p>The new gaming studio will work on all phases of game creation from concept to marketing, MTV Games said in a statement Wednesday. MTV will tap Jeff Yapp, executive vice president of programming enterprises, and Bob Picunko, VP of electronic games and interactive products to work directly with Bruckheimer&#8217;s studio.</p>
<p>The resulting games will have the benefit of immense targeted marketing on all MTV/Viacom television networks and Internet channels, which will attempt to generate a buzz among the MTV fan base and translate that into sales.</p>
<p>MTV announced in August that they would invest more than $500 million over the next two years info developing interactive products. They have already seen success after purchasing Harmonix in 2006. Harmonix developed the original Guitar Hero games as well as the new hit, Rock Band.</p>
<p>Bruckheimer is responsible for some of the biggest movies and television shows ever including Top Gun, The Rock, Black Hawk Down, Crimson Tide, Bad Boys, Gone in 60 Seconds, National Treasure and the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He also produced King Arthur, which is a great watch if you are looking for something that rings somewhere between Braveheart and [insert any medieval movie here].</p>
<p>Bruckheimer is no stranger to video games. Many of his properties have been turned into games, but most of them have met minimal success due to low budgets and the stigma of movie-to-video-game titles. Games included:</p>
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<li>A dark ages tale of the knights of the roundtable in &#8220;King Arthur,&#8221; which saw a PS2/Xbox/GC adaptation to reviews in the 6&#8217;s and 7&#8217;s</li>
<li>Highly (financially) successful game ports of the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; series</li>
<li>Awful mobile phone ports of National Treasure</li>
<li>Bad Boys: Miami Takedown on the Playstation 2, one of the worst of a thousand games to hit the PS2</li>
<li>A series of poorly reviewed PC games based on the CSI television show</li>
<li>A whole bunch of Top Gun flight sims</li>
</ul>
<p>Bruckheimer also has a movie coming out in 2009 based on the the Prince of Persia video game series called &#8220;Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a fair bet that future Bruckheimer-title-based video games will have the financial and technical backing of this new studio. No word yet on the original content they are looking to develop, but if Bruckheimer is making a serious leap into the video game world, it&#8217;s definitely worth paying attention.</p>
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