[Todd L.]

Background on "psychic spies."

On Nov. 28th 1995., Ted Koppel, host of ABC's "Nightline" broke the story of a secret group operating within the intelligence agencies, i.e., DoD, DIA, CIA, Army Intelligence Command, etc.
The program was called, "remote viewing" - the training of agents in psi techniques,
which included clairvoyance, (seeing at a distance) and other aspects of
psi phenomena.
By 1993, the unit had passed through the hands of a number of administrators who, either for ego or just sheer ignorance, turned it into a psychic circus. They brought in tarot card readers and channelers to work with only one partially trained remote viewer who was left.
It's estimated that the total cost of this operation was 20 million dollars over a span of 20 plus years.
From 1981 to 1984., Maj.Gen Albert N. Stubblebine, Commanding General
of Army Intelligence, headed the research into psi phenomena. (Star Gate).

A reporter asked General Stubblebine about the "Martian Machinery" - he
replied: "It's moving, the machinery is moving, so I don't know, if its from a leftover civilization - its got a long-live battery, its better than any of the dolls we put out on Christmas, I tell you, OK?"

When asked for more details, he added: "Yeah, its a structure, that's what I say, there are structures on the surface, (Mars) and incidentally I don't want to take thunder away from anyone tomorrow, because you are going to get a chit-chat about that tomorrow and I don't want to trail on somebody else's toes, all I that I am saying is that there are structures on top, there are structures underneath, there are machines on top."

As Nostradamus said: "Beware of Mars"....

[waterwizard2005]

From what I hear it is a truly awesome idea for a comedy (one that made me laugh more than the premise of The Big Lebowski) that doesn't end up living up to what it could have been. And I'm going to buy two tickets to it this week and hope that all of them are wrong or there is something personal there for me to like that they don't understand.

Actually I've changed my mind. I'll check it out later. No theater for me.

[RNBGuru]

It seems like a good idea on paper but when it comes time to implement it... there just isn't enough of a cohesive story to keep it running smooth.

[k-white]

I saw the interview on the Daily Show with the author of the book and had high expectations for it. I was hugely disappointed and actually slept through 80% of it.

Wait until it comes out on dvd.

[John S.]

I just got back from seeing "The Men Who Stare at Goats" at the Woodstock Film Festival. I walked in knowing the main plot, and I expected it to be pretty good because of the great actors it has, the premise of the story and the music used in the soundtrack. My expectations weren't only met, but they were greatly exceeded.

The story follows a broken-hearted journalist (McGregor) who goes on the job to Iraq to prove to his ex-wife he isn't weak or frail. There, he meets Lyn Cassidy (Clooney) who is a "psychic" soldier for the US government, trained by his hippie instructor Billy (Bridges) to use his mind, peace and love to overcome hairy military situations. The story is the two mens' adventure together.

he Men Who Stare at Goats is a very hilarious movie, with many quotable lines and excellent acting by the entire cast. The story is very unique and the film uses that as a great advantage to itself in setting up the humor. The characters are very real and are taken to heart right away.

The Men Who Stare at Goats is a very fun movie to see in theaters and everyone in my audience were cracking up laughing many, many times. It is a movie for casual movie goers and film aficionados alike. Go see it...

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[Amanda J.]

One of the huge reasons why I may want to see this is b/c it's so star-studded. Thanks for the review, John S. I was on the fence before, but if you give it the thumbs-up, i may give it a shot.