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Does anyone know of any good EMS movies that are not fire related?
 
bringing out the dead was pretty cool...

he took like 3 seconds to intubate EVERYONE... lol

didn't even pre-oxygenate anyone... that sucka wouldn't have gotten checked off at my school!
 
I enjoyed "Bringing out the Dead" years before I even thought of getting into EMS. Still love it.
 
Hockey said:
EMS doesn't make a good movie
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There should be, we need to contact Hollywood and tell them they need to make good EMS movies
 
EMT11KDL said:
There should be, we need to contact Hollywood and tell them they need to make good EMS movies
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I'm sure it will carry a lot of weight coming from a bunch of "Ambulance Drivers"; because while Fire movie are about Fighting Fires and Rescuing People (catch phrases that inspire the mind and are what hollywood wants) they won't see it as a "Paramedic Movie" or a "EMS Movie", but and "Ambulance Driver Movie"... and how exciting and money making can that be... :glare:
 
Getting out the ole thread shovel. Was watching Bringing Out the Dead for the first time tonight. Not a terrible movie, I've seen worse movies from Cage. I read in another thread about how this movie and others like it glorify the burned out or psychotic. I don't feel the public watches these movies and seriously (I'm giving the GENERAL public ALOT of creidt here) thinks "oh golly geez I'm afraid of calling 911 because I'm going to get a burned out psychotic paramedic". Maybe they do anecdotically but it's like any other movie like it that shows corruption in police or the military.

This is the only 'EMS' movie I've seen. I've never seen any of the others.
 
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I like Martin Scorcese flicks a lot... so Bringing Out the Dead was awesome for me... great cast... great editing... great cinematography.

Mother Juggs and Speed = Rachel Welch is SOOOOPER HOT (I've always thought so)
 
Agreed, EMS per se does not make for good movies.

It's all about the story: personal trial and triumph or failure; journey; coming of age; love story. etc. All the stories are already told, the trick is to bring a new wrinkle to light.

EMS is just the backdrop, like LE was to Wambaugh's cop stories (which often made silly movie moments) and were as much about the "supporting characters" as it was about cops. (reference his "Madonna of the Wogs" character...yeeks..)

Like rock stars, we have taken outselves too seriously; like little kids, we take our priviliges for granted; like dwellers in the inner city we see too much and push past it.
 
Summit said:
I like Martin Scorcese flicks a lot... so Bringing Out the Dead was awesome for me... great cast... great editing... great cinematography.

Mother Juggs and Speed = Rachel Welch is SOOOOPER HOT (I've always thought so)
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Great cast? The acting was terrible. It was so boring and forced that it was almost comical.
 
Sasha....

it was SUPPOSEDto be comical!
Although my partner DID step through a stair once, but no rats.
THEY carried a gun! Must be good!
 
Wasn't there a super trooper-type EMS moving in the making? I swore I saw a thread on that long ago on another EMS forum.
 
medic_texas said:
Wasn't there a super trooper-type EMS moving in the making? I swore I saw a thread on that long ago on another EMS forum.
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I have been told by some forum members that one of my pics in my albums reminds them of Farva...

http://www.emtlife.com/album.php?albumid=71&pictureid=317

So... I hearby volunteer for a 1 million dollar acting contract and a percentage of the overall profit from what will be a GREAT acting job... LOL
 
Has anyone seen the previews to the new NBC show Trauma? It's suppose to be about ems. Premieres sometime next month.
 
mycrofft said:
it was SUPPOSEDto be comical!
Although my partner DID step through a stair once, but no rats.
THEY carried a gun! Must be good!
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I loved it, laughed my way through the whole thing. Still one of my favourite movies.
 
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