Liam Neeson: "Taken" is fiction, people! Chill out!

[ttt]

www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Liam-Neeson-to-Texas-teacher-Taken-movies-are-5994540.php


Actor Liam Neeson has a message for a South Texas teacher and her students’ parents: It’s unlikely you will be “Taken” during a trip to Europe.

Neeson, whose latest and potentially final film entry into the “Taken” series hits theaters this Friday in the U.S., recently told an Australian news organization that he received letters from a Texas teacher who has been trying to get 60 students on a European school tour. However, 40 of the children’s parents pulled them from the trip, referencing the “Taken” films as the reason for their concerns regarding an international trip.

Neeson said he received the first letter a couple of years ago, but received another one in December from the same teacher with similar issues.

“I was shocked, I was just shocked. With the success of these films there is the other side and getting a letter like that … It’s fiction, I know stuff happens in life but it’s still fiction, the ‘Taken’ movies are fiction,” Neeson told News Corp Australia.

In the first two films in the “Taken” series, one or more of the main characters were abducted while traveling in Europe, with Neeson playing a former CIA operative with skilled training in guns, martial arts and torture methods.

Neeson, 62, told News Corp Australia that “Taken 3” is likely his final film in that series. Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker joins the series in the new film as the film’s primary antagonist.

[pixy0stix]

TX. enough said.

[hopecounts]

My eyes are rolling so much it hurts.
teach your kid not to be an idiot and do things like ride with randoms and they'll be fine.
I went to Europe at 17 and had a blast, it was an amazing trip and I survived without being kidnapped.

[secretlyevil]

Oh wow...yeahhh

[wawa]

I have a question if anybody has seen the second one - is it the same bad guys as the first one? Because if so I have serious problems about the premise of this ongoing series. Neeson's character seems to be totally insane. Somebody steals your child, so you embark on a hyperviolent vigilante quest to retrieve her, attempting to ensure that people will know that the DONE FUCKED UP.

But then...they do it again? So you have the same response? Again?

AND NOW IT HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. and you're all, "I don't need anybody's help! I know what I'm doing! These fuckers are gonna learn THIS time what happens when you mess with my family since apparently my first two rampages weren't actually enough to convey the message.

I mean...at what point do you just admit that actually they aren't scared of you?

But I admit, I've only seen parts of the first movie and none of the second, so I could be totally off and actually this makes total (Hollywood) sense.

[hopecounts]

Jan 8, 2015 16:24:21 GMT -5 wawa said:

I have a question if anybody has seen the second one - is it the same bad guys as the first one? Because if so I have serious problems about the premise of this ongoing series. Neeson's character seems to be totally insane. Somebody steals your child, so you embark on a hyperviolent vigilante quest to retrieve her, attempting to ensure that people will know that the DONE FUCKED UP.

But then...they do it again? So you have the same response? Again?

AND NOW IT HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. and you're all, "I don't need anybody's help! I know what I'm doing! These fuckers are gonna learn THIS time what happens when you mess with my family since apparently my first two rampages weren't actually enough to convey the message.

I mean...at what point do you just admit that actually they aren't scared of you?

But I admit, I've only seen parts of the first movie and none of the second, so I could be totally off and actually this makes total (Hollywood) sense.

SPOILERS BELOW 
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8
9

It is and it isn't, the surviving relatives of the men he killed come after them in retaliation. 
It's actually a decently done premise for a sequel the way the present it. 
It's still a sequel so you know not the greatest but not bad.

[nomad100]

Jan 8, 2015 16:28:14 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Jan 8, 2015 16:24:21 GMT -5 wawa said:

I have a question if anybody has seen the second one - is it the same bad guys as the first one? Because if so I have serious problems about the premise of this ongoing series. Neeson's character seems to be totally insane. Somebody steals your child, so you embark on a hyperviolent vigilante quest to retrieve her, attempting to ensure that people will know that the DONE FUCKED UP.

But then...they do it again? So you have the same response? Again?

AND NOW IT HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. and you're all, "I don't need anybody's help! I know what I'm doing! These fuckers are gonna learn THIS time what happens when you mess with my family since apparently my first two rampages weren't actually enough to convey the message.

I mean...at what point do you just admit that actually they aren't scared of you?

But I admit, I've only seen parts of the first movie and none of the second, so I could be totally off and actually this makes total (Hollywood) sense.

SPOILERS BELOW 
8
8
9

It is and it isn't, the surviving relatives of the men he killed come after them in retaliation. 
It's actually a decently done premise for a sequel the way the present it. 
It's still a sequel so you know not the greatest but not bad.

Yup, it was decent as sequels go.  

[WOT?*]

Jan 8, 2015 16:24:21 GMT -5 wawa said:

I have a question if anybody has seen the second one - is it the same bad guys as the first one? Because if so I have serious problems about the premise of this ongoing series. Neeson's character seems to be totally insane. Somebody steals your child, so you embark on a hyperviolent vigilante quest to retrieve her, attempting to ensure that people will know that the DONE FUCKED UP.

But then...they do it again? So you have the same response? Again?

AND NOW IT HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. and you're all, "I don't need anybody's help! I know what I'm doing! These fuckers are gonna learn THIS time what happens when you mess with my family since apparently my first two rampages weren't actually enough to convey the message.

I mean...at what point do you just admit that actually they aren't scared of you?

But I admit, I've only seen parts of the first movie and none of the second, so I could be totally off and actually this makes total (Hollywood) sense.

The Fast and the Furious had SEVEN movies. SEVEN. Paul Walker aside...SEVEN!

'nuff said.

(That being said, yeah, different criminals and locations and all that but...look, fast cars go fast and...oh, shiny, pretty cars...and...SQUIRREL!)

[AJL]

Oh lord. Texas, never change.

[pixy0stix]

Jan 8, 2015 16:41:34 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Jan 8, 2015 16:24:21 GMT -5 wawa said:

I have a question if anybody has seen the second one - is it the same bad guys as the first one? Because if so I have serious problems about the premise of this ongoing series. Neeson's character seems to be totally insane. Somebody steals your child, so you embark on a hyperviolent vigilante quest to retrieve her, attempting to ensure that people will know that the DONE FUCKED UP.

But then...they do it again? So you have the same response? Again?

AND NOW IT HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. and you're all, "I don't need anybody's help! I know what I'm doing! These fuckers are gonna learn THIS time what happens when you mess with my family since apparently my first two rampages weren't actually enough to convey the message.

I mean...at what point do you just admit that actually they aren't scared of you?

But I admit, I've only seen parts of the first movie and none of the second, so I could be totally off and actually this makes total (Hollywood) sense.

The Fast and the Furious had SEVEN movies. SEVEN. Paul Walker aside...SEVEN!

'nuff said.

(That being said, yeah, different criminals and locations and all that but...look, fast cars go fast and...oh, shiny, pretty cars...and...SQUIRREL!)

And muscles and hot men. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... hot men...

[jln]

Do we know where in South Texas this was?

And this is one the reasons I'm scared shitless to move there. I'm going to be surrounded by idiots.

[Velar Fricative]

Can you blame them for finding a performance by such a badass actor believable? I love Liam.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Jan 8, 2015 16:46:39 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jan 8, 2015 16:41:34 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

The Fast and the Furious had SEVEN movies. SEVEN. Paul Walker aside...SEVEN!

'nuff said.

(That being said, yeah, different criminals and locations and all that but...look, fast cars go fast and...oh, shiny, pretty cars...and...SQUIRREL!)

And muscles and hot men. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... hot men...

the F&F movies are like Black Hawk Down to me ... there's a hawt man for EVERY woman in those movies !

[secretlyevil]

Jan 8, 2015 16:41:34 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Jan 8, 2015 16:24:21 GMT -5 wawa said:

I have a question if anybody has seen the second one - is it the same bad guys as the first one? Because if so I have serious problems about the premise of this ongoing series. Neeson's character seems to be totally insane. Somebody steals your child, so you embark on a hyperviolent vigilante quest to retrieve her, attempting to ensure that people will know that the DONE FUCKED UP.

But then...they do it again? So you have the same response? Again?

AND NOW IT HAPPENS A THIRD TIME. and you're all, "I don't need anybody's help! I know what I'm doing! These fuckers are gonna learn THIS time what happens when you mess with my family since apparently my first two rampages weren't actually enough to convey the message.

I mean...at what point do you just admit that actually they aren't scared of you?

But I admit, I've only seen parts of the first movie and none of the second, so I could be totally off and actually this makes total (Hollywood) sense.

The Fast and the Furious had SEVEN movies. SEVEN. Paul Walker aside...SEVEN!

'nuff said.

(That being said, yeah, different criminals and locations and all that but...look, fast cars go fast and...oh, shiny, pretty cars...and...SQUIRREL!)

DON'T BE KNOCKIN' F&F. That's some stellar acting and deep plots going on there. Ah geez, I couldn't even type that with a straight face.

[vampsterdam]

I had friends who said they were surprised my parents were "okay" with me moving to Europe after watching Taken.  :?

I've also had people (luckily, not my friends in this case, hah) say how "brave" I am to stay in hostels after they watched Hostel. Double  :? :?

Yup, these movies totally justify why nobody should EVAR go to Europe! Or anywhere in the world!

[Deleted]

I'm going to move to Oregon so I can meet a teenage sparkly vampire. Because real possibility.

[Alyssa]

Must we remind people that there are abductions in the United States?

[WOT?*]

Jan 8, 2015 19:03:51 GMT -5 @ladydisdain said:

I'm going to move to Oregon so I can meet a teenage sparkly vampire. Because real possibility.

You'll have a better chance in Washington.  Forks, WA to be precise.  Though I don't know how they ever got him sparkly since it's always freaking raining and overcast.

incogneato - I would be holding a grudge for forever. I hope you spike their drinks with laxative at the class reunions or band camp or where ever it is you might run into them.

[iammalcolmx]

The second one was great because it was in Istanbul

[Deleted]

Jan 8, 2015 18:02:50 GMT -5 pinkdutchtulips said:

Jan 8, 2015 16:46:39 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

And muscles and hot men. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... hot men...

the F&F movies are like Black Hawk Down to me ... there's a hawt man for EVERY woman in those movies !

Right? BHD is like a buffet of hot. You like hot hoorah? Really built? Kind of scared but really sweet? A little doofy? Some swagger? Pick a man, any man, we got 'em all. Everyone is approved and they even come with this hot uniform. Sign and drive, ladies.