Some of you may have read the totally batshit story from last month's issue of Wired, entitled "High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas," about a team of tough dudes who fly around the world trying to refloat sinking cargo ships using good ol' American ingenuity. If not, read the whole thing here. Seriously. You will not believe this story. It's like a Michael Bay movie with all the action and none of the stupid. It's got neat gadgets, expensive cars, a race against time, hardass wisecrackers of varying nationalities and skill sets, tragedy, comedy... my God, one of these guys has a scar from a fight with a wolf. The main thought you walk away with is, "This should be a movie," and now, according to Andrew Hetherington, the photographer whose photographs (see right) run with the story, it's been optioned to be one. I'm thinking Tommy Lee Jones from ten years ago as Rich Habib, but Ed Harris will do if 1998 Tommy Lee Jones isn't available. I just hope they don't add a love interest, or play up the part of the competing Dutch salvage team. Don't mess with success, guys.
