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[oddsockmountain] , the project where all this started, is on record as saying he now regrets production of that movie necessitated training Bacon in invisibility techniques, it should be noted that the decision was made purely for cinematic reasons, to add authenticity and verisimilitude to Bacon's character of Sebastian Caine, and no serious blame can be attributed to the perverse Dutchman for the actor's subsequent antics. He was only doing his job to not-quite the best of his ability.The snide remarks that have been aimed at Verhoeven and his family are as preposterous as the attacks on Apple Headquarters because some kid in Milwaukee abused their technology by downloading a Katy Perry song to his iPod.

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