sentences:  Carnahan considered it an awful way to die, and "couldn't get past it fast enough", considering he was too indifferent, "talking so much and not doing a damn thing", and "the same hypocrite that I so can't stand in our country, the kind of people that will flip right past the news to get to "Access Hollywood"".He first considered turning it into a stage play, but the military scenes, in particular the helicopter ones, made him turn it into a film screenplay.The character of Todd Hayes was inspired by Carnahan himself during college.