Hey Zeus
With the winter Olympics currently happening, I keep hearing a smattering of the events on the radio. Since there is nothing of true interest for me at Turin, Italy, (other than maybe the shroud) I have not watched anything and am not really following the events. Somehow I feel that I am not alone. There is no Nancy Kerrigan drama unfolding on the ice or a rag tag hockey team that is scrapping its way through the tougher teams to beat the Russians. All in all, it appears to be more of the Naplimpics than an Olympics. Considering that I quit watching the Super Bowl after the Stones finished playing should also indicate my level of interest in televised sporting events.
While searching for a movie on TV this weekend, I happened to catch the third Die Hard movie, “Die Hard With A Vengeance”. It also provided my title today. It of course had Bruce Willis as the lead and one of my favorite character actors as his side kick. Samuel L. Jackson plays an innocent bystander whose character becomes intertwined in the plot. He had to work with McClane to get through some sticky situations and save the day. McClane keeps hearing the name Hey Zeus and thinks that is his name when it is actually Jesus. Actually, it is just Zeus. And who has more to do with the Olympics than Zeus. After all, without him, we would not have the pantheon of gods that gave birth to these auspicious games.
Now, I can see Samuel L. Jackson what I think is his best portrayal. He was a computer programmer in the original Jurassic Park. He sat in a chair rapidly talking about computer code with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth. As a former smoker, it was a most amazing sight on how he managed to dangle that smoke, talk, breath and see without tearing up. Is it academy award worthy, probably not but sometimes it is about the drama and not the art.
So as the Winter Olympics flows past with no real drama other than a few fancy outfits and ski moves, it is time to pop in another movie and see if I can spot Samuel L. Jackson in another film. He’s been a quite a few lately.
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Cobb
While searching for a movie on TV this weekend, I happened to catch the third Die Hard movie, “Die Hard With A Vengeance”. It also provided my title today. It of course had Bruce Willis as the lead and one of my favorite character actors as his side kick. Samuel L. Jackson plays an innocent bystander whose character becomes intertwined in the plot. He had to work with McClane to get through some sticky situations and save the day. McClane keeps hearing the name Hey Zeus and thinks that is his name when it is actually Jesus. Actually, it is just Zeus. And who has more to do with the Olympics than Zeus. After all, without him, we would not have the pantheon of gods that gave birth to these auspicious games.
Now, I can see Samuel L. Jackson what I think is his best portrayal. He was a computer programmer in the original Jurassic Park. He sat in a chair rapidly talking about computer code with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth. As a former smoker, it was a most amazing sight on how he managed to dangle that smoke, talk, breath and see without tearing up. Is it academy award worthy, probably not but sometimes it is about the drama and not the art.
So as the Winter Olympics flows past with no real drama other than a few fancy outfits and ski moves, it is time to pop in another movie and see if I can spot Samuel L. Jackson in another film. He’s been a quite a few lately.
Icool
Cobb
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