eightpix
Been a student. Been a clerk. Been a salesperson. Been a manager. Been a teacher. Been an expatriate. Am a husband, father, and chronicle.
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I mean, Com Truise defo had more than luck. He had pull even then. And, yes, he is just a person. He is dedicated to his art, which, I think, is running hard and making memorable movies.
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Top Gun (1986, Dir. Tony Scott, Budget $15M),
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Rain Man (1988, Dir. Barry Levinson, Budget $25M),
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Days of Thunder (1990, Dir. Tony Scott, Wri. Robert Towne, Budget $60M),
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A Few Good Men (1992, Dir. Rob Reiner, wri. Aaron Sorkin, Budget $40M),
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the Firm (1993, Dir. Syndey Pollack, Budget $42M),
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Interview with the Vampire (Dir. Neil Jordan, Wri. Anne Rice, Budget $60M),
Big directors, writers, and big hit films. Then, he became Ethan Hunt.
- Mission: Impossible 1 (Dir. Brian DePalma, Wri. Robert Towne, Budget $80M)
M:I-2 (Dir. John Woo, Wri. Robert Towne) was thoroughly forgettable. That said, I just discovered that the writers of Star Trek: DS-9 and Voyager — Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga — wrote the story. Wild. Still, no quarter given. Until, maybe, I watch it again.
The next 4 are great.
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M:I-3 (Wri./Dir. J.J. Abrams with Alex Kurtzman (latter-day Star Trek writers and executive producers))
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M:I-4, Ghost Protocol (Dir. Brad Bird (the Iron Giant and the Incredibles))
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M:I-5, Rogue Nation (Wri./Dir. Christopher MacQuarrie (the Usual Suspects and the Way of the Gun))
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M:I-6, Fallout (Wri./Dir. Christopher MacQuarrie)
Jury is still out on M:I-7, Dead Reckoning Part 1, and Final Reckoning. Full disclosure, I did not really feel Part 1.
Tron Cubes does attract/demand talent. And, his collaboration with Christopher MacQuarrie is long-standing.
The moment where Picard says, “we have no law to fit your crime.”
Picard on the first duty.
This develops into the toddler who —after you’ve given advice, demand, direction, instruction, or other adult support — looks you dead in the eye, does the exact opposite, and acts like it’s your fucking fault.
They perfect trolling.
Hopefully, by the time they’re four, they come to understand that trolling your family is not a great survival strategy. Some people grow out of it. Some are just trolls to ‘others’, outside their established ingroup.
There are some people who’d sell their own mothers on a lark. Or, reneg on a friend just to see them squirm. Or, impose tariffs on allies and inflame every enemy but one. Those people, they’re behaving like toddlers.
Act to honour and recognize all humans as human. This is Said’s Law.
Act to sustain human security. This is Cura’s Law.
Act to accept responsibility for each action, especially where it guides future actions. This is Sartre’s Law.
Lilo and Stitch is the best Disney movie.
Many, many spoilers below. But, seriously, this movie is 21 years old. Get over yourselves.
Check it: a young girl adopts an illegal alien (killing machine from deep space) and protects him from the U.S. (and galactic) government (Military-Industrial complexes), while keeping her incredibly depressed sister (slices both ways) from giving up completely as they keep their Indigenous Hawaiian family together in their co-opted homeland. One sister works a series of dead-end tourism jobs; the other has anger issues. The hate each other and love each other fiercely, though they are about 12 years apart in age.
Oh, yeah, and their parents are dead.
Meanwhile, the alien is a political refugee and freedom fighter fleeing from his own people who want him dead for —get this— existing. A lab-grown, indestructible terrorist, he seeks asylum on an island — but he can’t swim.
He does learn to surf.
The only downside to this film is that Disney produced it. And Elvis.
“Ohana means family. Nobody gets left behind or forgotten.”
There are 101 years in your question. So, no year zero then?
Still fighting for command of this very small hill.