Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Also Jujitsu. And after someone showed off strength by tying a Poker into a knot, Holmes demonstrated his own stregnth by UNknotting it. So not just athletic, but freakishly strong. In short, a superhero.
Pedantry: Baritsu (or bartitsu). And there wasn't any knot-tying. Roylott bent the poker; Holmes straightened it out.
He deages pretty well, for things like Benjamin Button.
He had a little help there.
In any case, "baritsu" was considered to be too esoteric by Conan Doyle’s American editors, who further added to the confusion by substituting the word "jiujitsu" in the American editions of the story.
Roylott bent the poker; Holmes straightened it out
Loves my pedantic Holmes brethren and sistren.
So they're remaking Footloose. I bet they don't come back to Utah. For one thing, the mill they used is now smack dab in the middle of a strip mall, and the small town of Lehi has been suburbanized like whoa.
Still, it feels like a snub. I wonder if they'll recreate Hubby's role of Man Sleeping in Council Meeting/Man Sleeping in Church.
I wonder if they'll recreate Hubby's role of Man Sleeping in Council Meeting/Man Sleeping in Church.
I bet they will, except they'll re-envision the character as "edgier."
I think the remake thing is getting out of hand, lately.
I bet they will, except they'll re-envision the character as "edgier."
Hubby can do edgier. He has axes.
edit: The scene: Church, during the sermon. Camera pans to man sleeping in congregation. Wife reaches over to shake him awake. Man wakes up swinging an axe because he doesn't wake up easily. Bloodbath in church.
Audience approval of new Footloose through the roof.
I think the remake thing is getting out of hand, lately.
Hasn't it been out of hand for the last few years, really?
But it really is getting out of hand. They're remaking—excuse me, rebooting—Cliffhanger. CLIFFHANGER. Look, I love that movie, but there's no reason to "remake" it. It was Die Hard on a mountain. Just rip it off and call your movie something else if you're that intent on making one. Isn't that cheaper than getting the rights or whatever?
::sets off to write Die Hard in a Die Hard Movie Convention::