The Four Meme

Winding the day down and thought I would post something so I stole this meme from Dana, who has a slew of memes on her blog.  I know, no thinking involved but really, who wants to think at the end of the day?

Four Jobs I’ve Held:

1. Machinist
2. Preacher
3. Community Relations/Volunteer Coordinator
4. Farm hand/Tractor  driver

Four Films I Could Watch Over and Over:

1. Kuffs
2. Hatari!
3. A Bridge To Far
4. Phantom of the Opera

Four TV Shows I Watch:

1. Shark
2. House
3. The Office
4. Pushing Daisies

Four Places I’ve Lived:

1. Amarillo, TX
2. Canyon, TX
3. Tuscola, TX
4. Abilene, TX

Four Favorite Foods:

1. Rare steaks
2. Grilled Pork Chops
3. Asparagus
4. Cranberries

Four Websites I Visit Daily:

1. ESPN Sports
2. Yahoo mail
3. Wikipedia
4. Google Search

Four Favorite Colors:

1. Forest Green
2. Navy Blue
3. Black
4. Orange, Burnt Orange baby!

Four Places I Would Love to be Right Now:

1. Greer, AZ fishing for trout
2. Valera, TX hunting for whitetails
3. Memphis, TX hunting for mule deer
4. Anywhere on the coast, fishing

Four Names I Love, But Could/Would Not Use for My Children:

1. Jedidiah
2. Zephaniah
3. Hunter
4. Xonapher

Get it right, man!

There are times when I am watching movies that I have to stand up and scream at the screen, “GET IT RIGHT, MAN!”  If you are going to use weapons in a scene that is “historically correct” then by all means, make sure that weapon existed!  Better yet, if you are going to do a close up on a weapon, be sure it is accurate or don’t come in close at all!

Case in point; I was watching Blue Steel the other night, all happy because a) Jamie Lee Curtis was in it and b) it was an action/murder mystery flick.  So there I am just happy as a clam until the scene where Jamie Lee is getting busy with the Homicide Detective while the murderer is standing in the bathroom loading the pistol he had stolen and being using on multiple victims.  The camera moves in for a close up so we can watch him slide the shells into the revolver’s cylinder and bam!  Right there in front of Charleston Heston and everybody we see that primers on each shell has already been indented by the firing pin.  In other words,

YOU DON’T LOAD ALREADY SPENT SHELLS INTO YOUR GUN, YOU MORONIC HOLLYWOOD DWEEBS!  EVEN WORSE, YOU HAVE THE KILLER WALK INTO THE BEDROOM WITH A GUN FULL OF SPENT ROUNDS TO SHOOT THE HANDSOME HOMICIDE DETECTIVE TWICE!

I have to tell you it ruined the film for me.  I couldn’t watch Jamie Lee after that because I was embarrassed for her having to act with such incompetence.  I think maybe that is why she did so many bad movies immediately after this one, all that shame wearing on her.

My goodness, you might as well put a wristwatch on a trumpeter  in Ben Hur.  Oh wait, they did.  See they can’t even get that right… sigh.