OT: Oh No! Not you Butch

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Hey David,

 

> Oh no! Not you Butch!

 

Maybe .. maybe me too. ;-)

 

> Falling for one of the biggest and best-organized Hollywood Publicity

> stunts in years.

 

I didn't think they were writing it to discourage folks from seeing the

movie .. and after reading lots of serious but hilarious semi fictional

novels like " The Road to Omaha " and " Orange Crush " and others .. I do

understand that Glitter City is only exceeded in the level of bovine

excrement exuded by those who occupy our Nation's Capital. ;-)

 

> As a local, I can say of Mel, that EVERY SINGLE THING he does he is

> only thinking of his career.

 

Not surprising .. few actors or politicians or Corporate CEOs will ever

qualify for Sainthood unless they have great Mafia connections in the

Vatican.

 

> Even to the extreme where he will not allow his picture to be taken next to

> fans that are taller than him. (He's rather short too; so that includes most

> people.)

 

Like Sylvester (Rocky) Stallone and Arnold (Terminator) Schwarzanegger I

reckon .. and Butch Owen too.

 

> Butch, you are way to sharp to fall for that.

 

But I like it .. and I've fallen for less more than once in my life.

Been married twice. :-( Tis easier to fall for what we want to believe

than what we might suspect is not true .. and having lived outside the

USA for the last 17 years or so I wanna believe that there are still

some American heroes around. Mel Gibson is one of my heroes .. as were

Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Johnny Cash .. and now Ronald

Reagan, Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell. :-)

 

> > " Mel Gibson has never, in my opinion, made a bad film. "

 

I stand by that .. and I've never tasted milk that I didn't think it

would gag a maggot off a gut wagon .. but most folks like it.

 

> Dude, you must have missed 'Braveheart.' It was kinda like a 3

> hours 'Kevin Sorbo Hercules' with a better ending. Not that I have

> anything against Kevin Sorbo, but his show was kinda silly.

 

I saw it .. twice .. in English and in Turkish. I picked up a byline

from it that I throw out often when I'm tipping a few and wanna plan a

short weekend trip with friends who weasel out cause they have domestic

commitments .. its ... FREEDOM!! ;-)

 

> David Roman

> (rolling eyes remembering how much $$ Mel lost when he used to work

> for the studio.)

 

Heck David .. its all entertainment .. lotsa folks here would crucify me

if I said this within their reach .. but I think that series with the

little British dude that flies around the world and fights witches and

other sorcerers .. forget his name .. but its a hot one .. is a buncha

bologna and wouldn't give ten cents to see the second movie .. and if I

had been hired as technical advisor for " Full Metal Jacket " or " Platoon "

there would have been major changes in the script and action .. but the

movie " We Were Soldiers " was about as accurate as any I have seen on the

Vietnam War .. and I was in the Ah Shaw Valley .. they done gud.

 

Besides .. I like Paul Harvey .. and Batman too. ;-) Butch