My Film Career
My son's friend is making a movie, and - for some reason - he wants to cast me a a hitman. I'm thinking about doing it, provided I can go with an appropriately Schwartegenerrian feel: mirror shades, jeans, lather jacket, shotgun, and one really good, tough sounding line delivered at just the right moment. What do you think? Should I go for it?
In the meantime, Age of Empires III is exceeding my expectations in terms of its performance on our aging systems. Its running in a window on my 2.x Mhz computer with a 128 MB Ge-Force 2 card, and it runs pretty respectably on our other system, which is WAY below the recommended system requirements. We've already played about three hitch-free network games against the computer on Easy difficulty, and we're about to play one at the next step up.
Lastly, but far from least, I was blessed this morning by a presentation from Angie Martin in our bible class. Angie made a fantastic, scripture-filled talk on prayer, which she concluded with a moving blessing that she spoke over our class. Her gentle, joyful spirit are a source of life to her family and great refreshment to others around her, including myself.
In the meantime, Age of Empires III is exceeding my expectations in terms of its performance on our aging systems. Its running in a window on my 2.x Mhz computer with a 128 MB Ge-Force 2 card, and it runs pretty respectably on our other system, which is WAY below the recommended system requirements. We've already played about three hitch-free network games against the computer on Easy difficulty, and we're about to play one at the next step up.
Lastly, but far from least, I was blessed this morning by a presentation from Angie Martin in our bible class. Angie made a fantastic, scripture-filled talk on prayer, which she concluded with a moving blessing that she spoke over our class. Her gentle, joyful spirit are a source of life to her family and great refreshment to others around her, including myself.
posted by Matt at Sunday, October 23, 2005
2 Comments:
I've always thought the polite, detail-oriented types that look like everyone else and speak in complete sentences made much better bad guys. Schwarzenegger in The Terminator couldn't help but draw a crowd. 'Hans' from 'Die Hard' was much more the kind of hit man I'd worry about. 'The Operative' in 'Serenity' is another cultured, intelligent person where the hit is not personal, and he's actually kind of gleeful about his job.
JMO.
Does the French Navy show up at the end of AoE III?
Creative thinking is probably your best asset in the role of hitman, Matt. There are many different types of hits and therefore, many different techniques. Do you want someone to disappear? Do you want someone to simply cease breathing? Do you want someone to be killed in a very public way?
Rent the movie Collateral and pay attention to Cruise's character. Confident. Extremely efficient. There is no emotional attachment to the hit. Creative. Absolutely focused.
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