You know, I just recently watched the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider series of movies. Yeah, I know, I am really late. I know that these movies were around from about 1901, but at the time they came out, I was like, “Cho, this is just going to be some foolishness, like ‘Charlie’s Angels‘ or ‘Wonder Woman‘ and at the time, I was not impressed!
Anyway, I watched both movies last weekend and was pleasantly surprised. They were pretty good shows! I did have to say to myself that there were some really far fetched bits in each of the movies!
As an example, there was this part in the second movie where Lara was trapped in an underground city which was being flooded and when the bad guys were making their exit, they destroyed Lara’s vehicle which she would use to take her to the top.
At the same time, her scuba gear was out of air and so one would think that there was no way she could make it to the surface without air, seeing as she was pretty far beneath the surface.
So what did Lara do? Well, on the way down, she had seen a shark in the water and she guessed it was still in the vicinity, so she cut her arm with a knife and dove into the water and dived. Sure enough, in charged the shark! Lara pivoted her body to the left at the last instant, also delivering a straight jab to the shark’s nose. The shark, disconcerted by the punch, swerved to it’s left and Lara used this opportunity to grab on to the shark’s dorsal fin and hitch a quick ride to the surface.
Well, of course, you know that I shouted out with laughter, “Bumbo claat! Dem lie, eeeh?!”. Since then, I have had occasion to question just how unrealistic that bit was though!
Check this out: A man from the Florida Keys saw a shark grab his dog. The shark had three quarters of the dog in its mouth! What did the man do? Break down and cry, saying, “Goodbye, Spot! You will be missed!”. I know thats what I’d do, but some are made of sterner stuff. No sir, this man bawled out, “Noooooooooo!”, and then chucked off into the water and punched the shark! Disconcerted or whatever, the shark released the dog and swam away! Wow! Who da thunk it?!
Of course, they still haven’t answered how come Lara didn’t suffer the bends, or how come the shark didn’t return, given that she was only holding on to a piece of driftwood at the surface and she was still bleeding, and that she was in the water for three days like that, but hey… at least as it concerns the initial encounter with the shark, maybe something like that IS possible…
People, I received what I think is probably a pretty accurate Powerpoint presentation which speaks to how the current economic meltdown in the U.S. occurred. It is very interesting to watch and I urge you all to do so. The Powerpoint Presentation passed muster going through my company’s virus scanners and so I believe its clean and perfectly safe for you to download and watch.
Go ahead and do so. Its hilarious, and like I said, its got that ring of truth, baby!
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