Six Nations, Superbowl and the Film Meme

[redfiona99]

One thing I forgot to mention about the 6 Nations, is much though I would have preferred the result to go the other way, part of me was greatly thrilled by the French pack overwhelming the Scottish one, given how much smaller they were. I grant small is relative, but when the opposition have three players over 6 foot 7, victories of brains over brawn are to be appreciated.

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Some Superbowl thoughts:

1) I find it interesting that in American football, the advice is tackle high while in rugby, it's tackle low. And I know why it is, because of the different rules about wrapping of legs, but I'm still not convinced that a well timed strike to the ankle isn't more likely to stop someone than a well timed strike to the waist.

2) One day, I will understand all this 3rd and inches stuff. That day was not yesterday.

3) Did I just seriously and for real get told that the biggest American football game of the year is being played on astroturf? Why would you do that to the players?

4) I am struck by how much easier UK commentators have it. Even on commercial TV, they don't have to regularly mention the sponsors.

5) I <3 Mike Carlson. And Tiki Barber. And Jake Humphries who is once again the BBC's go to guy for anything that involves strange hours and jet-lag.

6) Black Eyed Peas need to update that rhyme in "Boom Boom Pow!" It's not like it would be difficult - 'I'm so two-thousand and eleven, you're so two-thousand and seven'. I grant next year would be more difficult.

7) BEP are forgiven for everything. Slash!

8) If I were an NFL coach, I'd grab a coach from rugby league for the ball control bit, going off what Tiki Barber says about how you're supposed to hold the ball.

9) I get why it's when it is, but given how physical American football is, I'm amazed by when the Pro-Bowl is.

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Film Meme

Day 22 - Favorite Academy Award acceptance speech

I was very tempted to use Michael Caine's best supporting actor speech from 1999 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivUKqE4hIvQ

but my real favourite is the one that the director of Kolya gave when it won the Best Foreign Film Oscar for 1996

Day 1 - Favourite Foreign Language Film
Day 2 - A film that is underrated
Day 3 - A Film That Brings Me Unadulterated Happiness
Day 4- A film cliché that you love
Day 5 - Favourite love story in a film
Day 6 - Favorite actor/actress
Day 7 - Most surprising plot twist/ending
Day 8 - Best Opening/Closing Credits
Day 9 - Best soundtrack/score to a film
Day 10 - Favourite classic film
Day 11 - Favourite black and white film
Day 12 - A film that permanently altered your point-of-view
Day 13 - A guilty pleasure...
Day 14 - A film that you used to love but now hate
Day 15 - Favorite film sequel
Day 16 - Favourite film character
Day 17 - Favourite quote
Day 18 - The best overall cast in a film
Day 19 - The most hilarious film you've seen
Day 20 - A Moving (Emotional) Scene
Day 21 - Favorite film from your favorite actor/actress

Day 23 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 24 - The best page-to-screen film adaptation
Day 25 - Favorite film villain
Day 26 - Favorite film poster
Day 27 - A film that you wish you had seen in theaters
Day 28 - Favorite film from your favorite director
Day 29 - A piece of trivia from a favorite film
Day 30 - Your favorite film of all-time

Comments

[wolfshift.livejournal.com]

2) One day, I will understand all this 3rd and inches stuff. That day was not yesterday.

What about it do you not understand, specifically?

3) Did I just seriously and for real get told that the biggest American football game of the year is being played on astroturf? Why would you do that to the players?

Because it's much cheaper to maintain than grass.

9) I get why it's when it is, but given how physical American football is, I'm amazed by when the Pro-Bowl is.

How so?

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

It's more that it's such an odd number. Just checking that I'm understanding it right. At 3rd and inches, they just need to get the remaining inches and then we're back to a first down and ten, right?

Re: Astroturf - But it's hideous and horrible.

Re: the Pro-Bowl - I'm amazed teams are willing to let their players play in it, unless the teams in the superbowl are allowed to withdraw their players from it.

[wolfshift.livejournal.com]

Re: 3rd and inches: Yes, get the remaining inches and they have a 1st and 10.

Astroturf if hideous, yes, but cheap wins out over hideous, I'm afraid.

Re: Pro-Bowl; yes, players from the two Super Bowl teams who are elected to the Pro Bowl don't play in the Pro Bowl. The Pro Bowl is a fairly casual and unimportant game with less chance of injury, but they don't take the risk because the Super Bowl is so important. It used to be that the Pro Bowl was the week after the Super Bowl (until last year) and then the Super Bowl players played in it. I'm not entirely clear on why they moved the PB to the week before instead.