That's a pretty cool list, but I'm finding the criteria these Mental Floss people use for their lists is a little sloppy. First they include a human slapstick duo on their "9 Muppets Kicked off Sesame Street" article, and now Bono and The Edge are on a list of fictional characters. Just make another list for real people, goofballs.
I remember the Skipper's name being mentioned on the radio in an old Gilligan ep.
"I refuse to see any of these movies" sounds a bit elitist. The Rambo movies are fun but First Blood is especially good, - it's less of an action film and more of an examination of posttraumatic stress disorder.
It's political. They're obviously extremely right-wing movies. I heard that the first one's a little better, but I vividly remember all the Reagan-era bullshit surrounding the second one.
Stallone is an ideological chameleon who reflects the mores of the time (like many movie stars). But the whole Rambo thing is a bit more extreme than usual.
"Real names of 23 fictional characters"
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That's a pretty cool list, but I'm finding the criteria these Mental Floss people use for their lists is a little sloppy. First they include a human slapstick duo on their "9 Muppets Kicked off Sesame Street" article, and now Bono and The Edge are on a list of fictional characters. Just make another list for real people, goofballs.
I remember the Skipper's name being mentioned on the radio in an old Gilligan ep.
June 14, 2010 8:57 AM
Rick from Casablanca is Richard Blaine.
"Rambo" is John Rambo (maybe everybody else knew this, but since I refuse to see any of those movies, I was in the dark).
June 14, 2010 10:34 AM
"I refuse to see any of these movies" sounds a bit elitist. The Rambo movies are fun but First Blood is especially good, - it's less of an action film and more of an examination of posttraumatic stress disorder.
June 14, 2010 5:30 PM
It's political. They're obviously extremely right-wing movies. I heard that the first one's a little better, but I vividly remember all the Reagan-era bullshit surrounding the second one.
Stallone is an ideological chameleon who reflects the mores of the time (like many movie stars). But the whole Rambo thing is a bit more extreme than usual.
June 15, 2010 9:36 AM
I'm allergic to any "we were not allowed to win in Vietnam" diatribe. Tell it to somebody else; I don't want to hear it.
June 15, 2010 12:28 PM