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10 Incredible Facts About Ernest Hemingway

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Almost everyone knows a bit about Ernest Hemingway.  He was a famous writer and one that many consider the greatest writer of all time.  Hemingway fought in the war, loved danger and was a “man’s man”.  He committed suicide.  Pretty much sums Hemingway up, right?

Maybe not.

Listverse presents 10 Incredible Facts About Ernest Hemingway that live up to the title.   For example…

  • Hemingway used to beat up people for James Joyce!
  • Hemingway hunted sharks with machine guns.
  • While a war correspondent, Hemingway went rogue and repeatedly led troops into battle.
  • He got into a fist fight with Orson Welles!
  • Late in life Hemingway believed he was under government surveillance… and he was.
  • Hemingway was a KBG agent!

From Wired: Frank Miller is Back (and Not Sorry)

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I’ve been a Frank Miller fan since his days on Daredevil over 30 years ago.  I followed Miller as he created Ronin, Dark Night Returns, Electra, Sin City and more.  In recent years Miller’s output has been sporadic at best.

I was hopeful that with Sin City: A Dame to Kill For  hitting cineplexes around the world that we might see more of Frank Miller’s Sin City yarns.

Since reading Sean Howe’s profile of Miller for Wired: After His Public Downfall, Frank Miller is Back (and Not Sorry), and seeing the accompanying photos [not the one above, it is probably five or six years old] of Frank Miller, I am still hopeful for more comic work from him, but even more importantly I hope that Frank Miller is physically okay.

Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez on Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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I thought that Sin City: A Dame to Kill For  was better than the original Sin City  movie, and I liked the original a lot.  The fact that A Dame to Kill For  isn’t tearing it up at the box office doesn’t surprise, but it sure disappoints me.

My hope is that overseas dollars and dvd purchases make it possible for more Sin City  yarns from Miller and Rodriguez.  Scott Huver at CBR. interviewed Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez and it’s obvious they feel the same,

Torrance, Stallone & Mitchum Say, “Farewell, My Lovely”

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Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly and Robert Mitchum from Farewell, My Lovely  with him!  Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions.  My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played.  We’re well on our way!

You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.

 

15 Things You Might Not Know About “Conan the Destroyer”

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I enjoyed Chris Hutchinson’s 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Conan the Destroyer more than the movie Conan the Destroyer.  Here are my three favorite things…

1. THE DIRECTOR INSPIRED HIS WAY.

Director John Milius drew major inspiration for the first Conan movie, Conan the Barbarian, from 1958’s The Vikings. When Milius was unavailable to direct the Conan sequel, Conan the Destroyer, producer Dino De Laurentiis went to the original source by hiring The Vikingsdirector Richard Fleischer. [They should have waited for Milius. – Craig]

11. ANDRE THE GIANT MAKES A VERY SUBTLE CAMEO.

Who was the actor underneath the rubber suit created for the monstrous deity Dagoth? None other than André René Roussimoff, better known as the wrestler André the Giant.

 

15. AND THEN POLITICS SCRAPPED ANOTHER SEQUEL.

Original director John Milius came close to making a third Conan movie with Schwarzenegger in 2002. His script, entitled “King Conan: Crown of Iron,” was to be directed by The Matrix’s Andy and Lana Wachowski, but was scrapped after Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California. [Can you imagine what that Conan film would have looked like.  Crom!  – Craig]

Source: Mental Floss.

6 Ways Movies Get Space Wrong

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Continuing with our space theme, Mark Hill  at Cracked presents 6 Ways Movies Get Space Wrong (by Astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the piece which I highly recommend reading…

SPACE WILL KILL YOU IN SURPRISINGLY MUNDANE WAYS!  Luca Parmitano came close to drowning in space when his water supply leaked into his helmet. The crew of the Russian space station Mir had to put out a fire while dealing with malfunctioning gas masks. And we all know the story of Apollo 13, although the true-life incident involved much less Tom Hanks.

 

GOING INTO SPACE MAKES YOU PUKE, COMING BACK MAKES YOU SHAMBLE LIKE A DRUNK.  …On average, it takes about one to three days to adjust to weightlessness… Once you’re physically comfortable, you’re still a long way off from moving around gracefully…

Returning to Earth is a bigger adjustment, because your bones and muscles atrophy when they aren’t in use. I lost 8 percent of the bone across my hips, and that’s after two hours of exercise every single day in space. I wouldn’t have been able to pass a sobriety test for a week after I returned, and it was four months before I could run properly. In that first week, you’re lumbering around like a guy in a Godzilla costume.

 

 

Playing The Beatles Backwards Devil Worship Quiz

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So, do ya want to take The Playing Beatles Backwards Devil Worship Quiz?

If you do, you’ll probably beat me.  I scored 70% and the average internet player scores 71.54%.  I thought I’d do better, but second-guessed myself on numbers 5 and 9.

I remember being introduced to the whole hidden messages thing about Paul being dead when I was in junior high.  A new conspiracy theory.  I was intrigued.  Hidden messages in Beatles songs and album covers.  Was Paul really dead and the remaining Beatles trying to send messages to fans?

The crazy thing is Paul may end up being the last Beatle standing.