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From Voyageurs National Park on FB:
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteI keep seeing people posting the new Robocop trailer. I try to keep an open mind. I say I don't mind remakes if they can pull it off.
ReplyDeleteThey can't pull it off. Robocop is perfect.
I...I think I need my awesome card revoked (assuming I had one before). :( I have never actually seen this movie.
ReplyDeleteTonya Wershow it's like watching the news. Corporations run the government and crime at the same time, public servants are vilified, TV is crass and asinine, wars rage in third world countries, and Detroit is bankrupt.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason that statue of Robocop was a great idea. He's a truly modern superhero.
Paul Verhoeven definitely warped my brain with this film. Campy and gory? Yeah but it made an impression. Total Recall was another great one. It was the little details Verhoeven sprinkled in like the "I'll buy that for a dollar" guy in Robocop, Micheal Ironside going "GAH!" in the subway in Total Recall (Michael Ironside's Reaction to Splinter Cell Blacklist) and the weird "Would You Like To Know More" webnet vignettes in Starship Troopers.
ReplyDeleteI'm not even kidding when I say that Paul Verhoeven is one of the greatest directors of all time. Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers are three of the best science fiction films of all time. I mean, watch Robocop right now. It's like they had a crystal ball. And watch Starship Troopers and think about any warmongering politician you've ever seen. Or think about fracking and then think about the mutants created by cheap domes in Total Recall.
ReplyDeleteThe film magic he did you don't see these days really. He had a nice balance of story and action.
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