Whoo hoo!
“The Man With The Hat is Back”
For the first time since 1989, Harrison Ford dons the familiar costume on Thursday, June 21, 2007, as the upcoming Indiana Jones adventure begins production under the direction of Steven Spielberg. The new Indiana Jones movie is set in the 1950s and stars Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, Ray Winstone and Jim Broadbent. The Lucasfilm Ltd. production will be released by Paramount Pictures worldwide on May 22, 2008.
Sometimes I wonder what someone from the past would think if brought forward and shown some modern interpretation of their time period. How bizarre would it be to see your desperately difficult life transformed into a theme park? Or how would someone from “decent” society years ago view the current glamorization of what were in their period frightening monsters?
Case in point — the current obsession with pirates, which has ebbed and flowed over the years but is currently in another golden age of marketing, thanks to Disney and Johnny Depp.
This morning at physical therapy, a commercial came on the TV for the new Pirate’s Dinner Adventure, which basically looks to be Medieval Times for the swashbuckling set.
There are two locations, one in Buena Park CA and one in Orlando FL.
Pirate’s Dinner Adventure is acclaimed as “the world’s most unique interactive dinner show.” Guests are entertained with an astonishing display of special effects wizardry, aerial artistry, swashbuckling swordplay, dynamic duels and daring-do; a classic story of good vs. evil that offers the perfect blend of action, adventure, comedy and romance; the opportunity to interact in the adventure; and a sumptuous dining experience.
Of course, the first thing you wonder is who it was who did all that acclaiming about how unique the show is (plus what they were on when they said it), but to me the more interesting question would be what some early 19th century landlubber would think if plunked down in the middle of the first course. Also, isn’t it “derring-do”?
I love how they dance around the whole “Disney” thing:
Just a few gangplanks away from Orange County’s famous Caribbean pirates, a new breed of pirate has set sail in Southern California. Bringing local citizens and visitors a high seas adventure the likes of which hasn’t been seen on the West Coast since Privateer Captain Hippolyte Bouchard set fire to Monterey, raided Santa Barbara and pillaged Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1818.
Good old Hippolyte Bouchard.
Will family diners in the future visit song-and-dance adventures with French Underground guerillas and Nazi stormtroopers, poorly interpreted versions of fast food meals, all with holographic special effects?
Speaking of crazy commutes, check out this amazing adventure which frankly makes my century training seem rather pitiful. ;)
I Biked From Mendoza to Alaska: The Story of My 15 Thousand Mile Solo Trip —
One day, when I lived in Argentina, I decided to go for a bike ride. I ended up in Alaska, almost two years later. What it started as a fun thing to do and a physical challenge ended up changing me and my world view forever.
I love to bicycle. I have always loved it, even if I’ve gone through periods of my life when I didn’t have a bike. When I was a kid, cycling was a means of escape and adventure. Today, it is partly that, but with additional adult fitness and health goals.
There is an entire cycling culture, with additional subcultures mostly broken into roadies (spandex-sporting euro-types who stick mainly to the streets) and mountain bikers (grungy types who only go off-road, and often dangerously downhill), with associated uniforms, bike models, and equipment.
I am not really into one group or the other — poseurs are annoying no matter what group they’re posing for. What I like to do is ride wherever the hell I want, which is why my Specialized HardRock — a combo bike that can be used on both road and trail — works quite well for me.
