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I am slowly getting disgusted. Listening to Q100, coworkers, and overheard conversations, I have heard too often ‘Just shoot him down’, ‘He deserves to die’, ‘He’s a murderer’. What happened to that all american war chant of the justice system ‘Innocent until proven guilty’. Or does it only apply in situations where you haven’t been inconvenienced?

I had a two hour commute home from work yesterday due to the Crane Climber. Though I was perturbed, frustrated, in slight pain from fullbladderitis, never once did I think ‘They should kill the guy’. What is it with people going down to Buckhead to actually see the spectacle (only a spectacle because of the people going to see it, a Catch 22 of sorts) with hopes of seeing the man jump? What kind of person wants to see another person die? This man for all that he may have allegedly done, is still a son, a brother, and a friend to someone. After all, if we are going to shoot people for alleged crimes, then there are some cops in Gwinnett county that are on tape killing someone and we as taxpayers paid them to do it….let’s whip out the pistols!!!!

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The Longest Yard comes out today. It’s a remake of the classic Burt Reynolds flick from back in the day. I heard two coworkers talking about it briefly this morning. One stated that they had read reviews saying that it may be as good or better than the original. This was the young guy. THe older gentleman’s response, unsurprisingly, was ‘Why would they remake that movie? It was a classic.’ Herein lies our discussion.

Point 1. Movies are remade to update them for the current movie generation. If my 12 year old nephew watched the 70’s version of this movie he would be bored out of his little hormonal skull. Show him a movie with people he knows ie Sandler, Rock, Nellie, the chick with the new boobs from Friends and he is entertained.

Point 2. If the movie was such a classic, shouldn’t someone else take a stab at it. At worst, the movie flops and the original classic remains at the top of the hill.

Point 3. I think older generations dislike seeing remakes because they have become so attached to the original version. If the remake turns out to be as good as or, movie heavens forbid, better than the original then the original loses some of it’s shine. The loss of shine causes the older generation to realize just how much older and possibly disconnected they are becoming with the changing of the times.

Okay, tired of talking about this now…..

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