Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Road Warrior

Had a spectacular gym workout last night.  I got on the treadmill and just felt great.  heart rate was low, pace was good and all I could think was that I wish I felt this way for a race or a park run.  Soon.

Last night on TV was the movie "The Road Warrior."  It is simply a classic.  I can still remember seeing it for the first time at the local film night at the local college when I was growing up.  I was maybe 15, and this an R movie.  A violent R movie.  I didn't want to see it but got dragged along.  All I could think afterwards, was "Wow."    It was incredible in a way I had never before contemplated, a post apocalyptic Western, loaded with symbolism, myth, struggle bizarre sexual tension and symbolism.   And unbelievable car chases and crashes, with one of the most frightening moments ever in a movie.  The Lord Humungous speech (begins at 0:59).



When we were in college, all we had to say was "I am gravely disappointed..." in a deep gravelly voice, and everyone knew: Humungous. After I was watching it, I tried to think about how I could tie it to my running and the title "The Road Warrior." And I failed. "Just walk away..."

6 comments:

  1. Glad you had a great workout - what a great confidence boost, eh!!! Hope you have many, many more!! :)

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  2. Oh man--I couldn't pull this one up from memory until I watched the clip (ya know how much we're dating ourselves here?). Anyhow, go with it--you can pull it off!

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  3. I've never seen that movie. I guess I'll watch it if Netflix has it online.

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  4. Hm. I have never seen this movie before either. Looks very...different. LOL!

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  5. Good post, it informative, thanks for sharing the video.

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  6. The original Mad Max (undubbed) is a good one if you can get a copy. For car chases and action as we used to do it in the 70s, it's hard to go past The Man from Hong Kong.

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