Friday, September 05, 2003

 
Greatest of all guy tears-up deathless prose?

Or: Lord Tennyson, anyone?

Or: Buber blubber?

Now, a *real* guy would rather have blood spurting out of his eye in the manner of Monty Python's "Tennis anyone" sketch as "produced by Sam Peckinpah" than tears in front of his er, chums. More than a few readers will remember that an NRO staffer "blubbed" on re-reading the account of Margarette Buber, some old commie bat who was surprised that soldiers from a capitalist country didn't take from her abilities according to their needs. Now, one of the arguably greatest guy tears-up bit of prose was uttered by "Roy Batty" as played by Rutger Hauer in the aforeposted "Blade Runner." -- Roy had just saved the life of his nemesis, Deckard, and was awaiting his(Batty's) incep programed death on a rainy rooftop:
Roy Batty: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
Evocative stuff, although haven't the foggiest, my beamish Readers, as to the nature of "C-beams" or the "Tannhauser gate." At any, rate, and needless to say, Deckard(the "blade runner" who had dispatched replicants with a gun rather than a vorpal blade)isn't feeling frabjous as Roy tears-up(or was it just the rain?), expires, and, showing more mercy than many humans and at least one Osborne, releases a dove.
Tip Of The Day: If you run across a guy who has a teardrop tattoo beneath his eye who says that his grandaddy saw Johnny Cash live at Folsom and opines that MTV should have given JC an award, the "experience" of a lifetime of watching bad cinema suggests that caution is advised in replying that Jusitn Timberlake's "Cry Me A River" is much better than anything done by The Man In Black.
Well summer is waning and have just drained the above ground "trash pool" in the backyard. The constellation Orion should be visible again soon, albeit late at night at first. The 15 year old daughter and 16 year old son are years past the ages when they looked through Daddy's telescope willingly rather than to humor the old fart. Last night I could see not only a polar ice cap, but also some surface markings with the ol' Celestron 8" Cassegrain, but I don't think they gave a rat's ass. Sob, choke -now *I'm* doing it...
Hasta la verklempt.