Peace Like A River


It was a wide river, mistakable for a lake or even an ocean unless you'd been wading and knew its current. Somehow I'd crossed it... Now I saw the stream regrouped below, flowing on through what might've been vineyards, pastures, orhards... It flowed between and alongside the rivers of people; from here it was no more than a silver wire winding toward the city. - Leif Enger, Peace Like A River

Monday, December 19, 2005

Fun for the entire family

Last night I was watching some of the Bears-Falcons game, amused at the sight of the boys from Georgia dealing with temps in the single digits. During commercials, I happened to flip over to AMC. The initials stand for American Movie Classics.

So what was on. A Steven Seagal movie. Yes, Ol' Squinty Eyes himself, on American Movie Classics. A sign the world is coming to an end. (Yes, the channel did make a switch awhile back to include movies that, uh, weren't exactly classics.)

It reminded me, though, of a game I invented, a game that can provide hours of amusement for the entire family.

Seagal's earlier movies all could be used with the phrase "Steven Seagal IS...", and indeed movie trailers often did just that. "Steven Seagal IS Marked For Death." "Steven Seagal IS Hard To Kill." And so on.

Well, now you can join in the fun. Just put the phrase in front of today's movies, and you too can have buckets of entertainment.

Steven Seagal IS King Kong.
Steven Seagal IS Brokeback Mountain.
Steven Seagal IS Aeon Flux.
Steven Seagal IS Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Steven Seagal IS Chicken Little.

You can play with true classics...

Steven Seagal IS The Godfather.
Steven Seagal IS The Maltese Falcon.
Steven Seagal IS The Third Man.

or, with musicals...

Steven Seagal IS The Sound Of Music.
Steven Seagal IS The Wizard Of Oz.

with foreign films...

Steven Seagal IS Aguirre Wrath Of God.
Steven Seagal IS Betty Blue.

with comedies...

Steven Seagal IS Dr. Strangelove
Steven Seagal IS Annie Hall.

See how it works? Now, you will never be bored during the holidays.

13 Comments:

  • At Tue Dec 20, 01:50:00 PM, Leo Pusateri said…

    Steven Segal is: Dumb and dumberer.

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 01:58:00 PM, Jeff said…

    Hey, you've mastered the game already!

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 02:56:00 PM, Night Writer said…

    Steven Seagall IS Pretty in Pink.

    Steven Seagall IS Pride and Prejudice.

    Steven Seagall IS Scrooged.

    Steven Seagall IS A.I. - Artificial Intelligence.

    Steven Seagall IS Almost Famous.

    Steven Seagall IS the Bridge Over the River Kwai. (Wait, I guess that one doesn't work. Oh well.)

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 03:04:00 PM, Jeff said…

    And another quick study!

    (I almost included The Bridge Over The River Kwai in my original post!)

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 03:43:00 PM, Night Writer said…

    Or, Steven Seagall is:

    ... Flubber
    ... The Relic
    ... 8 1/2 Women
    ... Deconstructing Harry
    ... How Stella Got Her Groove Back

    Geez, I've got to get some work done.

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 03:46:00 PM, Jeff said…

    I'm tellin' ya, hours of fun. It opens up whole new movie vistas.

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 08:49:00 PM, Mall Diva said…

    Steven Seagall IS Legally Blonde!

    Steven Seagall IS Napoleon Dynamite!

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 09:14:00 PM, hammerswing75 said…

    Steven Seagall is the Passion of the Christ.
    Steven Seagall is the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Steven Seagall is Coming to America is Shakespeare in Love

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 09:18:00 PM, Jeff said…

    (I didn't know Seagal was a blonde...)

    Steven Seagal IS Yours, Mine and Ours.
    Steven Seagal IS The Last Starfighter.
    Steven Seagal IS Sleepless in Seattle.

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 10:55:00 PM, Night Writer said…

    Steven Seagall IS the 40-year-old Virgin (not that there's anything wrong with that).

    Ok, I'm going to stop now. I mean it.

     
  • At Tue Dec 20, 11:06:00 PM, Jeff said…

    The 40-yr old...wha...? I might have to institute a comment policy.

     
  • At Wed Dec 21, 10:54:00 AM, Night Writer said…

    No, really! "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was the surprise hit movie of last year; I saw the commercials for the DVD release over the weekend. (I didn't see the movie, but read the "Screenit.com" descriptions, and it didn't sound that entertaining or edifying to me.) Besides, given that it's Seagall we're talking about, I thought bad taste was expected.

    One more: Steven Seagall IS A Guy Thing.

     
  • At Wed Dec 21, 12:04:00 PM, Jeff said…

    Oh, I was just razzing you.

    Steven Seagal IS The Wedding Planner.

     

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