Most Influential Motorcycles

Short link about the ten most influential motorcycles of all time.

Not sure I agree with all, but there are a few that stand out. The first Honda 750/4, the RD 400, for sure, and the KZ 1000.

The Judge

The Judge is one of those movies that hits all the emotional points, crafted in a way to make sure the viewer feels it, whatever it is. Goes for the jugular on the emotional heart.

If I have to analyze a movie, and it felt like a long film, but if the plot requires a running analysis, I wonder. Panned by some critics as superstar actors, Downey and Duvall, with some chemistry, but maybe not enough.

After a little reflection, and any piece of literature that requires reflection is more art, what I realized was this film, its story, the plot, certain elements? It’s an adult, male child, fantasy. In the film, it’s the fantasy of the middle son, but that varies in real life, as to which son is looking for fatherly validation.

Excellent version here, but pretty much fantasy, too, from what I know about life.

So what was with the two Pink Floyd posters? Background visual noise, and one, the first, always catches my eyes? The Animals Album. The image, the old Battersea power plant, long abandoned. Then the poster for Wish You Were Here.

Not entirely sure the posters fit the alleged historical times. And what was with the Metallica T-shirt?

The Judge at the Alamo Drafthouse.

Constable Dogberry and Mercury

Constable Dogberry and Mercury in Retrograde –

Shakespeare’s Constable Dogberry enters in the Third Act of Much Ado About Nothing. The bumbling constable is a comic masterpiece of law enforcement that somehow, pulls it off and saves the day.

You have: I knew it would be your answer. Well, for your favor, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it, and for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity. You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch; therefore bear you the lanthorn. This is your charge: you shall comprehend all vagrom men; you are to bid any man stand, in the Prince’s name.

His misuse of the language, twisted meaning, possibly the original ironic cop, it’s a perfectly acceptable Mercury Retrograde image.

While I’ve seen a number of versions of the play, to this day, the movie version that had Michael Keeton, fresh from his role as Beetlejuice, standing in either the same – or very similar – type casting and acting, just perfect. Sets a standard against which I judge all other Dogberry actors, now.

There’s a serious-comic sense to it, and the madness seems apparent. Not uncommon in Shakespeare’s canon, the Fool plays the most important point, always telling the truth.

The totality of Dogberry’s discourse is such a excellent example of how Mercury in Retrograde plays out – so wrong and yet? So right.

Come, bring away the plaintiffs. By this time our sexton hath reform’d Signior Leonato of the matter; and, masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass. 5.1.166

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Portable Mercury Retrograde – Kramer Wetzel