Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (The Top 25 players at Texas in early 2020...)
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It's amazing how much Red Fern connected with me and has forever stayed with me.
What about Lennie from Of Mice and Men?
Here's my Top 10
10. Mark Greene (ER)
9. Jenny (Forest Gump)
8. Mufasa (The Lion King)
7. Lucy Knight (ER)
6. Bambi's Mom (Bambi)
5. Littlefoot's Mom (The Land Before Time)
4. Charlotte (Charlotte's Webb)
3. Wallace (The Wire)
2. Old Yeller (Old Yeller)
1. Old Dan and Little Anne (Where The Red Fern Grows)
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Hmm? Eventually Wilson runs out of air and dies, right? Maybe I read too much into it.a. I'm going to update it again after the sping. I'm curious to see how much it changes then.
b. No way IMO.
c. Agreed.
d. Wilson didn't die. He just floated away, no?
e.
Definitely keep that list. It will be interesting. Kenyatta Watson is a wild card.
No. 9 - The List: Top 10 Fictional Deaths ...
I saw this Tweet over the weekend and thought it would potentially make for some interesting discussion.
Here's my Top 10
10. Mark Greene (ER)
9. Jenny (Forest Gump)
8. Mufasa (The Lion King)
7. Lucy Knight (ER)
6. Bambi's Mom (Bambi)
5. Littlefoot's Mom (The Land Before Time)
4. Charlotte (Charlotte's Webb)
3. Wallace (The Wire)
2. Old Yeller (Old Yeller)
1. Old Dan and Little Anne (Where The Red Fern Grows)
The Only correct no. 1 and 2 are Joshua Deets and Augustus McRae
I saw this Tweet over the weekend and thought it would potentially make for some interesting discussion.
Here's my Top 10
10. Mark Greene (ER)
9. Jenny (Forest Gump)
8. Mufasa (The Lion King)
7. Lucy Knight (ER)
6. Bambi's Mom (Bambi)
5. Littlefoot's Mom (The Land Before Time)
4. Charlotte (Charlotte's Webb)
3. Wallace (The Wire)
2. Old Yeller (Old Yeller)
1. Old Dan and Little Anne (Where The Red Fern Grows)
The Only correct no. 1 and 2 are Joshua Deets and Augustus McRae
According to Texas' participation data https://texassports.com/documents/2019/9/30/2019_Texas_Football_Statistics.pdf, Washington played in 10 games and Overshown played in 7.
They made us watch that damn movie in 1990 when I was in the 3rd grade and cried like a little girl in front of my crush. Will never watch again
Scary memory right there. I had that hat with that headband back during that time. I was in JH I believe, but definitely sported that.
You're correct. The official site has the info incorrect on the player pages.
He’s so much more than that. When you literally have nothing and have reached the sad depths that Hanks did in that film, Wilson represented love, friendship and hope to a man that had none. The fact that he was an object makes it even more touching, because it speaks to Hanks mental state. He had no option for human connection, which is the ultimate in sadness already, that he had to project it onto a ball with a face to try and feel anything. Then when the reality of it just being a ball that is so arbitrary that it can just easily float away out of your life without consequence, that was really powerful. It was the only real thing he had and it was a ball. It won’t get as much respect because we can’t relate to it, but I thought it was more powerful than most human losses I’ve seen in films. I’m with @Anwar RichardsonHe's an inanimate object
Fascinating discussion. A few that came to mind for me that you didn't mention:
1. Jesus in The Passion of the Christ
2. The un-named poor mother telling a story to her children in Titanic as the ship is about to go down.
3. Andrea, Hank, and Drew Sharp in Breaking Bad.
I totally with you. That was a very emotional scene. You felt it when Wilson floated away to what was going to be its death. If we are having a fictional conversation, Wilson has to be on that list.
He did die. He was only “alive” because he lived in Hanks heart and mind as real. As soon as he floats away, that all dies and then it’s just a matter of moments until the ball actually ceases to exist in any real form. It was a death, much like the scene in Titanic.
I've never watched that scene and thought that Wilson floated away to its death.
It's about a parting of ways as friends and the loss that Hanks feels upon having to give up his only friendship in the name of surviving.
If it's a matter of only Hank's heart and mind, then it only dies if Hanks thinks of it as death.
He could have just as easily believed it was the end of one journey and the beginning of another.
Then you’re doing it wrong. Goodness gracious. Eye roll. Remind me not to be a friend of yours on a life raft.
There were two parts to my answer, not just the mental part. He’s a sad castaway, not a moron. He knows what happens.
Tom Hanks doesn't believe he died.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/181...e-after-cast-away-itll-give-you-all-the-feels
The thing is... Wilson isn't a separate person. He's Hanks' alternate voice.
When Wilson floats away and Hanks decides to let it float away, he's choosing to live instead of die. That's what that scene represents... Hanks fighting to live and because he does live, Wilson never really dies.
All that died was the life he lived on the island. Letting Wilson go was the last step of shedding the person that was on the island.
