Disjointed Digression

I send myself news items from work, I think with the intention of bloggin my opinion about them… so here goes:

Tom Hanks to play lead in Ron Howard’s take on The Da Vinci Code
I read, actually I listened to, The Da Vinci Code a few months ago. I really enjoyed it! It made me think, and it also made me wonder if the author was telling half truths about things to get you hooked into his story. I always get that feeling from a Michael Crichton book. Regardless it was a good “read” and now Richie Cunningham is making the book into a movie starring Kip Wilson. (For those of you too young to remember Happy Days and Bosom Buddies that would be Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, respectively) I’m not quite sure If I think Tom Hanks will be able to pull off Robert Langdon (The Da Vinci Code’s protagonist). Don’t get me wrong, Hanks is an excellent actor, but he would not be my first choice as Langdon. Actually I’m not sure who I would cast as Langdon. When I read the book, I kept seeing Langdon as just a guy… no real celebrity comes to mind. Maybe a younger Harrison Ford (a la Indiana Jones), but not totally. I hope the movie turns out as good as the book did. I also hope Hanks pull this character off. The more I think about Hanks’ past performances, the more I think he can do it. We’ll see.

Now to get my Nerd on…
One step closer to Star Wars
A European Space Agency put an Ion propulsion rocket into orbit around the Moon. To show my nerdness and explain the link text, the TLA in TIE fighter (the Imperial ships that attacked the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars)Stands for Twin Ion Engine.

So yeah, I figure that soon they will be making advances in Ion engine technology, next will be Hyperdrives. Which as we Star Wars geeks know “Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, boy.” Sorry, I just got nerd all over your screen there. Honestly I’d love to see a resurgence in space exploration and innovation. Will it happen? Who knows? But I can always look to the sky and dream…

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