Wednesday, August 18, 2010

ROCKY, COLT, AND TUM TUM

Most people have seen this movie, I'm pretty sure. Now I haven't seen this in years, but I have seen it over six times and it has played a vital role in my mental and physical development. Of course, things you thought were awesome as a kid, turn out to be not as awesome as an adult. These are the things from 3 NINJAS which I often look back and reflect on.

WAIT. HOW ARE YOU GUYS RELATED?

Now I know this is a movie and the people hired are actors, but would it hurt to make the relationships between the actors believable? The granddad is Japanese, so his daughter (the mother of the 3 Ninjas) has got to look a little Japanese, right? Well she looks as Japanese as a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard draped in the proud Civil War colors of the South.

NINJAS ARE THE ULTIMATE WEAPON

Ninjas are cool. No doubt about that. Growing up I have seen every D-grade, low-budget ninja flick and have thought, and still think, each and every one of them is totally awesome. But I'm also not an idiot. How is that guys dressed in black cloth and holding weapons that CANNOT break the sound barrier, easily, swiftly, and efficiently dispose of supposedly highly trained and adequately armed officers? If this movie is to be believed, then ninjas are indeed supremely awesome OR FBI agents are actually so inept that it makes you wonder if they don't just hand out badges hidden cereal boxes.

SENSEI. GRANDFATHER.. NINJA

How is it that a 4'11, 75 year-old-man who dresses up in his shiny blue ninja outfit, which by the way doesn't even mask his identity, is able to stand at a crime scene surrounded by cops, FBI agents, guns and flash lights, and not get taken away in a straight jacket? Well actually, I guess the more important question is how does the FBI manage to look more ridiculous than him?

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