Did you know that the 1953 movie, "The Robe," was the FIRST movie made in CinemaScope?!! For you movie-challenged types, this is a movie about Christ and how His Robe changed the lives of folks "back in the day." It actually ends with two converted Romans played by Richard Burton and Jean Simmons walking away to be shot to death with arrows for their "treason" to Caligula's Rome by becoming Christians. It struck me...not very hard, but maybe a 4.1 on the Richter scale...that it was most providential that THE first wide screen movie (Martin Scorsese does an introduction to the newly digitalized version) EVER! Think about it, the first printing press item was The Bible thanks to Johann Gutenberg. The first printing in Cherokee was Christian literature thanks to Elias Boudinot, Rev. Samuel Worcester & Rev. Evan Jones. The first printing in India likewise was Christian literature thanks to William Carey et al. I wonder how many other firsts follow this pattern?! Why, there may be another great work of literature in my fingertips called God Caused the Firsts...I guess it would start with creation and go from there, Eh?
Well, after "The Robe" we segued to "The Hulk"...another one of those chick flicks ("Lady Arwen Falls for The Big Green Guy"might be the alternate title since Liv Tyler plays Dr. Elizabeth Ross, Bruce Banner's heart throb.) Now, Hulkie and Betty didn't walk into the clouded skies to Alleluias as did Richard and Jean's characters, but the gotta-be-sequel will, I'm sure, continue their Beauty and the Beast style relationship as General Ross and Tony "Iron Man" Stark team up to work their Marvel Magic against The Hulk.
Lastly, a bit of 70s laughs with "Barney Miller" capped the Sabbath night rest and relaxation show; especially with the hash brownies episode where Jack Soo utters his "Mooshy, mooshy, mooshy" line with such comic expertise. For you "Firefly" fans, Shepherd Book, a.k.a., Ron Glass appears as the jive, three-piece-suited, Afro-haircut Sgt. Harris, chain smoking and testifyin' to the efficacy of the brownies to Capt. Barney.
Well, it's time to check in to see if Chickweed Monday can be an actuality, since it rained a bit ago and may or may not be doing so now. For those of you on it, enjoy Spring Break. For those of you who aren't...GET BACK TO WORK!!
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