{"id":282149,"date":"2018-10-03T13:57:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/10\/03\/piscine-unrelated-thebiscuiteternal\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:57:39","slug":"piscine-unrelated-thebiscuiteternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2018\/10\/03\/piscine-unrelated-thebiscuiteternal\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

piscine-unrelated<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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thebiscuiteternal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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fuckyeah-nerdery<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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sirfrogsworth<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I love Tom Hanks. I\u2019ve always loved Tom Hanks. I loved Before Tom Hanks. And I love After Tom Hanks. Now, some of you are probably saying,\u00a0\u201cFroggie, there is only one Tom Hanks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ah, so young.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You see, when I was a youth Tom Hanks was seen very differently. He was that cross-dressing guy. Eventually he did Splash and The Money Pit and he was that Generic Comedy Movie Guy. You liked him, but unless his movies were on cable you kinda forgot about him. Then he did Big and everybody flinched for a moment. It was a special movie and there were signs there was more to Tom Hanks than meets the eye. But then he did Turner & Hooch and everybody went back to seeing Tom as that Generic Comedy Movie Guy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was like cotton candy. Sweet, enjoyable, but not a lot of substance. Empty calories from an occasional treat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then there was Joe vs the Volcano. I actually went to see this in the theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was\u2026 somethin\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some people were ready to put Tom out to pasture. His relevance as a comedy star was fading. His leading man abilities came into question. Tom was always very humble so he was like, \u201cNo big deal. I\u2019ll be a character actor. I\u2019ll just do supporting roles.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

So he did A League of Their Own. He said,\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s no crying in baseball!\u201d and stole the movie. People changed their damn minds again. \u201cHe should be the star of a movie!\u201d And I was like,\u00a0\u201cHe was! \u2026a bunch of times!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In comes Sleepless in Seattle. For better or worse, he helped birth a new age of Romantic Comedies. Mothers everywhere thought he was adorable. He was a bonafide star again and could call his own shots. But I\u2019m not sure Tom really wanted to be Romantic Comedy Guy after being Generic Comedy Movie Guy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So he went a different direction. Thus began\u2026 After Tom Hanks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom\u2019s next film was not a comedy. Not even a little bit. He played a gay man. Who had AIDs. And was dying. While fighting off homophobes with The Law. And his costar was dramatic heavyweight Denzel Washington. Tom was so committed that he lost a ton of weight to look sick. It was a heartbreaking movie with a beautiful performance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before Philidelphia was released people were a bit confused. They were like,\u00a0\u201cHuh? Tom Hanks? He\u2019s that cross dressing, mermaid loving, comedy guy who did a buddy cop movie with a dog named Hooch. What\u2019s going on here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

And then the movie came out and pretty much everyone who saw it was like,\u00a0\u201cHoly shit. Where did that come from?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

It turns out Tom Hanks could act. I mean, he could act<\/i>. For the longest time people saw his goofy face and curly hair and didn\u2019t really test his range. He didn\u2019t belong in a movie fighting a volcano. People had been selling him short for years. But he never complained. He was always just happy to be working. He just waited patiently and when he saw a shot, he took it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom went off to the races. Forest Gump confirmed it. It wasn\u2019t luck. Tom could definitely act like the dickens. Then came Apollo 13. Houston we have an actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He did Toy Story and was like,\u00a0\u201cHow about I kick start a revolutionary new form or movie-making?\u201d DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then he was like,\u00a0\u201cI want to be an action hero, but with feeeelings.\u201d Saving Private Ryan. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then he was like, \u201cThose romantic comedy moms were so nice to me and kinda saved my career.\u201d You\u2019ve Got Mail. THANKS MOMS. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then Tom got a little crazy.\u00a0\u201cWhat if it really hurt when I have to pee?\u201d The Green Mile. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to act, but I am sick of other people.\u201d Cast Away. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI should throw that Leo DiCaprio kid a bone.\u201d Catch Me If You Can. DONE.<\/p>\n

[Leo powers up.]<\/p>\n

\u201cAccents are fun.\u201d The Terminal. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, what if I test out this motion capture technology that isn\u2019t quite ready and demonstrate the greatest example of what the Uncanny Valley is?\u201d The Polar Express. CREEPILY DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI want\u2026 MONEY. Make it rain!\u201d The Da Vinci Code. DONE. FRANCHISE INITIATED.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get weird.\u201d Cloud Atlas. CONFUSINGLY DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I should go back to just acting good and stuff.\u201d Captain Phillips. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed being a captain and acting good.\u201d Sully. DONE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At this point, Tom had DONE it all. But I think a new challenge lies ahead.<\/p>\n

Hollywood had a dilemma. Mr. Rogers was the purest being to ever grace this planet. Who is the least scummy person in the industry?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Fucking Hanks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ack, sorry Mr. Rogers. That was uncalled for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tom Hecking Hanks.<\/p>\n

And that brings us to today. Tom Hanks is going to be Mr. Rogers and I really hope it\u2019s amazing because Fred deserves nothing less. And I think he wold approve of Tom telling his story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve seen another story quite like Tom Hanks. He was so close to becoming a forgotten Generic Comedy Actor Guy. He could have easily become one of those people discussed on\u00a0\u201cI Love the 80s\u201d where the talking heads are like,\u00a0\u201cWhatever happened to that guy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very glad that didn\u2019t happen. Tom seems like a genuinely good guy. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever heard a story where someone was like,\u00a0\u201cThat Tom Hanks is a real douche.\u201d He still seems to be madly in love with his wife. They\u2019ve been together for 30 years! I wonder if that is some kind of Hollywood record.\u00a0He\u2019s a good father. A good friend. A great spokesman for WWII vets. And he is always willing to make a fan\u2019s wedding memorable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He just inspires me to keep trying to be a better me. He inspires me to be a sustainable<\/i> better me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And for that I\u2019d like to say\u2026<\/p>\n

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This was a great TED Talk. Thanks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One of my favorite things about him is that he\u2019s such a giant nerd that a podcast bribed him into appearing by gifting him a vintage typewriter and he wrote back his acceptance on the typewriter. Neeeerrrrd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

His acceptance Letter is in and of itself, a thing of pure beauty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I like to think he channeled Woody while writing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tom Hanks loves typewriters so much that he has an\u00a0app<\/a> to mimic typing on a typewriter\u00a0on your iPad or iPhone (I\u2019ve used it, I kinda love it). Also he wrote a book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

piscine-unrelated: thebiscuiteternal: fuckyeah-nerdery: sirfrogsworth: I love Tom Hanks. I\u2019ve always loved Tom Hanks. I loved Before Tom Hanks. And I love After Tom Hanks. Now, some of you are probably saying,\u00a0\u201cFroggie, there is only one Tom Hanks.\u201d\u00a0 Ah, so young.\u00a0 You see, when I was a youth Tom Hanks was seen very differently. He was … <\/p>\n

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