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I giggled at the screen last night. It was in the fourth quarter, Spurs down by twelve. All I could think was 'man, this comeback is gonna be awesome'.

In an effort to recapture that feeling, I thought I'd take a stroll through popular culture to hunt out instances of the same quiet bravado that I saw in Manu in particular and our boys in general as they set about the task of destroying a team that thought it had its foot on our necks. Here are my suggestions; others are welcome.

1) The source of the title quote. If you can think of a more apt parallel for the magnificent mayhem that the merely-human-yet-preternaturally-focused Manu can accomplish, I'd love to hear it. Oh, bonus points for not needing to Google the quote.

2) With a nod to Big50's very-recent post: Gladiator, after Phoenix stabs Crowe in the final showdown. Because winners are winners, even when we're bleeding.

3) The Matrix, after the agents unload into Neo. Because when you stop to think about it, there is no spoon - and there is no opponent, not when the Big 3 are operating on all cylinders.

4) Tying in both Moore and the Wachowski brothers, V for Vendetta: you don't think Nellie was on the sidelines screaming "Die! Die! Why won't you die? Why ... won't ... you ... die?"

5) The Crow. I'm pretty sure that during that timeout where everybody was fired up and yelling, Manu muttered under his breath: "They're all dead. They just don't know it yet."

What have I missed?

 

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I Googled it and I still don’t know where that’s from.

One man's toxic sludge is another man's popuri

by Big50 on Feb 3, 2009 11:58 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

It’s a quote from The Watchmen.

by Lauri on Feb 3, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Or, you know, just Watchmen.

by Lauri on Feb 3, 2009 1:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Never heard of it. What is it?

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Feb 3, 2009 1:47 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Movie

It’s a graphic comic that is now a movie…I obviously have never read the comic and have yet to see the movie.

One man's toxic sludge is another man's popuri

by Big50 on Feb 3, 2009 2:12 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

…You guys suck. It’s only the best comic ever.

I’m serious. Watching the game without reading the comic is sheer heresy.

by LatinD on Feb 3, 2009 2:53 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

aren’t you sassy for a lollygagging slacker who still hasn’t gotten the game thread up?

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Feb 3, 2009 3:13 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Up now. No fancy linkage, though. :)

by LatinD on Feb 3, 2009 3:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Lollygagging huh? And then you wonder why people think you’re old.

"Long ago there were these two awful towns. Sodom, named after sodomy, and Gomorrah, named after...after an even weirder move"- The Professor Brothers

by Hipuks on Feb 4, 2009 3:17 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

What do the young people say these days instead of lollygagging?

We specialize in misinformation around here. Facts and stats just get in the way.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Feb 4, 2009 9:09 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

“Aren’t you sassy for a fucking lazy slacker who still hasn’t gotten the game thread up?”
Though that could be just me, I do like using bad words.

"Long ago there were these two awful towns. Sodom, named after sodomy, and Gomorrah, named after...after an even weirder move"- The Professor Brothers

by Hipuks on Feb 4, 2009 10:18 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Y’all can call BS if you want, but I seriously got the same feeling when the commentators said something to the effect of “The Spurs are down 12, and the upset is in progress.” I figured we’d run ‘em down and Timmy or Manu would finish ’em in regulation, so I was only a little off when I tuned back in just in time to watch Manu force OT. I don’t even know why I finished watching the game…..didn’t take a rocket scientist to see the Dubs’ spirits were broken and the Silver and Black would come out on top once again.

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton

by spursfan4ever on Feb 3, 2009 4:33 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

BS!

oh…sorry, I couldn’t resist.

One man's toxic sludge is another man's popuri

by Big50 on Feb 3, 2009 5:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

lol. Good fanpost, btw

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton

by spursfan4ever on Feb 3, 2009 5:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

BTW good job by the anouncers. Even when the Warriors were up 10 they never goy very excited, they KNEW something was going to happen.

"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what."

by Chilai on Feb 3, 2009 8:52 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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