Wax Off
It saddens me so much to learn that Mr. Miyagi, Pat Morita, has died. DEAD! He died of natural causes, which is normal for a man of his age. But he will live on forever as the most kick-assest of anybody I have ever known in the movies. And I have seen The Transporter, and a bunch of Jean Claud Van Damn flicks. You could debate on and on about who would win in a fight between Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Bruce Lee. I don't think anybody would argue against Mr. Miyagi rubbing their faces in it. He wouldn't even get mad, because that's not his style. He was always cool as ice. But not vanilla ice. Much cooler than that.
Here he is being cool with Ralph. He almost reminds me of Yoda in this picture, with Ralph being so much like Luke in more ways than one. Yoda also demands respect. A fight to end all fights would be between Yoda and Mr. Miyagi. Both are figures of stature, wisdom and prowess. I would put my money on Mr. Miyagi because he didn't even need a light saber to kick ass. And he knows how to run a great diner frequented by a bunch of rowdy kids rocking around the clock.
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 11/27/2005 02:15:00 PM
9 Comments:
Now who will play William in the movie? Who was going to play you, steve? I can't remember. I remember Randy Quaid was going to play justin. Perfect casting. And I remember michelle getting mad that rosie odonell was going to play her. And pee wee herman was going to play arron. And chris elliot was going to play craig just because craig loves him so much.
Posted by mandypants
I was totally going to post something about him too but you beat me to it. What a moving touching homage, I forgot to mention earlier.
Was it Wierd Al that was going to play me? Not the best casting if that was it. Ben Stiller might be good for me. I would suggest Elija Wood, but he is WAY too perfect for my brother Chris.
I just saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Ralph Fienes is PERFECT for Voldemort.
Posted by Steve
I think it was weird al! Ben Stiller would suck for you. Long time. Hey, the greek dad from Webster, George Papadopoulos could play Pat Morita's wife, Joanna when she and Will get married! Or that chick from my big fat greek wedding. That would probably be more appropriate.
Posted by mandy
Marigold sez that Janeane Garofalo would play her. And who plays you, Mandy? Maybe Leonardo Dicaprio.
Posted by Steve
Rob Schneider is also half filipino so maybe he could play Marigold.
Well, at the time, Elaine was going to play me. Not Julia Louis-Dreyfus but Elaine, the character. But I think it should be Mary Tyler Moore because she was a single career girl just like me in the Mary Tyler Moore show AND she has diabetes just like me. And we both want to have sex with dick van dyke but never will.
Posted by Mandy
I have only a faint recollection of this movie, but its starting to come back.
I think that Steve should be played by Chris Elliot instead of Ben Stiller. Or, Larry David.
Marigold will be played by the actress who plays AnnaLucia on Lost.
Alicia will be plaed by Hope Davis
Posted by Justin
I think Big Bird was going to play kevin. And Amanda Plummer was going to play Tasha and she got really mad once she found out who Amanda Plummer was. I think pat morita could still play Will, we would just have to CGI the whole thing. And then we could have CGI pat morita/will fight cgi yoda. And then we could all play baseball.
Posted by mandy