Saturday, March 19, 2011

"Little Geek is On the Case"

That line stuck with me from the 1989 James Cameron movie "The Abyss." While not an absolute classic it appeared at the perfect time for me to remain one of my favorites. A great underwater adventure with fun characters and the first use of some pretty successful computer generated images on film (see picture below). It also led me to books. I wasn't much of a reader when I came across the novelization of movie by Orson Scott Card (the book jives better with the director's cut of the film with the extended ending). I loved the book, starting reading Card's others, and have been reading ever since.

Anyway, the line spoken by the character Hippie as he sends off the underwater remote operated vehicle called Little Geek has stuck with me. I'll often mutter it to myself as I prepare to start off on a task I want to do with enthusiasm.

I've been away from this blog for nearly two years and for multiple reasons I want to get started again. I think I'll use a separate post to explain why I'm doing this in the first place (it's mostly for me but anyone that wants to read and comment is welcome) but for now I'm simply glad to say that "Little Geek is on the case."

1 comment:

  1. I also have that line stuck in my head along with "keep your pantyhose on".
    One of my favorite films ever.
    Groundbreaking along with all of Camerons other films.

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