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Have you ever seen the movie, "Joe Somebody?"
Posted on 06/26/2009 7:24:20 PM PDT by LouAvul
Remember the scene where he declines to fight the bully? His daughter is on the hilltop, giving him a mischievous smile, sitting on her bicycle, and the bicycle seat has flashing lights.
I took a contemporary theology class in college and we discussed cinematic symbolism. The texts we were using affirmed that in movies, nothing is accidental. Everything has a purpose.
So in "Joe Somebody," what's with the flashing bicycle seat?
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:24:20 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
To: LouAvul
Sometimes a cigar is just a a cigar. In this case, the flashing bicycle seat is a cigar.
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:27:35 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are a ruled people, serfs to the Federal Oligarchy -- and the Tree of Liberty thirsts)
To: LouAvul
Back up, or retreat. It’s a liberal thing.
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:29:32 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
To: LouAvul
One of my favorite Tim Allen movies. I guess the flashing light is a warning to car drivers that there is a bike ahead.
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:29:34 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: raybbr
The girl also played one of the lawyers in Boston Legal.
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:30:39 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
To: LouAvul
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:30:46 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: LouAvul
That movie was as gay as it gets. All that preparation, just for him to puss out at the end, as if that was the moral high ground. Libthink.
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:32:40 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: LouAvul
The texts we were using affirmed that in movies, nothing is accidental. Everything has a purpose. So what did your "contemporary theology" course have to say about the meaning of "Ishtar", "Howard the Duck", and "Plan 9 From Outer Space"?
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:35:26 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
To: savedbygrace
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:35:40 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: LouAvul
The flashing bicycle seat is a nihilistic commentary on man's abandonment in an indifferent universe. It is, ultimately, a searing indictment of the arrogance of men who assume there is meaning where there is none.
Or, it's a frickin' flashing bicycle seat.
To: LibFreeOrDie
"Howard the Duck", 
Howard T. Duck: What is the name of this place?
Beverly: Oh, Cleveland.
Howard T. Duck: Cleve-Land. Perfectly weird name for this planet.
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:39:32 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: raybbr
Even with the crazy 80’s hair, Leah Thompson was one fine looking lady in Howard the Duck.
To: TheWasteLand
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:49:40 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: LouAvul
Test marketing for the new Audi LED lights.....
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posted on
06/26/2009 7:53:06 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: LouAvul
Yes, no scene is without purpose to advance the story. No, I haven’t seen the movie. A flashing bicycle seat? Probably not a safety device for night riding. Maybe a beacon in the night like a lighthouse warning of danger yet a source of attraction for some.
To: LouAvul; Constitution Day
I like cheese.
To: TheWasteLand
“The flashing bicycle seat is a nihilistic commentary on man's abandonment in an indifferent universe. It is, ultimately, a searing indictment of the arrogance of men who assume there is meaning where there is none.”
T.S. Eliot owned such a bicycle seat.
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
06/26/2009 8:04:54 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
To: LouAvul
Its whatever you want it to be and no one, including the producer, can prove you wrong. Welcome to the high science of cinema interpretation.
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posted on
06/26/2009 8:15:57 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
To: TheWasteLand
Or, it's a frickin' flashing bicycle seat.
Love your logic, humor and insight.
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posted on
06/26/2009 8:19:39 PM PDT
by
jongaltsr
(Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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