This is a short post, one that will serve as an anecdote and I'll probably be the only person to appreciate it, but that's ok, it won't be the first time or the last time. This will just serve as a reminder to me if/when I look back upon this and in the words of Bob Mortimer it'll be as memorable as picking pollen off a mouses handkerchief.
Our crew TV broadcasts sport and movies amongst some other channels dedicated to company propaganda. The choices are limited and not always entirely captivating. There's only so many times I can watch Daniel Radcliffe breaking out of a South African prison or Downtown Abbey 'The Movie'.
However, this week things took a turn. Some of which the reasons are clear and obvious. We're showing Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' and on another channel we're showing his three part interpretation of 'The Lord of the Rings'. I'm a huge Tolkien fan and love Jackson's movies.
Some of you will have spotted the nod to my love for Tolkien through the very title of this blog
The movies were filmed in New Zealand and I've been fortunate to visit the original set of Hobbiton which was a pant wetting delight for a geek like me. So it's no surprise that the ship is showing these movies as we close in on our next destination.
However........
Credit where it's due, the ship is showing the movies and we all get why
But they're also showing another movie. I can find a link with ease. But it's not been advertised and it's connection isn't obviously obvious, although in my brain it is. Who do I credit with this genius or is it merely coincidence?
If I was in charge I'd absolutely be showing this movie
Has someone on board decided to show this, or have our shoreside colleagues dictated that we show Back To The Future because between the 23rd and the 25th, we time travel? We skip the 24th due to crossing the international dateline. I've made a tongue in cheek reference to the time travel analogy in previous posts.
Not just that..... These are probably up there in my top 5 movies. I'm an eighties child and love Back To The Future. I've lost count of how many times I've read Tolkien's books, my bookshelf is a homage to the legendarium.
Was it a conscious choice of someone to show these? I do, how do I apply for that job?
To have the movie's on repeat is akin to that first pint upon getting home!
And in the words of Doc Emmet Brown, 'roads? Where were going we don't need roads'
Literally
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