Today I was thinking about Captain America: The First Avenger. That then got me thinking about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. This then got me thinking about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Which then got me thinking about Sean Connery. (You're welcome for the insight into my mind.)
Sean Connery is a baffling person. The man was born n 1930 Scotland and is still kicking over 80 years later. Over his extraordinary lifetime the man has garnered 31 awards for his acting (including and Oscar for The Untouchables), 15 additional nominations, and 90 acting titles dating back to 1954. Even though he hasn't done much lately, that works out to be over a 50 year career. A career of being awesome. Ironically enough I have never seen one of the original Bond movies starring Connery;however, I still connect his name with that of Bond, James Bond. He leapt to international super-stardom by ordering Martinis shaken, not stirred in Dr. No in 1962, but managed to maintain a well-rounded resume of Shakespearean and main-stream films and TV shows. While The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was effectively the last film he did, he has still remained int he publis eye by serving as a model/spokesperson for Louis Vuitton handbags.
"Thish ish how I roll, bitches."
Recently Connery has been kept from major activity due to an illness. I learned about it from a guest on Craig Ferguson (I completely forget who) that is a close personal friend of the esteemed Sir Sean; this person said that poor dentistry earlier in his life caused a life-threatening infection. He's apparently recovering fine, and since Google didn't pop up with any major articles related to it (this wasn't related but is HILAROUS) I guess he's doing well. Just think of this: if poor dental hygiene in the UK mid-last century wasn't crap he wouldn't have been slowed down. The man is over 80 years old and bad dental work brings him down; not cancer, not a broken hip, but bad dental work. His body is in impeccable health from what I can tell, which is amazing considering his age.
Sir Sean also is the oldest man to ever win People's Sexiest Man Alive title (59 years old in 1989). He is also the only person (other than Madonna and some other really pretentious people) who's accent has become thicker as he's gotten older (even though he's spent a lot more time stateside promoting films). Sean Connery's accent is not only a running joke in movies (due to it's ridiculous awesomeness), but a character in itself. Craig Ferguson has used the Connery accent as a shtick since the early days of his comedic career, as have many other actors. He is a legend; there is no other way to put it.
Let's return to the movie that got me started on this: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I hope everyone reading this has seen it because it's a very entertaining romp. Assuming you've seen it, then you saw Connery being as kick-ass as ever, fighting evil and appearing to be in his sixties (if that). Connery was 73 when he starred as Allan Quartermain. Now go watch that movie again (or for the first time if you are a failure) and remember that that man is old enough to be almost everyone's grandfather. It's both terrifying and awesome that he has maintained his health for this long. This brings me to the title of this article; I believe Connery can be only one thing: a Cylon. Check out Battlestar Gallactica (or the wikipedia page) for the details if you don't know what a Cylon is, but I believe he'll live forever. More correctly I believe when his body dies he'll be downloaded into a new consciousness and continue this epic life. Perhaps the thicker accent comes from a flaw in the downloading programing. Who knows? Let's just hope that when the machines rise up Connery is not leading them. We'll be so severely screwed f that's the case.
No comments:
Post a Comment