Rick Blaine is God

[rengadeirishman]

discuss.

 

[Liar]

Since I don't know who either is, they might be one and the same.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Who?

 

[sweetness6280]

Rick is God?

I'm not sure how you get that. I see him as Everyman, which is why so many people can identify with the character.

Only my opinion... and even if you don't agree, "We'll always have Paris."

 

[ishtat]

Rick is God?I

No, but Godrick is a saint.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Blurting out a topic, with no link, and then telling me to discuss it? Sure fire way to get me to not care even after I find out what is going on.

 

[rengadeirishman]

sorry, i was drunk and watching casablanca.

 

[neonlyte]

Rick Blaine... I'm with you on cleanliness is next to Godliness
I'm with you on self-sacrifice is the greatest gift.
I'd accept, without dispute, that a kiss is just a kiss.
No argument over piano being the perfect romantic accompaniment to love.

But he was a wimp...

He bottled it...

You must remember this...

 

[Belegon]

*holding back urge to beat people over the head with a framed movie poster*

Bright Side Express: Will discovers whole new group of people who will either ask for handkerchiefs or try to hide that they are crying when Victor Laslow leads the orchestra...

Rick Blaine is Humphrey Bogart's character in Casablanca... and, like Hamlet and Lear, he is a character you all think you know even when you haven't seen the movie.

Imagine how cool it would be for one of your characters to enjoy that pop culture status, eh? *grin*



Now.... imagine how it would suck if all those people thought they knew your character and had never read your book. *frown*

Watch the movie. You won't be sorry.

 

[3113]

Now.... imagine how it would suck if all those people thought they knew your character and had never read your book. *frown*

Not fair, Bel. I'm betting they've all seen the movie. But Rick's last name doesn't get mentioned much. He's just "Rick" through most of the movie (unlike Victor Laslow who's last name keeps getting mentioned over and over again and is very distinct).

If Irish had said, "Rick from Casa Blanca" then I don't think there would have been a single "huh" among the posts.

 

[R. Richard]

Not true! God is a 500 pound canary bird who flies through the cosmos with a laser sword clutched in his talons, looking for revenge!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Not fair, Bel. I'm betting they've all seen the movie. But Rick's last name doesn't get mentioned much. He's just "Rick" through most of the movie (unlike Victor Laslow who's last name keeps getting mentioned over and over again and is very distinct).

If Irish had said, "Rick from Casa Blanca" then I don't think there would have been a single "huh" among the posts.

Agreed.

I swear on a stack of Victoria's Secret catalogs that I just posted this over on the Story Feedback forum on a story set in WW II Paris called, French Resistance.

If spy novels hold any appeal for you, check out some of Allan Furst's novels. All his recent ones are set in Europe during and before WW II and do an incredible job on atmosphere. Reading one, you get the feel you're standing outside Rick's in Casablanca watching a gorgeous blonde walk in while a fat guy wearing a fez waddles out. Kingdom of Shadows and The World At Night, both set in Paris, would be my first picks.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Liar]

Watch the movie. You won't be sorry.

Did. It was well above par. But Humph's character didn't exactly etch itself into my memory as a highlight of the movie, despite a lively performance.

The visual is iconic, the name, not as much. Like Marilyn and the skirt scene. I have no idea what that character she played was called.

 

[3113]

The visual is iconic, the name, not as much. Like Marilyn and the skirt scene. I have no idea what that character she played was called.

The movie in which Marilyn has her famous, fluttering skirt scene is the "7 Year Itch" and she has no name in that movie. She's just known as "the girl upstairs."

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Not fair, Bel. I'm betting they've all seen the movie. But Rick's last name doesn't get mentioned much. He's just "Rick" through most of the movie (unlike Victor Laslow who's last name keeps getting mentioned over and over again and is very distinct).

If Irish had said, "Rick from Casa Blanca" then I don't think there would have been a single "huh" among the posts.

Yep. It's true, I blanked. Rick WHO? Is he that magician guy who... oh no that's DAVID Blaine....

 

[CharleyH]

*holding back urge to beat people over the head with a framed movie poster*

Bright Side Express: Will discovers whole new group of people who will either ask for handkerchiefs or try to hide that they are crying when Victor Laslow leads the orchestra...

Rick Blaine is Humphrey Bogart's character in Casablanca... and, like Hamlet and Lear, he is a character you all think you know even when you haven't seen the movie.

Imagine how cool it would be for one of your characters to enjoy that pop culture status, eh? *grin*



Now.... imagine how it would suck if all those people thought they knew your character and had never read your book. *frown*

Watch the movie. You won't be sorry.

Why thank you. I was thinking the same thing.

 

[sweetness6280]

*holding back urge to beat people over the head with a framed movie poster*

Bright Side Express: Will discovers whole new group of people who will either ask for handkerchiefs or try to hide that they are crying when Victor Laslow leads the orchestra...

Rick Blaine is Humphrey Bogart's character in Casablanca... and, like Hamlet and Lear, he is a character you all think you know even when you haven't seen the movie.

Imagine how cool it would be for one of your characters to enjoy that pop culture status, eh? *grin*



Now.... imagine how it would suck if all those people thought they knew your character and had never read your book. *frown*

Watch the movie. You won't be sorry.

Excuse me? Even in the early morning brain fog of 4 AM posting I knew who he was.
Re-read my post darlin... "Play it, Sam"

 

[Liar]

The movie in which Marilyn has her famous, fluttering skirt scene is the "7 Year Itch" and she has no name in that movie. She's just known as "the girl upstairs."

See, not even the damn writer knew. And still.

 

[CharleyH]

See, not even the damn writer knew. And still.

LOL

 

[Belegon]

Oh, I noticed that you knew, Sweetness... I just didn't remember to put an "except Sweetness" on there...

And with all respect, 3113... I'm living with someone who has never seen it. I love her dearly, but she doesn't have love for movies that I have. Talking movies with my beloved is like trying to talk traditional "guy" sports with A.B.G. Lot's of bemused looks and headshakes about how silly I am to be getting all worked up over it.

seriously, many of us here are far more "literate" about such classic things than the general public... but not all of us have the same knowledge base...

I mean... *prepares to duck the rotten fruit* ...I've never read a single book by Jane Austen or Charles Dickens. Not one. Just seen movies.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have seen Casablanca a few times as well. I am just terrible with names, and really didn'tcare to google it at that particular point in time

 

[rgraham666]

I've never seen Casablanca

 

[3113]

And with all respect, 3113... I'm living with someone who has never seen it.

And, with no respect at all, it's rude to make the assumption that people don't know the name because they haven't seen the movie. We all have off days, or forget last names and other such details because our brains are filled with information--like knowing all the characters in Dickens and Jane Austen novels.

You give people the benefit of the doubt and AFTER they say, "Oh gosh, never saw it" THEN you take them to task for not seeing it. There's no call to assume ignorance based on so little evidence as not knowing some character's last name.

 

[TE999]

Not true! God is a 500 pound canary bird who flies through the cosmos with a laser sword clutched in his talons, looking for revenge!

Oh so wrong! God is a 1,000 foot tall red jelly bean who is perpetually amused by humanity; which is why he lets us have free rein.

 

[sweetness6280]

seriously, many of us here are far more "literate" about such classic things than the general public... but not all of us have the same knowledge base...

I mean... *prepares to duck the rotten fruit* ...I've never read a single book by Jane Austen or Charles Dickens. Not one. Just seen movies.

At the risk of once again revealing my nerd status.... I have a Jane Austen action figure.

Actually, a lot of people may not have read Austen or Dickens. I happen to enjoy reading them, along with many other things, but we all have our own likes and dislikes.

I tried to read War and Peace... but I ended up skipping all the War parts. I saw no reason to continue reading it, just to say so.

I adore movies, but the hubby is indifferent. I immerse myself in a movie and find it completely unbelieveable that he can just get up and walk out of the movie at any given moment. How can he possibly not care what happens?