Monday, February 13, 2006

Great Mentors in Literature, Film, and History

Here is my list, add comments or your own. Thanks to Don for the picture idea

1 - Obi Wan Kenobi to Luke(just watched the scene in the bar in Mos Eisley... incredible) (http://www.geocities.com/xtrafiles/BenCantina.gif)
2 - Mr. Miyagi to Daniel LaRusso (http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/pages/movie/HE/Previews/Plans-38241.jpg)
3 - That Guy who trains Van Damme to fight blind in whatever movie that was... Bloodsport? (http://www.movie-montage.com/images/upload/898p.jpg)
4 - Mickey to Rocky (http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/10/meredith.obit/rocky.jpg)
5 - Gandalf to Frodo (http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/rivoche/frodo_and_gandalf.jpg)
6 - Yoda to Luke (http://innocentbystander.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/yoda.jpg)
7 - Norman Dale to the Hickory Huskers (http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/hoosiersintroteam.JPG)
8 - Abbé to Edmond Dantés (http://images.hollywood.com/images/4_1102955.jpg)
9 - Morpheus to Neo (http://matrix.thescarymonkeyshow.com/images/morpheus.jpg)
10 -Athos to D'Artagnan (http://www.wineintro.com/movies/threemusketeers/athos.jpg)
11 - Baloo to Mowgli (http://www.etek.chalmers.se/groups/EKAK/historia/97/pics/baloo.jpeg)
12 - Mrs. Weston to Emma (http://www.pemberley.com/wdl/Images/westons.jpg)
13 - The Master to Grasshopper in Kung Fu (http://fusionanomaly.net/kungfudoyouhear.jpg)
14 - Master Splinter to Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo (http://www.animezu.com/Anime/cels/pics/Teenage%20Mutant%20Ninja%20Turtles/Splinter/splinter01.jpg)
15 - Dumbledore to Harry (http://www.pottersrealm.com/albums/Chamber-of-Secrets/BabyFawkes.sized.jpg)

7 comments:

  1. Agreed! Impressive. Most impressive.

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  2. A couple more:
    Doc to Marty
    James Greer to Jack Ryan

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  3. Okay, here are a few of my favorites:

    Andy Griffith to Opie

    Forrester to Jamal Wallace (Finding Forrester)

    Ben Kingsley to the little kid in Finding Bobbie Fischer

    Sam Mossabini to Abrahams in Chariots of Fire

    I love you...MOM

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  4. A few that come to mind:
    Joy to C.S. Lewis (Shadowlands)
    Richard Winters to Easy Company
    Jacob Kahn to Asher Lev
    Greg Popovich to Tim Duncan

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  5. Oh yea, and the Beatles to Oasis :)

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  6. I'm suprised my brother's haven't gotten Uncle Ben to Spiderman!
    http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/43/37/22m.jpg

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  7. Mom,

    Is it Abrahams or Abrams?

    Good call Joe. Thanks for the photo. When I first read it, I was asking myself, "did I miss Peter Parker's rice addiction?"

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