Episode 15: Tim introduces a plot for a war movie that might help balance out the current offerings. One where some of the glory might be reduced and more of reality finds a place at the plot's forefront.
Tim thought of this after watching both The Pacific on HBO as well as Band of Brothers, in addition to the movies 1917 and Hacksaw Ridge.
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The movie opens with Brutus as a child. Brutus is a rambunctious kid. He gives his mother lots of trouble but is sweet to his father, mostly because he is afraid of the man. Sure, Brutus gets in some fights, but what little boy doesn’t, especially on the school yard when you’re arguing about which dinosaur is best? Brutus hears the logic of the t rex and its arms, and Brutus is not convinced. What use are big teeth if you can’t grip something with your fingers? No, don’t try to convince Brutus of the dexterity of the T-rex’s neck. There is no way that can make up for stubby arms.
Then Brutus gets a little older and the girl next store begins looking at him differently—who Brutus used to run a lemonade stand with and whose hand he would hold on the walk to the local ice cream shop because he was sometimes afraid of leaving the house because he wasn’t convinced that dinosaurs were all extinct (not that the t-rex would be able to grab him) but Lisa’s grip on his hand made him feel invincible to even the biggest teeth—, and Brutus begins looking at her differently too. Then they fall in love and get maaarriiiieed. But, the nazis, of course, are screwing everything up in Europe, and Brutus feels an obligation to join up because all the other young men his town are enlisting, young men that Brutus grew up with. Young men who ridiculously suggested that a t-rex was the baddest dinosaur around. What about the Stegosaurus? Sure, it ate plants, but that didn’t take away the tail that could probably knock out a T-rex while the stupid thing was trying to button up it’s shirt with it’s absurd, little arms.
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If you enjoy westerns like True Grit or The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, check out Tim’s western novel, Dust, available on Amazon in eBook form in addition to being read on the podcast.
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