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Captain of the Month
Sep142010

Captain of the Month – September 2010

It’s been a while since we’ve done a COTM post and it’s probably because we’re really lazy and hit all the best Captain’s to our knowledge. Or have we? We were talking about this the other day and realized that there aren’t that many Captain’s that are worthy of such recognition, but like a fat kid being dragged out of a all-you-can-eat buffet kicking and screaming, we’re not going to let anyone deter us from this important post. With that said, let’s talk more about our COTM – Mr. Han Solo.

chewbacca w han solo anh Captain of the Month – September 2010

Han Solo is probably one of the top 100 movie characters ever created, hands down. Although we do talk about about Star Wars on TCM, I can assure you that none of us are Star Wars fanatics or live in our parent’s basements (well, maybe Yar, but I’ll let him explain) and this selection is based purely on Solo’s badassness.

In case you don’t know Solo, he’s a vintage badass. The Captain of the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca’s sidekick, Leia’s lover, and Jabba the Hutt’s vanquisher – the guy has a resume most people on LinkedIn get hard-ons over. Solo tasted love, hate, victory, and defeat all while becoming more human in the process by eventually believing in something bigger than himself. Isn’t that what life is all about? Editors Note: we can argue this at a later date, but I left it in there since so far none of this makes any sense.

So why is Han Solo the COTM for September? What did he do to be recognized this month – the same month where Captain Planet has his own day (15th)? We really don’t know. It might be because of this interview or for the fact that actor Harrison Ford decided to continue in George Lucas’ raping of the Indian Jones series and recently announced he’ll play the lead at age 70 (my guess is the next movie will more than likely be the series worst).

Whatever the case, we picked him. COTM is back. I’ll leave you with some pics of Chewbacca and Ewoks for your thoughts.

chewbacca ewoks Captain of the Month – September 2010


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Crazy
Sep142009

Greatest Name…EVER.

A bus driver in Sweden decided that his name was not cool/long enough so what did he do? He gave himself a name so badass, that we just had to tell you.

s JULIUS ANDREAS GIMLI ARN MACGYVER CHEWBACKA HIGHLA large Greatest Name...EVER.

Andreas Jankov officially changed his name to:

Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov.

So, let’s quickly run down the meanings of his name:

  • Julius is an homage to the famous chimp at the Kristiansand Zoo
  • ‘Arn’ is a Swedish knight movie
  • Elessar and Gimli are from ‘Lord of the Rings’
  • ‘MacGyver’, you know that show where the guy can make a machine gun out of a snorkel mask, a paper clip and some pieces of string.
  • ‘Highlander’ could refer to either the movie or TV show, but there only can be one.
  • Chewbacka (TCM side note: We believe Andreas spelled this wrong, but since he is Swedish we will give him the benefit of the doubt. It should be spelled: Chewbacca) is from ‘Star Wars’.

I bet you this guy gets laid like no other.

You can officially throw this name into the list of badass names along with:

  • Guts the Black Swordsman
  • Nemesis Enforcer
  • The End
  • King Bloodfeather
  • Doctor Bong (Our Personal Favorite)
  • Rooster Cogburn

I wonder if his wife has to take his extremely awesome last name. I’d marry the fucker just to take his last name….and who couldn’t resist his Swedish mullet.


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Characters
Jun92009

More Chewbacca!

When we checked Google Analytics, we were surprised to find the most searched topic on TCM was Chewbacca. Well the Captain’s conferenced and decided to give the people what they want!

Below you’ll find a clip of Chewbacca’s Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him at the 1997 MTV Awards.

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Characters, Women
Mar252009

Princessa Leia in all of her glory

…and when I say all of her glory, I mean a wacked-out web site dedicated to her awesome get-up in Return of the Jedi:

princess leia gold bikini Princessa Leia in all of her glory

This was the hottest film anyone 5 years old was able to watch.  Upon seeing Princess Leia, a generation of young boys realized what a boner was. If only half of them learned what to do with that boner, we’d have less IT people and the world would be a better place.

I know, this Captain has written too much about Star Wars this week, but it’s on me mind. Princess Leia and Chewbacca should have mated. There kids would’ve been cool, hairy, and hot – if any of that makes sense.

PS – TCM gives a big shout out to loyal reader “OBRIEN” for passing along this link!


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Characters, Video
Mar242009

Chewbacca

You read it right friends, Chewbacca. Chewbacca might be the coolest character ever created by man. Think about it: he’s a wookie, is 8-feet tall, sports a cross-bow, and can rip the arms off any human. That is awesome.

Outside of the legions of Star Wars fans dying to be like Chewbacca, there are many other references of Chewbacca in counter-culture. Using Google alone, there are over millions of references to Chewbacca. Here are some of them:

  • Chewbacca is the last surviving Wookie. Imagine being the last surviving human, hard to do right?
  • Chewbacca received the lifetime achievement award at the MTV Movie awards.
  • Chewbacca made it with Captain Yar’s girlfriend.
  • Chewbacca is in the lyrics of The Roof is on Fire by The Bloodhound Gang.
  • Chewbacca talks in gutteral noises and others can understand him. He’s simply too cool for words.
  • Chewbacca once ripped the arms off of a storm trooper and beat him to death with them.
  • Chewbacca influenced Johnny Cochrane to use the “Chewbacca Defense” in Southpark
  • In the movie Clerks, there is a song about Chewbacca sung none by Supernova:
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Stay tuned for more character references from the Captains. Word has it Captain Kirk likes those Klingons.


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