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Ewan Mcgregor; Long way round.
 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 03:29 [#01858802]
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Check this doc out, if you can. He makes a motor bike trip
around the world with his friend. Really wonderful. I can
say with out a doubt Ewan is that rare person that I think
would be one of my closest friends. He really is quite
hilarious. Really humorous person. Catch the doc if you
can.


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-03-13 03:31 [#01858803]
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He's also a Jedi Master...


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 03:36 [#01858807]
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He reminds me of a couple people I've met in life that just
have that element about them. When they walk in the room the
energy shifts toward them. They are extremely dynamic. That
"it" factor, if you will. Not like an attractive thing. Or
some gay thing, but everyone does want to fuck them usually.
Regardless, its a good show.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-03-13 03:52 [#01858810]
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it's called charisma :)


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2006-03-13 03:55 [#01858812]
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hehe. on the episode 3 behinds the scenes stuff, it shows
him and hayden whatshisface getting their hair down, and
ewans like (to hayden) 'ah! you've got the jedi mullet. good
man!' really proud
: D


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 03:56 [#01858815]
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yep, charisma. Forgot the word.


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 04:18 [#01858828]
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Clinton, and I suspect Bono are a couple other with this
extreme charisma. Extreme because you never forget it. Help
me out. WHo else?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-03-13 04:24 [#01858831]
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sean penn and benicio del toro.


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2006-03-13 04:25 [#01858833]
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Gary Oldman and Miles Davis



 

offline pigster from melbs on 2006-03-13 04:35 [#01858844]
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bono :(


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 04:41 [#01858859]
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I'm not sayin gyou have to like Bonos music. but he is
dynamic. I realise most cool people hate U2.


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 04:43 [#01858862]
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I guess it takes seeing people in their natural self like a
documentay as opposed to a film. Cause I never noticed
anything special about Ewan from his films.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2006-03-13 04:45 [#01858864]
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"Cause I never noticed
anything special about Ewan from his films."

imagine yourself or your friend in that particular scene
with ewan and you may get the idea :)


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-03-13 05:16 [#01858872]
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I hated the new Star Wars. I'm not a huge Mark Hamill fan,
and he doesn't seem that charismatic, but they were worlds
better than the new ones.


 

offline felch king on 2006-03-13 05:26 [#01858876]
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YOU FANCY HIM!!!!!!!!!! CLOSE FRIENDS?!!! HE WOULDN'T PISS
ON YOU IF YOU WERE ON FIRE.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2006-03-13 05:40 [#01858879]
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Back on topic:

Yeah, it's great I've got the DVD and an extra disc with
unseen material. Really, really good. I'm in the queue to
borrow the book of it of a mate.

It's positive, uplifting stuff and they even manage to
include the charity bits without it being cheesy or preachy.
A few people in the overlanding (crossing vast expanses of
land, typically without decent roads, on a motorcycle)
community slate them for doing it like celebrities (IE brand
new kit/bikes, snap-on tools, support team, getting special
treatment and staying in hotels/people's houses that normal
people wouldn't be able to) rather than (as you can do on a
bike) doing it anonymously and without hype and only talking
about it afterwards. They also made some really novice
mistakes like not sharing a tent/splitting the gear between
the three bikes.

Without wanting to get too bike-techie, I think they're
retarded for not just buying 3 KTMs if that's what they
really wanted. Even properly prepped for prolonged off road-
riding, 3 KTM 950s would be under £50,000 which is bugger
all money to Ewan and Charlie. The fuss they made about
having to have the BMWs instead was well OTT when you bear
this in mind.

That said, I reckon they made the right "decision" re: the
BMWs. I don't think the KTMs would have made it (probably
KTM's real motivation for not giving them the bikes, rather
than that Charlie and Ewan weren't up to it). A mate has
recently bought the same make/model and in under 4000 miles
it has been sent back under warranty. It must have broken
down a dozen times, it's ridculous. True, he may have a duff
one, but I've heard similar things of other ones, too.
Incidentally Boorman recently crashed out of the Paris
Dakar, I think he was trying to ride on with broken wrists
(not unusual in the Dakar) and gave up.

I had a go on a mate's proper dirt bike last weekend (as
opposed to a road bike in offroad clothes) on a gravel pit
and now really want to get into off road riding.


 

offline evils on 2006-03-13 06:56 [#01858894]
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bogala, you should write Ewan a letter. Perhaps you could
listen to Stan by Eminem while you write it.


 


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