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Post by mamaleh on Mar 24, 2016 10:23:31 GMT -5
Sounds like he's back home. Glad "Bunnymund" will be with family for his holidays.
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Post by jo on Mar 24, 2016 17:26:54 GMT -5
But he seems to have stopped by Spain first ??
Maybe the European leg is not done yet?
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Post by jo on Mar 26, 2016 6:37:23 GMT -5
It looks more dramatic when seen through a filmed video of the incident because of the strong rip/surf --
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Post by mamaleh on Mar 26, 2016 8:40:02 GMT -5
Rip currents are terribly scary and dangerous. My son nearly drowned during a trip to Panama a few years ago when he and his friend visited an unguarded beach. (He has since learned his lesson.) It took him a full 20 minutes to escape the current, swimming with it and trying to disengage during very short let-ups. When he finally made it to shore, he was thoroughly exhausted and dehydrated and said if it had gone on even a bit longer, he wouldn't have made it. If he hadn't been in excellent shape with great stamina....I don't even want to think about it.
Those beachgoers are lucky Hugh was around. Thank goodness no harm to his family.
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Post by jo on Mar 26, 2016 17:58:09 GMT -5
This clip shows a protracted video, with Hugh himself seemed to be caught in the rip.
They are now in Melbourne for Easter Sunday ... and the EDDIE premiere on Tuesday (March 29). The following day, EDDIE will be premiered in Sydney. I wonder if his other prodigy/almost son, Taron, will join the premieres?
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Post by chessie on Mar 26, 2016 19:50:22 GMT -5
Every year as the summer tourist season begins, the local news stations do a feature on rip currents and how to deal with them. Sadly, every summer people drown when the rips occur. Panic sets in quickly when you're trying to get back to shore but keep getting pulled back out. Thankfully, Hugh's strength training proved to be a useful asset above and beyond being in "Wolverine shape." I'm sure he was terribly shaken up to think that his kids were in danger. He'll hug them a little tighter tonight.
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Post by jo on Mar 26, 2016 21:45:01 GMT -5
We were planning to go down to a beach ( my sister has a house by the sea) on the Western Philippine Sea ( aka China Sea) after observing Good Friday involving religious ceremonies in our predominantly Roman Catholic nation... but decided going against proceeding down south for the beach getaway this time. At this time, we are in the midst of El Nino weather now ( temperature can go up to about 95*F or about 35*C from noon to mid-afternoon, and with very strong humidity). It was very uncomfortable on Good Friday ... after that first part of the travel northwards from our homes, we decided on staying home for Easter Sunday.
I do remember one incident in the past when one very, very young relative ( she is half-American) was walking down the surf by the sand and happily exclaiming ( "Awesome!" "Awesome!") because the surf was happily crashing against her legs...when all of a sudden a huge rip-like/surf crashed down on her in very, very shallow waters. " Not awesome!" was her lament when she emerged from the drenching and force of the wave.
Maybe we didn't realize that rip-like currents can occur in big bodies of water ( The China Sea is really like an ocean) at very shallow levels near the shore. But it seems it can really be dangerous.
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Post by jo on Mar 26, 2016 23:02:47 GMT -5
It seems it was also quick thinking on Hugh's part which helped in an early rescue.
More details --
It isn't just in movies that Hugh would do everything to keep his child safe. He is a great Dad!
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From the lady friend who was with him and the male trainer --
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Post by jo on Mar 27, 2016 7:42:19 GMT -5
He must have been a very worried Dad!
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Post by jo on Mar 27, 2016 18:34:58 GMT -5
It's amazing how the news have been noted so many times on social and online media as well as mainstream media ( CNN, NBC, FOX, TIME, BBC, and international news outlets, etc). Hugh is probably almost a little embarrassed by all the attention ( it beats all the drumbeating for EDDIE THE EAGLE for the continued attention ) and of course privately very thankful at how it all ended. , There have been occasional jokes on social media that it could not have been Wolverine who did the rescuing, as his adamantium-coated skeleton would have caused him to sink immediately ... they say it is all Hugh Jackman He will be facing the media at the Melbourne screening of EDDIE on Tuesday ( March 29) and will likely be asked about it. Jo
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Post by jo on Mar 27, 2016 19:28:36 GMT -5
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Post by hughmanity on Mar 27, 2016 20:13:34 GMT -5
Attending an Aussie wedding?
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Post by alma on Mar 27, 2016 22:14:20 GMT -5
On three different Cable TV channels they showed "Rise of the Guardians", "Flushed Away" and "Van Helsing", all today. And I finally saw the first TV ad for "Eddie rhe Eagle" which in Spanish will be called "Volando Alto" or "Flying High". Hopefully it will open in a week or two... Sinopsis
La película detalla las inspiradoras hazañas de Michael Edwards, mejor conocido como “Eddie el Águila”, el más famoso saltador de esquí en la historia británica. El retrato de la película del enfoque hacia el deporte de Edwards de nunca rendirse festeja el espíritu humano y la resiliencia de cara a probabilidades y desafíos extraordinarios. Taron Egerton, que hizo su debut protagónico en cine en Kingsman: El Servicio Secreto, interpreta a Eddie el Águila, y Hugh Jackman interpreta a un experto en salto de esquí que ayuda a Eddie a entrenarse para las Olimpiadas de Calgary. Alma
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Post by njr on Mar 28, 2016 14:41:20 GMT -5
I love the caption under the one photo wondering if Hugh would give them mouth-to-mouth if they pretended to drown! Nancy
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Post by jo on Mar 28, 2016 23:32:30 GMT -5
Thanks.
I've also seen that clip earlier and I thought GMA took the appropriate time to put together the best appreciation of what actually happened. Personally, I don't think there will be too much attention to a heroic act as well as calling attention to an event that will provide warning signals to people who will soon be going to beaches.
I have noted that a YouTube upload of the incident ( with close to 2 million hits to-date, and it is only one of the uploads)
have drawn some ridiculous reactions ( practically equally negative and positive, from about 6000 who responded) from the unknowing, kibitzing, cynical online audience. Some mock the incident as being too much blown out of proportion. It has certainly become very newsworthy ( judging from the enormous number of YouTube hits in only a few days's time) not just because Hugh Jackman is a film hero but someone who has just shown that (like many other human beings) saving a human life can be an instinctive call to many people.
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Post by jo on Mar 29, 2016 0:02:40 GMT -5
I find it ironic that film sites ( such as THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Slash/Film, Cinemablend, etc) are only just slowly picking up the news item. I guess they are used to reporting all about superheroes ( of the cinematic variety) rather than a heroic one in a real-life situation And some of the film sites are now talking about a forthcoming film project ( set for a 2018 release), all about another superhero named AQUAMAN! www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/670813-batman-v-superman-character-aquaman?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=batman-v-superman-character-aquaman#/slide/1Please correct me if I remember it wrong -- but some time ago, Hugh was once asked which superhero he would like to be in real life. And his reply then was " Aquaman"! We know how much he loves being in the water, so that made real sense. And now - he has actually become somewhat of an Aquaman Jo
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