SWG Tales

Edward Olmos, Cmdr. Adama's going to be in Nickolodeon's The Princess and the Barrio Boy, a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale.

I saw the commercial for it and saw somebody with a big bushyass mustache and heard that mustache talking...and was like WTF? Did a little research, and sure enough....

Just thought that was kinda funny.

LOL! :-)

He is teh pwn...

Jabe

Hunting down Miami Vice: Season Two. Olmos' Castillo was a great tone setter for that show.

Keer wrote:Hunting down Miami Vice: Season Two. Olmos' Castillo was a great tone setter for that show.

InDEED. I've always enjoyed his performances. Didn't he also play one of those "Carpe Diem!" schoolteachers in a retelling of the true tale of an inner city school? I suppose I could just IMDB him to double-check, but I'm feeling especially lazy today.

Yes. It's called "Stand and Deliver".

He plays an inner city math teacher in LA named Jaime Escalante. It's actually a good movie. Lou Diamond Phillips is in it, too.

Coincidentally, the guy he played had his own series of educational videos. They were pretty neat...it was him lecturing in what looked like a college auditorium, but he always had some special guest come and help out...there was a lecture on the mathematics of music where he had Billy Joel come on. It was pretty neat.

Keer wrote:Hunting down Miami Vice: Season Two. Olmos' Castillo was a great tone setter for that show.

His character was sooooo awesome in Miami Vice.

He would just say something like "Step outside".. and it made you think, "omg, he is really pissed, he means business".


I love those grizzled, intense secondary-characters who just inherently kick ass.

Krusshyk wrote:Yes. It's called "Stand and Deliver".

He plays an inner city math teacher in LA named Jaime Escalante. It's actually a good movie. Lou Diamond Phillips is in it, too.

Coincidentally, the guy he played had his own series of educational videos. They were pretty neat...it was him lecturing in what looked like a college auditorium, but he always had some special guest come and help out...there was a lecture on the mathematics of music where he had Billy Joel come on. It was pretty neat.

Because of that film I can never get the phrase "A Negative times a Negative equals a Positive, say it!" out of my head. I guess he IS a great teacher.

Mr. Almos is a great actor, I really mean that, but do we ANOTHER "Modern Day Romeo & Juliet" movie? Seems like every other day I see a TV movie or motion picture that is either a Modern Day Romeo & Juliet story or a Modern Day Cinderella Story. How about we ditch the classic love story template and move on to making some OTHER modern day scenarios?

How about a modern day Police Academy? Now THERE is a concept that can have MY $7.50! ;)

Back to topic...maybe I should change my avatar to Boomer locked up in prison... Had to steal that one from Dewy. :-)

Seret Sajet wrote:

Krusshyk wrote:Yes. It's called "Stand and Deliver".

He plays an inner city math teacher in LA named Jaime Escalante. It's actually a good movie. Lou Diamond Phillips is in it, too.

Coincidentally, the guy he played had his own series of educational videos. They were pretty neat...it was him lecturing in what looked like a college auditorium, but he always had some special guest come and help out...there was a lecture on the mathematics of music where he had Billy Joel come on. It was pretty neat.

Because of that film I can never get the phrase "A Negative times a Negative equals a Positive, say it!" out of my head. I guess he IS a great teacher.

Mr. Almos is a great actor, I really mean that, but do we ANOTHER "Modern Day Romeo & Juliet" movie? Seems like every other day I see a TV movie or motion picture that is either a Modern Day Romeo & Juliet story or a Modern Day Cinderella Story. How about we ditch the classic love story template and move on to making some OTHER modern day scenarios?

How about a modern day Police Academy? Now THERE is a concept that can have MY $7.50! ;)

/agree seret