Two of a kind

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So, a while ago I blogged about Jeff Garlin and Seth Rogen being voice twins (check it out here if you have no idea what I'm talking about). I was reminded of that this morning when I heard Jeff doing a radio interview (he's going to be in town this weekend doing a signing and some stand up, I guess he went "green" and wrote a book about it, which is ironic because Larry David's ex-wife was all "green" and they got a divorce, so I hope this doesn't mean that Larry and Jeff will divorce because I would be sad and Curb wouldn't be as funny, or would it? A Larry/Jeff divorce, like the Larry/Cheryl divorce, because that was kinda funny when everyone chose sides.)...

Anyway, I this triggered my memory. The other night I saw a commercial on TV for a new movie "How to Train Your Dragon" (????) or something like that. I'm not completely sure what this movie is about except that dragons aren't bad like everyone thinks and there are vikings.

I noticed that one of the vikings (the viking king? I have no idea. Someone must go see the movie and let me know) looks just like Gimli, the dwarf, from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

This also got me thinking about a post I did a really long time ago called One Eyed Monsters (click here to check it out) which is basically about how the Seth Rogen (whoa, he keeps coming up) blob character in Monsters Vs. Aliens looked a lot like Billy Crystal's (lots of Jews today) character, Mike, from Monsters, Inc.

So it all comes full circle.

Anyway, my point? Too late? Is that this viking guy looks an awful like Gimli (the dwarf) from The LOTR. You be the judge. Side by side comparison above.

From the hat to the braids in the beard, to the big beard, the broad nose, and the cool armor stuff, these guys are twinsies!! Plus, Gimli has red hair like the viking guy (I couldn't find a color pic of Gimli that I liked).

Is it possible that we've collectively used all of our creative juices and forever more we will just recycle old ideas and make them new? Hollywood has been doing that for years with remakes of TV and movies. I just heard that they were making Gilligan's Island into a movie. Not to be negative, but the show wasn't that great (save for it's campiness) I cant' imagine a movie being worth a damn. Maybe they'll cast Seth Rogen as Gilligan, a one eyed monster as The Professor, a viking as Mr. Howell, and Jeff Garlin as the Skipper.

I'm just sayin'.