In consequence when I am 80, I shall have made still more progress.
Im too old for this shit.
Roger Murtaugh, the LAPD homicide detective played by Danny Glover in theLethal Weaponfilm series.
Age is just a number.
Youre only as old as you feel.
Its never too late for [insert thing seen as the special preserve of the young here].
Altogether, people get very bothered about being old and the idea of aging.
Time flies and its beating wings are merciless.
Media industries are notoriously superficial fields where image is everything, and the film industry is no exception.
At a simplistic level, old is a label that carries baggage and stigma.
Youth, on the other hand, is prized and highly desirable.
Youll notice that all of the above examples from fiction are female.
Yes, its definitely not pleasant being a women actor in such pressurised, ideologically toxic conditions.
Some bright sparks may even riff on Roger Murtaughs too old for this shit catchphrase.
Harrison Ford (Max Drummer) is 72.
Whats more, when it comes to exalting seasoned screen figures,The Expendablesseries isnt an isolated phenomenon.
He is the Unique Selling Point and main draw in flicks likeTaken, Taken 2,Unknown andNon-Stop.
The same is true for Arnie, Sly and Bruce Willis.
Aptly enough,The Expendables 3has arrived on the same week as my birthday.
In fact, its probably more likely to be the opposite.
I hope that cinemagoers and studios see that.
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