‘The Rock’ Has a Message for 10-Year-Old Who Saved Little Brother From Drowning

magica wrote:Who's the rock?  I thought this was about Gibraltar

nicko wrote:I thought he died recently?

Thorin wrote:

nicko wrote:I thought he died recently?

Are you thinking of Jonah Lomu, Nicko?

eddie wrote:

Thorin wrote:


Are you thinking of Jonah Lomu, Nicko?

Or the other dude who was in the Fast and Furious films, perhaps?

eddie wrote:Okay I am even more confused than anyone now coz I thought that guy Paul Walker was someone else....

Fuck it.  I dunno.

magica wrote:Who's the rock?  I thought this was about Gibraltar

Thorin wrote:

magica wrote:Who's the rock?  I thought this was about Gibraltar

Or the film with Sean Connery, "The Rock" which is also another name for Alcatraz Island. Which is what the film is set on. With a hijack situation with chemical weapons.

I suppose he is nicknamed the rock is due to his build, have no idea really.

gelico wrote:

Thorin wrote:




Or the film with Sean Connery, "The Rock" which is also another name for Alcatraz Island. Which is what the film is set on. With a hijack situation with chemical weapons.

I suppose he is nicknamed the rock is due to his build, have no idea really.

i vaguely remember that film.  is it the one where connery was meant to be taken in by the feds but they let him go and told their bosses he got vaporised by a rocket.....something to do with his daughter

or maybe i've confused the issue even more

gelico wrote:

magica wrote:Who's the rock?  I thought this was about Gibraltar

is it the guy from WWF smackdown.  i think his name is Duane something

eddie wrote:Okay I am even more confused than anyone now coz I thought that guy Paul Walker was someone else....

Fuck it.  I dunno.

wIKI wrote:Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer and professional wrestler. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of CFL two months into the 1995 season, Johnson began training for a career in professional wrestling, following in the footsteps of various family members, including his grandfather and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2009.[7]

Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[8] Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1996 to 2004 and was the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history. He returned to WWE part-time from 2011–13 and continues to make sporadic appearances for the company. In wrestling, Johnson's accomplishments including being an eight time WWF/WWE Champion, two time WCW/World Champion, two time WWF Intercontinental Champion and a five time WWF Tag Team Champion. He is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE and won the 2000 Royal Rumble. Johnson's autobiography The Rock Says... debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2000.[9][10]

Thorin wrote:

gelico wrote:


i vaguely remember that film.  is it the one where connery was meant to be taken in by the feds but they let him go and told their bosses he got vaporised by a rocket.....something to do with his daughter

or maybe i've confused the issue even more

Yeah, basically Sean Connery was former SAS, who was supposed to be the only one that had escaped from Alcatraz, but is being held in prison. The island had been taken over by the recon Marine Force making demands and held prisoners and chemical weapons. Sean Connery is released to help them get inside Alcatraz. He was incarcerated for stealing US top secret files. He meets his daughter at one point in the film, when he escapes the FBI.

gelico wrote:

Thorin wrote:


Yeah, basically Sean Connery was former SAS, who was supposed to be the only one that had escaped from Alcatraz, but is being held in prison. The island had been taken over by the recon Marine Force making demands and held prisoners and chemical weapons. Sean Connery is released to help them get inside Alcatraz. He was incarcerated for stealing US top secret files. He meets his daughter at one point in the film, when he escapes the FBI.

uh, thanks didge - from what i remember that was quite a good film