07 January 2016

I Need to Clear the Air... The Con-Air

I have a co-worker with some really straight hair.  Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona came to mind.  Of course, being compared to Nicolas Cage these days is not the compliment it once was.  The co-worker brought up Con-Air and how Nicolas Cage was suddenly buff.  He went from skinny as H.I. McDunna to ripped in Con-Air.



As I walked away, I reflected on his name in Con-Air.  Cameron Poe.

Cameron Poe.

Why did that sound familiar?  Didn't I just see a movie with a character with that name? Wasn't there this amazing new blockbuster movie with...?

After I figured it out, I wondered if there could be any correlation.  Like, as they were coming up with new characters, did they think:
  • We need a little more Jerry Bruckheimer in this to help offset our removal of George.
  • We need a bad A ex-con whose arrest was unjustified.
  • We can't give him as sweet a mullet, but he will have cool hair 
  • We need his name to be off by just one letter.
  • We need him to be...
I don't get it.  It must be an oversight.  Or a bad joke. Dam...