Daily writing promptIf you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?View all responses I would want to be Phillip Marlowe, Lou Archer, Harry Callahan or Harry Bosch. I have always like police or detective stories. The only thin… | vet4golfing51 April 7 | Daily writing prompt If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? I would want to be Phillip Marlowe, Lou Archer, Harry Callahan or Harry Bosch. I have always like police or detective stories. The only thing I would not like to happen is getting hit on the head so much. Don't you get a big kick out of the hero always getting hit in the back of the head and knocked unconscious, only to be fine so many minutes or hours later. Never has to go the hospital, getting hit in the head with a blunt instrument just the right amount to be rendered unconscious but not killed or suffer some permanent brain damage. The other thing that is so stupid is that the detective winds up getting captured and is held at gunpoint but is never killed. There is always some excuse. The boss wants to see what he knows. Why? Just kill the poor bastard. We can't do it here; we need to go someplace out of the way. Just kill him and take the body to that out of the way place. Somehow the detective talks the flunky out of killing him because he should not have to go to jail for something the boss wants done. You really don't think this is the flunky's first rodeo, do you? He has probably killed about 20 people already. Whatever crazy idea these Hollywood writers come up with, it is really just plain stupid. Yes, I do want to be a fictional detective, but I want to be one that is way smarter than any criminal type could be. I would never let these guys get the drop on me. I would be the one to shoot first and then ask questions later. I like the idea of being that loner, who cannot be bought. Just getting by in an old stuffy office waiting for the next case to keep me from going to the homeless shelter. There have been lots of great movies and series about police and private detectives. I would play any of them as long as I do not get hit the head. I am already loony enough. | | | | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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