There's something weird that I do... I haven't always done this although it has been going on several years now. I just can't decide if it's "dude, wtf?" weird or if it's just slightly eyebrow-raisingly odd.
If ever I'm watching a movie which is more than a few years old then I'm sitting there wondering which of the cast members are still alive and which are dead... and if they are dead then what happened, etc, etc. Obviously if it's someone really famous then I sometimes know, but with most actors/actresses then I tend not to. Often this kind of pondering is nearly enough to distract me from the movie. When the movie finishes then I go straight to imdb.com to get the lowdown on each actor's current status.
If feels almost like an obsession.
A prime example is when I was watching Coccoon a couple of weeks ago. That movie, of course, is just filled with old people and it was made more than twenty years ago, so I just had to know if any of them from the old folks home were still kicking. It isn't like I wish bad things on anyone. I let out a little cheer when it turned out the guy who played Ben (one of the three main old guys) is still alive and well.
The latest one was when I was watching Disney's Jungle Book. I thought I was going to be disappointed with this one, but joy of joys - the voice of Mowgli is still alive and making movies.
You get the picture I guess. I know it's a slightly random topic, but I think my blogs all are. I suppose I'm just hoping someone will make me feel more normal by saying "hey we all do that", haha!
