Re: Who reference in "Sum of All Fears"

[John Hughes <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan, re

> > The movie Sum of All fears, the latest Tom Clancy novel-based movie
> > starring Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman, had an unabashed Who
> > reference.  The Nazi villain, while addressing a group of his
> > supporters, states: "A great poet once wrote, 'Meet the new boss,
> > same as the old boss.'"  I thought it was awesome.  When I saw it
> > last night I freaked.
>
>   Thanks for the report, but I'm with Leandro on this.  A Nazi?  Or,
>   more to the point, ANYBODY "during" WW II quoting Pete?  Admittedly,
>   it's nice to hear Who references, but I'm surprised this blatant
>   anachronism stayed in the script.

Actually Alan, the character in the film is a Neo-Nazi, which is set in 
current day US. Haven't you seen it, or read the Tom Clancy novel it's 
based on?

Cheers,

John