Showing posts with label Alan Rickman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alan Rickman. Show all posts

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Purple Archangel

This is a Purple Archangel plant, also known as Red Deadnettle, Purple Deadnettle, or Purple Archangel (Lamium purpureum). This is why it is so tricky to identify plants, or one of the reasons. Why do there need to be so many names?

Purple Archangel fact:
Though superficially similar to a nettle in appearance, it is not related and does not sting, hence the name "deadnettle".

Other facts about Archangels:
Archangel was the name of a TV movie in 2005 starring Daniel Craig
An archangel is an angel of high rank. 
Metatron (no not Megatron) is an archangel and played by Alan Rickman in the 1999 film Dogma

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Epic Tea Time w. Alan Rickman



Thou shalt not disturb Alan Rickman whilst he drinks tea..

Monday, April 9, 2012

TIL Die Hard was Alan Rickman's first film

This is one of those facts that I must have known, and if I didn't then why not?

die hard

Hans Gruber
Played By: Alan Rickman
Film: Die Hard
Why He's On The List: Acclaimed British stage actor Alan Rickman hadn't made a movie before Die Hard. With all due respect to his wonderful career since, he might as well have stopped there, for there's no topping Hans Gruber. There are scarier villains, there may even be more iconic villains, but when it comes to slickness, suaveness, and coolness, Gruber has 'em licked. Endlessly quotable, Gruber's mind is as sharp as his suit and neat goatee - and the biggest testimony to Rickman's charismatic performance is that part of you wants him to get away with it.

Finest Hour: The moment when, after hours of hard work, the Nakatomi vault opens, and Gruber is bathed in heavenly light as the fruits of his labour appear. Of course, two hours later, he's sidewalk squelch, but never mind.