#preston packard

[theknucklehead]

I've heard some people say they would want to see Samuel L Jackson's character Ray Arnold to return to the Jurassic franchise.

Basically have him come back alive but with only one arm, and then have him play the character like how he would in all his other films (Mace Windu, Nick Fury, Jules Winnfield, etc.)

Now at first I thought this was a pretty ridiculous concept, but then I remembered that Brooklyn went through something similar in Chaos Theory,

so it actually is plausible.

[gorillageek27]

All of kong's ops were all just haters

[randomnessoffiction]

"You're not actually gonna blame the people without guns for losing the war, are you?"

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Mentor Name: Lt. Col. Preston Packard

Age: Adult

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Can a tribute under Lt. Cl. Preston Packard's mentorship win the Hunger Games?

Yes

No

He wouldn't have won his own Hunger Games so he wouldn't mentor

Voting ended onSep 14, 2024

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[pedroam-bang]

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

[sevi007]

Looking back at the start of the Kong: Skull Island movie, I remembered how Packard talked about the story of Icarus:

  [Preston's squad flies through a storm] 

Preston Packard : And remember the story of Icarus, whose father gave him wings of wax. Warned him not to fly too close to the sun. But the exhilaration was too great. So he flew higher and higher, until the sun melted his wings, and he fell into the sea. The US Army is not an irresponsible father. So they gave us wings of hot Pennsylvania steel, guaranteed not to melt.

  And I was a bit baffled, back in that scene, because that was not what I had taken from the Icarus myth at all – Icarus died because he didn’t listen (to a responsible father, who did what he could and warned him) and got so cocky to think the laws of nature wouldn’t be able to touch or influence him – as if he could soar above them, instead of knowing his place.

 Now I wonder if that’s actually a very clever hint to how Packard ends up during the course of the movie – he didn’t listen when people tried to tell him Kong is not the threat, didn’t listen when people tried to warn and save him, and ultimately died because he thought he could fight Kong (or nature) and do something he’s clearly not supposed and able to do.

Packard became Icarus.

And I think that’s actually freaking clever.

[rytfujgkuhhgmjgh]

Kong: Skull Island (2017) dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts

[thewightknight]

Confession - I squee’d a little bit when he said this line.