Now, that might seem like a horrible idea that can only go wrong, but this is a big dumb action movie, so these things must happen! American President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) will be in attendance, which means he’ll have his bestest buddy and super security guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) by his side. The British Prime Minister has died in London under mysterious circumstances, so all the prominent leaders of the Western world have come to the city in support. The sequel is still pretty amusing in a “Can you believe human adults actually made this thing?” way, but also a little uncomfortably icky in its politics. The original ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ may have been a big, stupid and reductive action movie, but in ways that reminded viewers of a more innocent age when big, stupid and reductive action movies dominated the box office and VHS rental charts. As expected, production values are higher and quality is lower. Now we’re treated to an inevitable sequel in ‘London Has Fallen’. That was mostly because it was released before the similarly themed and titled ‘White House Down’, but mostly because it was less overblown (i.e.
I would enjoy the challenge to do it well and I love the energy of an audience.In the great battle of “Die Hard in the White House” movies of 2013, ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ emerged as the unlikely victor. Jobs changed our world and it’s fascinating to learn about him and how he did it. I admire his courage.Ī cup of coffee with family in the morning, a long run through the countryside in the afternoon, and a glass of wine to close the day. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was elected to the position at an advanced age, fulfilled the duties assigned, and chose to resign for the good of the church despite the overwhelming historical precedent that no other pope had done so. That experience changed my life and showed me what good I could achieve if I tried. In high school I started a suicide hotline for teenagers that is still operating today. It has physically changed, but its reputation and the way I think about it has not. The other thing I remember is how beautiful the campus is when the leaves change in late October. I will never forget the excitement and the sounds as we awoke on a football Saturday and opened the window to see the crowds on the sidewalk and street below. I lived in Cary Quad and my room overlooked Ross-Ade Stadium. Without my liberal arts education, my leadership skills would be incomplete and I would never be able to have the career I do now. My success has come from the lessons I learned in both liberal arts and military training. I learned communications skills and studied history and politics. My studies in the School of Humanities, Social Science, and Education, now the College of Liberal Arts, stood as a perfect complement to my ROTC experience.
Purdue was a great place to have the ROTC experience and learn about leadership everyone was respectful and supportive of the program. One of my most significant experiences was the time I spent as a member of Navy ROTC. I was in the ‘wow’ moment and I knew it." “I had grown up in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana, studied political science at Purdue, served in the Navy, and was now witnessing something up close that I had studied and worked to protect my entire adult life: the peaceful transfer of power in the government. “On January 20, 2009, I was seated just behind Vice President Biden on the inaugural platform at the Capitol, observing the swearing in of President Obama and Vice President Biden,” he recalls. Thankfully, one of the biggest moments in Pupillo’s career was dramatic in an entirely different way. Secret Service, and formerly the Special Agent in Charge of the Vice-Presidential Protective Division for Vice Presidents Cheney and Biden, is the real thing. Dale Pupillo, Deputy Assistant Director of the U.S. Movies like White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen are filled with agents in dark glasses, doing their best to protect the cinematic version of our nation’s leaders in the midst of some dire, action-filled national crisis.
Secret Service, Office of Professional Responsibility, Washington, DC