Tuesday, February 12, 2008
He can also bust out a little Shaq-Fu
Posted by Jeff in basketball, crappy superhero movies, kazaam, shaq, steel
It was already weird enough that the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat were going to have to replay the final 51.9 seconds of their December 19 game, following the scoring desk erroneously fouling Shaquille O’Neal out of the game and the Heat’s subsequent loss and protest to the league.
But as we wrote last week, Shaq himself has been traded from the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns. Word is the league won’t let the Heat’s new acquisitions play, but there’s also zero chance of the team getting the 325lb teddy bear back, raising the question: who plays in these 51.9 seconds?
Answer: Steel.
That’s right: part man, part machine, all hero. Shaq starred as the Superman-meets-Iron-Man character in the big screen adaptation back in 1997, and fans have been clamoring for him back ever since. Okay, maybe that’s not entirely true seeing as the movie made a whopping $1.6 million, but once this beefy armored center hits the court, it’s all over for the Hawks. Who’s going to mess with a dude holding a sledgehammer? Besides Ron Artest?
Okay, fine. Maybe Steel’s not really the solution.
New answer: Kazaam.