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by Adria Kovaly
Collegian Staff
It is another double-take of
Jean-Claude Van Damme as he
once again plays twins, this
time in his latest movie,
Maximum Risk.
The twins are Alain (Van
Damme), a retired soldier, who
grew up in the south of France,
and Mikhail (Van Damme),
raised on the streets of New
York and a member of the
Russian mafia. While trying
to return home to his family,
Mikhail is killed for
inadvertently betraying the
mafia.
Alain finds his brother as he
is dying and works to unravel
the puzzles in his life.
His search takes him to
America where he meets up
with Alex (Natasha
Henstridge), Mikhail's
girlfriend.
The two form a bond that
strengthens the movie,
particularly as the two of them
face off against the trials that
come with Alain's case of
mistaken identity.
While the action scenes
appear to be exciting and
innovative, I cannot help but
reminisce about Double
Impact. The movie has win
brothers, separated at birth, that
grow up totally different. The
one learns of the other and
while attempting to find him,
the mishap occurs that throws
them together (although not
exactly the case in Risk).
There is even the girlfriend that
associates with both brothers.
Another twist that may make
it different is the fact that,
although Mikhail is dead, there
is still a connection between
Alain and himself. They
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supposedly react the same way
to situations and have a sense
for each other.
Maximum Risk will
probably be a favorite with die
hard Van Damme fans, as well
as those of us who like action
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This article is written to better
humanity, because I think the
stundent body should be educated
about a glaring problem with the
way peofrie wear clothes.
This problem arose in the late
80's with Levi's introduction of
the denim shin. What happened
next was a major shot to the
fashion world... the Denim
Disaster.
A Denim Disaster is when
someone wears a denim shirt and
a pair of jeans that don't quite
match.
At first, denim clothes worked
well together because they were
from the same company and the
colors were generally the same.
But when companies like
Arizona and Wrangler (let me
just say, I could do a whole
article on why Wranglers should
be outlawed) put out their own
denim shirts, then people were
wearing Arizona shirts and Levi
jeans, which lead to the Denim
Disaster.
Now that everyone understands
what a Denim Disaster is, I
would recommend avoiding them.
Here's how:
1) Keep the denim shirt, but
lose the jeans; try khakis.
Khakis are great. They are very
easy to coordinate with. To dress
up, put on a nice coat. To dress
down, try a rugby shirt and an
off-white T-shirt
2) If denim must be worn
together, I recommend putting a
sweater on over the shirt.
This is a great way to take
care of outfits that are just a
shade away; in addition, a large
belt, spring jacket buttoned or
zipped up an inch will work as
well.
Or don’t worry about it and
buy a new lop.
3) If all else fails, and the
disaster cannot be avoided, buy
the denim from the same
company.
Fashion extra:
hate Wranglers!
Wranglers are of obviously less
quality than other name brand
jeans.
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Denim Disasters
I tried on a pair once; it made
me want to dip some snuff, put
on a "Travis Tritt" T-shirt, jump
in a pick-up truck, and go tip a
cow.
(Yes, that was
stereotyping... deal with it.)
Seriously, the people at
Wrangler seem to be laboring
under the falsehood that
everyone's leg is perfectly tapered
to the ankle.
Here we go, I work for
"Limited INC" so I have to plug
"Structure" jeans - they actually
are very nice. They seem to be
able to make them feel worn,
without actually wearing them
down.
Basically, it’s comfortable
without giving up quality.
Then we have the classics -
Levi's. All the expensive
designer jeans like "Tommy"
jeans and "Calvin Klein" jeans
are just overpriced Levis with
neat little tags on them.
Although, Brooke Shields
seems to like her Calvins, maybe
if she wore them on her sitcom it
won't get cancelled (there is no
salvation for that show.)
This week I decided to finish
you with the history of jeans.
It all started during the
California Gold Rush.
A man named Levi Strauss
decided to go into the tent
making business and bought
enough canvas to make SOO
tents. It’s easy to guess that tent
makers were very common in the
West, so his business failed.
What was Levi to do?
Of course, the obvious thing
to do with canvas is to make
pants with rivets. Great, now we
have canvas pants held together
with metal.
Now, lets jump ahead a couple
of years. We are now in Nimes,
France, and some guy, who is
really bored, decides to wash and
treat these canvas pants.
Why I
The result? A fabric called
"Cloth de Nimes" (Cloth of
Nimes). "De Nimes", denim, can
we make a connection?
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