Things That Inspired Other ... uhh ... Things

I don't know why this is only coming to my attention now, but a couple weeks ago the inspiration for Lois Lane, the love of Superman's life, passed away.  Joanne Siegel, 93, died last month and comic book fans everywhere should observe a moment of silence in her honor.  Although none of us have ever seen Ms. Siegel, and Lois Lane is a cartoon character, I bet ol' Joanne was a smmmomoke show.  And in her honor, I have put together a list of other people and things that have inspired ... uh ... other people and things.  Here's to you Joanne, to infinity and beyond.  What?  Not Superman?  Whatever, just keep reading.

As most of you know, the chick Avatar was inspired by Chris Bosh, and James Cameron did a great job creating a near carbon copy.  I mean, look at them.  Cameron nailed Bosh's skinny bitch arms and legs and weird hair.  He aced his attempt at making a face that sort of looks like a human face, but clearly isn't a human face.  And he obviously got the gender right.



Another inspiration that I'm sure you are aware of is the influence that Anchorman had on the WNBA.  Upon seeing Anchorman, David Stern believed that women really could make it in a man's world.  He saw Veronica Corningstone dominate the air waves, and he was inpired to give women a shot in professional basketball.  Unlike Anchorman, however, the WNBA sucks and at times makes me want to knee myself in the teeth.  It's too late for Stern now, he can't go back.  Axing the WNBA would be alienating women from watching the NBA.  So go Detroit Shock?

Next up on my list is the inspiration that the NBA provided to the Lord of the Rings.  Without knowing quite how to capture how ridiculous Gollum needed to look, the Lord of the Rings people turned to the NBA for inspiration, naturally.  They didn't need to look far.  I give you, Sam Cassell.





That brings us to the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers, who were looking for an edge a few years back.  An intimidating presence, if you will.  To achieve this, they looked far and wide for a player that would horrify the other team.  The Elephant Man couldn't play football, so they went with Ohio State's AJ Hawk.





And finally, we have LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Bitch Avatar.  They were looking for inspiration in order to go from being nearly universally loved to being hated by everyone who isn't their moms.  I mean, even their cousins want them to pull a Len Bias.  So they looked where any self respecting man would look ... the world of professional wrestling.  Hulk, Razor, and Diesel went from awesome to hated over night.  So did the Heat.