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"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
For the 38th installment, we bring you Ryan Reynolds' watch .
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Ryan Reynolds, who plays the unconventional immortal superhero "Deadpool" (aka "I-chan" ), is hugely popular all over the world, including Japan. This time, we'd like to focus on the arms of this "immortal actor" who often plays characters such as "Deadpool" who seem like they're going to die but can't, or "You think they're dead but they're still alive."
Selfless/Awakened Memory
SELF/LESS (2015)
An elderly billionaire who has been diagnosed with cancer and only has six months to live is approached by a scientist who has invented a technology to transfer his current memories and mind to a younger body created by cloning technology. The billionaire obtains the younger body in exchange for a large sum of money, but begins to wonder if this body is really a clone...
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This sci-fi thriller is directed by Tarsem Singh, who is known for his films that invade the human psyche, such as "The Cell" (2000) and "Falling Kingdom" (2006). Ryan Reynolds plays Damien, a billionaire who is given a younger body just before his death, but whose consciousness is taken over by the memories of someone who remained in the body.
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In this movie, Ryan Reynolds wears a Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days (Ref. PAM00351) . Its unique combination of a titanium case and a burnt brown sandwich dial gives it a distinctive look. In the movie, there is a scene where this watch beeps to let the viewer know it's time to take his medicine, but of course the real thing doesn't have this function. I wouldn't mind if it was as unrealistic as a James Bond watch with a secret weapon, but as this is such a realistic function... I hope that one day Panerai will make a model with this function (lol).
Free Guy
FREE GUY (2021)
"Free City" is a lawless area where robbery, shootings, sabotage, and any other crime are freely committed. When "Guy", an earnest man who works as a teller at a bank in this city, puts on the sunglasses he stole from a bank robber, "items" and "parameters (numbers)" around the city jump out at his eyes. In fact, this city is a world within a game, and Guy, the bank clerk, is just a mob character (Resident A of the City) who repeats the same actions every day.
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The setting is an open world like the popular game "Grand Theft Auto (GTA)" . In this sci-fi action comedy, "Free Guy" is a story about a "Resident A" character who repeats the same actions every day, but awakens to his own ego and fights within the game to become the "protagonist" . Ryan Reynolds plays the mob character "Blue Shirt Guy" who aspires to be a hero.
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The watch Ryan Reynolds wears in this movie is the Casio F-91W . It is a digital watch that can be purchased at a mass retailer for under 2,000 yen and is popularly known as "Cheap Casio" or "Chip Casio." The mob characters in the game are probably made from recycled data, and the representative of mass-produced watches, the Chip Casio, is a perfect match.
6 Underground
6UNDERGROUND (2019)
"Wang" , a billionaire who made his fortune in the production of neodymium magnets, hires five specialists, including a sniper and a driver, to form a "six-man vigilante squad" to defeat criminals and terrorists that the government cannot touch. The six challenge the president of Turgistan, a dictatorial nation in Central Asia.
"6 Underground" is a Netflix original directed by Michael Bay , the Hollywood explosion king known for such works as "Armageddon" (1998) and "Transformers" (2007). Ryan Reynolds plays "Wan," a billionaire who fakes his own death and disappears from existence in order to form an illegal vigilante group.
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In this movie, the watches worn by "Wang", the billionaire and leader of the unit, are the Chopard LUCX PS 1860 Officer and the Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Power Control . "Wang", the billionaire, wears a dress watch, while "Wang", the leader of the unit, wears a robust mission watch. The two watches from the same brand perfectly highlight each of their positions .
summary
In "Self-Less," an old billionaire survives by obtaining a younger body just before his death.
"Free Guy" is a story about a mob character with no sense of self or will who awakens to the meaning of life.
In "6 Underground," a man fakes his own death and continues his fight for justice while remaining legally dead.
Deadpool is a superhero who can come back to life again and again, even after dying.
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The characters played by Ryan Reynolds in his films are often portrayed as characters who come close to death or lose their reason for existence, and then regain their sense of self .
This is similar to the way Ryan Reynolds was cast in the lead role in the 2011 DC Comics superhero film Green Lantern , but the film flopped and it was thought his acting career was over. However, he later returned to the mainstream with the huge success of Deadpool , which he produced himself (Ryan Reynolds still jokes about this story ).
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Similarly, mechanical watches have also been said to be outdated due to the Quartz Shock of the 1970s, the Lehman Shock of 2008, and the rise of smartwatches in 2010. However, far from being outdated, mechanical watches have been increasing in popularity and value in recent years, and show no signs of slowing down.
Ryan Reynolds and the mechanical watch both survived the worst crisis and came back to life. The fact that they survived the worst crisis shows that they have true ability and true value .
Both are actors and items that you can safely "support" without worrying about a big drop in popularity or demand. I think it's worth betting on them even now!
see you!