'Run Forest, Run!' and MyPod for MyPad to Increase MySpace
22.05.12
Was so popular that a few of its spoken lines became fixtures of popular culture to this day. “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get’,” is the most famous. However, I am fond of his answer to his army lieutenant’s question/order about whether he had found Jesus. Forrest answers, “I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.”
It also spawned a cottage industry, based on the part in the movie where Forrest does his customary run out of his driveway, but instead of stopping, just keeps running across the country. He gathers news and fan interest as he goes. There were “Run Forrest Run” posters and bumper stickers. Google it – most have realized the popularity. And, surprise – there are actual RUNS. And as Google's first few pages of image results probably indicates, there are even parodies.
I will always relish when Forrest learns how to play table tennis (aka, ping pong) and leads the team that President Nixon sent to the Republic of China to defrost relations. As a young man I beat my friend, the late Glen Cowan, who became the #1 ping pong player in the U.S. and led our team in China. I should add we were 11 years-old and that I could only beat him for a few weeks when he first got his table. He quickly got too good. However, that is me. The rest of the country loves that running thing as much if not more than Forrest himself. This got me to thinking about what the impact a remake could have if Forrest an app like RunKeeper. He could have been the leader of a movement.
Source: Techzone360