en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/565495 Comments by Stephen_Tilson http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtreese/2012/03/02/act-of-valor-the-anti-avatar/#IDComment306494477 Spoiler warning, dude. Fri, 2 Mar 2012 20:04:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtreese/2012/03/02/act-of-valor-the-anti-avatar/#IDComment306494477 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtreese/2012/03/02/act-of-valor-the-anti-avatar/#IDComment306402719 I don't want to hear any more about the SEALs' acting. Not in a world where Channing Tatum keeps getting work. Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:29:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtreese/2012/03/02/act-of-valor-the-anti-avatar/#IDComment306402719 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtreese/2012/03/02/act-of-valor-the-anti-avatar/#IDComment306401247 I always stop it at the point that Sam Worthington-Smurf is trying to call his dead buddies on the radio, right after Wind In His Hair takes his last dive. Good guys win! Fri, 2 Mar 2012 17:27:20 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtreese/2012/03/02/act-of-valor-the-anti-avatar/#IDComment306401247 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/#IDComment305527434 Thanks for living down to my expectations. You make my case so much better than I could. Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:53:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/#IDComment305527434 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/#IDComment305514781 I just went over to Huffpo to see if libs were being vicious about Andrew. I was gratified to see that almost all of the posts were along the lines of "I disagreed with him, but this is a loss for everyone." I had to come here to read your swill. Be what you are. It's the worst punishment you could receive. Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:32:43 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/#IDComment305514781 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/#IDComment305509883 Sad that he will not see the coming day of liberation from the current regime. Thank you, Andrew. We will fight on in your honor. Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:24:44 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/#IDComment305509883 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/revamiles/2012/02/16/the-2012-grammy-awards-minajs-performance-dishonored-christianity-and-houstons-memory/#IDComment295056393 This. +1000 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:18:07 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/revamiles/2012/02/16/the-2012-grammy-awards-minajs-performance-dishonored-christianity-and-houstons-memory/#IDComment295056393 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/10/daily-call-sheet-george-lucas-thinks-your-stupid-cable-on-the-decline-and-happy-friday/#IDComment288952008 Han Solo never shot first. And the Stormtrooper never hit his helmet on the door. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:27:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/10/daily-call-sheet-george-lucas-thinks-your-stupid-cable-on-the-decline-and-happy-friday/#IDComment288952008 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/08/daily-call-sheet-why-we-love-denzel-streaming-advances-again-more-wolverine/#IDComment287321088 Perhaps Cameron's "special submarine" will have a screen door. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 20:21:40 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/08/daily-call-sheet-why-we-love-denzel-streaming-advances-again-more-wolverine/#IDComment287321088 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/05/madonna-delivers-shock-free-halftime-show/#IDComment285345696 She incorporated the only two songs of hers I actually enjoy, "Vogue" and "Music." Unfortunately, she also incorporated the fatuous and mush-headed "spiritual" "Like a Prayer." (Were the choir's robes meant to echo priestly vestments, or were they supposed to be some sort of Jedi?) At least LMFAO was good. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:54:18 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/05/madonna-delivers-shock-free-halftime-show/#IDComment285345696 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/01/hes-out-cameron-to-leave-u-s-for-new-zealand/#IDComment281333795 One does not simply buy a farm in Mordor. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 01:31:29 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/01/hes-out-cameron-to-leave-u-s-for-new-zealand/#IDComment281333795 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/31/five-best-picture-winner-blu-ray-review-four-must-owns-and-crash/#IDComment279879389 I'm always intrigued by the "I didn't like any of them, a plague on modern movies" comments. And even more so by the "I never watched any of them" comments. Ooh, you never saw them. You iconoclasts, you! What do you want, a cookie? You're missing out on some fine movies here. John, you had pretty much the same reaction to No Country For Old Men as I did. Except I'd already read McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN (now THAT would make a terrific, but stomach-churning movie) and THE ROAD, so I should've seen that ending coming. McCarthy's theme -- throughout all of the books of his that I've read -- is that everything dies. The current order of the world is being replaced by one more brutal and death is the only way out. It's not an uplifting message, but he portrays it well, and the Coens did a fantastic job of getting that on the screen. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:57:21 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/31/five-best-picture-winner-blu-ray-review-four-must-owns-and-crash/#IDComment279879389 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/27/daily-call-sheet-monty-python-returns-r-rated-terminator-studios-losing-netflix-war/#IDComment276989264 Fair point about going in a different direction, but if the different direction you go in requires the *complete* dismantling of whatever good was gained in the previous movie, it might not be the right direction. As for ESB, it does make the point that friendship and devotion aren't always enough to overcome evil in the short term, but it ends on a note of hope ("I'll meet you at the rendezvous point on Tattooine") that the hard-won order of the world will be restored in the next movie. T3 offers only the hope that the way things *were* (before the events of T2) IS the order of the world, and that's scant hope indeed when you're talking about machine-driven thermonuclear annihilation and the attempted extermination of the human race. Alien 3 was a lot more nihilistic, implying that self-destruction is the only rational choice. You can go a different direction, in other words, as long as you don't dispense entirely with whatever statement the previous movie made about the world. T2's statement was "You can change your future." T3's was "No, you can't." Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:36:54 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/27/daily-call-sheet-monty-python-returns-r-rated-terminator-studios-losing-netflix-war/#IDComment276989264 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/27/daily-call-sheet-monty-python-returns-r-rated-terminator-studios-losing-netflix-war/#IDComment276111420 I didn't like the ending of T3 for the same reason I didn't like Alien 3: because it took the hard-earned hope of the previous film and trashed it in pop nihilism. T2, whatever its flaws, has an optimistic message at its core: our future isn't set, and we can prevent disaster through courage and trust. Likewise, Aliens was a paean to the strength and power of motherhood, and to the redeeming quality of maternal love. Alien 3 dispensed with all that in the first five minutes; at least it took T3 until the final reel to let us know that yes, we will be crushed by our inevitable destiny. Which may be true, but dadgum if it isn't depressing as can be. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:24:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/27/daily-call-sheet-monty-python-returns-r-rated-terminator-studios-losing-netflix-war/#IDComment276111420 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/27/daily-call-sheet-monty-python-returns-r-rated-terminator-studios-losing-netflix-war/#IDComment276069292 The Terminator series jumped the shark early, when Arnie wasn't allowed to kill anyone in T2. Compare and contrast the following James Cameron-generated notes from T1 and T2: On Kyle Reese in T1: "He's a hotwired rat in an urban maze." The story of T2: "Young John Connor and the Terminator who befriends him." They need to get back to the intensity, desperation, and taut story of the first. Also, limited CGI and no shakycam. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:26:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/27/daily-call-sheet-monty-python-returns-r-rated-terminator-studios-losing-netflix-war/#IDComment276069292 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/26/one-percenter-justin-long-moveon-org-team-for-romney-hit/#IDComment275966208 "Justin Long" and "star" do not belong in the same sentence. If you hadn't mentioned "Live Free or Die Hard" (what a credit; talk about damning with faint praise) I might not have placed him at all. His only other claim to fame is as Mac in Apple's Mac vs. PC commercials, which John Hodgman absolutely stole, and which succeeded in making Macs look like computers for hipster douchebags. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:06:48 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/01/26/one-percenter-justin-long-moveon-org-team-for-romney-hit/#IDComment275966208 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kloder/2012/01/20/red-tails-review-heroic-saga-sunk-by-absurdities/#IDComment269631404 A George Lucas film strong on spectacle and short on story or characterization... well, we weren't expecting THAT, were we? Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:27:54 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kloder/2012/01/20/red-tails-review-heroic-saga-sunk-by-absurdities/#IDComment269631404 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2012/01/04/a-good-pro-life-hollywood-story/#IDComment255340851 For balance to the heroified view of Gene Roddenberry Sr., read Harlan Ellison's THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER, preferably the version White Wolf published 15 years ago. Good on Gene Jr. for supporting science that doesn't destroy human life. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:42:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2012/01/04/a-good-pro-life-hollywood-story/#IDComment255340851 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/22/trailer-talk-ridley-scotts-prometheus-looks-like-this-summers-must-see/#IDComment245053586 Props for the Dan O'Bannon shout-out. How many people in Hollywood owe their fortunes to his stories? Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:25:33 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/22/trailer-talk-ridley-scotts-prometheus-looks-like-this-summers-must-see/#IDComment245053586 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/17/work-it-bullying-glaad-goes-on-another-censorship-rampage/#IDComment241304129 I'm going to assume my "cold dyke" comment got deleted by some kind of delayed filter. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:27:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/17/work-it-bullying-glaad-goes-on-another-censorship-rampage/#IDComment241304129