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14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - In Memoriam: Andrew Br... · 4 replies · +7 points

Go ahead and call me a conspiracy theorist...I want a thorough autopsy on Mr. Breitbart.
And I mean THOROUGH!

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Americans Give their T... · 0 replies · +25 points

Since pacifists have more freedom of action in countries where traces of democracy survive, pacifism can act more effectively against democracy than for it. Objectively the pacifist is pro-Nazi.
- George Orwell

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Americans Give their T... · 2 replies · +35 points

Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay...and claims a halo for his dishonesty.
- Robert A. Heinlein

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - ‘Game of Thrones’ ... · 0 replies · +1 points

"Also, I'd rather a bunch of Conservatives launch our own entertainment network to help de-fang the Democrats."

They did...it's called RIGHT NETWORK...
http://rightnetwork.com/
...and, sadly, its ratings aren't very impressive. We need to support them.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - How 'Act of Valor' Bro... · 0 replies · +4 points

You remind me of a guy I knew who claimed that the movie "Backdraft" (1991, directed by Ron Howard) was a positive portrayal of firefighters...

...despite the fact that one of the main characters was a pig-headed, reckless fire chief whose renegade actions resulted in a rookie firefighter becoming critically burned...
...a second main character who was a flaky, gutless slacker who can't get his act together until his older brother (the reckless fire chief) is killed, thanks to...
...a third main character who, it turns out, is a cold-blooded murderer who uses his firefighting expertise to kill a bunch of bureaucrats who were cutting the city firefighters' budget.

"Backdraft" grossed $75 million domestic and garnered heaps of critical acclaim and even a couple of Academy Award nominations....which means nothing to me. Boffo box office & "thumbs up" from critics does not equal a positive portrayal of firefighters in this case.

I don't give a runny bowel movement how successful or critically acclaimed "Hurt Locker" may have been. Nor do I care how "dramatic" or "nuanced" the character or the plot may have been.
The issue is whether or not the depiction of the EOD character in "Hurt Locker" was a positive portrayal....and it wasn't.
Waving big box office money or favorable movie reviews under my nose doesn't change that.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - How 'Act of Valor' Bro... · 3 replies · +12 points

Re: The Hurt Locker
We didn't forget about it...we just don't agree with your assessment.

" It had a very positive look at EOD Soldiers..."

Portraying EOD Soldiers as reckless, emotionally damaged narcissists each with their own death wish is hardly what I would call a "very positive" portrayal.

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"...and was a critical and commercial smash"

The Hurt Locker was lavishly praised by the same crowd who made a collective "o"-face for movies like Redacted and Rendition.
And just because it made more money than most of the other anti-war crap films...
(17 million dollars domestic Box Office? Wow.)
...means it was only the most successful of all those anti-war failures.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Glee,' Jeff Goldblum ... · 1 reply · +5 points

WRTRPROD7 Asked: "...why is there a post every week on this homo promo?"

Answer:
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself,
you will succumb in every battle”

Sun Tzu: The Art of War

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'Deep in the Heart' Re... · 0 replies · +6 points

Ever since I first saw his memorable performance as the bizarro burnout Lazlo Hollyfeld in "Real Genius"...which starred Val Kilmer, by the way...I always wondered how Jon Gries would fare in a starring role.
Sounds like he's going to acquit himself nicely.
Hopefully, Mr. Gries will join the likes of Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as a truly talented leading man who can (and will) headline movies based on his performing skills rather than any metrosexual, pretty-boy looks.

14 years ago @ Big Journalism - Keith Olbermann Now DE... · 0 replies · +3 points

As long as conservatives are (finally!) standing up and speaking out against the egregious leftist progressive agenda being promoted by the Mainstream Media, among others....Olberdouche' is our deranged, mentally-ill leftist dream come true.
Keep up the great work, Breitbart!
The more you shine the spotlight on losers like Keith, the more shameful and pathetic they appear.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - The Horrors of Hollywo... · 0 replies · +4 points

No problem, Leopold...when I saw the picture the first thing that came to my mind was:
"Bring me Solo and the wookie!"