February 25, 2011
— Ace Thus, these movies aren't as money-losing as it seems.
Several questions enter my mind. Given that Hollywood is playing for the anti-American foreign crowd, pandering to them, and calling itself brave for doing so, why can it not also pander to (get this) the American crowd at home? They always tell us they have to make G.I. Joe multinational and Captain America "not a flag-waver" because that would be bad for business overseas.
Isn't it strange they don't mind awful US business if they can recoup costs from an anti-American foreign audience? Huh. Why doesn't that work in reverse?
By the way, "The Kingdom" is used there as a "control" because the analyst says it's "politically neutral."
Let me just say that while this movie was rejected by conservatives when it came out, because it does in fact feature a few lines suggesting "we're just like they are" and "we're part of the cycle of violence," it is otherwise pretty... well, maybe it's not pro-American but it's definitely anti-Al Qaeda. The terrorists are depicted accurately -- by which I mean, monstrously -- and there is a shoot-out in the end, in an Al Qaeda dominated neighborhood of Ridyah (I'm guessing), which is just dynamite, and maybe the movie is trying to avoid easy rah-rah moments but damn if every time one of those bastards got his head ventilated if I didn't feel a rah-rah moment.
The analyst is right, I guess, to call it "politically neutral." And maybe conservatives reject it because they don't like neutrality when it comes to terrorists. (I agree.) But actually mere neutrality, rather than active jihadi-supporting anti-American terrorist-sucking, actually makes it more conservative that just about any movie I can think of in dealing with this topic since 9/11.
All I can say is edit out, in your head, those two or three "cycle of violence" moments and what you're left with is a brutal depiction of how vicious and backwards and ugly terrorists are (and, also, really not very good "warriors," either, so much as barely-competent murderers with make-pretend military-style ranks) and Americans killing the shit out of them.
Thanks to geoff, who had this in the sidebar.
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Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:07 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 25, 2011 03:08 PM (7wmOW)
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Posted by: Slave at February 25, 2011 03:11 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: Mbruce at February 25, 2011 03:12 PM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: sTevo at February 25, 2011 03:12 PM (VMcEw)
And Green Zone was horrible.
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 25, 2011 03:13 PM (4ZxEW)
Posted by: ace at February 25, 2011 03:14 PM (nj1bB)
That trend may not be enough to save movies like this. I bring up the James Bond example.
Timothy Dalton's two movies in the late 80s got crushed in the US market, but did very well overseas. That didn't stop MGM from locking the Bond films out for six years and demanding a new Bond actor.
Once Pierce Brosnan debuted in GoldenEye, the American market was bullish on Bond again.
Posted by: The Q at February 25, 2011 03:15 PM (MYuEC)
Posted by: Charlie Sheen at February 25, 2011 03:15 PM (vdfwz)
In the past two weeks I've counted two news stories of women who have had semen put into their food/water by pervs. Here's the thing: both times, the reporters went out of their way to point out that the women already knew what semen tastes like. Why did they do that?
Posted by: guy who works in back at February 25, 2011 03:15 PM (B60j2)
Been to a lot of wrap parties where these folks get drunk, and when these stars start sounding a little too Team America they look around and start backtracking.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:16 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: moi at February 25, 2011 03:17 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Sjg at February 25, 2011 03:17 PM (fqc1V)
Posted by: Mel Gibson at February 25, 2011 03:18 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Pervcon at February 25, 2011 03:18 PM (H8TQk)
I've been exporting my batshit-crazy lunacy for years, not only to weaken the competition, mine their wealth, and undermine their power base, but to drive their masses over the cliff and thin the herd.
Now release my Chakra.
Posted by: Bizzaro Al Gore at February 25, 2011 03:18 PM (/8mBu)
Also, let us not forget that there have been some pro-American, pro-conservative movies that have done gangbusters at the box office.
2007's 300 - a bunch of noble democrats facing impossible odds curbstomp Iranians
2008's The Dark Knight - the Batman as Bush angle has been covered in many other places
2008's Iron Man - the ultimate popcorn movie defense of capitalism and the individualist spirit of enterprise
Posted by: The Q at February 25, 2011 03:18 PM (MYuEC)
You've got to take the ball gag out first, Charlie. Do I have to do everything myself?!
Posted by: zombie david carradine at February 25, 2011 03:19 PM (7H/n0)
With a few notable exceptions , Hollywood is full of anti American syphilitic whoredogs .
Posted by: awkward davies at February 25, 2011 03:19 PM (YCW1b)
Now get off my planet!
Posted by: James Fuckin' Cameron at February 25, 2011 03:19 PM (vdfwz)
X Men First Class looks to be set in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
I wonder if it will show JFK cheating on his wife?
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:21 PM (MQzSA)
I knew I was going to like the movie after reading that. I did.
Posted by: Cooter at February 25, 2011 03:22 PM (PV82J)
Posted by: sexypig at February 25, 2011 03:23 PM (UmEOs)
Posted by: joh at February 25, 2011 03:23 PM (JEvSn)
Also, those movies are all flops even counting foreign box office. All movies are expected to make half their money from foreign box office. The formula is this; a movie has to make 3 times its production cost to make money. Also, the theatrical run is now seen as kinda like advertising for home video. Posted by: Pervcon at February 25, 2011 07:18 PM
But sooner or later somebody figures that everyone they know ain't buying enough tickets to keep the cash cow going.
Until that dawns on them, they blame bit torrents and youtube for their losses
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 03:23 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:24 PM (MQzSA)
It's Hollywood's (and the Left-at-large's) 'Fuck America' mindset.
And I'll be downloading Captain America before I'll give them a nickel to turn Captain AMERICA into Captain AMBIGUOUS.
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 03:24 PM (MMC8r)
Funny. I married a lefty from a very liberal family, and now my husband and I are the two conservatives in my husband's family (his dad is a swish), and my one remaining family member, my sis, is as far left as you can lean.
When Hollywood begins making films glorifying our military and what they have dealt with, I'll go back.
And Charlie Sheen can suck it, with his nasty, brown teeth.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 03:25 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Abe Froman at February 25, 2011 03:25 PM (uZJOg)
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 25, 2011 03:26 PM (4ZxEW)
True enough, but what's missing is that films aren't made with air. They have to be funded. What the article implies is that it's easier to get funding overseas in hopes of FBO return. And from the little that I've read, right now more foreign dumbshits with tax credits are willing to cough up money than traditional US sources. Dreamworks auditioning for Bollywood money, etc.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 03:26 PM (S59+B)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 07:24 PM
FIFY - keep labor costs in mind
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 03:26 PM (vdfwz)
Is it possible the "cycle of violence" quotes were made by a squishy character who was supposed to lack the understanding of the depth of the terrorists' insanity?
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 03:26 PM (mhmc7)
won't watch that shit
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 07:23 PM (Fe3ZO)
Some idiot "friend" of ours sent "Jarhead" to our kid just before he left for boot camp. Nice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 03:26 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: jewells45 at February 25, 2011 03:27 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:27 PM (MQzSA)
I knew I was going to like the movie after reading that. I did.
Posted by: Cooter at February 25, 2011 07:22 PM (PV82J)
Really, what pretend world do these people live in? He seriously thought they'd be sad about it?
Posted by: Tami at February 25, 2011 03:28 PM (VuLos)
Redacted couldn't even clear the 5M used to make it.
Rendition and green zone lost money
Home of the brave was an absolute flop.
The only two "negative" movies that cleared some cash were Hurt Locker which I didn't find too offensive, and Lions for Lambs which also offered some sense of balance.
So the die is cast it looks like. Be blatantly anti-American, loose money.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 25, 2011 03:28 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 07:24 PM
But that's what Captain America is all about! Didn't you read my explanation before Ace banished me forever?
Posted by: palin steele from the phantom zone at February 25, 2011 03:28 PM (vdfwz)
It doesn't seem like I'm asking much to have a movie where the Americans make a terrorist ear necklace and doesn't star an ex pro wrestler or some shit. How about a movie where the Americans are making a human Pollack of some terrorist nation, are unquestionably the good guys, and not written for retards. Also I wouldn't frown at a little bush either. It seems like HollywoodÂ’s appetite for a little frontal and its love of county seemed to have lost favor at around the same time.
Posted by: defjavidson at February 25, 2011 03:29 PM (ya07C)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 25, 2011 03:30 PM (61b7k)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 25, 2011 03:31 PM (7wmOW)
Posted by: some nuns that died or something (it was a long time ago) at February 25, 2011 03:32 PM (4ZxEW)
but that was
A miniseries that no-one could watch in one sitting without a case of Red-Bull and a Piss Bucket.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 25, 2011 03:34 PM (0q2P7)
Kevin Smith Is Bringing Red State To Europe!
(Warning: Link to Pervez Hilton.)
Looks like Smith is really having trouble getting distribution.
Red State per IMDB: "Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda"
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 03:35 PM (S59+B)
I'm trying to think of a pro-American flick and for some reason I keep going back to Man On Fire with Denzel Washington.
I know that's not the focus of the discussion but dayum!
That was badass.
Posted by: ErikW at February 25, 2011 03:35 PM (rQv55)
Thats because he put away that little PPK pop gun and started using AK47s, and whatever else he got his hands on. lol
I was never all that big on the james bond thing, but I really liked what Brosnan did as bond. I thought he was the first "modern" james bond. Ripping up the streets in a tank, shooting the piss out of stuff with assault rifles in golden eye was way cool. The new dude is even that much more insane.
Posted by: Berserker at February 25, 2011 03:37 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 25, 2011 07:31 PM (7wmOW)
The Pacific was good except for the fact Hanks couldn't help showing what a bunch of evil racists the Marines were toward the Japanese. I've finished reading Dr. E. B. Sledge's book (Sledgehammer in the movie), and he was an educated young man from a wealthy family.
What he describes that he faced is bone-chilling. Hanks and Spielberg barely touched on the subject with a brief scene of captured Marines who had been used for live bayonet practice.
What he experienced changed him forever. Really, his book should be a movie, without Hank's and Spielberg's involvement.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 03:37 PM (UOM48)
Going anti-American is where they want to be-- if it's really about making money, why not make something like 'Home Alone' that isn't political and will make it hand over fist? That should bring in money, foreign or domestic. But the anti-Bush, anti-American -Republican -Patriotism thing is what they're about. They'll lose money or barely make any because they want to bash the US and all that other stuff.
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 03:38 PM (MMC8r)
Yeah my dad was on Iwo Jima and I didn't appreciate Hank's moral relevance bullshitPosted by: nevergiveup at February 25, 2011 03:39 PM (7wmOW)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 25, 2011 03:39 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: nevergiveup
A very good point. I wonder what it would have been like had it been made starting in 2002? What would Tom Hanks and Steven Spielborg done to slant the story into something different, especially given that Dick Winters actually stood up to support GWB on at least one occasion?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 25, 2011 03:40 PM (sJTmU)
Some idiot "friend" of ours sent "Jarhead" to our kid just before he left for boot camp. Nice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 07:26 PMSend them THIS
"Fredo, you're nothing to me now. You're not a friend, you're not a brother. I don't want to know you or what you do. I don't want to see you at the hotels, I don't want you near my house. You understand?"
Posted by: Michael Corleone at February 25, 2011 03:41 PM (vdfwz)
That's why the Revenge of the Nerds sequel did so poorly. They forgot why the first was a hit.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 03:42 PM (QxGmu)
Yeah my dad was on Iwo Jima and I didn't appreciate Hank's moral relevance bullshit
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 25, 2011 07:39 PM (7wmOW)
God bless your dad. We've got an old guy in our church with a big scar under one eye from a wound he received on Okinawa. He never fails to ask us every Sunday how our kid is. (And he's a little, short old fellow.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 03:43 PM (UOM48)
Meaning it had Meg nipples and it managed to make David Caruso likable for a few minutes.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:44 PM (MQzSA)
Hahahaha, how'd you like to be one of the bad guys they captured after the Interior Ministry bombing? Talk about needing a bunch of new screen doors.
Posted by: Some guy who was there at February 25, 2011 03:44 PM (le5qc)
Never watched The Three Kings, either, but a lotta people said it was good.
I refuse to see any movie with George Clooney in it.
Or Sean Penn.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 03:44 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 25, 2011 03:45 PM (lXCHg)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:48 PM (MQzSA)
Never watched The Three Kings, either, but a lotta people said it was good.
We watched it with our son a while back. Didn't make the military look like a bunch of douche bags, just mercenaries (sigh).
I'll pour bleach in my eyes before I watch anything with Penn in it. I can stomach a small amount of Clooney.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 03:48 PM (UOM48)
After bringing viewers a new 8pm show on CNN, I have decided to return to a schedule that will allow me to focus more on my syndicated newspaper column and other writings.
That statement alone invites mass mocking
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 03:48 PM (vdfwz)
What he describes that he faced is bone-chilling. Hanks and Spielberg barely touched on the subject with a brief scene of captured Marines who had been used for live bayonet practice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
The Pacific War was my Father's war. He hated the Japanese after the war, as did a lot of men like him that were in that war. I knew them, those were the kind of men I grew up around.
He finally gave up on it when a very nice young Japanese woman stayed with my parents for a semester as an exchange student. She was a very sweet and gentle person, who couldn't be more unlike the generation of cruel xenophobes that waged the war for the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
And what they did in China was even more bone-chilling, But yeah, like Hanks said, it was all about race. What a tool.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 25, 2011 03:48 PM (sJTmU)
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Let's not forget the actors, directors and producers generally make a shitload of money regardless of how much money the movie actually makes.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 03:49 PM (mhmc7)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 07:50 PM (vdfwz)
Lol. I'd watch! Battle of the Minds.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 03:51 PM (UOM48)
If you like HBO's ROME and the movie 300, you'll like Spartacus: Blood & Sand because it pretty much rips off both of the aforementioned.
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 03:51 PM (zgaoG)
Actors and directors, yes. The producers are who put up the money.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 03:51 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 25, 2011 03:51 PM (sJTmU)
Red State per IMDB: "Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda"
Good to know Stephen King's not the only guy shameless enough to fuck that dead chicken.
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at February 25, 2011 03:51 PM (EAtJr)
Common a little horror flair!
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at February 25, 2011 03:53 PM (0q2P7)
Isn't that the one where Bond cries. I think its the only one. Hated that. Course I guess you could count the one where the guy gets the rope ball to the nads as crying, but that seems reasonable.
Also worst movie ever, Avatar. I lasted like 30 minutes on that crap, glad I was at home.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at February 25, 2011 03:53 PM (xdHzq)
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Producers are often under contract by the studios, so they can get paid regardless as well.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 03:54 PM (mhmc7)
Maybe he and Tarantino can make a movie together and really cash in.
Call it:
Two Hours of Over-Rated Cussing and a Few Tits
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:54 PM (MQzSA)
Blackhawk Down was also relatively pro-American. It definitely showed the soliders as brave and caring, pissed on Clinton a bit, and showed the Habr Gidr clan to be nasty bastards.
Ridley Scott must have been suffering from a stroke when he made it.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at February 25, 2011 03:54 PM (xy9wk)
Kevin Smith is an execrable douche bag.
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 03:55 PM (MMC8r)
My uncle was in the pacific and in the CBI theater (China, Burma, India). He came back the same way. His often used phase was "the yellow race sucks". He saw a lot of fucked up stuff, and it changed him forever.
Posted by: Berserker at February 25, 2011 03:55 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 03:55 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 25, 2011 03:56 PM (o3bYL)
Did you know that Never Say Never Again, one of the best 007 flicks, is not considered 'officially' part of the James Bond movie series?
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 03:56 PM (zgaoG)
Naw, they need someone to the right of Spitzer.
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 25, 2011 03:56 PM (lXCHg)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 03:56 PM (QxGmu)
The original scripted ending had the sympathetic Saudi policeman blowing up the FBI team. It was too, umm, interesting to actually film.
http://tinyurl.com/458uz9q
Posted by: Bowl Haircut at February 25, 2011 03:57 PM (LX7fb)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 03:57 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: momma at February 25, 2011 03:58 PM (penCf)
nah, more like 300 + Rome + Gay Porn Version of Emanuelle = Spartacus Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers
Fixed it for ya.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 03:58 PM (S59+B)
It was made by rival producers to compete with the official Bond release that year, Octopussy. And it's hard to call it "one of the best" when it's just a remake of Thunderball, which really is one of the best.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 03:58 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: K~Bob at February 25, 2011 03:59 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:00 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:00 PM (MQzSA)
@97: "I'll check out Spartacus. It's free on the xbox 360 Netflix thing."
It's worth a look: Lucy Lawless gets naked in it - there are also fight scenes.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at February 25, 2011 04:01 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 07:55 PM (MMC8r)
But "Clerks" was pretty funny.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 04:01 PM (7Y12r)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:02 PM (MQzSA)
I give it 5 updings, and if it doesn't win Best Picture next year, it's only proof that Hollywood is full of spiteful Jews like the one who took PJM from me after I created it
Posted by: Cahrsel Jhonsno at February 25, 2011 04:02 PM (vdfwz)
His ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, who also directed Point Break, Strange Days, and the western-vampire cult classic Near Dark.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 04:02 PM (QxGmu)
What he describes that he faced is bone-chilling. Hanks and Spielberg barely touched on the subject with a brief scene of captured Marines who had been used for live bayonet practice.
Posted by: Jane D'oh
I was fortunate. When I was a kid, a salesman that came into my dad's store set me down in the warehouse one day and told me of his experience being in the Baatan death march. Truly an eye-opener for me. My dad came back while he was talking, listened a few minutes and walked away, not telling the salesman to stop. Dad was in the Pacific too.
Whenever you get the chance sit down with these guys, please do. They're willing to talk about it now. They're also seeing the history they made being re-written.
Posted by: Soona at February 25, 2011 04:02 PM (Xqbm4)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:03 PM (MQzSA)
warning: you see an occasional dingdong in Spartacus
but way more boobies
And Xena's boobies are small but still pretty firm for a gal in her mid 40s.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:03 PM (Fe3ZO)
If you torrented it, you're gonna need some lube!
Posted by: Hurt Locker lawyers at February 25, 2011 04:04 PM (EAtJr)
Posted by: Leftover Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 07:59 PM (Fe3ZO)
Katherine Bigelow, James Cameron's ex.
Dad is a vet and firefighter and he tells me that it's pretty well done.
Posted by: ErikW at February 25, 2011 04:04 PM (rQv55)
Posted by: Tantor at February 25, 2011 04:05 PM (Ek/Oc)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:06 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 04:06 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 08:00 PM
His second wife, Kathryn Bigelow
I'm sure she got the Best Picture and Best Director just because it was a big middle finger to James Fuckin' Cameron who thought he had it in the bag for Avatar.
Cameron is such an arrogant self-righteous self-serving asshole that even the other arrogant self-righteous self-serving assholes can't stand him
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 04:06 PM (vdfwz)
It's a Hollywood thing. All Europeans have British accents, even if they're German, French, or from ancient Rome.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 04:07 PM (QxGmu)
She says " Isn't that awful. Gross"
I said, "Yeah. It's awful I'm not there with those broads."
Women are funny about that shit.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:09 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 08:07 PM
Hans Fuckin' Gruber
Posted by: Alan Rickman at February 25, 2011 04:09 PM (vdfwz)
Women are funny about that shit.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 08:09 PM (MQzSA)
How did that end up for you?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 04:10 PM (7Y12r)
We need to get a collection going to send - "That guy who yells En Fuego!", to Yemen.
Shit is going down there.
Sounds like Saleh is going full on Moammar.
Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2011 04:10 PM (Q8jte)
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 04:10 PM (5ZWTC)
If you ever watched the best sci-fi series ever made, FARSCAPE, a lotta the actors had a mix of Australian-American accents.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:10 PM (Fe3ZO)
I was fortunate. When I was a kid, a salesman that came into my dad's store set me down in the warehouse one day and told me of his experience being in the Baatan death march. Truly an eye-opener for me. My dad came back while he was talking, listened a few minutes and walked away, not telling the salesman to stop. Dad was in the Pacific too.
Whenever you get the chance sit down with these guys, please do. They're willing to talk about it now. They're also seeing the history they made being re-written.
Posted by: Soona at February 25, 2011 08:02 PM (Xqbm4)
Our son's been fortunate on Okinawa to meet a number of old Pacific vets who come on the bases and speak to the kids.
As he was leaving for Okinawa, his lib paternal grandmother reminded him that "The Japanese are much more polite and civilized than we are. Please be respectful." He knew better, kissed her on her cheek, and left.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 04:10 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 08:07 PM (QxGmu)
But you've got to admit that British accents are better than: Hey, Bruuutus. We gotta the fisha for you.
Posted by: Soona at February 25, 2011 04:12 PM (Xqbm4)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 08:10 PM (UOM4
Sounds like you raised a very polite boy there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 04:12 PM (7Y12r)
Every fight is the Alamo around here. A heroic fight to a foregone conclusion against impossible odds.
In other words: Marriage
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:13 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Soona at February 25, 2011 08:02 PM (Xqbm4)
My Gramps was a Tank Driver in the Pacific. He saw some crazy ass shit.
Posted by: garrett at February 25, 2011 04:13 PM (Q8jte)
Posted by: sifty
Um, which one?
In season 3, the main characters end up owning one. Great show, good actors, neat production.
Spartacus: Blood and Dongs is a pale imitation replete with shitty dialogue worthy of a Star War prequel.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 04:13 PM (S59+B)
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 04:14 PM (5ZWTC)
Every fight is the Alamo around here. A heroic fight to a foregone conclusion against impossible odds.
In other words: Marriage
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 08:13 PM (MQzSA)
And yet, you just keep picking them. Well done!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 04:15 PM (7Y12r)
Did remind me of some times in Rosarito Beach though.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:15 PM (MQzSA)
they get really mad when i tell them i'd be happy if the whole shebang picked up and moved to Canada and never came back. this town is an echo chamber of leftard tripe, masquerading as intellect.
fuck them all...
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 25, 2011 04:15 PM (d1FhN)
Hurt Locker was a pretty good movie, but the problem was that idiots started thinking that the portrayal of life in Iraq was accurate.
Still, it was worth making it and supporting just so Cameron could get his Oscar hopes jammed up his blue tailed ass.
Octopussy might be the best Moore Bond, and tramples all over Connery's unofficial comeback attempt. As previously mentioned, that was a weak remake of Thunderball, which is Sir Sean at his coolest.
Posted by: The Q at February 25, 2011 04:15 PM (MYuEC)
not Latin, but like the literal translation of latin phrases if used in conversation -- very odd
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:16 PM (zgaoG)
146 the brits were a scrappy little country and performed well (not so much anymore, dad). He said the asians were cruel, barbaric, and crazy. Then he told stories.
Thanks to Tony Blair, the Brits pretty much are Asians now.
Posted by: The Q at February 25, 2011 04:17 PM (MYuEC)
Is Glee written so the French will watch it?
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 04:17 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: steevy at February 25, 2011 04:18 PM (5yICQ)
Octopussy was interesting, but Louis Jordan played a weak villain, Steven Berkoff chewed scenery like William Shatner on Honey Badger, and the humor, such as it was, was the worst in the series (a Tarzan yell? Really?)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 04:18 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:19 PM (MQzSA)
God bless them bringing in money from afar.
The joos in LA will buy a new BMW. Maybe give Obama a party?
O/T Obama has got all the childrens out of da hood and now says he going to do some sanctions.
Where the Fuck is the 82nd?
I vote present.
Posted by: Kemp at February 25, 2011 04:20 PM (JpFM9)
All they needed was one or two more episodes to wrap things up in Deadwood, but no, they left us hanging.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:20 PM (zgaoG)
they get really mad when i tell them i'd be happy if the whole shebang picked up and moved to Canada and never came back. this town is an echo chamber of leftard tripe, masquerading as intellect.
fuck them all...
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 25, 2011 08:15 PM
I assume you live on the West Side or possibly Los Feliz.
For a crowd that speaks of the evils of America and capitalism, I've never met people so obsessed with money. They want to know how much you make, and they want you to know how much they make
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 04:21 PM (vdfwz)
It was pretty stupid when they killed one whore to make believe it was another whore just to satisfy Rick Simon.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:21 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: CDR M at February 25, 2011 08:21 PM (5I8G0)
Saw it the other night. Brace yourself. They show Barky droning several times.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 04:22 PM (UOM48)
I hate the way the hollywood libs celebrate their "films" as "art" and are constantly congratulating themselves on producing "works" that have "meaning" and "nuance".
It's expensive pretending. They look ridiculous to anyone that doesn't buy into that crap.
Sure, you can use it as a little escapism but "powerful" "groundbreaking" "social statements". Give me a fucking break.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 04:23 PM (5ZWTC)
Does she show them??
Posted by: Berserker at February 25, 2011 04:23 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:24 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 04:24 PM (5ZWTC)
Moonraker is still my favorite Bond movie.
I'll bet you like Shemp more than Curly, too. We have nothing further to discuss.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:25 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: steevy at February 25, 2011 04:28 PM (5yICQ)
Provided Thomas the Goddamn Tank Engine ever quits churning out shit ever other day.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:28 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 04:28 PM (UOM48)
The whole movie has Honey Badger written all over it.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:29 PM (MQzSA)
Some other dad says to me, "I'm addicted to Glee." I didn't know what to do and didn't want to be rude but I said, "What's Glee?" Turns out to be a TV show? Then he says it's a musical? I think I grimaced.
I hate it when people confuse me with this stuff. Couldn't they just talk about the intricacies of the Wisconsin labor bill? or some Supreme court case? Maybe he was trying to make chick conversation.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 04:29 PM (5ZWTC)
The NOW hags were all over that like Billy Jeff was over unwilling women.
Posted by: jukin at February 25, 2011 04:29 PM (vkkNZ)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:29 PM (MQzSA)
Responding to various people:
For Your Eyes Only would be my other nominee for best Moore Bond. Just like Octopussy, it had really bad humor at times, jaw-dropping stunts, and Roger old enough to play a good, serious Bond without looking like the cryptkeeper (which he did in his last one, the one with Walken).
Spy has amazing stunts and Rog at his coolest, but that wooden plank of a leading lady just ruins much of the movie for me. This is where the Bond people first started with the "Let's have a woman who's equally as good a spy as Bond" bullshit.
Glee is made mainly for dumb kids - it's the High School Musical of TV, and it gives liberals a viewing alternative if watching Jethro Gibbs might make them grow their first chest hair.
Lucy Lawless has held up remarkably well, and God bless her for showing that off every week.
And Deadwood rocks.
Posted by: The Q at February 25, 2011 04:30 PM (MYuEC)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 25, 2011 04:32 PM (lXCHg)
The guy needs to do more westerns.
With Duval and Selleck and the rest of the few remaining men in Hollywood.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:33 PM (MQzSA)
Wow, I just heard that the bamster is going to issue sanctions against Libya. whoooooooaoooaoo that will show mummer who the hell is boss.
How long did Saddam survive under sanctions, 12 years wasn't it? The clock is ticking mummer.
Posted by: robtr at February 25, 2011 04:34 PM (hVDig)
yes, Starz channel produces a series called Spartacus: Blood & Sand, which is in between seasons right now.
So they made 6 prequel episodes of Spartacus: in the Arena whatever until season 2 starts.
Posted by: George Lazenby at February 25, 2011 04:35 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: steevy at February 25, 2011 04:36 PM (5yICQ)
Posted by: frode at February 25, 2011 04:36 PM (1m2f3)
Is that before or after he supplements the little rescue ferry he sent with a Sears bass boat?
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 25, 2011 04:36 PM (lXCHg)
Posted by: Holger at February 25, 2011 04:36 PM (YxGud)
Posted by: Holger at February 25, 2011 08:36 PM (YxGud)
One of my fav scenes in that movie was when the black guy comes in with the automatic shotgun and holds the trigger, lol. Loved the sound of it.
Posted by: KG at February 25, 2011 04:39 PM (2k/Dg)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:40 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 04:40 PM (1zgwP)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:40 PM (MQzSA)
Obama orders State Department to rent blimp to evacuate Americans in Libya.
Oh no. Just when kdaffy got things under control. Now he has to face this.
Posted by: Ronster at February 25, 2011 04:41 PM (rzuJR)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:42 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: elspeth at February 25, 2011 04:43 PM (X2HJi)
Posted by: melvin at February 25, 2011 04:45 PM (3OCZw)
If those Americans had been GE or Goldman Sachs executives, George Soros, union hacks, Hollywood celebrities or Dem politicians, then King Barry would have had private jets sent for each of them fully stocked with wagyu, booze, and coke. All on the taxpayer's tab
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 04:45 PM (vdfwz)
It seems like the entire "going to the movies" thing is dying anyway. With gigantic HDTVs and thousands of channels, I'm enjoying the well-produced series angle more. Much more character development and storytelling, plus my own bathroom and fridge nearby.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 04:45 PM (mhmc7)
I think the actor that did the best job was this dude, Garrett Dillahunt.
He was so good as the killer of Wild Bill Hikock (Jack McCall), they brought him back as another character, the psychopath Francis Wolcott.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 04:45 PM (S59+B)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 08:40 PM (1zgwP)
Never seen it, but since it comes so highly recommended I'll have to give it a look.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 04:46 PM (7Y12r)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:47 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 04:48 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 08:10 PM (Fe3ZO
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The blue, bald chick was the blond archer in Road Warrior ("we fight for a belief. I stay")
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 04:48 PM (aK+9x)
Posted by: moi at February 25, 2011 04:49 PM (Ez4Ql)
You know what's a great movie and very re-watchable?
UNFORGIVEN
A lotta great scenes and a lotta great lines.
As soon as Clint shot the kid on the shitter I knew it was gonna be a great film. I said, "Whoa, this is different."
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:50 PM (Fe3ZO)
She gave a Q&A. Nice lady but way way too much work on the face.
She said she almost killed Mel Gibson with the bow. It was a real bow with a real heavy draw and it was a real arrow. Her arm started shaking and the director had to yell CUT. She almost shot Mel. they eventually got her another bow that was a prop.
Everyone was wasted on that production.
We lol'ed.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:51 PM (MQzSA)
The blue, bald chick was the blond archer in Road Warrior ("we fight for a belief. I stay")
I didn't know that.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 04:52 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 25, 2011 04:52 PM (7utQ2)
The Eagle?
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 04:52 PM (S59+B)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 04:53 PM (1zgwP)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 08:29 PM (MQzSA)
Raylan: You ever hear about a spot snipers call "the apricot"? It's where the brain stem meets the spine. Hit a fella there, he ain't gonna pull no trigger. It's just (click), lights out.
Posted by: momma at February 25, 2011 04:54 PM (penCf)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 25, 2011 04:54 PM (7utQ2)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 25, 2011 08:52 PM (7utQ2)
What a shame, she has been trying so hard to be the lefts new favorite conservative that bashes conservatives. I told you not to trust those guys Kathleen.
Posted by: robtr at February 25, 2011 04:56 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:57 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 04:57 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 08:50 PM
Correction, the Kid shot the cowboy in the shitter, Munny fired at the others to cover him. Munny shot the first cowboy in the ravine
Of course, the scene in the saloon with Munny and Little Bill was a classic ...
"He should've armed himself.. if he's gonna go decorating the front of his saloon with my friend here... "
"I've killed about everything that's walked and crawled at one time or another. Now I'm gonna kill you Little Bill, for what you done to Ned"
"Deserves got nothin' to do with it"
"See you in Hell, William Munny!"
Posted by: kbdabear at February 25, 2011 04:58 PM (vdfwz)
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Yeah, but how often do you see a woman tie her dress to a railing and flip off the balcony.
+ Maud Adams, the most frequent Bond-girl (other than the original Moneypenny)
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 04:58 PM (aK+9x)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 04:59 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 25, 2011 08:52 PM (7utQ2)
What a shame, she has been trying so hard to be the lefts new favorite conservative that bashes conservatives. I told you not to trust those guys Kathleen.
Posted by: robtr at February 25, 2011 08:56 PMHey daddy, I got this like really cool new job on TV!!!
Posted by: Meghan McCain at February 25, 2011 05:00 PM (vdfwz)
the Kid shot the cowboy in the shitter
dammit, yes, how could I fudge that up like that???
the kid was shaking like a leaf because it was first kill, if I recall
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 05:01 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:01 PM (qIHlG)
It was drinkin' that done it, much as anything.
Love Unforgiven.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 05:02 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 08:24 PM (5ZWTC)
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Just think how good the movie would have been with Dame Diana and Sir James
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 05:03 PM (aK+9x)
Was that in the On Demand section or online?
Posted by: CDR M at February 25, 2011 08:59 PM (5I8G0)
On line. There's some nice background on the shoot by the producer/photographer.
How'd you enjoy Barky in the piece? When The Jugeared Won showed his face, we both yelled, "FUCKER!!" at the poor TV.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:04 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 25, 2011 05:06 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:06 PM (qIHlG)
She was a Bond girl twice, but so was Martine Beswick and Eunice Gayson. And actually, if you count the opening credits female silhouettes, Beswick was a Bond girl three times.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 05:06 PM (QxGmu)
What, Battlefield Earth not good enough for you?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 25, 2011 05:07 PM (7utQ2)
Posted by: KG at February 25, 2011 05:07 PM (2k/Dg)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 09:06 PM (QxGmu)
Who was the he/she from the Bond films? Bonus question, where does he/she live now?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 05:08 PM (1zgwP)
Union Work?
Wiley has said he thinks Gonzales is working on behalf of the Galveston Municipal Police Association and the Texas Municipal Police Association and that he and LeBlanc are targets because of layoffs in the department and efforts to repeal the unionÂ’s right to collective bargaining.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at February 25, 2011 05:09 PM (Qh/Y5)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 09:06 PM
Every time I hear "way dowwwwnnn below the ocean, wheeeerrrre I wanna be, she may be", I feel like kicking somebody to death
Posted by: Tommy DeVito at February 25, 2011 05:09 PM (vdfwz)
Who wants to drop $$$ to listen to other people's cell phone conversations? I went with my niece to see the last Disney Princess movie; someday I imagine she'll tell her kids/nieces about these cold sticky places she used to go to watch movies with strangers and they'll think she's making it up.
I can't even watch regular television anymore. A story drags out over years, or I can burn through it on DVD in days or weeks.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2011 05:10 PM (nAOMZ)
Talula, one of the hitman's pool girls in For Your Eyes Only. I'd have to google to answer the second part of the question.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 05:10 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 09:10 PM (QxGmu)
Caroline Cossey, aka Tula. Lives in Atlanta as an "actress/activist" whatever the hell that means. I also believe "she's" married.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:12 PM (UOM48)
I think movie theaters are going the way of drive-ins.
It might take another 10 or twenty years but they'll be all gone.
Posted by: Billy Bob Soothsayers at February 25, 2011 05:12 PM (zgaoG)
Posted by: steevy at February 25, 2011 05:13 PM (5yICQ)
Chazz Palminteri is a bad mofo.
"Now youz can't leave."
A Bronx Tale is under appreciated.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 05:13 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:13 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: KG at February 25, 2011 09:07 PM (2k/Dg)
Hey look over there! A witch!
Posted by: Karl Rove at February 25, 2011 05:13 PM (EAtJr)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2011 09:10 PM
Good times, good times ....
Posted by: Pee Wee Herman at February 25, 2011 05:13 PM (vdfwz)
Unlike Sean Connery, Roger Moore didn't do any of the actual underwater scenes. (He did do some of the climbing scenes though).
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 05:14 PM (aK+9x)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 25, 2011 05:14 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 05:14 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 05:14 PM (MQzSA)
Sifty, I appreciate that. It is literally the best offer I've had in the last 24 hours. To show my appreciation, I'll even forgo the sex. I'll just send you a pair of my boxers and you can throw it in with a load of her laundry.
Or a pez
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 05:16 PM (5ZWTC)
Posted by: CDR M at February 25, 2011 09:07 PM (5I8G0)
CDR M, by dad despised Clinton with every fiber of his being. So whose signature is on the letter to my mom when he died? I haven't found the letter among Mom's things. I seriously believe she may have thrown it away.
Dad must be spinning in his grave over Barky. In his wildest dreams, he couldn't imagine the corrupt slime in the WH.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:17 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:17 PM (qIHlG)
I hope this steels his resolve. There's clearly no reasoning with this bunch.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2011 05:17 PM (nAOMZ)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 05:18 PM (1zgwP)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:18 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: steevy at February 25, 2011 05:18 PM (5yICQ)
First one I saw in the theater. Yes, I realize it was a big giant cheese-fest that only a run-down franchise could cough up in the 80's but it's not like we had a choice. Still, impressive if you really had never seen one before.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 25, 2011 05:19 PM (S59+B)
Alan Alda a Republican?? Hahahahahahhaha!! Joy Behar masturbates to his picture every night.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:19 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at February 25, 2011 05:19 PM (h35AH)
Posted by: booger at February 25, 2011 05:20 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:20 PM (qIHlG)
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Yeah, live TV is dying too. A few live sports and news channels plus a thousand on demand only channels is probably our future.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 05:20 PM (mhmc7)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 25, 2011 05:20 PM (7utQ2)
Posted by: steevy at February 25, 2011 05:22 PM (5yICQ)
Well that certainly gives me a big tent.
Posted by: Dede Scozzafava at February 25, 2011 05:23 PM (EAtJr)
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Painfully unfunny.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 05:23 PM (mhmc7)
Don't know why but I laugh hysterically at that one every time.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 05:24 PM (QxGmu)
I decided on the spur of the moment at about 9 on a saturday night to go see the King's Speech. The Local 22 mega movie house didn't have another one untill 10:30 so we had to go to the "Arts" theatre.
The "Arts" theatre is one in which all the anti-american or "arts" "films" are shown to all the Washingto DC area douchebags. They brag about driving there from their far-away suburb. It's close to me, so I warned hubby, and we went.
As I expected it was filled with middle aged liberals with little glasses, goatees, and scarves and a surprisingly large number of little gay boys in skinny jeans. That must be where they go. They all knew to line up against the wall until the rude ticket tearer showed up.
I expected arugula and jicama concessions but it was the usual fare. I expect this is what all movies will be in the future.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 05:25 PM (5ZWTC)
She was a Bond girl twice, but so was Martine Beswick and Eunice Gayson. And actually, if you count the opening credits female silhouettes, Beswick was a Bond girl three times.
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at February 25, 2011 09:06 PM (QxGmu)
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She was also in one of the crowd scenes in one of the others. I don't remember which one.
Forgot about Beswick, she was in Russia (and I think) Thunderball?
& how could I forget Bond's girl friend.
My bad
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 05:28 PM (aK+9x)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:28 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at February 25, 2011 05:29 PM (MIk2K)
""Don't know why but I laugh hysterically at that one every time.""
man me too. I fucking laugh my ass off every time I see that.
Posted by: Berserker at February 25, 2011 05:29 PM (gWHrG)
A Bruce Springsteen concert? (heh)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at February 25, 2011 05:30 PM (Qh/Y5)
You know the Traveler's commercial with the hippie singing something like, "I won't hurt you".....
drives me crazy. You're damned straight, skippy. You raise a limp, henna covered hand to me and you'll be picking your teeth off the sidewalk.
Hippie douche, please.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:32 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:33 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 05:33 PM (+61wI)
That and the pig screaming 'Whee!' are my two ring tones.
Posted by: momma at February 25, 2011 05:33 PM (penCf)
I'm bored, whatcah wanna know?
Posted by: booger at February 25, 2011 05:35 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 25, 2011 05:35 PM (urYpw)
The following summer all the hipsters here had adopted that style.
Stealing style from the Danes. Way to go, U. S. hipsters.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:36 PM (UOM48)
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Netflix is a streaming and direct-mail movie rental service run by an anti-American asshole who likes to insult his paying customers.
http://tinyurl.com/4f3vk4n
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 05:37 PM (mhmc7)
That move is was hysterical, esp the jihadis. I laughed so hard I cried.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 25, 2011 05:37 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Sgt. Batguano at February 25, 2011 05:38 PM (yCH89)
I can't believe we haven't watched it yet.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:38 PM (UOM48)
Lol Buckhead: I've never been and the only impression I have is from "Peachtree Road" the Anne Rivers Siddons book and that guy from Freerepublic that first busted Rather's scam. I gotcha
Do all these assholes buy black square-framed glasses from the same store?
I think they come free in the large size arugula bag. I don't know why they piss me off so much. It's not like they're flattering.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 05:39 PM (5ZWTC)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 05:40 PM (+61wI)
Posted by: DngrMse at February 25, 2011 05:41 PM (9v3vw)
Posted by: Rocks at February 25, 2011 05:42 PM (th0op)
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 05:43 PM (5ZWTC)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:44 PM (qIHlG)
I hope this steels his resolve. There's clearly no reasoning with this bunch.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2011 09:17 PM (nAOMZ)
Found this at the link as well:
MUST SEE news report: (Remember the chick that said GOP was taking away her chemo? Turns out a Senator told her that:
Senator Bob Jauch told a woman that if the Budget Repair Bill passes, her chemotherapy will be cut and she will die. She believes that Republicans will “kill me silently.”
Posted by: momma at February 25, 2011 05:45 PM (penCf)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:45 PM (qIHlG)
I, for one, welcome our new Canadian overlords. (I can haz no death panels, plz?)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:46 PM (UOM48)
Good things those Democrats never use fearmongering. Uh uh. Nope. Never.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 25, 2011 05:46 PM (YxBuk)
Yes. No, meh and no.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 05:47 PM (mhmc7)
We're doomed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:48 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 05:50 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 09:38 PM (UOM4
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It's reasonable, discounting a couple of scenes where it makes a girl who dumps the 'main' lead for a soldier look like a slut, and where an injured girl becomes a slapstick joke.
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 05:51 PM (aK+9x)
Posted by: cheshirecat at February 25, 2011 05:51 PM (NWlPe)
I've posted this before, but it is my late mom's tried and true remedy for nasty coughs, colds and sore throats:
Heat a small mug of water to nearly boiling. Add all the cider vinegar that you can stand, sweetened with as much honey as you want.
This seriously works. Even our kid always asked for it when he felt like crap.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 25, 2011 05:51 PM (UOM48)
I'm adding Netflix tomorrow. But both Hulu+, and Amazon prime stream well at 720p to my TV, (through a ROKU box). There is some 1080p stuff on Hulu+, but it seems kind of hitchy to me. Netflix is supposed to have a lot of 1080p stuff, and I'm looking forward to sampling their goods.
Posted by: DngrMse at February 25, 2011 05:51 PM (9v3vw)
Yes, yes, as fast as YouTube, selection can be more limited but they say it's expanding.
It's really snazzy.
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 05:52 PM (MMC8r)
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Kinda depends on how the question was posed, no?
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 05:52 PM (mhmc7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 05:53 PM (7Y12r)
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 05:55 PM (GaLxs)
Posted by: mpfs, lost in PA at February 25, 2011 05:58 PM (iqMB8)
Yeah, there's dvd players with Netflix streaming, Wii and some other game boxes have it too and there's stand alone boxes for streaming to your tv. Picture is good if you have a fast connection, they dole it out in three tiers, low, average and high. When i had DSL at 1.5 mbps i always got the average tier and the picture was ok, now that i'm on cable at 7 mbps i get high and the picture is great. Download time was under 30 seconds for both my 1.5 and 7mbps connections. Selection is pretty good, don't expect a movie to show up until well after it's been out on dvd for a while though, unless it wasn't much of a moneymaker at the box office.
Posted by: booger at February 25, 2011 05:58 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at February 25, 2011 05:58 PM (7Y12r)
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 05:59 PM (GaLxs)
It's really snazzy.
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The picture quality can drop off pretty dramatically if you do anything else with your connection while watching (sometimes even if you aren't), and the selection is absolutely terrible. Netflix is having all kinds of trouble getting major studio contracts. The only reason you see any movies you recognize at all is because they back-doored a Starz On-Demand contract that allows them to show whatever Starz is allowed to show. It's set to expire and it won't be allowed to happen again.
Posted by: Johnny at February 25, 2011 05:59 PM (mhmc7)
Posted by: mpfs, lost in PA at February 25, 2011 06:00 PM (iqMB8)
Posted by: USA at February 25, 2011 06:01 PM (YZISw)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 06:02 PM (OW0nw)
They've been taking out a lot of DVDs, too. Everytime I log into my queue there's another one now "unavailable."
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2011 06:02 PM (nAOMZ)
342 Why Am I Lying on the Kitchen Floor With a Rubber Hanging Out of My Ass Medicine.
how YOU doing
Posted by: michelle obama at February 25, 2011 06:05 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: USA at February 25, 2011 06:05 PM (YZISw)
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman at February 25, 2011 06:06 PM (2CcxA)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:07 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 06:07 PM (GaLxs)
And yeah, if Starz gets taken out of the instant watch that would put a big dent in whats available.
Posted by: booger at February 25, 2011 06:08 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:08 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:09 PM (qIHlG)
well I really don't know - and the budget depends on what is available
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 06:09 PM (GaLxs)
I haven't noticed any of the issues with connectivity or speed that other people have mentioned, and we run multiple computers on the network along with the Wii. We're running at about 3 mbps.
As for selection, I suppose I have eclectic tastes. I don't care about most of the series the Morons go on about, and am happier with old movies and television. Maybe it's not so apparent to me.
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 06:10 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:10 PM (qIHlG)
Because some movies just look better on a screen bigger than one of the walls of my house.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 25, 2011 06:11 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:12 PM (qIHlG)
Michelle Obama told the young people that the color-barrier-shattering music of her youth "was so much more than just a soundtrack. It was a heartbeat."
"As Motown rose, so did the forces of change in this country," she said. "During that time, it was the time of King and Kennedy, it was a time of marches and rallies and groundbreaking civil rights laws."
Fans who didn't make the guest list for the concert can see it Tuesday on PBS'"The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House."
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 06:12 PM (5ZWTC)
I joined NetFlix during one of those free trials but so far every time I want to wach something instantly they don't have it, I have to add it to my queue and wait. And Honey Badger don't wait.
Posted by: ParanoidAnxietyGirlInSeattle at February 25, 2011 06:14 PM (RZ8pf)
358 easy then
the serious money you want to use is for the speaker system, it makes the difference
i suggest start with the tv, then a decent blu-ray player, then good speakers, then a small computer with media center for your tunes
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:14 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: Mark E at February 25, 2011 09:14 PM (aK+9x)
Connery did not do his underwater scenes in Thunderball. Frank Cousins did those scenes [hubby's uncle- check IMDB]
Posted by: Museisluse at February 25, 2011 06:14 PM (u/Nbu)
From before:
Alan Alda isn't a Republican, but I call squishes like McCain and Graham and now Daniels "Alan Alda Republicans" for their "sensitivity".
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 06:15 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:16 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: booger at February 25, 2011 06:16 PM (9RFH1)
maybe it works for Jane D'oh but not for me.
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 06:16 PM (GaLxs)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:17 PM (qIHlG)
Michelle Obama told the young people that the color-barrier-shattering music of her youth "was so much more than just a soundtrack. It was a heartbeat."
"As Motown rose, so did the forces of change in this country," she said. "During that time, it was the time of King and Kennedy, it was a time of marches and rallies and groundbreaking civil rights laws."
Fans who didn't make the guest list for the concert can see it Tuesday on PBS'"The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House."
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 10:12 PM (5ZWTC)
uhmmm she does realize that kennedy was dead by the time she was born and King was dead by the time she was 3 doesn't she?
Posted by: robtr at February 25, 2011 06:17 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 06:17 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:17 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: The Obamas at February 25, 2011 06:18 PM (MQzSA)
What did the character say about terrorists? We're going to have to kill them all? Sounds entirely reasonable to me. The fact that the jihadi says the same means the other side (the vast majority of non terrorists) must wipe out the cancer. I didn't really get a whiff of moral equivalence because in the movie the terrorists were portrayed as true villains: mowing down innocents with automatic weapons, bombing a crowd, bombing the first-responder rescue workers, kidnapping, etc.
If the producer decided to put that bit in after learning how much people liked seeing terrorists' heads filled with bullet holes, then the moral equivalence bit was as effective as a fart in a windstorm IMO.
Posted by: fb at February 25, 2011 06:18 PM (tnDLR)
torrents are an easy way to get a serious virus or trojan also
i used to do it a few years ago but now with streaming sites, no need
for songs, i either ask a sister or a friend, between us we have tons
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:20 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:21 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 06:21 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 06:22 PM (MMC8r)
386 i wouldn't do a rar movie at all, i would go with the .avi and songs a mp3
only a full program which transfers to an .iso would i use .rar because it transfers to the disc and not the hard drive when opens so easy to spot malware
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:23 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: ParanoidAnxietyGirlInSeattle at February 25, 2011 06:23 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 06:24 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:24 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 06:24 PM (TATbF)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:24 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at February 25, 2011 06:24 PM (ijjAe)
one good thing about the big screen to is it makes for a good family day and all theatres give military discounts so its not too bad
how do you prove you were in the military when you are at the theater? Do you have to show them that war wound you got when that sailor accidently bit down?
Posted by: Ben at February 25, 2011 06:25 PM (DKV43)
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Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:26 PM (pYurd)
Posted by: booger at February 25, 2011 06:26 PM (9RFH1)
I thought the cider vinegar honey thing was for acid reflux.
Cover the souls of your feet with vicks and put on socks. Also Mucinex is a godsend.
Posted by: dagny at February 25, 2011 06:27 PM (5ZWTC)
402 Do you have to show them that war wound you got when that sailor accidently bit down?
leave my sister out of it!!!!!!!!
no, i'm retired, i have a pretty blue id
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:27 PM (pYurd)
Put some ginger and molasses in it and you get switchel, the gatorade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (and probably earlier, with slightly different ingredients). Surprisingly good - tastes like gingery applejuice, except with a molasses flavor, if that makes any sense.
Posted by: Grey Fox at February 25, 2011 06:27 PM (7YOSb)
Posted by: RushBabe at February 25, 2011 06:29 PM (urYpw)
Download from filestube.com then. It searches all of the upload sites like Rapidshare and gives you links to all the files for that movie. The problem with torrents is that people get nailed for sharing rather than the retrieving part. So there's no risk if you do it this way.
You just go to that site, type in the movie name and year and multi-part or one part files come up. Sometimes, after going through the trouble, you open the movie to find that it's dubbed in another language, but you get better at figuring out beforehand whether that's likely or not. Also, filestube enables you to search by a particular upload site which is useful because megaupload generally has previews of what you'll be downloading if it's a single part file.
Posted by: Abe Froman at February 25, 2011 06:29 PM (uZJOg)
Posted by: ParanoidAnxietyGirlInSeattle at February 25, 2011 10:23 PM (RZ8pf)
Should we talk instead of preparing the hard drive for a long, slow fscking?
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 06:29 PM (GaLxs)
Oooh baby. Talk nerdy to me.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2011 06:31 PM (nAOMZ)
you know, i have only my boot camp issue blue top and my choker whites, thats all
and a bag of medals and ribbons somewhere
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 25, 2011 06:32 PM (pYurd)
Yeah but just like not wanting give up on a bad investment.
Posted by: TheNotion at February 25, 2011 06:32 PM (hD0CU)
Archer's Mom comes out of the fur store wearing a pretty silver coat and the hippies ask her "How does it feel to be a murderer?"
She whips out a .44 magnum and shines the laser at the hippies. Asks, "Shall we find out?"
They run like the jackals they are.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 06:32 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at February 25, 2011 06:33 PM (OW0nw)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 25, 2011 06:34 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 06:34 PM (qIHlG)
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 06:35 PM (GaLxs)
Posted by: CDR M at February 25, 2011 10:33 PM (5I8G0) h
Why would we have power outages, did the japs attack again?
Posted by: robtr at February 25, 2011 06:35 PM (hVDig)
Why would there be power outages in WA?
Mr. Pez, I got lazy on my last name change and now I'm stuck on anxiety.
Posted by: ParanoidAnxietyGirlInSeattle at February 25, 2011 06:36 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: coughing chemjeff at February 25, 2011 06:36 PM (GaLxs)
Yeah, but only cuz it's raining.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at February 25, 2011 06:37 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: nickless at February 25, 2011 06:40 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 06:47 PM (MQzSA)
Posted by: JohnJ at February 25, 2011 07:03 PM (Msqwv)
The film industry is pretty chock-full of people who like America except for all those dirty Americans.
Posted by: Ezra at February 25, 2011 07:24 PM (bxiXv)
Archer's Mom comes out of the fur store wearing a pretty silver coat and the hippies ask her "How does it feel to be a murderer?"
She whips out a .44 magnum and shines the laser at the hippies. Asks, "Shall we find out?"
They run like the jackals they are.
Posted by: sifty at February 25, 2011 10:32 PM (MQzSA)
I watched the first season on the net. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time, especially the episode where his mom wanted him to seduce the Cuban guy.
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Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 25, 2011 09:45 PM (qIHlG)
if you have a WII and a wireless router setup, you can do it that way, or you can do it from most any laptop or PC with a long 9-pin VGA cable, if your big screen TV has a 9-pin VGA port on th back (most do these days)
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