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Post by jdredd on Jan 25, 2015 14:39:15 GMT -5
Hey, Hollywood, I have an idea for a movie to follow the blockbuster "American Sniper": "American Drone Operator", about a guy who spends all day at a computer in complete safety blowing up suspicious Muslims by remote control. Then he goes home to his family and maybe goes to rch on Sunday before watching the Big Game. Sounds exciting, doesn't it?
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Post by Turk on Apr 21, 2015 16:55:55 GMT -5
Hey, Hollywood, I have an idea for a movie to follow the blockbuster "American Sniper": "American Drone Operator", about a guy who spends all day at a computer in complete safety blowing up suspicious Muslims by remote control. Then he goes home to his family and maybe goes to rch on Sunday before watching the Big Game. Sounds exciting, doesn't it?
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Post by jdredd on Apr 21, 2015 23:22:09 GMT -5
I haven't been much of a Michael Moore fan since the time of the short lamestream media frenzy over Occupy Wall Street. I seem to remember Michael visiting OWS to bath in reflected hype, but then when the principles-light mayor started evicting them, Michael was no where to be seen. On the other hand, I heard one of his uncles was killed by a German sniper so perhaps that was where he got his bias. It is interesting to hear a Christian's justification for non-pacifism again, though. I'm no pacifist, but I'm also not Jesus.
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Post by jdredd on May 2, 2015 2:20:09 GMT -5
www.nationalreview.com/article/417766/new-comics-new-hardy-same-visual-illiteracy-armond-white"The first word spoken in Avengers: Age of Ultron is a scatological expletive. That says it all. No matter how many fans of comics and graphic novels dominate what’s left of the film-going populace, there can be no denying that they’re settling for crap. The terrible thing is that they’re too young and untutored to know it. Avengers: Age of Ultron’s battle plot offers more pop Gnosticism, mixing up good, evil, and militarism. Today’s movie audience has been indoctrinated to accept inane, immoral fantasy as a millennial truth. The dubious politics behind the attempt by Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to control global warfare is presented as a democratic motive, but it’s really a fulfillment of the same consumerist urge that turns Marvel fans into brand worshipers. (Stark’s personal operating system boasts an atheistic label: “Jarvis is my co-pilot.”)" Wait, wasn't this the same magazine that a month or two ago was crowing about the wisdom of the movie-going masses going to see "An American Sniper"?
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Post by jdredd on May 4, 2015 11:04:01 GMT -5
www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150501-are-blockbusters-cheating-fans"The superhero spectacle is a box-office smash, but does that really mean it’s universally loved? It isn’t a film-making model worth following, writes Owen Gleiberman. The extraordinary yet utterly predictable success of Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend demonstrates what should, by now, be a familiar principle of Hollywood mathematics: one blockbuster sequel multiplied by six Marvel superheroes equals record-breaking box-office takings. The formula extends to what’s on screen: if you throw in enough zappy air battles and drop-dead quips, toss in the eye candy of spaceships as big as cities and be sure to include one arrogant Nietzschean robot supervillain, then the audience will walk away satisfied. In theory, this should leave us with happy fans, grateful Tinseltown executives and an entertainment-media complex that can piggyback on the film’s success. All is well, it seems, in the franchise kingdom! But you don’t have to look too closely to see that something is wrong with this picture. It’s Age of Ultron itself – not the grand scale or the special effects, not the obvious pre-sold elements, but the movie, which is a shoddy, abysmally scripted, borderline nonsensical piece of storytelling. That’s true even when it delivers the ‘pow!’ and the flash, the new characters who seem like they’re already being lifted out of action-figure boxes, or the closing-credits teaser that everyone in the galaxy has come to see. Just because a tentpole film is a commercially triumphant product doesn’t mean that it’s any good." So who invited you to the party, anyway? If you like superheroes, go to the movie. If you don't, go see some movie about blowin away "terrorists" (which I didn't because it doesn't interest me). Yes, it may be both a sequel and a prequel, but that's how comic books work. There is no doubt superhero movies will eventually burn out except for us hard-core fans (like fans of Westerns), but what will replace them? If I knew I could make a fortune.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 8, 2016 2:07:30 GMT -5
www.wsj.com/articles/michael-bays-13-hours-steers-clear-of-politics-1452097682"The surprise success of “Sniper” helped make “13 Hours” happen. In 2013, five of the Americans who fought in the Benghazi attack as security contractors for the Central Intelligence Agency decided their firsthand account might help people see beyond the political talking points. “Other people were telling our story,” says Mark Geist, one of the security contractors, who has been helping publicize the movie." Making a hero out of an American soldier in "Sniper" is one thing, but making heroes out of CIA paid mercenaries seems like something completely different.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 26, 2017 20:53:22 GMT -5
Well, I'm watching the Oscars so you don't have to, and my first question has been answered: Will Kimmel go for Trump's throat, or will he wimp out? Alas, so far, except for one token joke about Trump being racist which missed the mark, he quickly went to movie star jokes. He still has a few hours to redeem himself, but perhaps some award winners will do what needs to be done. P.S. Walfart seems to have a big commercial presence.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 26, 2017 21:12:50 GMT -5
Now Kimmel threw in a lame anti Ben Carson joke, calling him "Dr. Strange". Yawn.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 27, 2017 23:23:38 GMT -5
Yikes! Got pulled away from the Oscars about 45 minutes in. Missed the big screw-up at the end. I never thought much of Jimmy Kimmel and now I even think less of him. I hope he doesn't return.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 10, 2017 2:17:41 GMT -5
So there was just an advertisement for a new TV show called "The Brave", using the cliche line "Land of the Free because of the Brave". Well, maybe. Ever since the end of the Vietnam War, it has be politically incorrect to criticize people in uniform. Considering their role as enablers of American aggression overseas, historians in the future may not be as kind.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 8, 2018 18:21:37 GMT -5
So I heard Rush talking about how movie attendance has gone down recently, and he said it was just like how the NFL ratings are going down. That is, the Bonehead Brigade is staying away in droves because of Hollywood liberalism. Who cares? Those folks are culturally challenged anyway, and it will be easier to figure out who they are if they don't watch Hollywood, and thus easier to shun them. Does make me laugh that they are shunning their formerly beloved NFL.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 27, 2018 14:07:44 GMT -5
While I think a competition between artistic endeavors is dumb in my book, I will try to catch the Oscars to hear any anti-Trump speeches. And even though I think whatshisname is a unfunny Gen X dork.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 21, 2018 2:15:08 GMT -5
I talk about the ideological bankruptcy of the Republican party, so I should also talk about the moral bankruptcy of Hollywood. While HW is alleged to be overrun by liberals, countless movies like the vile John Wick series or the remake of Death Wish romanticize guns for the sake of corporate profits. As I have said before, we don't need lots more anti-gun laws, we need a culture where gun ownership is uncool. I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by jdredd on Mar 7, 2018 3:18:05 GMT -5
www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2018/03/05/oscar-ratings-plummet-to-all-time-low.html?yptr=yahoo"Fewer people than ever before tuned in to watch the Academy Awards on Sunday. By a lot. The 90th annual Oscars drew an average 26.5 million viewers, reported Nielsen — down 19 percent from last year’s audience of 32.9 million viewers. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ABC (NYSE: DIS) telecast both this and last year, when “La La Land” was mistakenly named best picture instead of the actual winner “Moonlight.” But all the drama around the snafu didn’t inspire any more to tune in to this year’s redo, which included Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway reprising their roles as best-picture presenters. If anything, viewers were less interested. The previous audience ratings low was 32 million — set a decade ago when Jon Stewart hosted and “No Country for Old Men” won best picture. This year’s awards show was down 17 percent from that nadir — representing more than 5 million pair of eyeballs." Ha-ha! America hates Hollywood. But I wonder how much of the blame goes to the notoriously unfunny Jimmy Kimmel. Plus, will the Oscars try harder (more gratuitous tributes to the military and maybe cops too, and maybe some Country and Western music? How about a parade of American flags?) to pander to the Deplorables next year (Sean Hannity as host?) to get their ratings up? Stay tuned!
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Post by sparky on Mar 7, 2018 5:12:13 GMT -5
www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2018/03/05/oscar-ratings-plummet-to-all-time-low.html?yptr=yahoo"Fewer people than ever before tuned in to watch the Academy Awards on Sunday. By a lot. The 90th annual Oscars drew an average 26.5 million viewers, reported Nielsen — down 19 percent from last year’s audience of 32.9 million viewers. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ABC (NYSE: DIS) telecast both this and last year, when “La La Land” was mistakenly named best picture instead of the actual winner “Moonlight.” But all the drama around the snafu didn’t inspire any more to tune in to this year’s redo, which included Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway reprising their roles as best-picture presenters. If anything, viewers were less interested. The previous audience ratings low was 32 million — set a decade ago when Jon Stewart hosted and “No Country for Old Men” won best picture. This year’s awards show was down 17 percent from that nadir — representing more than 5 million pair of eyeballs." Ha-ha! America hates Hollywood. But I wonder how much of the blame goes to the notoriously unfunny Jimmy Kimmel. Plus, will the Oscars try harder (more gratuitous tributes to the military and maybe cops too, and maybe some Country and Western music? How about a parade of American flags?) to pander to the Deplorables next year (Sean Hannity as host?) to get their ratings up? Stay tuned!
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