Sunday, October 11, 2009
An Inconvenient Question
When Al Gore is pressed on a point, he has his henchmen cut off the microphone.
And the rest of the press corps does nothing.
I would not have been so polite with the organizer in the hall. Scratch a liberal, you'll find a fascist.
The fact is that the British court ruled that it would be illegal to show the film in schools in the UK without additional guidance for students correcting the nine listed errors in the film. I would have to imagine that's unprecedented, and hardly "in favor" of the film's producers. Even if they agree with the overall thesis, you cannot pull out nine egregious factual errors from any documentary, call the presentation "one-sided," issue a ruling that it would be illegal to show the film without correcting these errors, and call that a 'ruling "in favor of" the movie.
Splash, out
Jason
Hey, Jay Rosen... I got your 'rollback' strategy right here!
And the rest of the press corps does nothing.
I would not have been so polite with the organizer in the hall. Scratch a liberal, you'll find a fascist.
The fact is that the British court ruled that it would be illegal to show the film in schools in the UK without additional guidance for students correcting the nine listed errors in the film. I would have to imagine that's unprecedented, and hardly "in favor" of the film's producers. Even if they agree with the overall thesis, you cannot pull out nine egregious factual errors from any documentary, call the presentation "one-sided," issue a ruling that it would be illegal to show the film without correcting these errors, and call that a 'ruling "in favor of" the movie.
Splash, out
Jason
Hey, Jay Rosen... I got your 'rollback' strategy right here!
Labels: Al Gore, environment, global warming, Media, movies
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Hurt Locker
Looks like a good movie coming out depicting EOD folks in Iraq.
I got a kick out of the actors describing how hard it was in 20 pounds of gear in 115 degree heat every day. And how almost everyone had a nervous breakdown during the filming.
And it wasn't even real.
Hollywood doesn't attract people like Jimmy Stewart anymore, I guess.
I got a kick out of the actors describing how hard it was in 20 pounds of gear in 115 degree heat every day. And how almost everyone had a nervous breakdown during the filming.
And it wasn't even real.
Hollywood doesn't attract people like Jimmy Stewart anymore, I guess.
Labels: Iraq, movies, soldiers' issues, the Arts
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Opie Disses America and Apple Pie
Opie Cunningham, AKA Ron Howard, who's been making sappy movies for years," wants the U.S. to give up the struggle for freedom and liberty.
Used to be Democrats were Americans.
Here's my response:
And here:
In other words, go fuck yourself, Opie. How dare you, after all this country and its freedoms has given you?
On the other hand, I thought parts of this were actually funny.
David Bellavia, however, was right to call Maher on it.
Splash, out
Jason
“at a certain point I don't think we'll be so consumed with being the pre-eminent super-power and, you know, driven by sort of militarism and this need to export, you know, democracy.”
Used to be Democrats were Americans.
Here's my response:
And here:
In other words, go fuck yourself, Opie. How dare you, after all this country and its freedoms has given you?
On the other hand, I thought parts of this were actually funny.
David Bellavia, however, was right to call Maher on it.
Splash, out
Jason
Labels: Bill Maher, culture, Hollywood, movies, Ron Howard, the Arts
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The definitive movie on the war in Iraq
