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Eastwood vs. the empty chair
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RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
(August 31, 2012 at 2:21 pm)Gambit Wrote: Freddie Vs Jason was the most disappointing movie, ever. It should have been epic, but they fucked it up. Dr Strangelove, however, is a true classic.



I thought Alien vs Predator was up there. Big Grin

In terms of dollars spent per ounce of badness, I think Alien vs Predator probably comes out ahead.
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#22
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
The first AvP was terrible, but the second one was sort of okay.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#23
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
(August 31, 2012 at 4:22 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(August 31, 2012 at 2:21 pm)Gambit Wrote: Freddie Vs Jason was the most disappointing movie, ever. It should have been epic, but they fucked it up. Dr Strangelove, however, is a true classic.



I thought Alien vs Predator was up there. Big Grin

In terms of dollars spent per ounce of badness, I think Alien vs Predator probably comes out ahead.

Ah, thank you. Another potentially epic movie that they fucked up.
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RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
(August 31, 2012 at 4:29 pm)Gambit Wrote:
(August 31, 2012 at 4:22 pm)Chuck Wrote: I thought Alien vs Predator was up there. Big Grin

In terms of dollars spent per ounce of badness, I think Alien vs Predator probably comes out ahead.

Ah, thank you. Another potentially epic movie that they fucked up.

The second AvP was the worst.
They turned it into a fucking gorey teen horror.
I mean seriously, what the fuck?

You remember when Alien and Predator were all about what you couldn't see and the suspense as they closed in for the kill on hardened commandos, veteran cops, space marines and Ellen Ripley? They really fell far.
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RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
This makes me all sad inside. When I was a kid, my 2 boyhood heroes were Clint Eastwood and Kenny Dalglish... when he was actually playing for Liverpool. Yes, that's how old I am.

Eastwood... <snuffle> sometimes, you have to wish that the good people actually did die young. Jim Morrison would probably be an utter tool, by now.
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RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
Red Celt Wrote:sometimes, you have to wish that the good people actually did die young. Jim Morrison would probably be an utter tool, by now.

In that respect, "only the good die young" is somewhat of a self-fufilling prophecy.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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I watched the first 6 minutes or so, but I couldn't go on. It's not that I was disagreeing with the underlying points about unemployment, but his delivery was just appalling. I also find it terribly hypocritical that a guy with an estimated worth of $375 Million is bitching about the government not creating jobs.
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"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
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Quote: Jim Morrison would probably be an utter tool, by now.

From what I remember,he reached that point long before he died.

I really liked The Doors too,for years. Today ,I see just another bunch of pretentious wankers who took to many drugs. Tiger
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RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
(August 31, 2012 at 5:13 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I watched the first 6 minutes or so, but I couldn't go on. It's not that I was disagreeing with the underlying points about unemployment, but his delivery was just appalling. I also find it terribly hypocritical that a guy with an estimated worth of $375 Million is bitching about the government not creating jobs.


What I find disguisting is ostentatious anti-intellectualism implicit in exploitation of an senile actor whose main relevent qualification is his portrayal of what is, effectively, a thug with a badge.
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