New Film May Harm Gibson's Career [H'wood Bigs vow revenge]

NY Times ^ | 2/26/2004 | SHARON WAXMAN

[LowOiL]

So the Jews of Hollywood are out to destroy Gibson? I wonder if they will blame it on the Romans?

I laughed so hard, I think I need a kleenex to clean my computer screen.

[been_lurking]

"It doesn't matter what I say. It'll matter what I do. I will do something. I won't hire him. I won't support anything he's part of. Personally that's all I can do."

And so.... He's making a fortune without your help (and without having to give you a slice of the profits.) That's what really chaps these fellows.

[mr.pink]

Mel Gibson's provocative new film, "The Passion of the Christ," is making some of Hollywood's most prominent executives uncomfortable in ways that may damage Mr. Gibson's career.

I hope the vicious Hollywood nancyboy mobsters do just that....they'll make "executives American Christians uncomfortabe in ways that may damage Mr. Gibson's their careers".

[Doctor Don]

Mel Gibson may lose his last penny and make his last film....
but he will be eminently successful and complete because he has honored God and His gift to the world. I will share my last dollar with Mel Gibson!

[dansangel]

Oh agreed - absolutely. .45MAN and I only began our boycott of Hollywierd during the 2000 election and spewing of the self-appointed political geniuses such as Alec Blowhard Baldwin, Sean Pinhead, ad nauseum.

Prior to that, I was a movie junkie. Since then, The "Passion" was the first time I have stepped foot in a theater in almost 3 and a half years. I refuse to support their liberal tripe.

[FrankR]

"[H'wood Bigs vow revenge]

Let's beat them too the punch...we should - and suggest that all of our friends do the same - see Mel's movie, not once...but TWICE, or take a friend.

Then, when the DVD comes out, buy not one, but TWO.

This movie is already destined to be a blockbuster, so let's really knock the h'wood weirdos a loop, and DOUBLE the impact.

Mel deserves to make a good profit on this movie, just for the crap he's having to take from all the lefties. And nothing tells a liberal to "eat sh*t and die" quite like money does.

[uncbob]

Jews crucified Christ because he was a threat to their power.

It was the leaders that viewed him as a threat not the average Jew if I read the NT correctly

He was bneing accepted by the Jews as proved by His sermons that drew thousands and His triumphal entry into Jerusalem
It was His popularity with the masses that set the leaders against Him

[King Prout]

reading this article, filled with one after another non-sequitur, one after another smug and self-contradictory statement, fills me with an urge to express myself fully concerning these bellyaching backstabbing people.
An urge I cannot fulfill, lest I be banned.
So, I must rest content with a very loud and sincerely state "JUST DAMN!"

[prairiebreeze]

I believe you are correct Wolfstar

[savedbygrace]

If they were smart, they'd wait to see how big "The Passion" opens before they shoot their mouths off.

[mr.pink]

I saw the "Passion" last night. Hollywood doesn't have the class, vision nor talent to come within lightyears of producing a film that will even come close.

Are you saying the current hollywood high art genre of potty humor is beyond your intellectual capacity?

At first it confounded me, but once I realized Ben Stiller is no less than a modern day Charlie Chaplin with perpetual intestinal problems, I'm prepared to hail their genius.

[Zack Nguyen]

If the movie makes money he can do whatever he wants.

[Poison Pill]

What exactly are we supposed to learn?

[Dionysius]

Another, more famous person considered religion an addiction -- Karl Marx' "opiate of the people". These secularists merely hate what they fear. Mel Gibson may never win another Oscar, but he won't be out of work. His movies are financially successful, unlike the precious outputs of liberal darlings such as Spike Lee, Altman and Meathead Reiner. Money will ultimately tell the tale.

[chiller]

"Mel has achieved escape velocity."

Great line !

The headline gives the impression that the Hollywood moguls;
1) have control over Mel Gibson, and
2) that Gibson gives a rats ass.

At one time perhaps they (and he) did, but no more. He made that perfectly clear in the Sawyer interview.

MESSAGE TO HOLLYWOOD: There is something, and someone bigger than you. And here's the scary part. Given the way Hollywood mimics successes, guess what type of projects your stockholders will demand you make. Enjoy.

Think of this; "Passion" is about religion and worse Christianity, has no english speaking parts, is subtitled, has no "stars.", and will likely earn more than anything, ever. Hollywood's universe is about to change. Get used to it.

[dansangel]

I am so ***ROFL*** at your post. There is no way I can top that.

Thank you for the best grins I've had all day! :-)

[anniegetyourgun]

I don't think they care, sbg. They are too busy trying to draw our kids to see "Confessions of A Teenage Drama Queen" - made by Disney, and getting 1 and 1/2 stars from most critics!

[King Prout]

(centurion led away, laughing helplessly)
Pilate: So... does anyone else find this... wisable?
(centurions stifle laughter)
Pilate: No one cawes to have a giggle at the name... Biggus... Dickus?
(centurions are losing it)
Pilate: He has a wife, you know...
(centurions stiffen in dread)
Pilate: Hew name is... Incontinentia
(centurions relax)
Pilate: Incontinentia Buttocks
(centurions collapse to the ground in helpless laughter)

[alarmguy]

quoted by Dr. Eckleburg:
"God willing, Mel will one day be in Lucas's financial bracket.But Lucas counts his cash in the billions; Mel's still stuck in the paltry millions."

Something tells me that he's not really concerned with wealth.