[Dont Mention the War]

You may wish to spread this around to any conservative or moderate friends that are considering seeing this movie.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But...but...What about my DVDs of "The Patriot" and "Independence Day," also made by Emmerich?

AARRRGGGHHH these lefties....why can't they just stick to making films and shut up?

[JoJo Gunn]

At the risk of repeating myself here, but it bears repeating....

Emmerich is the same intellectual Krakatoa that in "Independence Day" had a woman and dog outrun, in slow motion, an explosion in a tunnel.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Me, I'll wait until it shows up on Mystery Science Theatre. You know, the one with the smarta$$ little robots transposed on the bottom of the screen.

[WOSG]

However there are still 50% of Americans who want to vote for Bush – this is absolutely inconceivable for me."

me too.... it should be 70% ...

[GOP Jedi]

This guy comes off as pretty smug for a fellow who based his script and "science" on a book written by Art Bell and a guy who says he's been in a flying saucer.

[LadyDoc]

the most recent ratings on Rotten Tomatoes fansite says it's rotten, although about 50/50.

The NYTimes reporter liked it, but my favorite comment was that it was an Irwin Allen movie...actually, I liked Irwin Allens' movies, but didn't believe them.

[Petronski]

This may perhaps sound a bit elitist, but most of them drive an electric car.

And get the electricity from where, dumbass? Germany is washing its hands of nuclear power . Since consumption is not falling, Germany is replacing the power lost with French electricity . . . . wait for it . . . . generated with nuclear power. Dumbass! Hypocrite!

What did your family do in the war, Roland?

[mrustow]

I read about 2/3 of the German original. That was all I could take. This guy speaks lousy German, the sort of semi-literate dialect you hear from young, upper-middle-class German tourists. ("Ich wollte was anderes.") It's the German equivalent of "I'm psyched" and "Go for it!" from my generation. When I hear Gerry tourists talking that way, their meaningless words just run together for me.

But this guy is in some ways worse: he claims to have significant insights. He claims to know something about science. He claims to be an independent artist. (Contemporary Hollywood hacks always like to pose as if they flip the studios the bird.)

[Madame Dufarge]

The intelligent Americans are so appalled by what their president does, you cannot imagine it.

If only we could be on the same plane as they are.

So many stupid little people to educate, so little time.

[Dan from Michigan]

After seeing Universal Soldier and the Patriot, I didn't think he was this far out there.

Damn.

[freedumb2003]

This may perhaps sound a bit elitist, but most of them drive an electric car. The Americans would approve if those on top would do more for the environment.

Typical idiot Lefty. As we all know, electricty comes from the Power Fairy and produces no pollution.

Electric cars displace the pollution and in study after study cause more pollution from the plants than the vehicles.

[Dont Mention the War]

Evening ping.

[weegee]

Q: But you are not the only one fulminating against Bush. Many filmmakers think the same way.

A: That is indeed new and it is good. I admire colleagues who are commited to political awareness and engage in a critical discourse with people.

Really? Or is this a one way street that denies any conservative voice?

[weegee]

PABAAH PING

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why does the industry build the ugliest bodies for hybrid cars? There is method behind it. They want to keep selling their expensive fuel models..."

Oh please. Considering the price of hybrids this is plain stupid.

But then so is the guy saying it,

[snooker]

Let's see what is it that Germans did for the world in the twentieth century.

Oh, two world wars. Millions killed for German ambitions of dominating the world. Now that's contributing to humanity.

And what did America do in the twentieth century. Well for starters we stopped Germany twice, Japan once and the Soviets once. A couple hundred million people freed from tyranny.

21st century score so far, 25 million free Afghans, 25 million free Iraqis. You decide.

[AmishDude]

BTW, your screenname is so appropriate if you are a Fawlty Towers fan.

[jpl]

Considering that in the movie the VP is a rather obvious left-wing caricature of the evil, manipulative Dick Cheney and the President is depicted as an indecisive, clueless idiot, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the director isn't a big fan of the administration.

[lonestar]

For us Europeans this is crystal clear,

About as crystal clear as Hitler!

[McGavin999]

The intelligent Americans are so appalled by what their president does, you cannot imagine it.

Yes, all the "intelligent people" who produce absolutely nothing and are merely parasites, yes, they are appalled. However, those of us who actually make things and produce things and keep this country moving, we just laugh at the vain "intelligent people".