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OSC rips Hollywood for its crummy anti-war movies.
Uncle Orson Reviews Everything ^
| November 18, 2007
| Orson Scott Card
Posted on 12/03/2007 7:40:48 PM PST by Parody
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He's belaboring the obvious, but with all the thick skulls in Hollywood, what else can he do?
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posted on
12/03/2007 7:40:51 PM PST
by
Parody
To: Parody
Some musical acts have enjoyed limited success by insulting and degrading their audience. Hollywood fails to understand that this market is a very narrow niche.
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posted on
12/03/2007 7:46:51 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Parody
He's belaboring the obvious, but with all the thick skulls in Hollywood, what else can he do?I don't think they're stupid. They think we're stupid and we not only need to be brought around to their point of view, we'll pay for the privilege. What they're discovering is that we might be stupid, but we're not interested in their propaganda.
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posted on
12/03/2007 7:48:03 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
To: Parody
He’s right, right, right, right and right. I love the grasshopper analogy. Pull of the grasshopper’s legs, it won’t jump, it’s deaf.
Go, Hollywood!
To: Parody
At least not to the extent of paying for it.
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posted on
12/03/2007 7:48:36 PM PST
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Zhang Fei
To: Parody
There will never be another uplifting story of the contest of arms in our lifetime.
The last was “The Lord Of The Rings”, and it was already sixty years old when filming started.
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posted on
12/03/2007 7:48:45 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: Parody
Stephen Bochco explains the failure of these war films (as of his own TV series on the war, Over There) by saying, "It's a hugely unpopular war, and there's a staggering amount of depressing coverage.... I don't know if you can do a serious drama about this war and locate any angle that would overcome the negativity about it." It's almost impossible to believe that someone putatively literate could say something this stupid.
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posted on
12/03/2007 7:55:15 PM PST
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stevem
To: Parody
Here's a complete refutation of the idea that Hollywood's war films keep failing because the War on Terror is so "hugely unpopular": The Unit. Definitely one of my favorites.
To: stevem
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:03:54 PM PST
by
Turret Gunner A20
(Tolerating intolerance is not a "value," it's self-destructive stupidity.)
To: Zhang Fei
A large percentage of the people in today’s Hollyweird hate our military. I refuse to pay to see their drivel.
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:06:21 PM PST
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: Parody
>"It's a hugely unpopular war,"Yeah, the islamonazi types dont cair much for it!
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:16:47 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl! *-0(:~{>)
To: Malone LaVeigh
My problem with “The Unit” is that the producers don’t seem to know which audience to target. They spend half the time dealing with military action stuff and the other half dealing with women at home soap opera stuff. If they would ditch the women at home stuff I would watch much more faithfully and I’d bet there ratings would improve.
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:19:56 PM PST
by
Lucas McCain
(The day may come when the courage of men will fail, but not this day.)
To: All; Parody
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NEVER FORGET
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:24:45 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: All; Parody
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:27:41 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: Lucas McCain
They did the same thing on TV with “Tour of Duty” [about ‘Nam]. Second season they added female leads, so the show would attract women with ‘relationship’ story lines. Lost the men.
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:28:28 PM PST
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Parody
What if Hollywood made a movie in which the people fighting the war thought that the U.S. was the good guys, that fighting Osama's terrorists in Iraq was way better than fighting them in Manhattan, and that the men and women who volunteer for service in our military are devoted servants of our country? I can tell you what would happen. Ebert would throw two thumbs down one it, the other critics would pan it, it would be resolutely ignored at Sundance, Cannes, and the Academy Awards, and it would pull in the better part of a billion dollars. And sooner or later some smart guy in Hollywood is going to figure that out.
To: Parody
Look at the movie UNITED 93...it was one terribly sad movie...but we went to see it...it told the truth about a plane full of American Heroes...it hurt...but we went....we've bought the DVD and have watched it again...and again...
If commie hollyweirdo wants to lose money on HIT PIECES against America, the WOT, and our troops with those old by-gone stars...let'em...one day they'll go broke and busted...
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posted on
12/03/2007 8:44:17 PM PST
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: ALOHA RONNIE
MELs -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS- Definitely the best I have seen in the past 50 years -- and the General's book it top drawer, too.
And, Hey -- climb aboard more often -- I miss giving you a hard time more often.
TG A20
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posted on
12/03/2007 9:18:12 PM PST
by
Turret Gunner A20
(Tolerating intolerance is not a "value," it's self-destructive stupidity.)
To: Zhang Fei
You'd think Hollywood would think hard about doing something that offends the majority of the audience after the King David and The Last Temptation of Christ fiascos of the 1980's (as described in Michael Medved's autobiography Right Turns). Is it small wonder why movies that agrees with the views of the audience did very well? Look at the success of the Lord of the Rings movies (based on a book written by a devout Catholic), the first Narnia movie, and the recent word-of-mouth success Bella.
To: Parody
One of the first was the movie version of Sum of All Fears changing Islamofascists to Nazis.
Terrible movie. It would have tanked too if Clancy’s name wasn’t attached to it. Even with his name there I doubt many movie goers realized before they went that the story line had been changed so as not to upset a group of people.
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posted on
12/03/2007 9:28:25 PM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(No buy China!!)
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