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Tropic Thunder Trailer - Robert Downey Jr as a Black Man
DreamWorks ^ | 03/18/2008 | None

Posted on 03/19/2008 10:28:28 AM PDT by af_vet_rr

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Trailer at Yahoo Movies

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KEYWORDS: hollywood; movies; robertdowneyjr
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To: vietvet67

hmmm. I think the trailer is great. It looks very funny, but then again, we’ve been fooled by trailers before.

I’ll be waiting for this one.


21 posted on 03/19/2008 11:02:35 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: 4yearlurker
What's the big deal??!! When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”

Have you seen "Norbit"?

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22 posted on 03/19/2008 11:04:28 AM PDT by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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To: theDentist

From what I read, the premise of the movie is that these guys go over budget on their movie and can’t afford to hire actors. The writers end up playing all the parts themselves.


23 posted on 03/19/2008 11:06:03 AM PDT by LetsRok
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To: af_vet_rr

I will not go see this but I absolutely cannot wait to see Robert Downey, Jr in Iron Man this summer.


24 posted on 03/19/2008 11:15:37 AM PDT by elizabetty (Congratulations Evangelicals for getting John McCain nominated.)
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To: af_vet_rr

Obama had a prior engagement.


25 posted on 03/19/2008 11:17:39 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Where are they hiding Obama’s white half?)
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To: af_vet_rr

I just noticed...he looks like a strung-out Tiger Woods.


26 posted on 03/19/2008 11:21:13 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Where are they hiding Obama’s white half?)
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To: elizabetty

Iron Man is one of the few movies Im looking forward to besides the new 007.

I like Iron Man because Tony Stark isnt necessarily a “good guy,” but he’s also not the baddest bad guy either.


27 posted on 03/19/2008 11:23:10 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Chuin, Master of Sinanju (emeritus))
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To: af_vet_rr

28 posted on 03/19/2008 11:26:36 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: 4yearlurker
What's the big deal??!! When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”

Or Billy Crystal as Sammy Davis Jr.

29 posted on 03/19/2008 11:31:29 AM PDT by Long Island Pete
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To: af_vet_rr

Oh great, they just gave Rev. Wright another sermon.


30 posted on 03/19/2008 11:37:11 AM PDT by 444Flyer (The decent to hell is easy,and those who begin by worshipping power soon worship evil-C.S.Lewis)
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To: Armedanddangerous


Tony Stark
Makes you feel
He's a cool exec
With a heart of steel.
As Iron Man,
All jets ablaze,
He fights and smite'n
With repulsor rays!
A blaze of power!
Iron Man!
Amazing armor!
Iron Man!

31 posted on 03/19/2008 11:42:17 AM PDT by macamadamia ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." Yeats)
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To: theDentist
From what I’ve seen, his character (a white man) undergoes this transformation. It’s not like they couldn’t find an available black man for the role. And if they chose a black man, they would have had to put him in white face to start the film. Would those same folks have complained then?Sheesh


Watermelon Man - 1970, Godfrey Cambridge starst out as a white man and suddenly becomes black. It has been so long I do not remember if it was funny or not.

32 posted on 03/19/2008 12:06:46 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: CIB-173RDABN

When I first saw it, it was amusing. By today’s standards it’s be a disappointment.


33 posted on 03/19/2008 12:11:51 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: 4yearlurker
When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”

I'm a pony!

34 posted on 03/19/2008 12:20:14 PM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: theDentist
When I first saw it, it was amusing. By today’s standards it’s be a disappointment.


That is true with many movies that I remember fondly yet when I rent them I wonder what was I thinking. I guess our sense of humor changes over time.

35 posted on 03/19/2008 12:31:29 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: Armedanddangerous
I actually think they cast the right guy for Iron Man, at least the Iron Man I remember from the '60s - Tony Stark just had a certain attitude about it.

That said, this could be an entertaining movie with the right crowd, but I'm iffy about Stiller.
36 posted on 03/19/2008 7:54:14 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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