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The One Place on Earth Not Destroyed in '2012' (HINT: ROP)
movies.yahoo.com ^ | November 3, 2009 | Jonathan Crow

Posted on 11/04/2009 7:46:56 PM PST by GOPsterinMA

...For "2012," Emmerich set his sites on destroying the some biggest landmarks around the world, from Rome to Rio. But there's one place that Emmerich wanted to demolish but didn't: the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure located in the center of Mecca. It's the focus of prayers and the site of the Hajj, the biggest, most important pilgrimage in Islam.

"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," the filmmaker told scifiwire.com. "But my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, 'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie.' And he was right."...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: coward; crusade; hollywood; islam
But it's fine to piss off the Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddists, etc.

One one POS movie I'll skip...

1 posted on 11/04/2009 7:46:57 PM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: GOPsterinMA

Skip that and Avatar.


2 posted on 11/04/2009 7:48:26 PM PST by omega4179
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To: omega4179

Avatar look just plain God-awful. I’d rather watch Smurf reruns.


3 posted on 11/04/2009 7:49:30 PM PST by GOPsterinMA ("Henceforth, you shall be known as...'Nobel Obama'".)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Lightening can strike twice—so can meteorites!

The sooner, the better.


4 posted on 11/04/2009 7:50:52 PM PST by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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To: GOPsterinMA

“Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit”

He just bought himself a fatwa...might as well have put it in the movie since he publically stated he “wanted to do that.”


5 posted on 11/04/2009 7:52:03 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Obviously we need a Youtube video to correct his omission


6 posted on 11/04/2009 7:53:17 PM PST by donmeaker (Invicto)
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To: Domestic Church

Exactly - what an idiot.


7 posted on 11/04/2009 7:53:17 PM PST by GOPsterinMA ("Henceforth, you shall be known as...'Nobel Obama'".)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Don’t disturb the planets mental children.


8 posted on 11/04/2009 7:55:35 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: GOPsterinMA
But it's fine to piss off the Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddists, etc.

Well, duh. Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. don't murder filmmakers who offend them!

That being said, "2012" looks like a big CGI-driven suckfest that will look good on my HDTV from a $1 redbox rental after a few months.

9 posted on 11/04/2009 7:55:52 PM PST by Drew68
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To: GOPsterinMA

What a wimp. He could at least have included a giant earthquake in western Pakistan, with a scene showing UBL and AAZ getting skewered by stalactites in their collapsing cave.


10 posted on 11/04/2009 7:56:41 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: rfp1234

Or being eaten by crazed bears.


11 posted on 11/04/2009 8:02:30 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: GOPsterinMA

Even in Islamic eschatology, there will be an end to the Hajj. He could have shown it, as long as he also showed the Mahdi climbing out of his well and taking the conn from Jesus. Either way, it’s a suckup to the muz. All the Mohammed cartoonists are in the witness protection program somewhere. Don’t peace me off, bro! I keel you!


12 posted on 11/04/2009 8:35:13 PM PST by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

So courageously artistic, those ‘edgy’ Hollywood types who applaud - or even film - whilst a Crucifix is peed upon, but demur from pushing any Muslim ‘envelopes’.


13 posted on 11/04/2009 8:49:35 PM PST by dodger
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To: GOPsterinMA
A little dated, but...

There ya go...

14 posted on 11/04/2009 9:02:55 PM PST by TXnMA (FR's resident "unsientific [sic] dogmatist")
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To: donmeaker

See #14...


15 posted on 11/04/2009 9:06:18 PM PST by TXnMA (FR's resident "unsientific [sic] dogmatist")
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To: TXnMA
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here ya go...

16 posted on 11/04/2009 9:26:59 PM PST by erman (Give a man a fire, warm him for one night. Set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.)
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To: Drew68
Well, duh. Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. don't murder filmmakers who offend them!

I agree.

I don't think we should be too hard on people who show rational pragmatism.

17 posted on 11/04/2009 9:29:58 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: TXnMA; All
FANTASTIC!!!
18 posted on 11/05/2009 6:43:58 AM PST by GOPsterinMA ("Henceforth, you shall be known as...'Nobel Obama'".)
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