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See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam Send a noteboard - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM
And ultimately, I'm not interested in watching an updated version of Ferngully.

It's really just Ferngully with amazing, 3-D landscapes and telepathically controlled animals. If you do go see it, only do so if you can see it in 3-D (IMAX, especially) The plot's mediocre, but Cameron's the first director I've seen who can make a 3-D movie, instead of a 3-D movie. If that makes sense.

I get what you're saying. I may eventually see it, but I'm unsure if I really want to put the effort of seeing it at an IMAX. The nearest one to me is either up in Orange County or down in Balboa park in San Diego. I'm not in the mood to drive to either place to see a movie that I'm *meh* about to begin with.

I rolled my eyes a bit at the rest of your post, although I'm glad to see your "uncomfortable feelings" don't stop you from watching good shows. As for the Dixie Chicks, like or dislike their music. Who cares what they say in public?

See...that's where I'm different. I don't seperate the artist's viewpoints or speaches from their work. The two are linked, because their viewpoints are reflected within their work. And by buying their work, I'm indirectly supporting their viewpoints. Its one thing for them to be silent about it (or at least not so loud), but quite another for them to be saying it from the <insert media point of contact here>.

Their work has to be *very* good for me to overcome it. Example....Tom Cruise. Ever since he went crazy Scientologist on us (besides just being quiet Scientologist), I find watching his movies very difficult. It doesn't make them bad by any measure of the word, but all I see is the crazy guy jumping up and down on a couch. Another example would be Tim Robbins...and his crazy liberal ideas. Normally, I couldn't stand him or his work, the exception is Shawshank Redemption. Why? Because that movie is good enough to overcome his crazy lib ideas.

My only interest in celebrities are how their work entertains me- anything outside of it is as irrelevant to me as are the political views of the McDonald's cashier who hands me my burger.

And if you drove up to the McDonald's, and the girl started spouting at you about her thoughts on animal rights or Scientology or gay marriage? How would you feel then? That maybe its just not worth the effort to even listen to her rants about whatever...because after all, there are good burgers & fries in other places.

~Jeordam
ex-Admin at wotmania (all things wot & art galleries)
Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
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Suspension of Disbelief with Politics Dannymac - 05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM 1503 Views
Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 731 Views
I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies. Zalis - 05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM 749 Views
Which is just as silly, yes. *NM* ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:48:55 PM 346 Views
Who hates Top Gun? That movie R0X0RS! *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:19:48 AM 374 Views
You know, I never understood that LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:28:36 AM 642 Views
What?? Min Rep is fantastic! *NM* ironclad - 07/01/2010 08:19:30 AM 356 Views
*Stands on counter* I am the last Poet Bartender AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 02:08:56 PM 675 Views
I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family) imlad - 09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM 671 Views
LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 883 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 720 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 686 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 646 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 631 Views
Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM 673 Views
trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 743 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 641 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 685 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 670 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 605 Views
Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way? Cannoli - 10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM 829 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 659 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 695 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 787 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 777 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 580 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 645 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 638 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 633 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 941 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 331 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 705 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 614 Views
He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM* LiterateDog - 10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM 344 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 666 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 696 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 785 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 364 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 652 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 661 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 633 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 761 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 718 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 344 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 581 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 319 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 373 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 753 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 650 Views
You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM 715 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 755 Views
It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM 734 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 663 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 760 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 642 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 772 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 648 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 537 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 645 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 754 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 659 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 604 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 348 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 326 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 555 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 717 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 716 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 330 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 301 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 759 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 299 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 672 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 583 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 603 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 611 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 870 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 667 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 647 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 677 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 539 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 620 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 310 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 665 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 314 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 837 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 843 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 609 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 579 Views
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