Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuskegee Airmen
Hollywood Wouldn't Back My Film About Tuskegee Airmen Due to All Black Cast
Just remember that the next time some movie star or film director calls Republicans or members of the Tea Party racist.
Just remember that the next time some movie star or film director calls Republicans or members of the Tea Party racist.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
It Works
Captain America May Not Be the Patriot We Once Knew
Is Cap a Lefty or a Righty? Liberal or conservative? Does he support the Tea Party? Flag waver or not, rest assured this: He still represents the best of America - red, white, black and blue.
At age 70, Captain America is still a patriot. Whether he's enough of a patriot may depend on how you choose to fly Old Glory.
Is Cap a Lefty or a Righty? Liberal or conservative? Does he support the Tea Party? Flag waver or not, rest assured this: He still represents the best of America - red, white, black and blue.
At age 70, Captain America is still a patriot. Whether he's enough of a patriot may depend on how you choose to fly Old Glory.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Many Spies Have Many Eyes
Unions Threaten to Destroy ‘Hobbit’ Films; Peter Jackson Fights Back
An international group of actors’ unions, including SAG, has warned members not to work on “The Hobbit” because of failed efforts to organize the film’s New Zealand production — a move Peter Jackson disparages as a “power grab.”
An international group of actors’ unions, including SAG, has warned members not to work on “The Hobbit” because of failed efforts to organize the film’s New Zealand production — a move Peter Jackson disparages as a “power grab.”
Friday, September 10, 2010
Everybody Was Undead Fighting
Action Flick Chick: Which iconic movie figure would you like to see fight zombies? I know my picks. Yours?
USS_Stalwart: Data from Star Trek (@actionchick) fight zombies
USS_Stalwart: Data from Star Trek (@actionchick) fight zombies
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
yarr
It's not Halloween, it's Comic Con
As Hollywood invades, Comic-Con keeps its quirks
Comic-Con, the annual comic book convention, has exploded into a must-attend event for Hollywood actors and producers, but the new attention represents a healthy evolution, say comic book experts.
Hollywood Shocked as Family Films Flourish
As Hollywood invades, Comic-Con keeps its quirks
Comic-Con, the annual comic book convention, has exploded into a must-attend event for Hollywood actors and producers, but the new attention represents a healthy evolution, say comic book experts.
Hollywood Shocked as Family Films Flourish
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Captain Screwball
‘This is not about America...’
"Some pundits will pounce on all of this as another desecration of an American touchstone, but how many of them have ever read the books? The character, created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, was certainly un-conflicted about his country and its mission during the clear-cut days of the 1940s, but it didn't always stay that way. In late 1974, for instance, in the months after President Nixon's resignation, Steve Rogers chucked the star-spangled costume and changed his hero name to Nomad."
Johnston can spout all the talking points off he wants about artistic imperatives, but from an artistically imperative point of view the main motivation of his protagonist now make absolutely no sense.
There's a reason that the "Nomad" experiment fell by the wayside.
What's more, while Boucher equates Johnston's move with say Jon Favreau's take on Iron Man, it is arguable that Favreau's vision of Tony Stark/Iron Man is a fundamentally patriotic libertarian-conservative American hero. Both movies were wildly successful in both the U.S. and foreign audiences. By contrast, "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" -- which conservative pundit Greg Gutfeld panned as "a Benetton ad with rocket launchers" -- earned slightly less than half worldwide as did "Iron Man 2." What's more, the opening weekend for "GI Joe" earned only $54.7 million in its opening weekend compared to the $128.1 million "Iron Man 2" raked in during its first weekend.
“We’re sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers,” said Joe Johnston, whose past directing credits include “Jurassic Park III” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. “He’s a guy that wants to serve his country but he’s not a flag-waver. We’re reinterpretating sort of what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was.”
“He wants to serve his country, but he’s not this sort of jingoistic American flag-waver,” Johnston said. “He’s just a good person. We make a point of that in the script: Don’t change who you are once you go from Steve Rogers to this super-soldier, you have to stay who you are inside, that’s really what’s important more than your strength and everything. It’ll be interesting and fun to put a different spin on the character and one that the fans are really going to appreciate.”
"Some pundits will pounce on all of this as another desecration of an American touchstone, but how many of them have ever read the books? The character, created by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, was certainly un-conflicted about his country and its mission during the clear-cut days of the 1940s, but it didn't always stay that way. In late 1974, for instance, in the months after President Nixon's resignation, Steve Rogers chucked the star-spangled costume and changed his hero name to Nomad."
Johnston can spout all the talking points off he wants about artistic imperatives, but from an artistically imperative point of view the main motivation of his protagonist now make absolutely no sense.
There's a reason that the "Nomad" experiment fell by the wayside.
What's more, while Boucher equates Johnston's move with say Jon Favreau's take on Iron Man, it is arguable that Favreau's vision of Tony Stark/Iron Man is a fundamentally patriotic libertarian-conservative American hero. Both movies were wildly successful in both the U.S. and foreign audiences. By contrast, "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" -- which conservative pundit Greg Gutfeld panned as "a Benetton ad with rocket launchers" -- earned slightly less than half worldwide as did "Iron Man 2." What's more, the opening weekend for "GI Joe" earned only $54.7 million in its opening weekend compared to the $128.1 million "Iron Man 2" raked in during its first weekend.
“We’re sort of putting a slightly different spin on Steve Rogers,” said Joe Johnston, whose past directing credits include “Jurassic Park III” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. “He’s a guy that wants to serve his country but he’s not a flag-waver. We’re reinterpretating sort of what the comic book version of Steve Rogers was.”
“He wants to serve his country, but he’s not this sort of jingoistic American flag-waver,” Johnston said. “He’s just a good person. We make a point of that in the script: Don’t change who you are once you go from Steve Rogers to this super-soldier, you have to stay who you are inside, that’s really what’s important more than your strength and everything. It’ll be interesting and fun to put a different spin on the character and one that the fans are really going to appreciate.”
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Cons
The first trailer looks awesome:
The second looks like E! Entertainment for Real Life Monsters celebration of murder...
The second looks like E! Entertainment for Real Life Monsters celebration of murder...
Sunday, July 18, 2010
#boycottinception
AP in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church
“This Court has made clear that citizens ‘must tolerate insulting, and even outrageous, speech in order to provide “adequate breathing space” to the freedoms protected by the First Amendment.’ ”
ARLINGTON, Va. — Twenty-two media organizations have sided with a radical church against the father of a fallen Marine who is trying to sue it for picketing his son’s funeral.
Major Media Companies Side With Vicious Protests of Military Funerals from 'God Hates Fags' Church
While liberals like Randi Rhodes are nastily comparing Rush Limbaugh to Rev. Fred Phelps of “God Hates Fags” infamy, as if Rush would picket a military funeral, the liberal media are standing side by side with Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church in a demonstration of First Amendment fundamentalism. They've filed a “friend of the court” brief in favor of the right to infuriate families of the fallen with those vicious funeral protests.
“This Court has made clear that citizens ‘must tolerate insulting, and even outrageous, speech in order to provide “adequate breathing space” to the freedoms protected by the First Amendment.’ ”
ARLINGTON, Va. — Twenty-two media organizations have sided with a radical church against the father of a fallen Marine who is trying to sue it for picketing his son’s funeral.
Major Media Companies Side With Vicious Protests of Military Funerals from 'God Hates Fags' Church
While liberals like Randi Rhodes are nastily comparing Rush Limbaugh to Rev. Fred Phelps of “God Hates Fags” infamy, as if Rush would picket a military funeral, the liberal media are standing side by side with Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church in a demonstration of First Amendment fundamentalism. They've filed a “friend of the court” brief in favor of the right to infuriate families of the fallen with those vicious funeral protests.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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