Politics As Usual

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Not Me
If only Al Gore were president, I am sure that he would be, right?

If only (insert anyone but George Bush II) were president, I would say yes. His Dad. Reagan. Anyone.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Once again, Bin Laden should be dead by now.

He is.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by sgtclub
He is.

Whew! Thank goodness.

Well, we've sorted out the iron-clad rationale for war, and OBL is dead. This has been a productive day.

What does everyone say we hand over power this afternoon and retire early for the day, then?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Whew! Thank goodness.

Well, we've sorted out the iron-clad rationale for war, and OBL is dead. This has been a productive day.

What does everyone say we hand over power this afternoon and retire early for the day, then?

If you're buying the margaritas, that sounds like a plan.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If you're buying the margaritas, that sounds like a plan.

I'm in

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sgtclub
I'm in

I'd join you all now, but I've still got some bloodlust I want to satisfy.

Let me know where you are, I'll join you when I'm done.

Originally posted by sgtclub
He is.

I dunno. I think he is in an undisclosed location ready to be trotted out at the opportune time. October surprise, anyone?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ironweed
I dunno. I think he is in an undisclosed location ready to be trotted out at the opportune time. October surprise, anyone?

I think that was Club's joke.

[Replaced_Texan]

I couldn't decide if this was an FB or a PB post, but I'll default it here.

I was listening to Marketplace this morning driving to work, and they did a piece on some conservative group approaching theater owners to try to persuade them not to show the movie. Apparently this is the same group that got the Reagan mini-series pulled.

Anyhow, the media expert that they were talking to said that the group will have little or no effect because the movie is not only expected to do well as far as documentaries go, but it's expected to be a summer blockbuster, and may even break the $100M mark. Theater owners want a piece of the pie, and Lion's Gate is overjoyed. One hopes that the conservative group appreicates and approves of the greed factor.

I had no idea that the movie was expected to do that well. I had sort of assumed that it'd end up in one of the independent chains like Landmark or Angelika, and the majority of the American population wasn't going to really have access to it, much less choose to see it over, say Spiderman 2.

The advance reviews have been fairly positive, and a friend of mine* who went to a screening back in April said that it's very different from the first two movies. The most conspicuous change is that Moore isn't in it as much. He narrates and he pops in a few times, but he's not leading as much as he did in his previous films. She said it's a much darker, more serious approach.

I wonder, then, if a movie like this will have an impact on the election. Clearly, it's anti-Bush, and Moore pushed for an early release so as many people as possible could see it before the election. If it is effective, what does that do to change politics, if anything? Are we going to have a slew of documentaries come out in every election cycle?

And if it's really a $100M movie, did Disney screw itself by not releasing it?


*liberal college student

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
And if it's really a $100M movie, did Disney screw itself by not releasing it?

Not if the reprisals they feared from GOP gov't officials would have cost them more.

T. (disgruntled Disney stockholder) S.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Al Qaida claims that they've beheaded Paul Johnson. Picture of severed head.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...apped_american
(spree: news story not containing picture of severed head)

eta spree -- T.S.

Get used to it. Until they learn that this trick isn't going to work, they'll keep trying it. I predict they'll do it about five or six more times.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I couldn't decide if this was an FB or a PB post, but I'll default it here.

I was listening to Marketplace this morning driving to work, and they did a piece on some conservative group approaching theater owners to try to persuade them not to show the movie. Apparently this is the same group that got the Reagan mini-series pulled.

Anyhow, the media expert that they were talking to said that the group will have little or no effect because the movie is not only expected to do well as far as documentaries go, but it's expected to be a summer blockbuster, and may even break the $100M mark. Theater owners want a piece of the pie, and Lion's Gate is overjoyed. One hopes that the conservative group appreicates and approves of the greed factor.

I had no idea that the movie was expected to do that well. I had sort of assumed that it'd end up in one of the independent chains like Landmark or Angelika, and the majority of the American population wasn't going to really have access to it, much less choose to see it over, say Spiderman 2.

The advance reviews have been fairly positive, and a friend of mine* who went to a screening back in April said that it's very different from the first two movies. The most conspicuous change is that Moore isn't in it as much. He narrates and he pops in a few times, but he's not leading as much as he did in his previous films. She said it's a much darker, more serious approach.

I wonder, then, if a movie like this will have an impact on the election. Clearly, it's anti-Bush, and Moore pushed for an early release so as many people as possible could see it before the election. If it is effective, what does that do to change politics, if anything? Are we going to have a slew of documentaries come out in every election cycle?

And if it's really a $100M movie, did Disney screw itself by not releasing it?


*liberal college student

The impressionable college student bloc isn't enough to carry Kerry. I don't see this movie changing too many minds, and those it motivates to vote are people Bush never had a chance with anyway. I love Moore's stuff, but I view it as salacious pseudo-fiction. I wouldn't take a thimble full of his statistics or "facts" to the bank.

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I think that was Club's joke.

Did I whiff on a Club joke? Oh the humanity!

[SlaveNoMore]

Replaced_Texan
I was listening to Marketplace this morning driving to work, and they did a piece on some conservative group approaching theater owners to try to persuade them not to show the movie. Apparently this is the same group that got the Reagan mini-series pulled.

Did they also mention the piece on how Hezbollah is fighting to get it screened in Mideast.

Strange bedfellows.

[SlaveNoMore]

sebastian_dangerfield
The impressionable college student bloc ....

generally doesn't bother to vote at all, much to the chagrin of Professor Gore