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4816 [lbo-talk] more on why movies suck -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Catherine Driscoll wrote: > What makes you think Hitchcock wouldn't get a movie made today? Too weird, too arty, nothing blowing up.

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4817 [lbo-talk] Baker rounds bend -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Of course, this situation of warring exchange rates would lead to a > period of instability and unnecessary hostility between the two > countries. My god. Scratch a "progressive" and find an imperialist? Doug

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4818 [lbo-talk] more on why movies suck -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > That's the way Hitchock did it Imagine him trying to get a movie made today!

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4819 [lbo-talk] classy joint -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:04 PM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > Nowadays, though, the joke is on Wall Street: China and the rest of > the > semi-periphery have the savings of the world, and Obama is calling > to say, > please keep buying our T-bills. Yeah, but up to a point. What else are the Chinese going to do with all their money? Doug

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4820 [lbo-talk] more on why movies suck -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Joshua wrote: > Well, that answers that question. Movies made by salesmen and not > filmmakers tend to suck. Movies made by committees of salesmen tend > to suck > even worse. Hey, didn't you hear that movies are pretty good? I learned it here! Doug

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4821 [lbo-talk] Dracula separated from his coffin -- rank: 1000

[Rejecting suggestions that Rupert Murdoch might sell the Post in the early 1980s, Alex Cockburn said it would be like Dracula selling his coffin. Evidently this ghoul is having a harder time of it.] __________________________________ News Alert from The Wall Street Journal ---------------------------- Donald Trump has abandoned his bid to regain control of Atlantic City casinos that bear his name. Mr. Trump and his daughter Ivanka have reached a settlement agreement with a group of creditor ...

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4822 [lbo-talk] why movies suck -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 3:21 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Yeah, I didn't get how listing a bunch of movies and their box-office > takes showed why movies suck, and I certainly didn't see how it > constituted a "material investigation." The headnote said it was all about sequels and adaptations. And the follow-up article from The Guardian, written by the guy who wrote The Gawker piece, goes into plenty of detail.

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4823 [lbo-talk] why movies suck -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I have wondered this very thing myself, but substituting myself for > you! Why aren't your posts as good as mine, anyway? Ok, if you all are going to break out the measuring stick, could you please do it in the closet? We eagerly await reports, of course. Doug

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4824 [lbo-talk] why movies suck -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> <http://gawker.com/5406414/ever-wonder-why-most-movies-suck> > >> Ever Wonder Why Most Movies Suck? >> > > Ever wonder why so many scholarly articles suck? Yeah, a materialist investigation of the movie biz is completely off base. Much better to follow the example of Cde Cox and look on the bright side! Doug

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4825 [lbo-talk] terrorists will kidnap your kids at recess, or maybe Bloomberg's daughter -- rank: 1000

http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/congressman-terrorists-will-assrape-your-children-during-recess

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4826 [lbo-talk] more on why movies suck -- rank: 1000

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/03/blockbusters-michael-bay-brett-ratner > March of the turkeys Each summer, the multiplexes spew out a succession of schlockbusters. These films take years to make, and cost millions - so why are they so dire? Top-level Hollywood insiders spill the beans to Ravi Somaiya The Guardian, Friday 3 July 2009 By now, we're immune to blockbusters with flabby expository dialogue, lumpen performances and a CGI budget that should have been spent on a scr ...

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4827 [lbo-talk] classy joint -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Joanne Landy wrote: > In today's world it's hard to distinguish irony from fact. Which is > this? Whichever, I couldn't stop laughing, especially at the notion > of the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army playing > for Obama's visit 'We Are the World,' and 'I Just Called to Say I > Love You. Unless Mike Allen has been occupied by demons, I'm afraid it's fact.

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4828 [lbo-talk] classy joint -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Note to self: Become leader of China. Not for the music, I hope.

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4829 [lbo-talk] Hitch on Palin -- rank: 1000

<http://www.newsweek.com/id/222794/page/2> ... So there it is: anti-Washington except that she thirsts for it, and close enough (and also far enough away to be "deniable") to the paranoid fringe elements who darkly suspect that our president is a Kenyan communist. If you object to Kenyans interfering in the internal affairs of these United States, you really ought to raise an eyebrow at a candidate for the governorship of Alaska who accepts anointment from "Bishop" ...

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4830 [lbo-talk] why movies suck -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5406414/ever-wonder-why-most-movies-suck> Ever Wonder Why Most Movies Suck? A Wikipedia user put together a list of the 50 highest grossing movies of the decade; only nine of them are not sequels or adaptations, The Wrap points out. And, at a generous estimate, only five are not terrible. Frankly there is nothing I can say here, no series of bon mots, that will illuminate the horrors of modern Hollywood more than just running the list: 1. The Lord of the Rings: The ...

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