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Topic: Why I can't take John Travolta seriously (Read 36891 times)
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Engels
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On the other hand, there are perfect asshat artists, like Arthur C Clark and Spike Lee, who actually make decent stuff. I really enjoyed the Rama series and the 2001 Odysey, as well as most Spike Lee movies, but I think they're both assholes.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Signe
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Isn't Spike Lee the reason for poor old Imus' (whoever the F word he is) ho woe? (don't say "ho woe" out loud if someone else is within hearing distance  ) |
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Lantyssa
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Signe
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Oh no! Just now I realised how dorky we really are! Lots.  |
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stray
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On the other hand, there are perfect asshat artists, like Arthur C Clark and Spike Lee, who actually make decent stuff. I really enjoyed the Rama series and the 2001 Odysey, as well as most Spike Lee movies, but I think they're both assholes.
Just out of curiosity, why is Clark an asshat? I don't know much about him. |
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Lantyssa
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Oh no! Just now I realised how dorky we really are! Lots. :-D |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Engels
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On the other hand, there are perfect asshat artists, like Arthur C Clark and Spike Lee, who actually make decent stuff. I really enjoyed the Rama series and the 2001 Odysey, as well as most Spike Lee movies, but I think they're both assholes.
Just out of curiosity, why is Clark an asshat? I don't know much about him. Well, asshat is probably too strong a word. I was thinking more of Spike Lee at the time. That said, there's something uncomfortable for me in the way he treated his woman character in Rama, and the fact that Bowman in 2001 is a total jackass, but I'm not sure the author though him to be at the time. I was not, however, refering to any paedophilia allegations, since I believe that they are groundless. |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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CmdrSlack
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I was not, however, refering to any paedophilia allegations, since I believe that they are groundless.
"So Mr. Clarke, when did you stop beating your wife?" |
I traded in my fun blog for several legal blogs. Or, "blawgs," as the cutesy attorney blawgosphere likes to call 'em.
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Riggswolfe
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On the other hand, there are perfect asshat artists, like Arthur C Clark and Spike Lee, who actually make decent stuff. I really enjoyed the Rama series and the 2001 Odysey, as well as most Spike Lee movies, but I think they're both assholes.
Just a brief sidetrack. Spike Lee breaks my rule about seperating the artist from the art. I cannot even force myself to be in the same room when a Spike Lee movie is on. If he is being interviewed I have to change the channel or I get angry. |
"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Ironwood
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I don't get it. Not because I have a view, but precisely the opposite. What's wrong with Spike Lee ?
And can someone tell me where that beating your wife thing first came from ? I'm aware of the meaning, but not the origin.
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HaemishM
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Spike Lee sued Spike TV for infringing the copyright on his name (instead of just their existence as a shitty, testosterone filled orgy of man spew). Also, he can't shut the fuck up, even when he has no business speaking. He's a real asshole.
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Llava
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What's wrong with Spike Lee ?
He makes shitty movies, for one. "What do you want from me?!?!" "I want you to kill. Kill! KIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!" -Dialogue from Summer of Sam |
That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Signe
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I recently saw that film he did about Hurricane Katrina and thought it was very good. I also kind of liked "Do The Right Thing" but that's it, really. I don't think I've liked anything else of his that I've seen, and I've actually tried to watch quite a few of his films.
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stray
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I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan, but there's quite a lot I like from him.
Do the Right Thing
The 25th Hour
When the Levees Broke
Four Little Girls
Malcolm X
Huey P Newton
He Got Game
Jungle Fever
Clockers
Inside Man
and... The old Jordan commercials ;)
Freaking amazing track record with me really... And yet, I don't think about him much.
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Riggswolfe
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Spike Lee sued Spike TV for infringing the copyright on his name (instead of just their existence as a shitty, testosterone filled orgy of man spew). Also, he can't shut the fuck up, even when he has no business speaking. He's a real asshole.
Suing Spike TV didn't bother me. I just thought he was stupid to do it. (On a side note I'm glad Spike TV exists. Something has to balance out Oxygen and Lifetime.) It's the second that bothers me, that and I think his views are closer to old school Malcolm X than say an MLK. |
"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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If he was close to old school Malcolm X, then there'd be no white devils in his movies at all. Let alone ones who are the leading stars.
Nor would he have made that Malcolm X flick that emphasized the latter Malcolm X's journey ;).
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Signe
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I haven't seen "Inside Man" but it looks like something I might like. Of course, that could just be the Denzel Washington swoonage effect. I forgot about "Four Little Girls." I thought that was pretty good, too. I didn't even know he did a film about Malcolm X, actually. I did read the book it was probably based on, though.
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I don't care for Spike Lee, but the documentary on Katrina was nice, if heavy handed at times. I'd say 80% of it was perfect, when he wasn't in editorializing Spike mode.
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Murgos
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I'm not sure about Arthur C. Clarke being an asshat but I always felt that his plantation in India Sri Lanka was a bit over the top.
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Furiously
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And can someone tell me where that beating your wife thing first came from ? I'm aware of the meaning, but not the origin.
The Megarians (3d century B.C.), their version was "Do you still beat your father? Answer yes or no." |
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