Iran Says Harry Potter Is A Zionist Plot
I knew there was a reason I hated Harry Potter.
I'm sorry, what was that? I was too busy eating pie and reading Harry Potter while listening to klezmer music. I didn't hear what you said. Aw, never mind.
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Iran Says Harry Potter Is A Zionist Plot
I knew there was a reason I hated Harry Potter.
Because Iran says to hate it?
Because Iran says to hate it?
Hard-line Muslims and right wing Christians can't both be wrong.
Because Iran says to hate it?Hard-line Muslims and right wing Christians can't both be wrong.
The poodle has a point. If enough religious fanatics hate something, it must be bad. How could that many loud, overbearing personalities be wrong?
Yes, and while they're at it, I want an apology for the star wars prequels
Yep - they were pretty awfull - and I'm sorry that I saw the first one to the end - and I'm more than willing to apologize for that..
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Iran Says Harry Potter Is A Zionist Plot
I knew there was a reason I hated Harry Potter.
I knew that li'l four-eyes was up to no good!
GRU
Because Iran says to hate it?Hard-line Muslims and right wing Christians can't both be wrong.
I never could figure out why it bothers so many Christians. Is it because of the use of magic?
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If Hollywood apologizes to Iran, then I want an apology for the 1984 Clint Eastwood movie Tightrope. That's right....Tightrope. Goddamn it Hollywood, if you're going to film on location in a city, don't mess witht he damn geography! Anyone who lives, or has lived, in New Orleans knows that you can't run from the old cemetaries at the end of Canal Street and immediately be by the river. It just ain't possible!!! Unless your the Flash....
And while we're at it, how about an apology for that godawful Dennis Quaid flick The Big Easy. Every accent in that flick was a miscarraige of justice! Damn you Hollywood!
I've always read that they think it encourages kids to practice witchcraft, dark magic and all that nonsense.I never could figure out why it bothers so many Christians. Is it because of the use of magic?Because Iran says to hate it?Hard-line Muslims and right wing Christians can't both be wrong.
Actually I think a few, not all, are afraid of imagination and free-thinking. Most of my religious friends don't have a problem with it.
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Actually I think a few, not all, are afraid of imagination and free-thinking. Most of my religious friends don't have a problem with it.I've always read that they think it encourages kids to practice witchcraft, dark magic and all that nonsense.I never could figure out why it bothers so many Christians. Is it because of the use of magic?Because Iran says to hate it?Hard-line Muslims and right wing Christians can't both be wrong.
Funny, I always heard it was because an Englishwoman wrote it. ;)
Now that you mention it, it does seem like the Brits are always the bad guys in movies.
Yeah, but I insist that the totally exaggerated bad guys have to be germans - best with an exaggerated german accent - "ve hav zhe meanz to make yu kooperat".
back to topic - apologizing for art is complete and utter nonsense. Hollywood movies may be good, great, so-so, bad or abysmal, but they are still intended to be art IMO. You may apologize for hurting anybodies feelings, but apologizing for the movie in general just does not make sense.
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If Hollywood apologizes to Iran, then I want an apology for the 1984 Clint Eastwood movie Tightrope. That's right....Tightrope. Goddamn it Hollywood, if you're going to film on location in a city, don't mess witht he damn geography! Anyone who lives, or has lived, in New Orleans knows that you can't run from the old cemetaries at the end of Canal Street and immediately be by the river. It just ain't possible!!! Unless your the Flash....
And while we're at it, how about an apology for that godawful Dennis Quaid flick The Big Easy. Every accent in that flick was a miscarraige of justice! Damn you Hollywood!
Yeah but Tightrope had yet another appearance of Randi Brooks nudity. And I think we have to respect that.
Truth be told, Hollywood does not discriminate when it comes to lousy geography. 48 hours with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte involved a car chase that defied the @#$%ing San Francisco city map in a way even the developers of the Tardis would have respected. It's the location scout's fault, or the writer who cracked a book on the city and chose locations that didn't string together, or the executive and director who okayed the script with those obvious mistakes. For many filmmakers, it's more important to be compelling than to be accurate.
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If Hollywood apologizes to Iran, then I want an apology for the 1984 Clint Eastwood movie Tightrope. That's right....Tightrope. Goddamn it Hollywood, if you're going to film on location in a city, don't mess witht he damn geography! Anyone who lives, or has lived, in New Orleans knows that you can't run from the old cemetaries at the end of Canal Street and immediately be by the river. It just ain't possible!!! Unless your the Flash....
And while we're at it, how about an apology for that godawful Dennis Quaid flick The Big Easy. Every accent in that flick was a miscarraige of justice! Damn you Hollywood!
Yeah but Tightrope had yet another appearance of Randi Brooks nudity. And I think we have to respect that.
Truth be told, Hollywood does not discriminate when it comes to lousy geography. 48 hours with Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte involved a car chase that defied the @#$%ing San Francisco city map in a way even the developers of the Tardis would have respected. It's the location scout's fault.
Yeah, well the freeway that Arnold and the Conner's race down to escape the T-1000 is in actuality only about 5 miles long and gets nowhere close to the Valley where they take off from. In fact they drive under the same overpass about three times. In the movie Falling Down, they used some pretty creative geography as well.
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Actually, on behalf of the British peoples, I would like to apologise for being a bunch of quitters. We should never have abandoned the Empire and gone back sissy-style to Blighty, all to save a bit of money. Look at the world now - is it a better place? If the Brits still owned the US, there would be no crummy American movies, just jolly Ealing-style comedies coming out of Hollywood. I rest my case. I am so very, very sorry.
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Actually, on behalf of the British peoples, I would like to apologise for being a bunch of quitters. We should never have abandoned the Empire and gone back sissy-style to Blighty, all to save a bit of money. Look at the world now - is it a better place? If the Brits still owned the US, there would be no crummy American movies, just jolly Ealing-style comedies coming out of Hollywood. I rest my case. I am so very, very sorry.
On the plus side, we didn't get stuck with warm beer and typical English food.
Actually it is that the poodle agress with them that makes it automatically incorrect.
You are such a nice guy, Samuel.
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Actually, on behalf of the British peoples, I would like to apologise for being a bunch of quitters. We should never have abandoned the Empire and gone back sissy-style to Blighty, all to save a bit of money. Look at the world now - is it a better place? If the Brits still owned the US, there would be no crummy American movies, just jolly Ealing-style comedies coming out of Hollywood. I rest my case. I am so very, very sorry.
# of flags: 6.
# of them that wuz a Union Jack: 0.
Starving mindflayer; starving zombie.What can I say, times are tough, and the competition for grey matter is lethal.
How did that old song go? Brains are like oxygen, get too much and you get too high. Not enough and you're gonna die...
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You know ever since someone pointed it out to me, I never read a word you say without hearing zoidburg say it. that one is funny in a zoidburg voice.
Yeah, but I said it in a Homer Simpson voice.
In a Zoidberg voice it would sound like:"Mmmmmmm . . . brains!
A completely different inflection.
Meanwhile Professor Farnsworth, whose eating habits are much more suspect, would sound like"
"Mmmmmmm . . . brains!"
What can I say, times are tough, and the competition for grey matter is lethal.
Poodle brain wouldn't be more than a bite.
What can I say, times are tough, and the competition for grey matter is lethal.Poodle brain wouldn't be more than a bite.
What are you talking about Courtfool? Poodles are one of the most intelligent animals on earth. *begins chasing his tail*
What are you talking about Courtfool? Poodles are one of the most intelligent animals on earth.
Shhhh! You will give away our secret plan of world domination. Gah! You just can't find good cultists these days.
What are you talking about Courtfool? Poodles are one of the most intelligent animals on earth.Shhhh! You will give away our secret plan of world domination. Gah! You just can't find good cultists these days.
Sorry! *Licks Courtfool*
I think it was "Love is like....nitrogen...."
lifts leg.
That's from back when Sweet was in their merman phase, right? Gotta say I miss glitter gills and platform tridents.
Sorry, yeah I meant the Schumacher films. Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were absolute drek, despite George Cloony being the best Batman of the series.
Thought so. Though you could still demand an apology from Burton for Batman Forever. He produced. But still...Schumacher! No nipples on the batsuit! Keep your homoerotic fantasies off my childhood heroes.[/rant]
I want an apology for every movie that Hollywood has ever remade and made worse in doing so.
The poodle has a point. If enough religious fanatics hate something, it must be bad. How could that many loud, overbearing personalities be wrong?This is begging for a 4E joke...
I think you just made one...
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If Hollywood apologizes to Iran, then I want an apology for the 1984 Clint Eastwood movie Tightrope. That's right....Tightrope. Goddamn it Hollywood, if you're going to film on location in a city, don't mess witht he damn geography! Anyone who lives, or has lived, in New Orleans knows that you can't run from the old cemetaries at the end of Canal Street and immediately be by the river. It just ain't possible!!! Unless your the Flash....
And while we're at it, how about an apology for that godawful Dennis Quaid flick The Big Easy. Every accent in that flick was a miscarraige of justice! Damn you Hollywood!
Admittedly, i enjoyed "The Big Easy." I even found the slimy lawyer to be entertaining.
Thoth-Amon the Mindflayerian, back from his astral travels through time and dimensions.
Speaking of movies with interesting location tricks. In the Robin Williams film, Patch Adams, there was quite a bit of Dimension Door -ing around the UNC campus (where it was filmed).
Enter the library, have a scene, and exit from a biulding a quarter-mile away. Pretty funny.
The worst regular offender I can think of is from T.V. Magnum, P.I. had every local in Hawaii laughing with the way he'd leave a house on one end of the island and zip to downtown Waikiki in just a couple of minutes. Even with that Ferrari, he'd never make it...not with the traffic problems on those highways.
I like some musicals, but then my sexuality is questionable.
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Yea. Sure. A city (or a section of a city, or whatever) should apologize for the actions of an industry that happens to be located there. Whatever.
But more to the topic: Did the movie industy apologize for making Hitler's Germany look bad, no. Did the movie industry apologize for all the racial analogies in the oringinal King Kong, no. Did the movie industry apologize to all the physically and mentally handicapped they made fun of over the years, no. Did the movie industry apologize for all the sequals to the Pirates of the Caribbean or Back to the Future movies, no. Did the movie industry apologize to the Orcish-Americans for the LotR movies, no.
What makes Iran so special that they feel they deserve an apology from the movie industry for? Their job is to entertain. Sometimes they make good movies, sometimes they do not. Sometimes they villinize those that deserve to be, sometimes they do not. If someone cannot tell the difference between a movie and reality, you should not have kids, let alone run a country.
Suggest you look at the Sharia law and Blasphemy Law that the UN will be making legally binding(It is already legal just not binding) to ALL it member states. After that EVERYONE will be require to apologize and EVERYONE blasphemy over religious belief could face prison. ANY kind of blasphemy so you laugh at a crudely made statue of a saint or some prophet no matter what reason they could bring a charge against you.
The one thing we must keep free is the freedom of speak dont lose that right, or there will never be freedom to anyone.