Wow, a thread all its own!

For those that missed my original comment:

Oh. My. God.

Remember the idiotic "WTO riot" in Seattle in 1999? A bunch of boneheaded "anarchists" ran around for a day smashing things up? Threw a little tantrum? That achieved absolutely nothing other than to earn loathing from the few average people who briefly became aware of the anarchists' existence?

Well, amongst the far-far left, "Seattle" has become become legendary as their most successful riot in years. Say the word "Seattle" in a cluster of black-clad teen crab-lice hosts and a frisson will pass through the crowd. Oooooh, Seattle. The Recreate 68 folks were actually trying to "Recreate 99." Of course they failed, but that was their dream.

Now, out in reality-land, 98% of Americans have completely forgotten about the WTO riot in 1999, or never heard about it to begin with; and of those few that do remember it, the vast majority remember it with scorn and disgust for the rioters.

Why do I mention all this? Because I'm finally getting around to sifting through all the ephemera I collected in Denver, and I came across a little sticker promoting a movie that some bozo made about the WTO riots, nearly ten years after the fact. Actually, the sticker merely says "Battle in Seattle - 9.19.2008" with some New-World-Order-esque bar codes. I thought at first that the anarchists were planning to riot at the next WTO conference in Seattle. But no. I went to the Web site mentioned on the sticker and it was a promo site for a movie.

I was about to dismiss the whole thing as beneath notice when I clicked on the trailer and -- to my utter astonishment -- it's not some grainy amateur documentary, but a major Hollywood blockbuster! Glamorizing the rioters!

Watch it and weep.

I know several people who were in Seattle that day, both as rioters and as residents. And I know a lot of anarchists. And let me tell you, the film's glamorization is utterly beyond ludicrous. The protesters/rioters are just as you suspect, either ignorant stinky runaways or trustafarians having a fling for a few years before becoming disillusioned and settling down to a life of drug addiction and SSI payments; or are snarling revolutionaries with twisted souls and nihilism in their hearts.

But in this film, they're beautiful idealistic wonderful loving progressives!

Shame, shame shame on Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta, Woody Harrelson, Andre "3000" Benjamin, Connie Nielsen and the rest of the Hollywood dunderheads for appearing in this embarassing bit of propaganda.

My only consolation is that it will without the slightest doubt BOMB at the box office. More money spent by the networks in their futile brainwashing efforts.

Thanks Zombie.

No thanks Tinseltown.

The Whole World is NOT going to be watching...

Bombs away!

Outrageous.

Sadly, it's not surprising, but certainly disgusting.

This is just the beginning. There are also planned 3-4 movies debasing Christianity [again]. When oh when will they learn?

Note also, as "Age Of Freedom" pointed out in the earlier thread, that the main character, the hero, wears a kaffiyeh throughout the film!

Ahhhh... Something about the stench of unexfoliated bong-sweat to make you sleepless in Seattle.

Anarchist's motto? "You're not the boss of me.

With the exception of the McDonald's manager.

"Today you're on fries, Jimmy the anarchist."

"Battle in Seattle". Sounds more like a WWF extravaganza than anything else.

Does anyone go to the movies anymore? I don't think I've been in 2 to 3 years.

More propaganda for the revolution.

Bomb making leftists. This movie will tank big time.

Oooooh. Kifayas.

I predict a Wardrobe Academy Award Nomination

Y'know, I haven't updated zomblog in weeks, and my top post is a mess. I should post something soon! It looks like the site is abandoned. Emabarrassing.

Wait... I thought I saw a Community Organizer in that trailer.

Hit them again! Hit them again!

re: #8 zombie

I'm still trying to work up the nerve to watch the trailer... don't know if my blood pressure can handle it today.

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

I cannot understand why, having downloaded Flash from the site, the thing refuses to show anything but the static image--and clicking on the image merely brings up the "download Flash" site again.

It's an anarchist site. Never expect anything to work properly.

re: #12 BrianA

Does anyone go to the movies anymore? I don't think I've been in 2 to 3 years.

25 or 30 movies a year. Love the movies.

This won't be one of them.

Hollywood is mad because of the new movie making fun of all the leftwing nutjobs. I don't recall the name, but the ad on tv is hilarious...a must see for me when it comes out next month.

Violence pays off. Taxpayers are still paying damages to some of the rioters.

re: #10 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Anarchist's motto? "You're not the boss of me.

With the exception of the McDonald's manager.

"Today you're on fries, Jimmy the anarchist."

"Hey dudes, Jimmy's a corporate stooge."

/anarchist

Is there an award for Best Use of Duct Tape?

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

*that statement was made on Ophrah's show, while weeping, and the Big O, looked on, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

I cannot understand why, having downloaded Flash from the site, the thing refuses to show anything but the static image--and clicking on the image merely brings up the "download Flash" site again.

Quick! They have figured out that you are "The Man!" Change computers NOW!

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

I cannot understand why, having downloaded Flash from the site, the thing refuses to show anything but the static image--and clicking on the image merely brings up the "download Flash" site again.

Oh, if you can't view the trailer, you're missing everything! It's asounding! Leni Reifenstahl-esque!

There is nothing like a Trade Organization to inspire an anarchist orgy.

Which begs the question: what the heck is wrong with anarchists these days?

10 benefits of the WTO trading system.

One of the actors is wearing a red keffiyah.. figures..

re: #23 gonecamping

Hollywood is mad because of the new movie making fun of all the leftwing nutjobs. I don't recall the name, but the ad on tv is hilarious...a must see for me when it comes out next month.

An American Carol?

re: #12 BrianA

Does anyone go to the movies anymore? I don't think I've been in 2 to 3 years.

Sure, lots of them. Iron Man, Hellboy, 300, The Dark Knight.

I wouldn't watch this crap if you paid me to.

One man's scumbag dumbass idiot loser is another man's hero, I guess. If these clowns actually stood for something, I could actually see someone making some movie about them.....but they don't stand for anything. To glorify these people show me either a)extreme naivete, or worse b)justification for the unjustifiable.

They think life and reality is a Rage Against the Machine song....newsflash to any scumbag dumbass idiot loser protester that may read this: you stand for nothing and you are a fool.

re: #27 rawmuse

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

*that statement was made on Ophrah's show, while weeping, and the Big O, looked on, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

Was that Cameron Diaz? or both of them?

re: #27 rawmuse

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

*that statement was made on Ophrah's show, while weeping, and the Big O, looked on, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

Forgot about that one. Brilliant.

I see giant puppets!

Well, what else is new? We've got Stone's W. Michael Moore has another movie coming out too.

These people throw temper tantrums and call it art. They give each other awards for throwing the best hissy fits. And they pat each other on the back for a job well done. Then, they sneer at everyone else because their movies bomb, they complain that the slack jawed yokels just don't get what they're doing and why they're doing it.

Well, many folks don't know why they're doing it. Why are they continually posting anti-American tripe at every opportunity and looking for reasons to hate America, even as it was these same Americans who helped make these people extraordinarily rich.

re: #32 BrianA

That's the one! A big spoof on Moore and his compadres.

re: #23 gonecamping

Hollywood is mad because of the new movie making fun of all the leftwing nutjobs. I don't recall the name, but the ad on tv is hilarious...a must see for me when it comes out next month.

yeah, John Voight is in that one. did look VERY funny. it's a knock on a michael moore type who wants to ban the 4th of July!

Thank you, my fellow Gramsican Whores.

re: #21 Honorary Yooper

It's an anarchist site. Never expect anything to work properly.

it's not an anarchist site: it's a major studio film.

Glorifying anarchists. Nice job Holywad.

As I've stated before - Hollywood will not get any more of my money.

Blacklist left-wing actors:

Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Connie Nielsen

I wonder who Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta, Woody Harrelson, Andre "3000" Benjamin, Connie Nielsen will be voting for. I don't think Nielsen is a citizen but ACORN probably has her registered anyway.

My guess is this "cinematic expression" will go the same way as all the other anti-American, anti-Military movies that have be expelled from the bowels of Hollywood since 9-11 - NOWHERE

re: #33 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sure, lots of them. Iron Man, Hellboy, 300, The Dark Knight.

I wouldn't watch this crap if you paid me to.

Not my genre.

re: #27 rawmuse

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

*that statement was made on Ophrah's show, while weeping, and the Big O, looked on, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

That was Cameron Diaz.

re: #19 Duane

Hit them again! Hit them again!

Respect My Authority!

Just when you think they've reached an all-time low, they surprise you by stooping even lower! ;-)

Team America - World Police

No furries? Just some cheap butterfly costumes...

What kind of a protest was this?

At least it's not from Lion's Gate Films.

re: #47 Padre

That was Cameron Diaz.

You are right. I stand corrected. My apologies to Ms. Theron.

Living in Seattle at the time.
Seattle was NOT READY, despite having lots and lots of warning.

Seattle leaders went to the protest leaders and asked them to be nice during the protests.

Seattle got caught with it's pants around its ankles big time.

But want do you expect from Seattle, leadership? HAH!

This is the only sort of movie Woody Harrelson can still get work on.

#27

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

Sorry Rawmuse, you have your blondes mixed up. The above was intoned by the genius, Cameron Diaz.

I liked Charlize Theron initially. She was quite cute in That Thing You Do and she has a story of her own as her mother shot and killed her father in self-defense. But she's from Africa and I don't much like foreigners coming her and telling us how bad we are. She should have stayed in Africa and become a world-famous actor from there if it's so terrible here.

re: #51 NoSubmission

No furries? Just some cheap butterfly costumes...

What kind of a protest was this?

But, you see, the butterfly wings make them harmless! It is a sign of their peacefull nature!

In fact, if all US troops in Iraq just wore butterfly wings and pink crowns, the left would cheer them on enthusiantically!

In other entertainment news, Russian Lawmakers To Ban South Park.

All fascism shares a lack of humor.

Obamatons might want to think about that. After all, when was the last time Obama laughed at himself?

I wonder how much money the stars of this film were paid to glamorize anti-capitalist rioters?

re: #56 jemima

Yeah, I already fell on my sword upthread...

re: #50 hazzyday

Team America - World Police

loved that movie. "Dirka Dirka!"

re: #59 Ringo the Gringo

I wonder how much money the stars of this film were paid to glamorize anti-capitalist rioters?

Why, I'm quite sure they all worked for free!

/s

There was some movie filmed near here, and Charlize Theron was in it. Some of my friends were extras, and told me that Charlize was stuck up and did lunch in her trailer. On the other hand, Frances McDormand was very nice and ate with the crew and extras.

#60

Sorry I just wasn't as fast as everyone else. I've been told that before :-(

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

I cannot understand why, having downloaded Flash from the site, the thing refuses to show anything but the static image--and clicking on the image merely brings up the "download Flash" site again.

If you're using Firefox, and the NoScript extension, you have to explicitly allow the page.

Whatever the problem is it sounds like it involves Javascript (shudder).

re: #38 lawhawk

I want "Team America II - The Score Is Settled".

"Team America" did a lot to subtly undermine Kerryisms in the last election.

re: #59 Ringo the Gringo

I wonder how much money the stars of this film were paid to glamorize anti-capitalist rioters?

UP DING FOR YOU!

Probably the same rate RATM got paid for their anti-capitalist screed during the DNC.

Funny how these protesters only exist in the USA and other free countries. I wonder why they don't go over to Moscow or Beijing or Tehran and offer their own unique way of complaining to the leaders there? Hmmmm, I wonder why?

re: #59 Ringo the Gringo

I wonder how much money the stars of this film were paid to glamorize anti-capitalist rioters?

Don't worry - those stars will not get the irony.

re: #57 zombie
Furries are way more threatening than butterflies.

Even liberals won't see this film. Wonder what the budget was?

re: #50 hazzyday

Team America - World Police

Beat me to it! Great movie!

/"Use your acting!"

If I'm right that Ray Liotta guy got his brains eaten by Hannibal Lecter (well I better just leave it at that)

Yet another movie I will not watch. And Hollywood wonders why less and less people come to see their movies.

re: #23 gonecamping

American Carol. Right-wingers should have a Conservative Film studio to fight the bias.

I'll prewrite a review:

A thrilling roller-coaster ride that will tear at your emotions. Watch as disaffected trust fund youth rage against Global Corporations (mommy and daddy). You can almost smell the unwashed masses in the thrilling riot scenes. See the brilliant tactics shown in riot planning meetings "Dude we should wear all black that'd be so bitchin".

re: #72 karmic_inquisitor

Beat me to it! Great movie!

/"Use your acting!"

"you know this mission will fail without an actor!"

I think they need to brush up on what "battle" means as well as how many people have to be watching before you can claim "The Whole World is Watching"...perhaps this will be a comedy?

The whole world watched me eat lunch today.

With dreck like this, I'm really surprised that there is piracy of Hollywood movies. I wouldn't even steal this film. And if I did, I would demand my money back.

Who needs a stupid movie. I've seen stuff like this in person and its UGLY.

I hope these progressive actors got paid in advance and aren't relying on the royalties to pay the rent.

15 bucks split five ways isnt going to be very big.

1 yr from now - on the 5.00 shelf at wally world.

A Mega Corporation, looking to make lots of money, produces a movie supporting revolution and anarchy. Gotta love the smell of irony.

re: #71 HelloDare

Even liberals won't see this film. Wonder what the budget was?

I can bet that the Hollywood budget for the props (like those stupid butterfly wings) far exceeds what the moonbats paid to create them in the first place.

re: #68 Desert Dog

Funny how these protesters only exist in the USA and other free countries. I wonder why they don't go over to Moscow or Beijing or Tehran and offer their own unique way of complaining to the leaders there? Hmmmm, I wonder why?

Come on now, Police used pepper spray and ARRESTED them!
It's POLICE STATE!
/moonbat

A major Hollywood film glamorizing the 1999 Seattle anarchist riots at the World Trade Organization meeting

Of course, one of the things that has been set back by stalled WTO negotiations is intellectual property protection.

Some irony there.

The budget was only $8 million.

re: #58 karmic_inquisitor

What's next to be banned? The Simpsons?

re: #81 Eowyn2

2 years from now - filling up some 3rd world landfill......

re: #82 FurryOldGuyJeans

A Mega Corporation, looking to make lots of money, produces a movie supporting revolution and anarchy. Gotta love the smell of irony.

Buy the t-shirt, upload the soundtrack, purchase the anarchy...

I almost got caught in it...I was recording some station logos downtown, and after I got home I found out about windows being smashed in down the street from where I was. A Starbucks, I think.

Crazy bastards.

(Though I have to say I always loved the shot of the kid wearing Nikes trying to kick down the NikeTown sign.)

Over at Rotten Tomoatoes (a site that surveys all MSM reviews), it already has a 75% positive rating!

Examples:

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"Battle In Seattle" is a poignant depiction of a dire fight for justice that found traction over a period of several days, in a story that was misrepresented by the American media. Here then, is a closer view of those events and motivations of the people

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[Director Stuart] Townsend believes in the politics and the passion of the protesters; he makes their concerns heard over the media noise focused on the spectacle of conflict.

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...an entertaining yet heavy-handed and ultimately simplistic look at the '99 WTO protests that essentially turned Seattle into a war zone.

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While it makes no bones about where its sympathies lie, these fictional stories show a genuine fascination with the role politics plays on both sides of such confrontations and how things can spin out of control with no single person to blame.

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Effectively mixing original broadcast and amateur vid footage (especially during scenes of crowd panic and police brutality) with interwoven fictive strands, Townsend acquits himself well, if not outstandingly, as both writing and directing newbie.

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Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

OK - I made myself watch that tailor. The first two things that occurred to me is that ivory tower leftists in hollywood do not know anything about free trade and market economics. Also - Is hollywood completely out of ideas? How drama queen and stale. Glorifying anarchists while revealing complete clueslessness when it comes to ecconomics.

What are the leftist idiots trying to prove - that banks suck? Stop banks! Banks must be stopped!

Theron Goes To "Battle In Seattle"
"Charlize Theron is attached to star in "Battle in Seattle". The directorial debut of her boyfriend and actor Stuart Townsend ("Queen of the Damned", "LXG") who also wrote it, the film is set during the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle..."

re: #92 Occasional Reader

Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

I hear that one will be a musical.....can't wait to see it!

re: #91 zombie
It hasn't even been released yet..

re: #91 zombie

*BARF*

re: #96 NoSubmission

It hasn't even been released yet..

They do a bunch of pre-release reviews.

OR,

Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

Is it a musical?

re: #74 mattm

Yet another movie I will not watch. And Hollywood wonders why less and less people come to see their movies.

I don't know.

I could see this going the "Rocky Horror" cult route.

I'd love to go down to the theater at midnight on friday in my butterfly wings and shout "block the intersection! block the intersection!"

Looks like there are lots of opportunities to yell "no shit sherlock" and throw toast at the screen.

I am game.

re: #93 FrogMarch

What are the leftist idiots trying to prove - that banks suck? Stop banks! Banks must be stopped!

We have to destroy the country in order to save it.

/leftist

re: #96 NoSubmission

It hasn't even been released yet..

And exactly how does that matter to the moonbats?

So the pitch was "a combo of "Reds", mixed with "Robocop" and "Dr. Zhivago". And all the leads will be played by fornicating puppets depicting Hollywood stars!

re: #90 capitalist piglet

I almost got caught in it...I was recording some station logos downtown, and after I got home I found out about windows being smashed in down the street from where I was. A Starbucks, I think.

Crazy bastards.

(Though I have to say I always loved the shot of the kid wearing Nikes trying to kick down the NikeTown sign.)

They were probably all amped up on Starbucks coffee, too.

re: #72 karmic_inquisitor

Beat me to it! Great movie!

/"Use your acting!"

I have to see it again now . lol A little gross in parts for me, but pretty funny.

Conspiracy to incite riot.

Arrest them all.

This will be like 'Gone With the Wind' for nutroots. Expect more masked basement-dwellers at an intersection near you.

re: #27 rawmuse

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

*that statement was made on Ophrah's show, while weeping, and the Big O, looked on, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

Sorry you ding you down my friend, but it was Cameron Diaz who made that comment.

Here's an interesting My Space page:

[Link: www.myspace.com...]

re: #99 Dirk Diggler

OR,

Is it a musical?

not sure, but I hear they are pushing for a PG rating.

re: #80 NoSubmission

Who needs a stupid movie. I've seen stuff like this in person and its UGLY.

That's why they need the movie. Because in the movie, it's lovely!

Actually, the thesis is that there were 95% wonderful peaceful socialists protesting against the WTO's capitalism, and 5% baaaaaad anarchists who messed it up for everyone. And I'd be willing to bet that some of the anarchists are depicted as being right-wing agents provocateurs.

re: #111 zombie

That's why they need the movie. Because in the movie, it's lovely!

Actually, the thesis is that there were 95% wonderful peaceful socialists protesting against the WTO's capitalism, and 5% baaaaaad anarchists who messed it up for everyone. And I'd be willing to bet that some of the anarchists are depicted as being right-wing agents provocateurs.

I hope they pass out buckets of urine at the opening...

Storyline
In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmentalists, consumer advocates, labor unions, students, anarchists and pacifists all converged, bringing attention to how the WTO's policies were affecting democracy around the world. The upcoming presidential election has now reinvigorated the debate over global trade policy.

Django (Andre Benjamin), Sam (Jennifer Carpenter), Lou (Michelle Rodriguez) and Jay (Martin Henderson) are united in their desire to be heard and to make a difference, for these protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor (Ray Liotta), a riot cop on the streets (Woody Harrelson) and his pregnant wife (Charlize Theron). The choices they make will change their lives forever and prove, ultimately, that ordinary people can change the world.

With his ensemble cast writer/director Stuart Townsend intertwines different points of view from a cross section of society - from protestors and police to delegates and doctors - who intentionally or accidentally find themselves on the streets of Seattle in those last days of the millennium. Townsend merges footage of the real event with his fictional narrative and, ultimately, Battle in Seattle illustrates that, even against incredible odds, ordinary people can change the world.

It's the feel-good film of the fall.

re: #111 zombie

That's why they need the movie. Because in the movie, it's lovely!

Actually, the thesis is that there were 95% wonderful peaceful socialists protesting against the WTO's capitalism, and 5% baaaaaad anarchists who messed it up for everyone. And I'd be willing to bet that some of the anarchists are depicted as being right-wing agents provocateurs.

You probably just described the movie's 5% bad anarchists.

re: #15 buzzsawmonkey

I cannot understand why, having downloaded Flash from the site, the thing refuses to show anything but the static image--and clicking on the image merely brings up the "download Flash" site again.

No! Don't touch it! It's Evil!
/

re: #87 quickjustice

bet on it.

re: #77 Vergeltung

"you know this mission will fail without an actor!"

"Back to headquarters for debriefing & cocktails!"

The DPA (D*ck, P*ssy, *sshole) theory of world politics still makes more sense than anything else I've heard.

Damn, I've had a crush on Charlize Theron since seeing her in "The Astronaut's Wife" with Johnny Depp. Under the bus with her now. I'm sure she'll be broken up about that, too :(

Sorry Charlize... Another Hollywood dumbass.

re: #27 rawmuse

I notice that Charlize "If Bush becomes President, rape will be legal"* Theron is in the cast.

*that statement was made on Ophrah's show, while weeping, and the Big O, looked on, offering no rebuttal whatsoever.

re: #113 HelloDare

Battle in Seattle illustrates that, even against incredible odds, ordinary people can change the world.

It's the change that Obama is advocating......

re: #104 Ford_Prefect

No doubt. No sense of self-irony, these leftist whackjobs. None.

re: #68 Desert Dog

Funny how these protesters only exist in the USA and other free countries. I wonder why they don't go over to Moscow or Beijing or Tehran and offer their own unique way of complaining to the leaders there? Hmmmm, I wonder why?

Good question taken a step further..

The USA is well known as the land of opportunity and freedom. Everyday, people from across the world cross the borders to better themselves. Heck, if communism and socialism is so great, and that is what these extremely unhappy, America hating idiots desire...why not go to an established commie country to live? We have no walls to lock you in kiddos, feel free to emigrate anytime.

re: #110 Vergeltung

not sure, but I hear they are pushing for a PG rating.

Of course. They want all those prepubescent, angst-ridden yutes with impressionable minds to see it without parental supervision.

Brady's out for the season. (It's official).

Anarchists suck.

re: #105 hazzyday

I have to see it again now . lol A little gross in parts for me, but pretty funny.

A guy who worked for me at the time told me that the little unexpected activity in the love scene is called a "Cleveland Steamer".

I asked him how he knew that and he walked away. I cried laughing.

WTO Protesters rights violated Seattle Times

Geez, I can barely remember this hissy fit... they made a movie out of it?

I just cannot wait to not see it.

re: #27 rawmuse

Hon, that was Cameron Diaz.

re: #126 vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

You didn't miss much...

Stop free trade!
Stop banks!
We must have fascist government regulations and strict communist-style government controls over everything. All commerce is bad - except Hollywood. Only Hollywood left-wingers are allowed to make millions of dollars. Everything else is suspect and should be confiscated.

/*these people are so ridiculous it hurts*

I wonder if Woody Harerlson sticks his millions under his mattress?

re: #117 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"Back to headquarters for debriefing & cocktails!"

The DPA (D*ck, P*ssy, *sshole) theory of world politics still makes more sense than anything else I've heard.

you got that right. there are so many choice bits from the film. those guys are comedic geniuses, IMO.

Reds was at least entertaining and had a bit of grandeur. Also, IMO, none of the protagonists or their beloved Commies came out looking very saintly.

Dr. Zhivago is an all-time favorite of mine. Boris Pasternak was a brave man.

This "film" is celebrating a bunch of drug-abusing basement-dwelling screwed and glued losers who demonstrate their non-conformity by dressing like each other. And that is the least of their intellectual issues.

Seattle's always been a Red/Pinko/Commie-sympathizing town. The Wobblies were trying to organize Starbucks, for cripes sake!

re: #85 Occasional Reader

Of course, one of the things that has been set back by stalled WTO negotiations is intellectual property protection.

Some irony there.

Then again, it wouldn't have the same ring if they called them the "Fair Use antiWIPO riots of 1999"

re: #91 zombie

[Director Stuart] Townsend believes in the politics and the passion of the protesters; he makes their concerns heard over the media noise focused on the spectacle of conflict.

Stuart Townsend is Charlize Theron's boyfriend, and he played Lestat in that bad vampire movie Queen of the Damned.

Just in case anyone gives a crap. lol

re: #121 gonecamping

Communism doesn't solve or fix anything but provide more power to the .05% of the population who are the the elitist leaders. The other 99.95% exist to support the .05%.

The really funny part is that 30% of the population think they are part of the .05%. Those who aren't are the useful idiots....who aren't particularly bright. (Most of Hollywood are in that latter category.)

"even against incredible odds, ordinary people can smash plate glass windows and knock over mailboxes, throw stones at police..."

"4 STARS!"...diarrhea monthly

So when are they releasing Folsom Street Fair: The Movie?

re: #113 HelloDare

"Battle in Seattle illustrates that, even against incredible odds, ordinary people can change the world."

I think we already figured that out--
Flight 93
Omaha Beach
Lewis & Clark (pre-pink Seattle)

Trying to recruit more comrades to the cause.

As if you needed another reason to hate Pat Buchanan, he stood on the side of the anarchists back in 1999.

I was across the water in Fremont helping my brother move when that happened. Doubtfully covered in the movie, but a lot of the television stations, even Canadian television, interviewed Seattle residents who were shocked and frightened at the amount and the severity of the violence. Seattle residents from all walks of life, from students, authors, businessman, families, were outraged at the violence.

One video clip of anarchists beating a random guy on the street was replayed over and over again so many times it smacked of the LA riots. It really looked for a time as if the police lost control of the city for a spell.

In a few years we'll be seeing the documentary, How McCain Stole America. Or maybe America: Our Moose is Cooked.

The handsome Che-bearded hero of the film is wearing a kefiyah...er, I mean a peace scarf.

/...spit

re: #99 Dirk Diggler

OR,

Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

Is it a musical?

Absolutely. You won't want to miss those musical hits, such as Pol's catchy opening number:

Kids with Kalashnikovs wiping out kuhlaks
Teachers in pits with their heads sealed in Zip-Locs
Doctors, attorneys with their ass in my sling
These are few of my favorite things

re: #92 Occasional Reader

Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

I am sure that the backstory would involve Pol being a homosexual who couldn't be who he was due to the repressive strictures that capitalism imposes, thus forcing him to commit his alleged atrocities. It all comes down to the inner struggle that results from being in an unjust society and the need to act out, even if the acting out is crude (and involves genocide, a minor detail).

/

Directorial advice provided by Bill Ayers and his lovely bride, together with Pastor Wright and a cast of thousands of community organizers!

re: #92 Occasional Reader

Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

The Killing Fields as a musical comedy!

I'm still waiting for the movie about what I hear referred to these days as the "1992 LA Uprising".

yawn!

re: #127 Dianna

Hon, that was Cameron Diaz.

Yeah, got my ditzy blondes mixed up.

re: #107 NoSubmission

This will be like 'Gone With the Wind' for nutroots. Expect more masked basement-dwellers at an intersection near you.

How many actually have the guts to leave their parents' basements?

/BTW, just took a look at Nodrog's site. He's finally reached his banning, and to my suprise, I found another couple of banned commentors commenting there.
//Maybe Nodrog will find a life now that his work there is done?
//Nah.

re: #141 buzzsawmonkey

Who played Lecatheter?

Any relation to Le Car?

re: #127 Dianna

Hon, that was Cameron Diaz.

That's right.
Although, I think after a while all those lefty chicks fuse together. They are all the same. Wasn't it Cammeron Diaz who went on vacation with her MAO purse? (Glorifying communism and therefore glorifying communist purges...)
If you ask me, I 'd bet most left-wing ivory tower hollywood elites have a MAO purse in their closet.

re: #143 HelloDare

In a few years we'll be seeing the documentary, How McCain Stole America. Or maybe America: Our Moose is Cooked.

Northern Exposure: The True Story of How Sarah Palin and John McCain Stole the Election of 2008 and Made America a Police State of Bushist Fascism

A film by Mike Al-Moore

re: #129 FrogMarch

Stop free trade!
Stop banks!
We must have fascist government
regulations and strict communist-style government controls over
everything. All commerce is bad - except Hollywood. Only Hollywood
left-wingers are allowed to make millions of dollars. Everything else
is suspect and should be confiscated.

/*these people are so ridiculous it hurts*

I wonder if Woody Harerlson sticks his millions under his mattress?

They're probably in his closet alongside his vegan pants (item #4).

re: #145 Occasional Reader

you forgot.."Bones crunching under my feat, god, that's awfully neat"

re: #137 NoSubmission

So when are they releasing Folsom Street Fair: The Movie?

No clue, but it'll be rated NC-17 when it cums out.

re: #125 hazzyday

WTO Protesters rights violated Seattle Times

The protestors had lawyers all lined up before the thing even started. SPD would scoop up a bunch and they would provide names or anything. Meanwhile the protesters know who had been nabbed. And lawyers did a massive file dump with all kinds of motions etc... with the names and everything before the city even knew who they had in custody. It tied the system in knots and everything was a massive Charlie Fox. The result is the ruling you linked.

Seattle was reassured by the protesters it would be peacefully, a lot of us knew what was coming, it was all on the net before. Seattle got outplayed at every turn.

re: #132 quickjustice

Seattle's always been a Red/Pinko/Commie-sympathizing town. The Wobblies were trying to organize Starbucks, for cripes sake!

Sons of the Profits explains in irreverent detail the history of Seattle.

re: #143 HelloDare

In a few years we'll be seeing the documentary, How McCain Stole America. Or maybe America: Our Moose is Cooked.

Bowling For Caribou.

re: #156 Vergeltung

you forgot.."Bones crunching under my feat, god, that's awfully neat"

don't forget my fav: "Heck, Let's Just Kill Them All to be Sure"

re: #150 rawmuse

Yeah, got my ditzy blondes mixed up.

They share the same brain. Cameron gets in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Charlize gets it on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It gets Sunday off.

Wait a minute! WHOA! If I recall rightly, I think a guy was killed in these riots. Some innocent dude who went to help a woman who was being attacked. And they are glorifying the shitheads who did this? I'm going back to check my memory on this. Back with a link later, if that is the case.

re: #12 BrianA

Does anyone go to the movies anymore? I don't think I've been in 2 to 3 years.

I might go to An American Carol.
I'd wait for the DVD, but I want to send a message to Hollyweird.

re: #158 jcm

Seattle got outplayed at every turn.

Liberals taking in once again by promises of peace.

re: #130 Vergeltung

you got that right. there are so many choice bits from the film. those guys are comedic geniuses, IMO.

The 9/11 Urinal Deuce episode of South Park was on last night. Parker & Stone should really get a medal for their work.

re: #150 rawmuse

Yeah, got my ditzy blondes mixed up.

Not hard to do - I think they're interchangeable.

I vividly remember witnessing protests in Seattle - in July 1979. Women in black chadors and angry Iranians protesting the Shah. Tick tick tick...4 months later....

Woody Harrelson in your movie = kiss of death at the box office.

re: #167 Dianna

Not hard to do - I think they're interchangeable.

Drew Barrymore resembles that remark!

re: #99 Dirk Diggler

OR,

Is it a musical?

I thinks it a comedy, I can see the name now...The Khmer Rubes. When an entire country enjoys the wackiness of those silly socialist's.

"It changed their lives"
"It changed a city"
"It changed history"

Seems like the only thing it changed was riot police tactics, which worked pretty well in Denver.

OT:
Sanitized for DKos's protection: They're scrubbing the site of anti-Palin smear diaries.

Smear today, gone tomorrow.

re: #142 Cog

I was across the water in Fremont helping my brother move when that happened. Doubtfully covered in the movie, but a lot of the television stations, even Canadian television, interviewed Seattle residents who were shocked and frightened at the amount and the severity of the violence. Seattle residents from all walks of life, from students, authors, businessman, families, were outraged at the violence.

One video clip of anarchists beating a random guy on the street was replayed over and over again so many times it smacked of the LA riots. It really looked for a time as if the police lost control of the city for a spell.

They did lose control. The city clowncil, the mayor and chief are police are all lefties and sympathetic with the protests, and believed them when they said it would be peaceful.

Cops suddenly got caught in it and the city had no plans for anything other than "peaceful" protests. Suddenly cops are on 18 hour shifts with no plans for food or potty breaks. It was a massive FAIL on the part of Seattle.

re: #169 Ward Cleaver

Woody Harrelson in your movie = kiss of death at the box office.

LOL!

re: #142 Cog

The SPD never had control, not the fault of the officers on the street though. They were not allowed to get control. The officers were PCed into being ineffective.

re: #158 jcm

The protestors had lawyers all lined up before the thing even started. SPD would scoop up a bunch and they would provide names or anything. Meanwhile the protesters know who had been nabbed. And lawyers did a massive file dump with all kinds of motions etc... with the names and everything before the city even knew who they had in custody. It tied the system in knots and everything was a massive Charlie Fox. The result is the ruling you linked.

Seattle was reassured by the protesters it would be peacefully, a lot of us knew what was coming, it was all on the net before. Seattle got outplayed at every turn.

And they got crushed by the Bills yesterday.

re: #155 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

They're probably in his closet alongside his vegan pants (item #4).

ACK! Hollywood ivory tower liberals are freaks to the core. Freaks.

re: #175 FrogMarch

LOL!

The guy is a complete loon. Genes from his father the hit man.

Those idiots at the RNC were raided a week before. They were planning on being really nasty.

In a statement Saturday morning, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said the St. Paul raid targeted the RNC Welcoming Committee, a group he described as "a criminal enterprise made up of 35 self-described anarchists...intent on committing criminal acts before and during the Republican National Convention."

"These acts include tactics to blockade and disable delegate buses, breaching venue security and injuring police officers," Fletcher said. Deputies seized a variety of items that they believed were tools of civil disobedience: a gas mask, bolt cutters, axes, slingshots, homemade "caltrops" for disabling buses, even buckets of urine.

re: #163 PeggyU

Wait a minute! WHOA! If I recall rightly, I think a guy was killed in these riots. Some innocent dude who went to help a woman who was being attacked. And they are glorifying the shitheads who did this? I'm going back to check my memory on this. Back with a link later, if that is the case.

That was Mardi Gras the next year. Seattle "leadership" decided "confrontation didn't work. So at Mardi Gras police were ordered to stay outside the party. When a bunch of gang bangers came in to make trouble, cops were asking to go into the crowd and clear things up. The chief denied the request. Christopher Kime was beat to death with while cops where ordered to stand by. Christopher's friends had to carry him to police lines to get help.

re: #177 Ward Cleaver

And they got crushed by the Bills yesterday.

*grits teeth*
don't remind me
*grrrrrrrrr*

re: #175 FrogMarch

LOL!

Harrelson played an idiot on Cheers. Now we know he wasn't acting.

The sequel to Battle in Seattle will be CODE PINKO's mistreatment at the RNC convention. Here's their crazy take on what happened.

On Thursday night, as John McCain made his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, two CODEPINK women-Liz Hourican and Nancy Mancias-interrupted his speech by calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq. The previous evening, CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans were dragged from the Republican National Convention after disrupting Sarah Palin's speech.

Both CODEPINK teams were shocked by the magnitude of sheer, raw, hatred channeled in their direction. Even before they stood up to say "Palin is Not a Woman's Choice", they felt great animosity emanating from the hall; they felt it in the delegates' chanting of "Drill, Baby Drill" from the floor, and in the vicious rhetoric of the speeches on stage. And of course all of us in St. Paul felt the threat of brutality on the streets as we faced row upon row of police in full riot gear and watched police raid non-violent peace gatherings. Four CODEPINKers were arrested at the RNC, as were hundreds of other protestors, many of whom are still in custody (or whose belongings have not been returned upon release.)

re: #158 jcm

Yah I am not sure why Mayor Schell didn't read the news. I had looked up WTO and they had just had a violent protest in Switzerland a few months before. Afraid to prosecute. Seattle is more interested in arresting strippers than enforcing against actual problems. We have neighborhoods terrorized daily by gang and drug and sex offense activities and the police consistently feel the need to spend time at strip clubs in order to make publicity. Democrats..... It's a mess from top down.

re: #155 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

They're probably in his closet alongside his vegan pants (item #4).

Why wear "vegan pants", when you can wear delicious chicken slacks?

I'm disaffected, wear black and can smash a window. Look at me mommeee, look at meeeeeee!

I'm a wealthy, soul less Hollywood star and not happy unless I'm pretending to be somebody else. Look at me mommeeee, look at meeeeeee!

re: #184 ciaospirit

they felt great animosity emanating from the hall

Why, that's a clear-cut case of hate... uh, HateFeel! PROSECUTE ALL RESPONSIBLE!

re: #186 Occasional Reader

Why wear "vegan pants", when you can wear delicious chicken slacks?

I always thought it was chicken slacks & just assumed that was some crazy thing from the '60s.

re: #185 hazzyday

Yah I am not sure why Mayor Schell didn't read the news. I had looked up WTO and they had just had a violent protest in Switzerland a few months before. Afraid to prosecute. Seattle is more interested in arresting strippers than enforcing against actual problems. We have neighborhoods terrorized daily by gang and drug and sex offense activities and the police consistently feel the need to spend time at strip clubs in order to make publicity. Democrats..... It's a mess from top down.

Why actually fix something when just talking about fixing it is what gets you elected.

re: #92 Occasional Reader

Next up: Oliver Stone's Pol!, a sympathetic portrait of progressive icon Pol Pot.

Sorry, if this is sarcasm you need to be less subtle. Hollywood has raced for ad absurdium faster than you could satire it.

Note the links at the bottom of the trailer's web page, "BRING FILM TO YOUR CITY" and "Demand It!" It must have a limited distribution.
I clicked the link and it asks for your city, gender, age and email address. And the "receive offers from our trusted partners" button is pre-checked. It's just marketing and gives no information about who the "demands" are made to. Apparently they think there are some bucks to be made from from the fans of anarchy and the suburban anarchists.

re: #185 hazzyday

Yah I am not sure why Mayor Schell didn't read the news. I had looked up WTO and they had just had a violent protest in Switzerland a few months before. Afraid to prosecute. Seattle is more interested in arresting strippers than enforcing against actual problems. We have neighborhoods terrorized daily by gang and drug and sex offense activities and the police consistently feel the need to spend time at strip clubs in order to make publicity. Democrats..... It's a mess from top down.

All the protest plans where on the bloody 'net. Radio stations where talking about. Schell and his imbecile lacky Chief Stamper and a presser before hand, about how they had meetings with the protest groups and had assurances it would be peaceful.

The should have been throw out of office for criminal negligence at the very least. Everybody in the world knew what was coming except for those two morons.

I'm probably late to this comment as well but Stuart Townsend is Charlize Theron's main squeeze. That's how she got the gig.

re: #173 lawhawk

OT:
Sanitized for DKos's protection: They're scrubbing the site of anti-Palin smear diaries.

Smear today, gone tomorrow.

They are shitless. McCain/Palin has the potential to be a landslide. And you know what that means. Congressional Hearings. Indictments. Punishment.

PS He's not an American either. Why doesn't he go to England and do some expose over there. Oh yeah. There's not much of a film industry there.

re: #181 jcm

Yes, you are right. Too many anarchist "moments" in Seattle to cherish them all, aren't there? I remember now, though. This happened after the WTO incident and people were getting exasperated with the SPD and the city of Seattle because of their ineffectual measures to curb rioting and vandalism.

re: #190 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yah, The police in Seattle are underpaid and over imposed on by useless crap from oversight committees. They should be making at least $150,000 a year. It has to be one of the hardest jobs around.

There is a tremendous amount of violence in the University district on The AVE. The area around campus houses a lot of bad people. Drug dealers run the area at night. A couple of murders and a lot of muggings could have been prevented if the city was a little better at managing problem spots and spent less time on frilly stuff.

Does the main character shout, "Give me liberty bong or give me death Cheetos?"

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

observation from a liberal friend on the WTO riots:

"Man, some people have really forgotten how to protest!"

I saw this at the Sarasota Film festival it was a waste of time. At a private party I was asked if I was going to see Theron speak about the movie and the riots. I said politely not that I don't go to listen to Hollywood stars who have not finished high school espouse pseudo intellectual anti American bs.

Left shortly thereafter once I had had enough free food and alcohol to pay me back for the time I lost during the movie

re: #181 jcm

Oh, by the way, the guy who killed Kime is up for parole this year. The Wikipedia article said he may be released late in 2008.

re: #200 Ben Hur

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

DING! DING! DING! DING!

re: #193 jcm

I had forgotten about Norm Stamper. The Jimmy Carter of Seattle Police chiefs.

re: #192 MadJadBad

I clicked the link and it asks for your city, gender, age and email address. And the "receive offers from our trusted partners" button is pre-checked. It's just marketing and gives no information about who the "demands" are made to. Apparently they think there are some bucks to be made from from the fans of anarchy and the suburban anarchists.

What I originally found so hilarious about this is that I was given the sticker advertising the film by a black-clad young man wearing a bandanna over his face. He was handing them out to anarchists in Denver during a march. But what kind of real anarchist promotes a corporate Hollywood film? I realized afterward that the guy must have been a promo guy hired by the corporation to dress up in anarchist clothes and promote the film amongst its core audience! A complete sham.

Needless to say, anarchists don't pay $10 to go see Hollywood movies.

Now, if I were the conspiratorially-minded type, I might think that the reason this movie is being released now is to generate a "rioting is cool!" vibe, in order to prime the faithful for what to do when Obama loses in November.

Fortunately, I'm not a conspiratorially-minded type.

re: #194 jemima

I'm probably late to this comment as well but Stuart Townsend is Charlize Theron's main squeeze. That's how she got the gig.

No, that's how he got the gig. He pitched the film by saying he guaranteed Theron would be in it. That's how he landed funding. She's 100x more famous than he is.

re: #206 zombie

But what kind of real anarchist promotes a corporate Hollywood film? I realized afterward that the guy must have been a promo guy hired by the corporation to dress up in anarchist clothes and promote the film amongst its core audience! A complete sham.

You should've narked him out. "Corporate stooge! Right over there!"

zombie, I asked you yesterday in a thread, but didn't see if you answered (and maybe you didn't see my question); as one of the more street-savvy among us, how do you evaluate the possibility of rioting in November if when Obama loses? (Or, gawd fahbid, wins?)

re: #210 Occasional Reader

zombie, I asked you yesterday in a thread, but didn't see if you answered (and maybe you didn't see my question); as one of the more street-savvy among us, how do you evaluate the possibility of rioting in November if when Obama loses? (Or, gawd fahbid, wins?)

If he loses: 90% chance. If he wins: 40% chance of "happy rioting" (like after a super-bowl win).

99% in America heartland may have forgotten (I remember it) but 90% of them are not even going to be interested in a film about anarchists rioting in Seattle!

"They" really don't get it. "They" really do want to believe that what they think it how most Americans think.

Sure, they will open in SF where they can get a crowd and then hype how popular it is. Except they will be preaching to the choir.

It is disgusting that they will glorify these characters as just "ordinary" caring persons who just want to make a difference.

re: #192 MadJadBad

Note the links at the bottom of the trailer's web page, "BRING FILM TO YOUR CITY" and "Demand It!" It must have a limited distribution.
I clicked the link and it asks for your city, gender, age and email address. And the "receive offers from our trusted partners" button is pre-checked. It's just marketing and gives no information about who the "demands" are made to. Apparently they think there are some bucks to be made from from the fans of anarchy and the suburban anarchists.

Fill it in for Hugo Chavez asking for it to be shown in Caracas

re: #206 zombie

Needless to say, anarchists don't pay $10 to go see Hollywood movies.

Only if it's a really cool movie. Ya know? Like the Chronicles of Riddick or Predator vs. Alien. Besides I'll watch a bootleg copy off the internet the day after it's out.

/channelling teenage "anarchist"

re: #211 zombie

If he loses: 90% chance. If he wins: 40% chance of "happy rioting" (like after a super-bowl win).

Okay, but what sort of scale are you thinking?

re: #207 Occasional Reader

I'll amend that --rioting is cool and they would like it to occur BEFORE the election.

Anarchists always have an economic impact as part of the agenda in addition to the political message.

If they could "inspire" people to riot about anything, high food prices, gas prices ==anything --whichever cities it occurs in it will have an economic cost.
Which they can then blame on Republicans.

Wonder of wonders, Woodenhead Harrelson is in this movie.

I had to chime in...
My favorite part of these protests was watching the 5pm news and seeing a local comedian/TV host (doing advertisments for Washington Mutual at the time) walking amongst the unwashed carrying a huge hand-written sign that said "FREE CHECKING!" It was either the most brilliant piece of geurilla marketing I've ever seen or just a stroke of genius. Either way, the irony was absolutely priceless. I just rolled on the floor when it was apparent that the group around him had no clue what he was up to. Brilliant!

re: #213 Kosh's Shadow

Fill it in for Hugo Chavez asking for it to be shown in Caracas

With email address iluvcindy at hotmail dot com.

Regarding Team America: World Police -- it took me a few viewings to notice that the movie's TWO puppet sex scenes were meant to contrast with each other, as a deliberate (and clever) satirical statement about Hollywood double standards. If you've got the DVD, cue up the notoriously over-the-top, no-holds-barred scene between Gary and Lisa, and pay attention to the song lyrics. Then skip to the very brief second sex scene, when Gary proves his loyalty to Spotswoode.

Years ago a friend gave me a copy of a literary journal called Granta. The edition, called "New Europe", was written by writers who had lived to see Central and Eastern Europe be freed of the communist shackles that had bound them for so many years. One of the articles was written by the great Czech writer Ivan Klima. In it, he discussed the spirit of the Velvet Revolution, which was one of solidarity, justice, and hope. One of the things he mentioned in the article was that despite the numbers of people demonstrating out on Wencelas Square not a single pane of glass was broken.

Fast forward about a decade when the WTO was meeting in Prague. The usual leftist culprits invaded Prague and went on a rampage, breaking windows, writing graffiti, and in general, trashing the place.

This, more than just about anything, tells you all you need to know about revolutionary extremists (emphasis on the word extremist). The people who participated in the Velvet Revolution were normal people, who put everything on the line so that their families and friends could live in a better society. Extremists want to take down a society as the precondition of allowing themselves to take over the reins of power. They do this because they know that chaos is the only way that warped, alienated people such as themselves could ever have any influence in the world.

re: #213 Kosh's Shadow

Don't the open in cities where they think it will do well and depending on how well received it is THEN decide whether to distribute it nationally or only regionally and/or put it on disc/video?

That is when they are not SURE how it will be received?

Will the anarchists organize watching parties?

re: #221 Noah's Arrrgh

Great post. And I love your nic!

re: #222 Nancy

Don't the open in cities where they think it will do well and depending on how well received it is THEN decide whether to distribute it nationally or only regionally and/or put it on disc/video?

That is when they are not SURE how it will be received?

That means it will open in the Boston area and I'll have to drive to NH to see An American Carol

I've always admired the effrontery of Hollywood capitalists making movies attacking capitalism, making tons of money doing it, then receiving Oscars for "speaking truth to power"....with no apparent sense of irony.

re: #223 Ward Cleaver

Only if the watchers agree to revolt against the host and dump the coffee table and spill the chips!

Wow, man, this is so far out, so heavyyyyyy! the pigs got hit by real power of the people, man. It's like a really, really cool bong hit for all the gray flannel suburban straights needing some awareness counseling about all the shit coming down on their ignorant heads, man. Chicks to the rear, man; power to the people!

re: #226 Paul

I've always admired the effrontery of Hollywood capitalists making movies attacking capitalism, making tons of money doing it, then receiving Oscars for "speaking truth to power"....with no apparent sense of irony.

And, don't forget, then screaming that energy companies need to be punitively taxed for their "excess profits".

re: #225 Kosh's Shadow

I can really a number of major movies that were touted, opened in various cities and then never even made it to the "heartland" and were out on video a year later.

I just presumed that if they do NOT do well or there is no theater demand for them --some never even make it to national distribution.

boy getting sloppy here:

I can really -------should be I can recall......

Sorry .......typing too fast.

re: #215 Occasional Reader

Okay, but what sort of scale are you thinking?

At this stage, I really don't have a clue.

Truth is, McCain does not really inspire loathing in these people, the way that Bush did. Underneath the partisan outrage act, they know that McCain's actually pretty centrist. It may be hard to work up a big riot over him.

re: #232 zombie

It may be hard to work up a big riot over him.

Apathy! It's killing our youth.

/

re: #224 Occasional Reader

Great post. And I love your nic!

Thanks O.R.! Over the years I've been thinking about revolutions and revolutionaries, and noticed something.

If the revolutionaries are normal citizens who want to restore a more natural order in their society, then the result of the revolution is freedom. (Velvet Revolution, American Revolution, etc)

If, on the other hand, the revolutionaries are disaffected ideologues, radical eutopianists, and spiritually and emotionally alienated people, the result is terror. (French Revolution, Russian Revolution, etc.)

BTW, this is why Barack Obama scares me. I'd put him more in the second camp than the first.

Shit, Charlize just called and said I can just FORGET about getting the composer gig for this. I'd best send the Audi TT back to the dealer...

re: #234 Noah's Arrrgh

Thanks O.R.! Over the years I've been thinking about revolutions and revolutionaries, and noticed something.

If the revolutionaries are normal citizens who want to restore a more natural order in their society, then the result of the revolution is freedom. (Velvet Revolution, American Revolution, etc)

If, on the other hand, the revolutionaries are disaffected ideologues, radical eutopianists, and spiritually and emotionally alienated people, the result is terror. (French Revolution, Russian Revolution, etc.)

BTW, this is why Barack Obama scares me. I'd put him more in the second camp than the first.

I've been updinging you...another excellent observation...

re: #232 zombie

At this stage, I really don't have a clue.

Truth is, McCain does not really inspire loathing in these people, the way that Bush did. Underneath the partisan outrage act, they know that McCain's actually pretty centrist. It may be hard to work up a big riot over him.

I suspect if Obama loses, most of the post election action will be limited to DUmmies and Kosites whining about leaving the country.

re: #235 rawmuse

Shit, Charlize just called and said I can just FORGET about getting the composer gig for this.

The worst part is, she interrupted my full-body massage to make that call.

re: #232 zombie
If any riots occur, it'll be race related, like the Rodney King riots. They wouldn't be because McCain got elected, but rather because Obama did NOT get elected. I don't think the election would set off riots, but they would be triggered in a city if, within a couple months of an Obama loss, either of these happen:
1.) a white cop shoot a black suspect.
2.) a white cop is videotaped punching a black suspect.

Maybe we should 'leak' the 'fact' that this movie is just a ruse to round up all the anarchists and brainwash them into squares with subliminal messages.
You know, just to scare away the 3 or 4 anarchists with jobs that could afford to visit the theatre.

re: #132 quickjustice

Seattle's always been a Red/Pinko/Commie-sympathizing town. The Wobblies were trying to organize Starbucks, for cripes sake!

They'll have to rename themselves the "Jitteries".

re: #58 karmic_inquisitor

In other entertainment news, Russian Lawmakers To Ban South Park.

Putin killed Kenny! The bastard!

I sense a Putin themed episode coming very soon.

re: #8 zombie

Note also, as "Age Of Freedom" pointed out in the earlier thread, that the main character, the hero, wears a kaffiyeh throughout the film!

If you're not a Bush hater in the higher caliber / inner networks of Hollywood you're essentially burnt. That's unless you're able to easily ignore the most traitorous slanders possible.

re: #237 Paul

I suspect if Obama loses, most of the post election action will be limited to DUmmies and Kosites whining about leaving the country.

With Kaffiyahs already on, they are on track to raise that notch and become the idols of which they regard as a mere urban fashion. Viva la terrorista!

Yet another movie I won't waste my time/money on.

How does Hollywood continue to get financing for movies that keep repeating themes that are box-office poison? Who can imagine that there is a MASS AUDIENCE that wants to see this stuff?

this is DEFINITELY the stupidest one yet. how can they KEEP outDOING themselves?

re: #100 karmic_inquisitor

I don't know.

I could see this going the "Rocky Horror" cult route.

I'd love to go down to the theater at midnight on friday in my butterfly wings and shout "block the intersection! block the intersection!"

Looks like there are lots of opportunities to yell "no shit sherlock" and throw toast at the screen.

I am game.

I was waiting for this post. Wouldn't it be brilliant to have riots against the movie theatres, as a marketing stunt for the movie?

Then again, maybe some real rioters would turn up and it goes out of hand like that video game fuel riot in London.

re: #38 lawhawk

"...Well, many folks don't know why they're doing it. Why are they continually posting anti-American tripe at every opportunity and looking for reasons to hate America, even as it was these same Americans who helped make these people extraordinarily rich..."

That could be the reason right there. They've gotten rich and know they didn't really earn or deserve that much money.

Does the Obamanation have an alibi for where he was during these riots?
Is this the type of 'community organizing' that the Obamanation approves of?
Inquiring minds want to know.

re: #2 zombie

I was there. Which is here for me.

I started the day taking the ferry to the city. It was the first leg of what was then, a very long commute to work.

It was a crowded boat.

There were a bunch of people dressed up in cardboard turtle costumes. They were cute and harmless, middle aged men and woman out for a day of nostalgic protesting, or so it seemed. There was a bunch of old Union guys, retired and working at nothing harder in there everyday life then doing the one armed beer can hoist.

I sat with the union guys. We talked about the bars in Seattle, some good, some bad. It was friendly. They told me that they were going to do a little marching, a little yelling and then a lot of drinking.

I envied them there time to play while I had to go off and labor in the fields of commerce. I had no real interest in joining their protest. I thought it a little stupid and much ado about nothing.

That was at 7am.

I didn't make it home that night till after midnight.

What looked like it would be little more than a walk in the park harmless protest turned into a war-zone nightmare.

The word on the street was that a bunch of anarchist excrement came into the city from Eugene Oregon and they tore Seattle a new asshole. They Mayor was weak-kneed, cowardly and just plain pathetic. The Chief of Police was no better. They were frighteningly indecisive, doing little and nothing until well after it was far too late.

I saw a picture of one of the old Union guys in the newspaper. It looked like they never made it to the bars. He was a bloody mess.

Every November they hold an anniversary protest of that day. This movie will make those even worse now. Nothing like giving these shits a taste of celluloid immortality to egg them on.

I was there on the security side and the only reason it even escalated to the annoyance level was the incompetence of the Seattle police chief. He lost the confidence of his men before the WTO started, and abandoned the plan when faced with a harsh kleig light. They dropped their corridors and turtled, basically turning the backside of the demonstration over the anarchs. Which is where the damage happened. The city should have looked like pie wedges with heavy police presence on three sides of the demonstrators and restricted traffic between wedges.

We should hold all of these meeting on small, despotic island states. I don't recall rioting at the Dubai or Doha meetings, guess the anarchs aren't stupid.

Short list for future meetings:

-Singapore
-Rhodes
-Brasilia (essentially an island)
- Hong Kong
- Macau

I sent them an email. I was in Seattle and lived downtown when this all happened. Bunch of loser kids, wreaking havoc, trashing businesses all the while wearing their Levi's jeans and Nike Tennis shoes.

The good thing about this movie is that it's in limited release. I guess the producers know they can't peddle this leftist propaganda on mainstream America. Only people that live in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City and oh lets not forget Vermont know about the WTO riots, the rest of America is sitting around fat, dumb and happy, watching the Zohan marry some Palestinian girl. Simple movies for simple people with just a dash of Socialism.