tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post644263095049796280..comments2023-10-17T06:59:53.759-04:00Comments on No Cookies For Me: Because you know what's funny? Gay People. And Asians. Oh, and short people. And, well... everyone but average heighted, straight, white men.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-66889251409101465362007-07-16T15:27:00.000-04:002007-07-16T15:27:00.000-04:00Oh. My. God.I feared as much, but...ouch!I don't e...Oh. My. God.<BR/>I feared as much, but...ouch!<BR/>I don't even like the more recent computer-animated incarnations, so I guess I was doomed to disappointment anyway. And I saw this coming--it was just too obvious a target for the classic Hollywood treatment: "it'll <I>look</I> so cool, it won't <I>need</I> a plot!" *sigh*<BR/>Granted, I'll probably still get it from Netflix out of sheer morbidVervainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947018096233156727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-6403940728141420262007-07-16T11:54:00.000-04:002007-07-16T11:54:00.000-04:00I have to confess, I hated Transformers.I'm not su...I have to confess, I <A HREF="http://www.79soul.com/?p=163" REL="nofollow"><I>hated</I> Transformers</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that I have words to describe my disappointment and irritation at the messy pile of feces that Michael Bay calls "Transformers."Rex Libris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13666188771524753584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-91738256781633446142007-07-16T11:44:00.000-04:002007-07-16T11:44:00.000-04:00Chuck & Larry"Gay men are just soooo amusing, heeh...<I>Chuck & Larry</I><BR/>"Gay men are just soooo amusing, heeheehee!" Margaret Cho had a really brilliant response to that bullshit. <BR/><I>Rush Hour 3</I>.<BR/>Ooo, more fun with stereotypes! How about the oh-so-hilarious penis-size joke? Comedy <I>gold</I>, that.<BR/><I>Captivity</I><BR/>Ugh...I'm too disgusted to even snark about this one.<BR/><BR/>How was <I>Transformers</I>?<BR/>The Vervainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947018096233156727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-90225756364000959502007-07-13T17:34:00.000-04:002007-07-13T17:34:00.000-04:00What I read about Captivity is that it was origina...What I read about Captivity is that it was originally supposed to be a psychological thriller, but the studio exec behind the horrible market campaign ordered the movie to be reshot as torture porn. And this review: http://www.pajiba.com/captivity.htm at least would indicate that it is very, very much torture porn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-72204859725311793052007-07-12T16:10:00.000-04:002007-07-12T16:10:00.000-04:00Well, sure, but what turns *you* on is, sadly, not...Well, sure, but what turns *you* on is, sadly, not the same as what turns on many, many other guys. It may look positively horrifying to you, and still look sexy to a wide swath of male-kind. And they're going to be predisposed to think it's sexy by the ad campaign which got them in their seats, the association with the suicide girls, the kinky opening party they'll have heard about, etc. The Jaclynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16545789903936561010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-61022099922494606822007-07-12T13:17:00.000-04:002007-07-12T13:17:00.000-04:00Exactly, Cara. Even if the movie claims to show us...Exactly, Cara. Even if the movie claims to show us straight folks how <I>difficult</I> nonstraight people have it, it's <I>still</I> being pushed like "Hey, the gays sure are funny! Haha! Oh no! Two straight dudes might have to <I>kiss!</I> That's hilarious!"<BR/><BR/>On Captivity: What I've read about the movie makes it sound less like torture porn, and more like kidnapping thriller. From what Rex Libris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13666188771524753584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-16788319811654178452007-07-12T13:06:00.000-04:002007-07-12T13:06:00.000-04:00Ugh, anytime I hear anything about Chuck and Larry...Ugh, anytime I hear anything about <I>Chuck and Larry</I>, I want to vomit. Here are the previews: Oh man, isn't being gay funny! How horrible it must be for a <I>straight</I> man to pretend that he likes guys! How demeaning! Oh, and liking guys is <I>gross</I>, which makes it extra funny! Kind of like fart jokes!<BR/><BR/>And being made by Hollywood, I can tell you without seeing the movie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-17956902583105468892007-07-11T13:15:00.000-04:002007-07-11T13:15:00.000-04:00I'm not sure that I'd call this "smoke and mirrors...I'm not sure that I'd call this "smoke and mirrors." I never heard of this movie before, but from your links, it looks like it's a movie about "kidnapping, torturing and almost murdering a woman," rather than one about one about "kidnapping, torturing and murdering a woman." As eg says, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-67129463309714297972007-07-11T09:28:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:28:00.000-04:00I recently saw a documentary called S&Man, which i...I recently saw a documentary called S&Man, which is about the torture porn industry. Not Hollywood torture porn mind you, that stuff is child's play. It is about fake snuff films. The firlm is very, very disturbing and made me sick. <BR/>You should see it just so you can see how psychotic some people really are and how common they are too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-87265500321503864352007-07-11T00:01:00.000-04:002007-07-11T00:01:00.000-04:00You know, I'm not sure that it matters, re: Captiv...You know, I'm not sure that it matters, re: <I>Captivity</I>. My problem with torture porn flicks is the same regardless of whether she escapes in the end or doesn't. My problem is that this a movie eroticizing the abduction and torture of a woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168458041332941999.post-41568987848786183902007-07-10T16:17:00.000-04:002007-07-10T16:17:00.000-04:00I would say they're both violent misogynist asshat...I would say they're both violent misogynist asshats to the nth degree, and to say one is worse is like saying Bush is a bigger asshole than Condoleeza Rice. It hardly matters, they're all a major part of the same evil, evil system.Jaclynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16545789903936561010noreply@blogger.com