Fatman Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 This makes me sad to be an American. Link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 People buy michael (i've never seen a little boy i didn't like) jackson records.... can you expect them to have any more discretion in the movies they go to? Heck... for the last 50 years TV shows have been set to the lowest IQ's in this country. You can't beat success when it comes to generating 'entertainment' for the great unwashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 We're trying to prop up the black folks from the denigrating hand of the man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 People buy michael (i've never seen a little boy i didn't like) jackson records.... can you expect them to have any more discretion in the movies they go to? Heck... for the last 50 years TV shows have been set to the lowest IQ's in this country. You can't beat success when it comes to generating 'entertainment' for the great unwashed. 1252238[/snapback] No-one ever got poor from overestimating the stupidity of people....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 No-one ever got poor from overestimating the stupidity of people....... 1252275[/snapback] Lord knows that is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 No-one ever got poor from overestimating the stupidity of people....... 1252275[/snapback] How true! Anyone remember The Bakers and PTL??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 How true! Anyone remember The Bakers and PTL??? 1252313[/snapback] Pass The Loot or Oral Roberts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hollywood doesn't care what it puts out anymore as long as people spend the money. Hell even Spielburg has slipped in his old age. Though War of the Worlds was a sick movie, it's still not his. Will there ever be another Goonies? ET? Close Entercounters of the Third kind? Raiders of the Lost Ark? Style movie. I doubt it, I think all that hollywood has left is remakes and brings Hip Hop Stars into movies so people will go see them. It's a shame too. I think the last great movie Hollywood put out that was well written was Gladiator. PS - I mean if a movie about ghey cowboys can win awards, what the hell does that say about us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I doubt it, I think all that hollywood has left is remakes and brings Hip Hop Stars into movies so people will go see them. Funny that, because that's a certainty to keep me and millions like me away. It's a shame too. I think the last great movie Hollywood put out that was well written was Gladiator. 1252415[/snapback] Apart from LOTR set, that's probably right - that was an outstanding movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 No-one ever got poor from overestimating the stupidity of people....... 1252275[/snapback] The only thing close to infinity in size is man's stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 No-one ever got poor from overestimating the stupidity of people....... 1252275[/snapback] Sad but very true. It's just amazing what people are willing to dumb themselves down to to be entertained. Read a f'n book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Sad but very true. It's just amazing what people are willing to dumb themselves down to to be entertained. Read a f'n book. 1253958[/snapback] The more advanced a society becomes, the more decadent and stupid it's entertainment becomes, until...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 The more advanced a society becomes, the more decadent and stupid it's entertainment becomes, until...... 1254042[/snapback] ..... we have gladiators fighting lions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 ..... we have gladiators fighting lions. 1254135[/snapback] So history would teach us, it seems. All empires that rise, must fall. Barbarians at the gates...... Feeling a little philosophical today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Feeling a little philosophical today. 1254144[/snapback] Probably something you ate. You will be fine tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Yeah, these are some of the most pensive responses I've seen at the Huddle... and it was all about Big Momma's House 2 Come on...f the Sunday Night crew! TO is an Ahole! Teddy Bruschi for president! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Britteny Spears Lost Boy Bands Furby Jerry Springer/Oprah and the like Steelers Fans The US just creates stupid as fast as stupid wants it. You'll always get rich if you cater to the trailer trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hollywood can spit out stupid sh-it and plenty of kids lap it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I mean if a movie about ghey cowboys can win awards, what the hell does that say about us? 1252415[/snapback] Settle down, sport; Ang Lee has proven himself as a great director and by all accounts it's a well-written, well-acted movie. Your being 'fraid of queers doesn't have any impact in the least on the quality of the film; heck, I think Forrest Gump is a reprehensible piece of propaganda but it's certainly well-made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 It's a shame too. I think the last great movie Hollywood put out that was well written was Gladiator. 1252415[/snapback] Just off the top of my head, here's some stuff that has come out in the past couple years: Walk the Line - formulaic, but lifted above it by great performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon Collateral - implausible but highly entertaining IMO Layer Cake - smart gangster flick (okay, this one is cheating since it's actually British, i.e. not from Hollywood) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman definitely isn't for everyone, but this is one of the best sf films to come out in quite a while The Incredibles - if you didn't like this film, you probably just don't like movies Master and Commander: Far Side of the World - I really liked it; probably the manly-man mannish sort of man movie you are probably looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 So history would teach us, it seems. All empires that rise, must fall. Barbarians at the gates...... 1254144[/snapback] "All people seem to desire are bread and circuses." Would certainly explain why two inventions with world-changing potential - tv and the internet - are mainly used for us to foist sitcoms and porn, respectively, upon ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Settle down, sport; Ang Lee has proven himself as a great director and by all accounts it's a well-written, well-acted movie. Your being 'fraid of queers doesn't have any impact in the least on the quality of the film; heck, I think Forrest Gump is a reprehensible piece of propaganda but it's certainly well-made. 1255497[/snapback] ...and to add to the "well-made but hated it" I think Mystic River was as bleak and dreary a film as I've ever seen; the actors were great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Sad but very true. It's just amazing what people are willing to dumb themselves down to to be entertained. Read a f'n book. 1253958[/snapback] AMEN! I am continually baffled that 1) someone comes up with ideas like these movies, tv shows, etc 2) some network or studio supports it, and 3) people, en masse, suck it up like a $2 ho. Honestly, when I see the previews for most of the new network shows(especially the reality chit), I am embarassed to be a human being. How are people entertained by this garbage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I think beer helps us tolerate lots of things....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 "All people seem to desire are bread and circuses." Would certainly explain why two inventions with world-changing potential - tv and the internet - are mainly used for us to foist sitcoms and porn, respectively, upon ourselves. 1255503[/snapback] Good info there, Chavez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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