en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/655162 Comments by lilamae http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/25/abc-announces-oprah-obama-christmas-special/#IDComment44861100 What a load of hypocrisy! Obama is a Muslim and Oprah has renounced her belief in Christ! We are truly in George Orwell country where the lie has become the "truth." Won't watch this. ABC execs will answer before God when judgment day rolls around. Dawn, you are right. Obama's approval has fallen to record lows and Oprah's lost her audience. Ironic that both these fools have names starting with zero. No one will watch except crazy libs. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:16:37 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/25/abc-announces-oprah-obama-christmas-special/#IDComment44861100 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/11/23/harlan-ellison-the-original-hollywood-rebel/#IDComment44500603 McGoohan created, directed and scripted most of The Prisoner. He was an individualist and had a strong sense of ethics. Ellison must be an individualist as well because he doesn't seem strongly influenced by any other writers and will fight for his right to OWN his work (and this makes it hard to understand his leftist take on society). Although they shared this respect for the individual, I'm not sure Ellison could have written anything that would have suited McGoohan enough to include in The Prisoner. If I remember correctly McGoohan never intended for The Prisoner to last beyond one season. He had a point of view, a vehicle, and he made his point in one season. I believe that McGoohan and The Prisoner will be remembered (like Ayn Rand is remembered for her writing) long after Ellison is forgotten. I cried when I read the notice of McGoohan's death. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:37:37 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/11/23/harlan-ellison-the-original-hollywood-rebel/#IDComment44500603 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/11/23/harlan-ellison-the-original-hollywood-rebel/#IDComment44499414 Yes, I always recommend people watch all the first season (which to me was fairly awful with Michael O'Hare wooden as Captain Sinclair) because if you don't see this season, you see things happening in the rest of the show that won't make sense. A lot of seeds are planted in Season One. This is one series where the characters actually grow.). Season Three is the most satisfying. But what happens in Season Four carries the story forward nicely. Season Five was a surprise to Straczinski. I don't believe he'd actually thought he'd have to carry the storyline through Season Five (I could be wrong here) which might explain your let down. I wasn't fascinated by it. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:21:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/11/23/harlan-ellison-the-original-hollywood-rebel/#IDComment44499414 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/chuckw/2009/11/23/i-didnt-quit-drinking-to-get-high-on-hope-and-change/#IDComment44451751 God bless you, Mr. Winecoff. May you have many more years of sobriety. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:26:48 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/chuckw/2009/11/23/i-didnt-quit-drinking-to-get-high-on-hope-and-change/#IDComment44451751 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/11/23/harlan-ellison-the-original-hollywood-rebel/#IDComment44449140 Harlan Ellison is a genius, but if he believes that Global Warming crap it's a sign he's getting old. I began reading his short stories and television criticism as a teenager. Somewhere along the way I left him behind, not because his writing deteriorated but because my interests shifted for some years. My interest in Harlon was aroused again when I realized he was a consultant to M. Straczinski on Babylon 5 the television series. Babylon 5 is the most interesting show created for television. (The third [first is Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner] most subversive series created for television is the show Firefly created by Joss Whedon which may be the reason it was canceled before a full season was aired. The execs must have finally caught on to what Whedon was doing.) History and politics and religion intermingled with no concession to political correctness or condescension. If you haven't seen B5, try it, and you'll catch the occasional glimpse of Harlan acting as well as not feel like a dummy for watching something produced by television for intelligent viewers. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:16:29 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jtsimpson/2009/11/23/harlan-ellison-the-original-hollywood-rebel/#IDComment44449140 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/22/shock-snl-takes-on-obama-in-earnest/#IDComment44335230 Shows like SNL helped put a Communist into the White House. May their advertising revenues go to hell. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:53:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/22/shock-snl-takes-on-obama-in-earnest/#IDComment44335230 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2009/11/07/review-v-in-the-world-of-o/#IDComment42410521 Opinion Let me go all insane here and say that Pelosi is a Visitor. The only thing that contradicts that is that Pelosi is ugly as sin and all the visitors are pretty pretty. Still if Pelosi is ever autopsied, we might find a lizard inside. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:04:57 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2009/11/07/review-v-in-the-world-of-o/#IDComment42410521 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/drbaehr/2009/11/06/v-teaches-us-to-combat-false-saviors/#IDComment42378020 I don't think V was written as a parody of Obama's first nine months in office. It's a remake of a twenty year old series that took aim at believing in false saviors, warned of the dangers of making oneself a victim of government. That said, the reimagine is full of parallels to Obama's methodology as a politician. And yes the communist sleeper cells have been around for decades (I'd like to perform the autopsy on Pelosi. Bet she has strange eyes underneath that robotic botox ruined face.) When I saw the promo ABC put out for the new V, my jaw dropped. Then I started to howl with laughter. God does work in mysterious ways. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:39:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/drbaehr/2009/11/06/v-teaches-us-to-combat-false-saviors/#IDComment42378020 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/vjackson/2009/11/06/i-quit-politics/#IDComment42242099 Brave new post, Victoria! Good luck with the college degree. It will be a good feeling to complete that. Become a political activist or wait for Judgment day? Both I think. I always look forward to your thoughts here. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:46:54 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/vjackson/2009/11/06/i-quit-politics/#IDComment42242099 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/03/chicago-tribune-abcs-v-takes-aim-at-obamamania/#IDComment41659174 The network has already re-thought, cutting back production to the first 9 episodes before making a decision to continue or not continue the miniseries. Maybe they are already wondering what the WH will want to do with their FCC licenses. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:05:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/03/chicago-tribune-abcs-v-takes-aim-at-obamamania/#IDComment41659174 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/13/maybe-dvd-sales-collapsed-because-movies-suck/#IDComment38668086 Oh, I don't know. I wasted a few hours on Titanic (James Cameron), Independence Day and The Time Traveler's Wife. Not to mention the price of the tickets and popcorn. No art in sight. And the same for G.I.Blues, Dirty Dancing, and Son of Paleface (all of which I thoroughly enjoyed and didn't regret the expense of time or money) but still no art in sight. Thousands of movies, some satisfying and some not so much, but I've yet to see a movie I'd classify as "ART" with all caps. Chinatown is a clever whodunit but no art in sight. Daniel Day Lewis has his fans (I'm not one particularly) but I won't be drawn to discuss whether what he does on screen should be classified as art or as craft (perhaps the answer is something of a combo deal) or happy accident. I do think you cheat yourself by trying to assign some ultra value to what is for most people a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. Eventually though, with age comes some measure of judging just how much pleasure one is likely to derive from that expense. When I was young I was in the movie theater every weekend finding out just what would please me and what would bore me. It was the "Art" of The Ten Commandments that bored me as did the "Art" of Lawrence of Arabia and the "Art" of The French Lieutenant's Woman. That's why I say why we choose to watch what we watch is very personal. Go ahead. Watch your "Art." Bet I'm still having more pleasure with my Brendan Fraser mini film fests. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:18:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/13/maybe-dvd-sales-collapsed-because-movies-suck/#IDComment38668086 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/13/maybe-dvd-sales-collapsed-because-movies-suck/#IDComment38660680 Motion pictures as art? Oh, please. . .Too elitist for words. Entertainment? yes Propaganda? yes Diversion? yes Timekiller? YES The reasons for liking to watch movies (and tv) are diverse and personal. But as I get older, I have to ration my time. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:44:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/13/maybe-dvd-sales-collapsed-because-movies-suck/#IDComment38660680 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/13/maybe-dvd-sales-collapsed-because-movies-suck/#IDComment38643857 I might buy a DVD of the older movies (many made before 1970) I loved. I'm waiting to buy a copy of Shack Out on 101 if it's ever released. Any movie made after 1990 is pretty much worthless for reviewing (with rare exceptions like Soderbergh's Out of Sight or Brendan Fraser's comedy classic George of the Jungle). However, I will buy collections of canceled tv shows (Firefly, Angel, BTVS) which I didn't bother to watch when originally aired. Go figure. But I can say that the older I get the more discriminating and cantankerous I get, too. Since my future is ever shorter, my time scheduled to view crap becomes ever limited. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:36:04 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/10/13/maybe-dvd-sales-collapsed-because-movies-suck/#IDComment38643857 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jmeath/2009/10/02/conan-to-obama-honeymoons-over/#IDComment36898108 Someone threw Big Bird under the bus. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:55:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jmeath/2009/10/02/conan-to-obama-honeymoons-over/#IDComment36898108 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/01/harvey-weinstein-hollywood-has-the-best-moral-compass/#IDComment36738962 As far as I can tell, Hollywood has NO moral compass. Could someone define Rape-rape for me? Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:36:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/10/01/harvey-weinstein-hollywood-has-the-best-moral-compass/#IDComment36738962