en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/335661 Comments by DylanG http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/03/19/in-second-week-pro-military-battle-los-angeles-beats-debut-of-christian-trashing-paul/#IDComment143490023 Wow, not only do you not know what you're talking about, but you appear to be a basket-case. Here's the reality: weekend figures can be accurately predicted based off of Friday. Battle LA was predicted to drop "near" 70% and it dropped 59.1%, which is fairly close. "Accurately predicted" doesn't mean that a percentage can be determined down to the dot, but that by Friday night, you will know whether a films having a good drop or a bad drop. Rainbowtrout was right, Battle LA did have a terrible hold. You're dillydallying about the exact percentage when the hold was still terrible, which goes against what you were saying. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:00:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/03/19/in-second-week-pro-military-battle-los-angeles-beats-debut-of-christian-trashing-paul/#IDComment143490023 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/rob-eraserman-ford-hold-your-fire-all-graffiti-is-not-evil/#IDComment143487718 I don't care if someone spray-paints the next Mona Lisa - if it's on my property, I'm going to erase it. Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:52:16 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/04/15/rob-eraserman-ford-hold-your-fire-all-graffiti-is-not-evil/#IDComment143487718 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/03/19/in-second-week-pro-military-battle-los-angeles-beats-debut-of-christian-trashing-paul/#IDComment136173955 What the bloody hell are you talking about? Rainbowtrout is completely right - Battle: Los Angeles is having a near 70% drop this week. Weekend grosses can be accurately predicted based off of Friday's gross. No crystal ball needed. Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:46:46 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/03/19/in-second-week-pro-military-battle-los-angeles-beats-debut-of-christian-trashing-paul/#IDComment136173955 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/07/announcing-big-hollywoods-countdown-of-the-top-25-greatest-left-wing-films/#IDComment114435175 I didn't find that movie to be left-wing at all. Or good for that matter. I thought the crux of the film was that Douglas just couldn't handle life anymore and went berserk. Sure, he's an angry white guy, but he also took out his rage on a neo-nazi, rich white golfers, a McDonalds stand-in, etc, and a Korean store-owner, African-American street thugs, etc. I think the film is more apolitical than anything. Wed, 8 Dec 2010 06:32:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/12/07/announcing-big-hollywoods-countdown-of-the-top-25-greatest-left-wing-films/#IDComment114435175 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114434153 Yep, I can't take issue with anything you say there. I think we're on the same page. Sounds like a great trip too - there's nothing like being out in the wild (er, well, country at least), out of the hustle and bustle of the city. I think it's been about seven years for me too - although as far as I can remember, I only ever caught one real good keeper in my fishing career. Wed, 8 Dec 2010 06:23:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114434153 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114330012 Yeah, it does sound like we agree and we are disagreeing over semantics. I think my main point in the beginning was against this idea that it's cool to kill animals, which I've started to see a lot. I'm not entirely against hunting - hell, I eat meat - but when people start thinking it's cool to kill animals, it disturbs me. That's when you start getting people killing animals simply for their own enjoyment - walking home the other night, I saw a dead cat that clearly looked like it had been killed and then dumped on the sidewalk, which is frightening. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:12:30 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114330012 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114328821 No, they are not synonyms. "Cool" is slang, and hence finding a concrete definition for it is troublesome, but I think if you look at it's usage in English language, you'll see it's used in a very different fashion than "good". Wearing sunglasses is described as "cool". The guy who's a real charmer with the ladies is often described as "cool". There's nothing "good" about that, it's just hip and fashionable. I'm not trying to separate the fact in any way whatsoever. What I'm saying is that there's a difference between a soldier killing to defend his country and a soldier killing because he thinks it's "cool" to kill people. Both acknowledge they have to kill, but their reasons, their motivations, the entire context is different. And that's important. You say you divorce all intentions or motivations from an action, which I find bizarre to say the least. That would mean you see no difference between bombing a country for the purposes of defending our country and bombing a country just for the hell of it. Context matters, as do intentions, motivations and justifications. That's not even against the concept of objective morality: it's just acknowledging there's more to life than actions. The logical extension of your argument is that since one American war is justified, all American wars are justified. Since one hunter is justified for providing for his family, the other is justified simply because he wants to shoot something. Because one soldier is justified killing someone to protect his country, another soldier is justified to kill someone because it will be fun. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:05:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114328821 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114200253 That's absolutely horrible about your cat - that's one of my biggest fears for my own. There is so much insensitivity towards animals on the right, and I find it bizarre. It's entirely reactionary and I've never understood why, just because one group is extreme, people have to go to the opposite extreme at the expense of their compassion. I find it bizarre how the left and the right could be so opposed on the issues of animals and abortion, which I personally see as two sides of the same coin: protecting the vulnerable. There's something to be said for the fact that most serial killers start off torturing and mutilating animals. Of course, the kid saying the cartoon was "cool" is not that great of an offense. What disturbs me more is that the dad would be proud of this - kids will be kids, they can be cruel at times, and they are still learning, but the dads reaction disturbs me. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 04:15:42 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114200253 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114198164 From above: "You can't just judge the action, you have to take into account the reasons, the motivations lying behind the actions". There's a difference between someone hunting for food and enjoying the sport of it and someone hunting because they take personal pleasure in the pain of other things. Same action, but there's a distinction. Also, I stopped fishing because I didn't want to hook fish's mouths, most of which were too small to keep. I recognize that is a part of the act. That still doesn't change the fact that I never enjoyed that aspect or enjoyed the pain I was causing - I enjoyed the challenge, the sport, the game of it all. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 03:58:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114198164 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114197271 I think you make the grave mistake of taking "good" and "cool" as synonyms. They're not. Yes, war is necessary. Yes, war can be good and in those circumstances when it is, there is nothing wrong with at all with it. But "cool"? Really? The word that's a synonym for "excellent", "hip" and "fashionable"? I think if you ask most soldiers, they would say they chose to go to war to protect our freedoms, because it was the right thing to do, because they had a duty to their country. Not because they thought it would be "cool" to bomb buildings and shoot at other people. I knew a guy like that back in high school. He wanted to join the military so he could blow things up and kill people (not that he was likely to make it in). And yes, that was sadistic. You can't just judge the action, you have to take into account the reasons, the motivations lying behind the actions. That's the difference. Tue, 7 Dec 2010 03:51:02 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114197271 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114149275 The big difference is sentience. If life is life and death is death, then we would have to consider human life, and one could conclude that a human life is no more valuable than an amoeba. However, the issue isn't so simple: we have sentience, we have feelings, we have the capacity for intelligence, morals and ethics, and thus, we place more value on our life than the amoeba. There's a difference between enjoying aspects of hunting (which you describe) and enjoying killing something in itself. And there's a further difference between enjoying killing something and actually thinking it's "cool". The first is fine, the second is disturbing to me, and the third suggests a serious moral decay. Look, I've fished before. And I enjoyed it for the same reason as do you. However, I wasn't taking enjoyment in that I was putting a hook through a fish's mouth. When you have an eight-year-old who thinks there's something cool about seeing something get killed, I think that falls into the latter category. Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:18:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114149275 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114147671 Killing to provide food is not "disturbing". Nowhere have I said anything of the sort; in fact, I've consistently said that killing is sometimes necessary or justified. What I find disturbing is the idea that killing in itself is cool, as that eight-year-old so obviously does. There's nothing cool about shooting an animal - yes, it may be necessary in circumstances, yes, it may be justified in circumstances, and no, you don't have to despise yourself for it. But if you think there's something "cool" about shooting something, well, that's far different than finding something cool about providing for your family (even if the act is one in the same). War is necessary sometimes, but I'd be disturbed to here an eight-year-old say it's "cool" to bomb another country. I'm for the death penalty, but I'd still be disturbed to here an eight-year-old say it's "cool" to see a person die, even if that person deserves it. Just because something is necessary or justified, doesn't mean you have to be a sadist about it. Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:09:09 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114147671 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114006862 I'm pro-life. Have been as far back as I can remember. I've had colleagues get pissed off at me for that POV. Maybe you shouldn't jump to baseless conclusions and ad hominems next time. Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:35:44 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114006862 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114006732 First of all, there's a world of difference between plants and animals. However, that's not here nor there. I never said I was against killing animals in some circumstances - if you guys read my post, before jumping to the knee-jerk conclusion that I'm some left-wing troll, you would have realized I said killing is sometimes necessary and justified. I eat meat, I support the death-penalty, and I support war if the circumstances call for it. What I take issue with is the idea that killing something is "cool". No, it's not "cool" to kill something. And this is why I have to distance myself from the right-wing movement, even though most of my views are in-line with it. The fact that I'm the only person here who would bat an eyelash at an eight-year-old finding it "cool" to kill things is disturbing. Just because you have PETA on one extreme campaigning against milk of all things, doesn't mean you have to go to the opposite extreme and be completely without any empathy or sympathy. I find that extremely disturbing. Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:34:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114006732 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114005550 You would assume right. The reality is that I'm pro-life (so, yes, anti-abortion) and mostly right-wing. You (all) seem to have assumed I'm left-wing and you couldn't be more wrong. Way to go guys... Mon, 6 Dec 2010 05:25:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment114005550 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment113778927 I'll never understand why some right-wingers seem to preach that it's cool to kill animals. It's not "cool" to kill anything - sometimes it's necessary, sometimes it's justified, but there's never anything "cool" about it. Sun, 5 Dec 2010 00:27:07 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lbyrd/2010/12/04/sneak-peek-at-sarah-palins-alaska-definitely-not-peta-approved/#IDComment113778927 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2010/08/27/eco-terrorism-animal-planets-whale-wars-celebrates-psychotic-whaling-activists/#IDComment97561683 The problem is that the law isn't being upheld here. I agree with your other statement - if there's something morally wrong occurring, the proper way to correct it is through advocation, changing the laws, etc. If you have a problem with trees being cut down, then you don't spike trees (which, no, I don't condone), you make it illegal. However, whaling is illegal and unfortunately, it's not being enforced. In these instances, where those in charge don't perform their duty to uphold the law, then I couldn't care less if someone takes the law into their own hands. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:32:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2010/08/27/eco-terrorism-animal-planets-whale-wars-celebrates-psychotic-whaling-activists/#IDComment97561683 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2010/08/27/eco-terrorism-animal-planets-whale-wars-celebrates-psychotic-whaling-activists/#IDComment95652189 They "are" exploiting loopholes in current laws. There's currently a moratorium on killing whales, the exception being for the purposes of research and the Japanese have used this as a guise to engage in commercial whaling. I'm not going to shed a tear for the whalers: if you're breaking the law, than I have no problem with necessary force being used to stop you. You say that supporting killing or injuring human beings is immoral, but you seem to support the exact same action against Paul Watson and his crew? Is that not also equally immoral? Or does this cease to be immoral when it makes for good TV? Isn't this the exact same vigilantism that you are speaking out against? Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:38:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2010/08/27/eco-terrorism-animal-planets-whale-wars-celebrates-psychotic-whaling-activists/#IDComment95652189 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2010/08/27/eco-terrorism-animal-planets-whale-wars-celebrates-psychotic-whaling-activists/#IDComment95620376 The Japanese are breaking and exploiting loopholes in current laws, so to hold them up as innocent victims of eco-terrorists is perposterous. The "Whale Wars" activists are merely following the whalers lead: they have found loopholes through laws (by operating in international waters) and use these loopholes to achieve their own means, saving whales instead of killing them. If you have a problem with this sort of vigilantism, that doesn't necessitate you support the other side. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:12:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mwilson/2010/08/27/eco-terrorism-animal-planets-whale-wars-celebrates-psychotic-whaling-activists/#IDComment95620376 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/07/15/film-review-inception-is-bold-cold-and-exhilerating/#IDComment87041738 I agree. Definitely Nolan's worst film (not including "Following", which I haven't seen) so far. Nolan's films are often criticized as "mechanical" - due in part to all the fine-tuned twists and turns in his plots that make the story almost seem like an exercise in structure - but most of his films are, at their core, character studies. Memento, The Prestige and Insomnia are all about characters, their morality and the choices they make. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are also about this to a lesser extent. There was certainly some of that at play in Inception, but too much of it was about the dream worlds, the rules, and the heist, rather than the characters. I would have rather seen the Leo-Coitilard storyline told as the main story rather than in flash-backs. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:06:12 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/07/15/film-review-inception-is-bold-cold-and-exhilerating/#IDComment87041738