gdp's Comments

Big Hollywood : Top Ten Most Overrated Actors/Actresses of All Time

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:19:49 +0000

Now there's a list that will start some bar fights! I think you have some good points though I believe Jack Nicholson's problem can be put in simpler terms--in every role, he is playing Jack Nicholson. That is not acting. That is showing up for work. I would replace Leo with Warren Beatty,. He has been coasting off Reds for decades with nothing to show for it.

Big Hollywood : MTV VJ and Radio Host Kennedy on Marijuana, the Politics of Alt Rock, and Becoming Libertarian

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:16:26 +0000

If you think Bush wasn't a conservative, wait until you see Romney in office.

Big Hollywood : Hollywood One-Percenter Mark Hamill Supports 'Occupy Wall Street'

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:24:16 +0000

Luke has finally been seduced by the Dark Side.

Big Hollywood : Alec Baldwin, the Next Dick Cavett?

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:20:38 +0000

I want Alec Baldwin to run for mayor. To steal a joke from Night Court, the Big Apple deserves a worm like him.

Big Hollywood : Jihadists Threaten To ‘Cut The Tongue’ Of David Letterman

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:37:40 +0000

David Letterman told the joke in June, but the jihadists just learned of it in August? We they cleaning out the Tivo?

Big Journalism : Obligatory Meghan McCain Needs Attention Post

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:10:34 +0000

Live Journal rant perfectly describes everything Meghan McCain has ever written professionally. I, for one, will be thrilled when the left gets tired of her Yorkie-style nipping at conservatives' heels and finds another favorite "Republican" to play with.

Big Hollywood : Child Molestation Allegations Against Hollywood Must Be Investigated

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:09:42 +0000

We *all* had a thing for Princess Leia when we were kids!

Big Hollywood : Child Molestation Allegations Against Hollywood Must Be Investigated

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:55:10 +0000

It is odd that in The Phantom menace, eight year old Annakin has a thing for sixteen year old Padme but no one thinks it is weird.

Big Hollywood : Child Molestation Allegations Against Hollywood Must Be Investigated

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:48:48 +0000

One would hope for a better messenger than Corey Feldman, but I suspect he is onto something. Hollywood has had an obsession with teenage sex for decades. They get around it by casting actors and actresses of appropriate age, but the fact is Hollywood produces a lot of films involving the illusion of under aged kids having sex. It is not just young people watching these films, either. There are plenty of older adults willing to buy movie tickets to see such things. It is not too hard to see Hollywood is lenient on real pedophilia, as well. Roman Polanski is a famous case, Victor Salva was hired by Francis ford Coppola after his conviction for forcing a minor to perform oral sex to direct the horror movie Jeepers Creepers; Neither Polanski nor Salva are under the radar cases of pedophilia.

Big Hollywood : 'Lopez Tonight' Canceled: Thursday Is Last Show

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:01:57 +0000

He is going to voice Speedy Gonzalez in a new film, I believe. Forgot to mention that one above.

Big Hollywood : 'Lopez Tonight' Canceled: Thursday Is Last Show

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:52:03 +0000

I suspected when he was a guest on Conan a couple weeks back he must have been desperate for a ratings boost. his sitcom was trashy and dumb. His talk show was partisan and immature. If he is talking about entering politics, I assume his stand up career prospects have dried up. It looks like he has nothing. Well, except his ex-wife's kidney.

Big Hollywood : Why Modern Hollywood Villains Stink

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:27:51 +0000

I am big on Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He has a good reason for desiring revenge--Kirk stranded him helpless on a planet that became desolate and killed off his family-- and he has the upper hand over at all times right up until . Revenge for Kirk forgetting him is so important that he ultimately sacrifices himself in a final attempt to kill him. The film is more famous for William shatner’s hammy, “Khaaannn!!” and Spock’s death, but it should not be overlooked what a well thought out villain Khan was.

Big Hollywood : Ageism, Blacklisting, and Mapplethorpe: The Writers Guild and Me

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:37:02 +0000

It is interesting, though not surprising, the WGA is often approached by groups engaged in censorship battles unrelated to Hollywood productions Television and screenwriters think they should be the promoters of social change towards the progressive. No wonder they are so dead set against conservative writers having a voice.

Big Hollywood : Singer Amy Winehouse Dead at 27

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:42:02 +0000

She truly was a jazzy talent. it is tragic her demons got the best of her.

Big Hollywood : Today's Open Thread: #21 'Hill Street Blues'

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:21:16 +0000

I remember Hill Street Blues earnestly tackling some controversial issues for the time period rather than using them as a blatant ratings plow. I imagine i would appreciate the series even more now that I am older. and (hopefully) wiser.

Big Hollywood : Today's Open Thread: #22 'The X-Files'

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:16:18 +0000

I loved this show. I just finished reviewing all 202 episodes during a November to June rewatch. A huge effort, but fun. Gillian Anderson was incredibly hot. too bad she is such a New Age liberal type.

Big Hollywood : Today's Open Thread: #23 'Star Trek: TNG'

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:52:42 +0000

The series definitely ran along the trend of stagnating the first couple seasons, rising from the third through most of the sixth, and crashing in the seventh. But why is that? Right off the bat, I see the early couple seasons as an attempt to copy the feel of TOS without modernizing it or featuring charming characters. As good as TOS is, many of its themes have not aged well. It seems downright silly now for Kirk and Spock to battle pure evil alongside Abraham Lincoln, so why have the TNG crew battling alien warthogs dressed in 18th century French military uniforms? Perhaps it is a matter of not knowing it is a mistake until you do it, but it is elements like that which make one marvel how the show survived its early years. Likewise, the characters were bland and dull in the early going. Gene Roddenerry had no interest in character development, which meant no emotional connections between them and therefore no conflict. The plots had to drive the story. That can work, but it is not going to fire on all cylinders, particularly when so much of thee plot hinges on the audience holding the correct opinions on humanism, socialism, pacifism, and the like. I have never shared Roddenberry’s utopian socialist vision of the future, so I stumbled through the obnoxious years before Michael Piller arrived. When Piller took over in the third season, Roddenberry’s involvement became limited to cashing the checks and complaining, often anonymously, to the press about the direction the show was taking. It is also the time TNG started to become the show I remember fondly. I think TNG began elevating to pop culture status under Piller’s watch. Even people who do not watch the show are as familiar with Picard as they are with Kirk. Other Trek shows have remained well known in science fiction circles, but not much beyond that realm.

Big Hollywood : Steven Crowder Issues Challenge to Jon Stewart: Come Out of the Ideological Closet

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:01:31 +0000

What closet? Jon Stewart makes no secret of his liberalism

Big Hollywood : FOX 411: Contrary to False Reports, Kunis Will Attend Marine Corps Ball

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:54:42 +0000

If the trend continues, I would be curious to see how an antiwar star would react to a date request. I have never bought into the support the troops, but oppose the war defense some critics offer. Let us see if these folks have enough class to get over their contempt for the military.

Big Hollywood : Today's Open Thread: #25 'Quantum Leap'

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:42:58 +0000

I loved this show. I have mentioned this to other fans without much consensus, so I am going to throw it out here. The first season episode “Play It Again, Sam,” takes place on April 14th, 1953, but Sam is not born until August 8th, 1953. The premise of the series is that sam can leap only within his own lifetime, but this episode takes place four months before his birth. Is this a subtle nod the show believes life begins at conception? The counterargument is this was a first season episode, so maybe all the trappings were not in place yet. Before saying that, though, recall that Donald Belisario’s birthday is August 8th, so he gives that date to many of his characters--Thomas Magnum, for one. What does everyone else think?