en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/331941 Comments by Vorpal http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/07/11/islamists-calling-for-pyramids-destruction/#IDComment399842264 FTA: "So, under such circumstances, what should the United States do?" <raises hand> Oh! Ooooh! I know, I know!! I know what the United States should do!! <stands, assumes prim lecture voices, hook hands in front on chest> "The United States should advocate the appointment of the Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi’i as the United Nations High Commissioner for UNESCO. Then the US should applaud when High Commissioner Sheikh al-Rabi'i issues a blanket condemnation of Israel and American colonialism. Then the United States should kiss the Pyramids good-bye." Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:20:13 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/07/11/islamists-calling-for-pyramids-destruction/#IDComment399842264 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/28/tower-heist-blu-ray-review-perfect-piece-of-popcorn-entertainment/#IDComment303975945 Actually I am happy to see Alan Alda portrayed as a villain. For that reason alone I may watch it. Hey! There's a business model to help Hollywood recover: show liberal, hypocrite actors as liberal, hypocrite characters. The catharsis value alone for Red State America would be priceless. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:45:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/28/tower-heist-blu-ray-review-perfect-piece-of-popcorn-entertainment/#IDComment303975945 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/26/new-york-times-domestic-box-office-attendance-drops-11-3-over-two-years/#IDComment303685799 Why lookie there... (at the photo in the article) It's a picture of Mao, in hell, standing athwart history, crying, "Stop!" Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:29:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/12/26/new-york-times-domestic-box-office-attendance-drops-11-3-over-two-years/#IDComment303685799 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/27/thank-new-media-for-sucker-punch-free-oscars/#IDComment303353498 Considering the blue staters are aborting themselves into oblivion, I'd say that Hollywood will have no choice but to start catering to a Red State base. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:29:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2012/02/27/thank-new-media-for-sucker-punch-free-oscars/#IDComment303353498 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/27/glee-jeff-goldblum-and-the-god-squad/#IDComment303233529 Heh. Please feel free! I'd love to be a fly on the wall as your sister defends the public school system. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/27/glee-jeff-goldblum-and-the-god-squad/#IDComment303233529 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/27/glee-jeff-goldblum-and-the-god-squad/#IDComment303145709 "...home-schooled kids are out in the real world, interacting with adults..." Right! That's the nice way to say it: "My kids are socialized by adults." We homeschool our five kids. When people ask me about socialization, (and when I am feeling snarky) I ask them, "which element of public schools do my kids need more exposure to: the drugs, the sex, the violence, he alcohol, the humanist indoctrination or the gangs?" My oldest son, 16, does his classwork, does chores around the house, supervises his siblings, has a job, does karate, and is getting ready to get his drivers license. He is also talking realistically about "when" he moves out of the house. It will break my heart to see him go, but the tears in my eyes will be tears of joy. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:34:52 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/27/glee-jeff-goldblum-and-the-god-squad/#IDComment303145709 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/27/glee-jeff-goldblum-and-the-god-squad/#IDComment303141728 Ridicule of Christians, home schoolers and Sarah Palin. Celebration of homosexuality, Islam and abortion. What else is there? Who says that Hollywood and TV land have lost their creativity? Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:28:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jerikson/2012/02/27/glee-jeff-goldblum-and-the-god-squad/#IDComment303141728 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2012/02/25/sacha-baron-cohen-the-oscars-and-the-death-of-propriety/#IDComment301498257 Mr. Huston, I disagree with your assessment. First of all, Hollywood hates America and conservative values. I see no reason to treat their ceremonies with seriousness. Second, I am genuinely puzzled as to why you think Cohen's request is off-base. You wrote, "To me, I think the Academy is perfectly correct to tell Cohen that the Oscars are for celebrating film not a place to serve as a platform to advertise his own project, a film not even up for consideration for an award at that." This strikes me as pretty weak tea. Film is a media to tell stories and make statements. This is not a military award ceremony. Could you please provide more detail regarding your understanding of why the Oscars are so serious as to prevent this kind of stunt by Cohen. The main reason that I like the idea of the costumed appearance is because this feeble statement, by a second string shock jock, is a weak (very weak) jab at the corruption of the Muslim world. Shouldn't we encourage this sort of thing? thanks, Vorpal Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:54:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/wthuston/2012/02/25/sacha-baron-cohen-the-oscars-and-the-death-of-propriety/#IDComment301498257 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/22/daily-call-sheet-weinstein-hearts-netflix-dictator-at-the-oscars-and/#IDComment299434236 FTA: "And if Cohen is finally going to fight the New Blacklist and mock Arabs and Islam with the same effort and energy he put into mocking everyday Americans with “Borat,” he will earn my respect." I love it. I guess we'll see if Cohen is a typical Hollywood coward. Or, to paraphrase Nolte in this instance: "'Do you hear me, Khan?' If you want to kill me, you will have to COME. DOWN. HERE." hehehe Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:11:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/02/22/daily-call-sheet-weinstein-hearts-netflix-dictator-at-the-oscars-and/#IDComment299434236 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/zleeman/2012/02/21/a-second-look-at-clint-eastwood-and-j-edgar-conservatives-too-quick-to-judge-free-thinking-director/#IDComment298399046 I could care less about the movies that Eastwood has directed. But the Superbowl Commercial is a problem. I can accept that Clint *meant* well with what he (apparently) wrote (according to the author of this article), but what Clint fails to identify the enemy we are facing. This is not Pearl Harbor or 9/11. We are not fighting a war with an outside enemy. The enemy we are fighting is our own Government, which is determined to extirpate the Constitution in favor of thinly veiled, poison-pill socialism. What commercial will Clint make when Obama gets re-elected and continues his long march to destruction? Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:14:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/zleeman/2012/02/21/a-second-look-at-clint-eastwood-and-j-edgar-conservatives-too-quick-to-judge-free-thinking-director/#IDComment298399046 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292580937 Wow! It's been decades. I looked them up on Wiki*.* before writing my post above. Made me cringe a little reading the plot. How to summarize? Think of Narnia, subtract Aslan, add HAL 9000, stir, add a dash of Tears for Algernon. If that doesn't work for you, then just think of "Nanny McPhee versus Cthulhu." Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:21:06 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292580937 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292428761 Just goes to prove that Liberals are allowed to be racist. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:27:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292428761 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292342872 CavCapt8, You have a solid point. The movies were fun. I see the critique as more of a push back against Lucas political/social/spiritual statements. Some artists attempt to reflect truth and beauty. Some try to create truth and beauty. Guess which ones resonant with people? Guess which ones are nihilist bastages? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:16:55 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292342872 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292300067 Agree 100% Hank. When the word 'Midichlorians' was uttered, it was "..as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." Then, to make things even worse, we immediately see the immaculate conception of Anakin by the Force. So, in a few brief scenes, Lucas demystifies the Force into a biological function AND introduces a stunning miracle of a virgin birth. That was not vision or creativity, though Lucas probably though he was making a profound statement. That was artistic confusion and spiritual bankruptcy. Going down that path must have been prompted by the same evil spirit that possessed Lucas to try to change "Han shot first." btw, I always thought that the concept of midichlorians was sort of a rip off of L'Engle's use of mitochondria in the Charles Wallace Murry character in "A Wind in the Door". Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:10:07 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment292300067 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment291909686 I recently watched Phantom Menace at home on DVD. It was worse than awful, it was boring. The one thing about the movie that was engaging was the portrayal of the Jedi Order at full strength as opposed to the remnants show in episodes 4,5 and 6. But, even at full strength, the Jedi seemed a bit.... clueless..... I guess the Dark side really was powerful..... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:29:20 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhanlon/2012/02/13/star-wars-episode-one-the-phantom-menace-3d-review-jar-jar-aside-prequel-still-has-merit/#IDComment291909686 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/chrysler-ceo-eastwood-ad-has-zero-political-content/#IDComment285837149 It may be half-time in America, but it is game over in Detroit, no matter how many bailout dollars the Feds waste there. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 02:50:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/chrysler-ceo-eastwood-ad-has-zero-political-content/#IDComment285837149 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/eastwoods-chrysler-super-bowl-ad-a-nod-to-obama/#IDComment285447952 It's halftime. The US is down 15 trillion to zero. What's the plan, coach? Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:51:03 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/06/eastwoods-chrysler-super-bowl-ad-a-nod-to-obama/#IDComment285447952 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aleigh/2012/01/31/oscar-favorite-the-artist-a-silent-antidote-to-modern-cynicism/#IDComment279776552 FTA "Snarky cynicism has taken hold of our culture like a face-hugger from the “Alien” franchise, planting embryos of despair and nihilism in our bodies to fester and grow until they emerge from our chests (and the chest-bursters’ faces are plastered with smirks reminiscent of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert)." BAM! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:33:28 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/aleigh/2012/01/31/oscar-favorite-the-artist-a-silent-antidote-to-modern-cynicism/#IDComment279776552 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/30/good-news-hollywood-wants-to-screw-up-death-wish/#IDComment278842515 I disagree with your reasoning. There is nothing wrong with people merely voting your comment down without leaving an argument. This is a public arena with commonly known rules of engagement. But, to answer your question, yes, we have a right to defend ourselves from aggressive violence. In my opinion, that right is strongest at the point at which we are receiving a violent act. But once the moment passes, it is better to let the proper authorities handle the matter. There is no hypocrisy in enjoying a movie such as Death Wish. If so, then isn't every movie celebrating immorality of any sort wrong? 'Death Wish' is speech. It called (calls) attention to the fact that the proper authorities were failing at their God delegated tasks of defending and AVENGING the innocent. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:13:25 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2012/01/30/good-news-hollywood-wants-to-screw-up-death-wish/#IDComment278842515 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kcameron/2012/01/26/monumental-americas-national-treasure-resides-in-our-homes-not-the-white-house/#IDComment274988596 Yes! I will watch a movie like this! I like this type of movie much more than 'Fireproof' or 'Courageous'. (Even thought I agree with the message of the latter movies.) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:10:58 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kcameron/2012/01/26/monumental-americas-national-treasure-resides-in-our-homes-not-the-white-house/#IDComment274988596