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Big Hollywood : Christmas for Film Buffs: Blu-ray Restorations Breathe New Life into Old Classics

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:12:11 +0000

Alric, I don't post very often, so I'm not well versed in the rules of the message board. Is the rule that if we want to reply to one post, we must reply to ALL posts by that person? I don't think I'd have the time for that, if so. I also don't understand the "You do not have what it takes." comment (although I feel as if we are hearing the middle of a conversation you started earlier). What it takes to do what? Are we being graded? Is there possibility for remuneration for superior message posters?

Big Hollywood : Christmas for Film Buffs: Blu-ray Restorations Breathe New Life into Old Classics

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:00:29 +0000

Let me add my encouragement to those of you who may be unfamiliar with "Charade" to rent it post haste. Because of a clerical error, it went into the public domain for a long time, so the later generations may not know of this fantastic movie. It has everything in it. Romance. Murder. Action. Adventure. Spying. Plot twists. And LOTS of laughs (although no pirates or sword fights). It is full of excellent dialogue, 60s kitsch, chemistry between the two leads like you wouldn't believe, and it has a great ending. Oh, and did I mention, Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn!???! It is my #1 favorite movie of all time.

Big Hollywood : 'Dexter' Review: You Will Love This Serial Killer

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:38:36 +0000

3) You are correct, I was not "referring to football". I was "thinking" of football when I wrote it. When I read your comment, in my mind I heard Rick and Bubba say "Football is an awesome sport but it makes a lousy God." It honestly would not have occurred to me while reading your comment except that I hear them say it so much. No, I do not worship football, but THEY do... which is why they say it all the time. You said, "most folks I know don't categorize watching football as worshipping." You obviously don't live in the SEC. 4) Apology accepted.

Big Hollywood : 'Dexter' Review: You Will Love This Serial Killer

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:38:24 +0000

2) I'd be interested in exactly what you read in ANY of my comments that remotely constituted "I'm better than you". I just reread them to make sure, and didn't see anything that could lead an objective person to that conclusion. The person that you think I "deem less worthy and relevant than [I]" who had more thumbs up points was a spammer... I mean an actual spammer... with comments such as "How to sue if you get the flu shot [URL]" in an article about Ricky Gervais. I had just joined the board and I LITERALLY didn't understand the points system (and still don't) and legitimately was asking someone to explain it to me. It's quite a stretch to get "less worthy and relevant than I" from: "Could someone explain this points system to me? Jason is always posting off-topic spam-crap, yet he has 58p?" (exact quote of entire comment) much less that you would interpret that comment as "lamentation".

Big Hollywood : 'Dexter' Review: You Will Love This Serial Killer

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:37:58 +0000

1) Had you given my comment history more than a cursory glance, you would have discovered that I have NEVER criticized OTHER COMMENTERS on this website for their grammar. I understand that there's a difference between comments grammar and publication grammar. What I HAVE done is call for a dedicated proofreader for the journalists/contributors on this website because the articles are frequently rife with terrible errors, which I feel makes conservatives look stupid to those who are just looking for any excuse to say we're dumb bubba's who dropped out of sixth grade to marry their first cousin. I stand by the position that a proofreader would be a good thing, and I don't think there are many who would disagree with me.

Big Hollywood : 'Dexter' Review: You Will Love This Serial Killer

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:23:17 +0000

I actually was when i wrote that!!! My favorite radio hosts, Rick and Bubba, are always quoting someone who said "Football's an awesome sport, but it makes a lousy God."

Big Hollywood : 'Dexter' Review: You Will Love This Serial Killer

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:22:33 +0000

Defensive much? They aren't mutually exclusive and oddly enough, I never said they were. I was as devoted to Lost as ANYONE is to Dexter, and I wish that I myself had as much enthusiasm for going to church on Sunday. I think you need to look up the definition of self-righteous. It is a sad day in America when simply expressing the desire that we be enthusiastic about worship and fellowship pegs us as "self-righteous."

Big Hollywood : 'Dexter' Review: You Will Love This Serial Killer

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:36:33 +0000

Wow. Wouldn't it be great if we all felt "Sunday can't come soon enough" because we looked forward to worshipping with our chosen community of believers as much as we look forward to our favorite tv show?

Big Hollywood : 'Tillman Story' Review: Anti-Bush Conspiracy Just Doesn't Add Up

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:30:23 +0000

I had copied it as well when I first posted. It has been corrected since, which is unusual. Yay!

Big Hollywood : 'Tillman Story' Review: Anti-Bush Conspiracy Just Doesn't Add Up

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:49:40 +0000

Perhaps you could explain what we could do to make Bush's scalp MORE Henry Waxman... How about LESS? I believe you have done (and the two other people who gave you a thumbs up by the way) what the author did... you read the "THAN" that he intended to insert between "more" and "Henry" even though it wasn't there. My point is not to point at Nolte and giggle... I LOVE his articles, perhaps more than any other writer here on BH. My point is that EVERYONE makes mistakes when writing, which is why EVERYONE should have SOMEONE ELSE look at their work before hitting that "publish" button, ESPECIALLY a website that is aiming to inject some legitimate and intelligent conservative discussion into the national culture. It's too common for the other side to intimate that conservatives are dumb hicks who dropped out of sixth grade to marry their first cousin. So again, I'll say (because I'm sure not everyone reads every article and comment on BH) that there are far too many just waiting to jump on every mistake and sign of deficiency in conservative media. Let's not give them ammunition by having articles strewn with misspellings that even a cursory glance would have caught. It makes BH look amateurish, which IT IS NOT, which is why it bugs me. (For the record, this one mistake does not constitute "strewing", but there are frequently MANY stupid mistakes in BH articles that go uncorrected. I mentioned it in this article because I thought the picture it conjured was funny. Perhaps to make his scalp more Henry Waxman, we'd have to sit old W down, shave his head, rub oil on it to make it all shiny, and then make it say dumb stuff. Some creative use of a Sharpie is called for as well, I think.)

Big Hollywood : 'Tillman Story' Review: Anti-Bush Conspiracy Just Doesn't Add Up

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:23:02 +0000

I completely disagree with this statement: "No one wanted Bush’s scalp more Henry Waxman." I know of at least a dozen people who wanted Bush's scalp more Henry Waxman... whatever that means. I repeat my call for a staff proofreader.

Big Hollywood : Anne Rice and Hollywood Christianity

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:48:54 +0000

Great article, but please, for the love, can't we get a proofreader on staff at Big Hollywood? I'm sure there are plenty of fans who would volunteer and who could catch the difference between "where" and "wear". Big Hollywood gets more exposure every day, and it'd be really great if it turned out a professional looking product, since people who DON'T like the website will make up reasons to criticize it if they have to. Let's not give them any ammunition.

Big Hollywood : NewsBusted: Is George W. Bush Becoming More Popular?

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:39:21 +0000

Jodi may be hot (I don't know as I'm not a lesbian) but her delivery sucks. Why does she keep ALMOST turning to her left???? And the canned laughter has to go... and I mean NOW! Still, it's better than SNL... not that that's sayin much....

Big Hollywood : Ted Danson Trashes Limbaugh, Religious Right

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:15:18 +0000

I watched the video before reading the commentary on purpose and I'm glad I did. This is a non-story. Basically all he said was that the religious right and Rush Limbaugh manipulate those of us who are sincerely conservative or religious. While I think he's wrong, the only thing earth-shattering or news-worthy in this is that I feel like Ted Danson actually understands the PEOPLE that have conservative beliefs--you and I--even though he might not agree with their beliefs. I love Rush, but I don't always like his methods, delivery, whatever you want to call it. He occasionally seems to have made up his mind without having the facts, and is a little reluctant to admit he was wrong or give people the benefit of the doubt. This is why I like Glenn Beck so much. People who think Beck is a dogmatic, manipulative, shrieking, crocodile-tear-crying pansy don't watch him enough to know he's genuine. Beck will listen to both sides of a story, change his mind when it's warranted, and admit he's wrong when he's wrong. Oh, and I do think it's hysterical that Ted scoffs at Rush's 400 millions and says "one of us... pshaw" ... as if he is even remotely on the same financial level as the average American. Perspective, Ted, ... perspective.

Big Hollywood : My Extremely Cute Chinese Communist Spy

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:03:17 +0000

I'm so glad to see somebody else mention that lips licking, mouth adjusting tic she has! It drives me absolutely INSANE to watch her!!!! I was going to say something about it earlier (because it seemed so incongruous to me that this administration that puts such a high value on attractiveness would want her as a public rep) but I also didn't want to draw attention to her since the longer she's out there, the more damage she does.

Big Hollywood : 'Crash' Director Dumps Scientology Over Prop. 8

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:26:36 +0000

TrueblueMormon: I'm pretty sure he used "Mormon Church" simply because it's a heckuva lot shorter than "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints". It's not meant as an insult. Also, way to focus on what's important. To others: if the site's down you can also read the letter here: http://markrathbun.wordpress.com

Big Hollywood : Enviros Use ACORN Tactics and Attack the Journalist (Literally)

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:37:41 +0000

Hey, now... let's be fair AND clear here... We don't want Ted out and Al in... we want them both in.

Big Hollywood : Confronting Al Gore with An Inconvenient Question

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:11:41 +0000

Gosh, he looks so natural. Doesn't he look natural? They did a really good job with him. I mean, he almost looks alive.

Big Hollywood : SNL's Obligatory Obama Nobel Peace Prize Sketch

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:28:11 +0000

It's like he's not even trying anymore. He doesn't even remotely.... Speak! ... Like! ... Obama!...... (wait for it).... Anymore! Come on, I can even type in Obama's punctuated spit-out-the-words-speak... why can't a professional imitate it? CNN's fact checkers may have a problem though.... The SNL skit says Obama hasn't been George Bush for 9 months, but by my count, it's a lot longer than that. Wish I could tell you for sure how long, but that would require actually seeing a birth certificate.

Big Hollywood : Gervais Undercuts His Atheist Argument in 'Lying'

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:55:40 +0000

Could someone explain this points system to me? Jason is always posting off-topic spam-crap, yet he has 58p?