en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/781177 Comments by zazu123 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/25/time-magazine-profile-citizen-breitbart/#IDComment64069545 Breitbart is a fanatic. A biased ideologue with no interest in moderation or dialogue with the other side. We need more people like him, especially in elected office. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:44:41 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/25/time-magazine-profile-citizen-breitbart/#IDComment64069545 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/24/beck-fires-back-at-cameron-why-do-you-want-to-murder-global-warming-skeptics/#IDComment63928753 Glenn Beck is an assclown and so is James Cameron. Who gives a damn what some director thinks? Why is Beck wasting airtime on some personal beef with Cameron? Why is this news? Can he report on something real for a change? Last I checked a giant healthcare bill just passed, and there are two wars going on. Surely there has to be a real story to report on. This is why I don't watch TV. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:07:23 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/24/beck-fires-back-at-cameron-why-do-you-want-to-murder-global-warming-skeptics/#IDComment63928753 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/03/24/racist-hollywood-avatar-actress-says-skin-color-costs-her-work/#IDComment63901028 She is not being racist. Its hard for a black actress to find roles. There is definitely more opportunity out there for white actors or black men (name ten black actors, now try naming ten black actresses). In general there is less of a market for women than men, and more of a market for a white actress than a black actress. That said, the fact that she is young and cute makes her a hundred times more likely to get a role than someone who is old or ugly. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:31:16 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/03/24/racist-hollywood-avatar-actress-says-skin-color-costs-her-work/#IDComment63901028 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2010/03/23/review-shooting-michael-moore/#IDComment63694375 What Moore did, was dig up Goebbels. I think it was Godard who said "every edit is a lie" Michael Moore lives by that statement. His movies are lies, malicious lies with a political agenda. You are wrong, Bowling for Columbine is a perfect example of this. That cartoon in the middle of Columbine that everybody loves equates a constitutional right with the KKK without a shred of evidence, proof, or logic. Its all done through simple juxtaposition "here are guns, and here is racism, they are the same thing because I say they are, more importantly, they are the same because I put them in the same frame". Its taken right out of a North Korean propaganda book. But while a North Koreans are by now resistant to the process, Americans are too dumb and too unused to this approach to notice. They love to not have to think about something, to have a propagandist insert opinions into their mind without need for processing. The Columbine cartoon was funny and nobody really notices the offensive and ridiculous point it makes (your brain noticed). So Michael's genius is that he took something that has been a staple of tyrannical regimes since 1920, and exported it to the free world. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:10:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cftoto/2010/03/23/review-shooting-michael-moore/#IDComment63694375 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2010/03/22/there-will-be-revolution/#IDComment63604265 This is terrible, my biggest worry is that Republicans do not have the backbone to override this. Even if we had a Republican President and the Congress was a reverse of what it is now, I do not see the political backbone to do this. Simply voting out the Democrats will not change anything, we need to vote out a good chunk of the Republicans. How can we do this? As we speak, Sarah Palin, the tea partiers most beloved candidate is campaigning for McCain. Republicans will have big gains this November, bigger gains 2012, maybe even the Presidency. But will they do something proactive? Will they reverse Obamacare and other policies? I suspect that no. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:08:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jphillips/2010/03/22/there-will-be-revolution/#IDComment63604265 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62265802 Did you honestly find that surprising? Has there been a non-Christian movie in the last twenty years that didn't say the word "god"? 99% of all new films break that particular rule. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:52:47 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62265802 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62251440 One of the best animated movie ever made. Though it is actually about the firebombings, not the atomic drops. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:01:08 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62251440 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62251174 The Japanese didn't want the US to admit the divinity of the emperor, what they did want was absolute assurance that he would not be killed, imprisoned, or deposed. It was more than a technicality to them, the emperor was the symbolic manifestation of the nation, kind of like the queen is to the British or the Constitution is to the Americans. If the US refused to provide guarantees for the emperor's safety Japan would likely fight to the last. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:59:00 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62251174 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62249329 I respectfully disagree, in 1945 there was one man on earth who could stop the invasion of Japan and that was Stalin. The US was determined to make friends with the Soviet Union and desperately needed the Russians for rebuilding Europe, forming the UN, and making sure Germany is permanently defanged. If Stalin dug in his heels, Japan may have walked away with its independence, the logic was that Stalin would prefer a weakened Japan as buffer between himself and the US. Japan was indeed desperate for peace, but its leaders felt that should Stalin offer his protection, they would be able to maintain independence. As fate would have it, Stalin wanted Japan gone, so the last diplomatic lifeline was cut. When the Soviet Union declared war, Japanese leadership realized that the only alternative to capitulation was national suicide. They opted for the former though many wanted the later. I do not think that the bomb by itself would have convinced them to surrender, on the other hand, Russia declaring war may have been sufficient without the bomb. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:43:58 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62249329 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62239506 No I got my history from history books. You should try that. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan is a good start. If you are worried about bias, read original sources liek the minutes from meetings of American/Japanese leadership and make your own conclusion. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:25:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62239506 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62234961 Indeed. People want don't want Iraq war films period, liberal or conservative. Its just depressing to them and not why they go to the movies. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:56 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62234961 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62232773 The dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima is certainly a controversial topic, and even if you 100% support its use, you can still empathize with the victims of the bombing. By the time the bomb was used, Japan was desperately suing for peace through the Russians, Stalin blocked the communications because he was planning to wage war on Japan himself. The Japanese refused to surrender without guarantees that the emperor was untouched, a position they maintained even after the dropping of the bombs. Japanese leadership seemed to also underestimate the power of the new bomb, and the Hiroshima drop did not change their position. Ultimately, when Russia declared war, they realized that no conditional peace could be brokered. They did succeed at winning a guarantee for the safety of the emperor, and fearing Soviet occupation of the main islands, surrendered. Hence by all historical accounts, the atomic bomb had little effect on the outcome of the war, and was not militarily or politically neccesary. Whenever it was morally justified is debatable, some would maintain that mass killing of civilians is never justified, others would say that Japan's bloody crimes in Asia made it deserving of this fate. I am in the latter group, and therefore believe dropping the bomb was justified, but I do not believe it was politically or militarily necessary. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:30:04 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2010/03/15/james-cameron-rewriting-wwii-undermining-christianity-willing-dupe-or-unwitting-fool/#IDComment62232773 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jlott/2010/03/10/television-and-gun-accuracy-dont-mix/#IDComment61454253 OK, it is a minor point, but there is one movie gun thing that drives me nuts. Any time any gun is cocked in a movie it makes the chu-chung sound of a shotgun. Doesn't matter if it is a pistol, an uzi, a bolt action rifle, or a .50 cal it always the same chu-chung. I once saw a film where a woman cocked one of those tiny little lady guns femme fetalles use in noir films, and the audience was treated to a sound that could only be made by a shotgun the size of a cannon. I know it spetty, but it always make me chuckle. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:16:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jlott/2010/03/10/television-and-gun-accuracy-dont-mix/#IDComment61454253 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/tshillue/2010/03/08/war-is-a-drug-the-quote-that-fooled-leftist-critics/#IDComment60550554 I disagree with the article about the quote being hokum to placate liberals. I think that ultimately, like most good war films, the Hurt Locker is a character study. It picks an interesting person and follows him around. This is not a movie about the Iraq war, it is about an adrenaline junky put in a dangerous situation. I am not a veteran, but I worked as a paramedic and I immediately recognized the personality. Hence "War is a Drug" is talking more about how the main character feels about war, than making a general statement about what war is to everyone. Obviously, to the other two characters war is different, one sees it as a job that whisks him away from familial responsibilities (like many workaholics you meet in life), while the other pretty much hates every moment of it. Hence to some war is a job, to some its a drug, and to some it is just something you want to get out of. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 01:33:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/tshillue/2010/03/08/war-is-a-drug-the-quote-that-fooled-leftist-critics/#IDComment60550554 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60437550 ROFLMAO. You post made me do a major face palm, you need a sense of humor injection buddy... My whole post was simply recycling homophobic talking points and using them on you (get it now?). The fact that you took it at face value and wrote an angry reply is just sad. Also, I am not gay hence your schoolyard homophobic insults don't really bug me. But no matter what my orientation is, why are you talking about my scrotum!? Most heterosexual men do not talk about the scrotums of people they chat with online. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:06:09 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60437550 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60411820 Its a good movie, hope it benefits from the publicity. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:42:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60411820 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60406386 I thought that some good movies won, and nobody made a complete donkey of themselves; but the show itself was incredibly lackluster and the amount of commercials needs to be cut in half. I was simply amazed at how unfunny the whole thing was and the advertisement added atleast a solid hour to the running time. They need to find someone young and edgy to host it next time... Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:21:24 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60406386 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60405149 Sure thing. But do you have to flaunt it like that? Can't you keep it to your part of town or that church you people congregate in on weekend? Also nothing personal, but you should not be allowed to teach, marry, or adopt children. Also, I am not convinced you were born that way, I think you just got molested by a liberal uncle and this is your way of coping. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:16:24 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60405149 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/vjackson/2010/03/08/guns/#IDComment60402125 One of the greatest complements you can give the US as a nation, is that the citizenry is intelligent and responsible enough to own guns. There are many places one earth where if you gave the citizens guns you would have to bring in the army the next day because blood would be running in the streets. Giving guns to an undisciplined or irresponsible nation would just turn a North Korea into a Somalia. The fact that the US can maintain the delicate balance between tyranny and anarchy with an armed populace speaks volumes to the character of the nation. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:03:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/vjackson/2010/03/08/guns/#IDComment60402125 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60331214 I found The Green Berets to be offensively bad. The Vietnam veterans I talk to roll their eyes whenever I mention that film, it basically has nothing to do with that war or any war for that matter, just a collection of cliched characters and generic war film situations. Plus it is full of heavy handed politics which is always bad, be it left wing or right wing. I thought that the three best Duke pictures, were the ones where he played an anti-hero and not the goodie-good-shoes he is always caricatured as (The Searchers, Red River, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence). You are wrong about a pro-troop movie being impossible to release. Saving Private Ryan was absolutely pro-American, as was Black Hawk Down, Gettysburg, and The Patriot. Even something like The Deer Hunter which was very much anti-war, still showed compassion for the troops and never villianized them. Either way, sincerely, best of luck to you and your film. I hope it finally find a home either in theater or on DVD. In an ideal world all films would be released and the only legitimate censor would be the public. Sorry, about your difficulties with the movie, I know coming within an inch of success can sometimes be worst than utter failure. Also, as a last resort, you can always release it on the internet. A young director who made a non budget movie on her computer recently released her flick just like that. The movie is called Sita Sings the Blues and millions of people watched and loved it on Youtube and other venues. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:15:20 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2010/03/07/post-academy-awards-thread-most-apolitical-oscars-ever/#IDComment60331214