Affleck Does It Again ... - Page 2

Eric · 26-02-2013, 16:20

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Originally Posted by accyman

lol how to offend an entire country in under 10 words

"10 words"

I can do it in one video.

Gordon Booth · 26-02-2013, 16:34

What a contrast- a proud, confident nation and one which has no pride or confidence left.

Restless · 26-02-2013, 17:21

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Originally Posted by Shurm

Well what's that bit at the top, Alaska that's it, well they own that bit don't they ?

It's full of French people anyway would they understand the film ??

Alaska is a state in America and "the french bit" is Quebec in Canada.... Has Jade Goody possessed your mind for one post??

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Originally Posted by Shurm

Not the french bit

I have an online friend in the french bit. He helps me out a lot with the more technical sides of computers & Linux....

Have you visited? or haven't you heard that "people are alike all over"

jaysay · 26-02-2013, 18:12

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Originally Posted by Eric

Hollywood does not do it with everything. There are numerous US movies which don't give a passing nod to any facts of what happened. There are whole genres of movies which rely on what Coleridge (he was English by the way

) termed "willing suspension of disbelief" ... horror, romance, science fiction etc. What we have in "Argo" is not this willing suspension, but cognitive estrangement, which relies on the ignorance of the audience. Not only that, it reinforces that lack of knowledge and ignorance becomes knowledge. Fiction becomes fact.

What I find annoying is that the yanks, with a rich enough history of their own, feel the need to hijack the history of others. If they want to distort the history of the Viet Nam war ... fine. It was their war; and it was their loss. Even the Krauts do a much better job. In "Das Boot" and "Stalingrad" they can explore the "human interest" aspect without concealing that they got their asses kicked.

The Americans can get it right, however. And the resulting movies are every bit as entertaining. "The Devil's Brigade" comes to mind.

And I'm sure the folks in la belle province will be devastated that you don't like them. Ah well; the Montreal Canadiens are doing well this year. This should console them.

The Devils Brigade is probably one of the best war films made, even had Michael Rennie playing general Mark Clarke

jaysay · 26-02-2013, 18:14

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

True, as I remember it's name was changed to Trigger in the US version of the original. Renaming it Digger in the new version? Why not just call it 'PC'?

Or PC gone made Gordon

Eric · 26-02-2013, 19:29

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Or PC gone made Gordon

Damn right. A few weeks ago a hungry black cat came onto my front porch to munch on the food I put out for the strays and the 'coons. He decided to come in and spend the rest of his life being spoiled. I call him "Nigger" ... all cats who come into my home get names and their own food dishes; it means they belong, that they have a home.

A buddy of mine asked me why I chose the name ... he was a little stoned; so he missed the obvious

We all, as kids, have our heroes. I remember some of mine: Jimmy Mac, Ray Pointer, Our 'Enry, Douglas Bader, Guy Gibson ... well, you get the picture. So I told hime I named the cat after the pet of Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. .... He asked why I didn't call it "Guy" or "Gibson"; and I realized at that point that his pc-ism was occluding his common sense ... so I gave up and we had a few beers.