tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4470642667121388665..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: WaPo: SB massacre fault of Seth Rogen's "Neighbors"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86194666670436635812014-06-03T08:45:08.369-07:002014-06-03T08:45:08.369-07:00Makes sense.Makes sense.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33568294607663938042014-06-03T08:43:01.131-07:002014-06-03T08:43:01.131-07:00Yes, there's a problem with narcissism and the...Yes, there's a problem with narcissism and therapy and all that. But the thing is most people who are narcissistic and/or undergo therapy don't go around killing people. Otherwise, Woody Allen and fellow NYers would be shooting up everyone.<br /><br />Rodgers, due to his bi-racial identity and strange personality, can be characterized as anything: conservative, liberal, anti-male, anti-female, anti-white, anti-Asian, anti-whatever.<br /><br />All sorts of people can project their own ideas onto him.<br /><br />So, the Left says rightwing ideas made him do what he did. And the Right says leftwing ideas made him do what he did. Feminists blame his 'misogyny' while masculinists say he's the product of our feminized culture.<br /><br />There's probably a degree of truth to all such statements.<br /><br />But none explains why he decided to go all the way and kill people. Most misogynists don't kill. Most leftists and most rightists don't kill. Even most schizophrenics don't kill.<br /><br />I think maybe the key to understanding Rodgers is something that might be called HDS or humor deficiency syndrome. If you knew nothing about his murder spree and watched his videos and read his 'manifesto', you'd think he was being half-funny. You'd think, sure, he had gripes against the world, but he was also mocking himself, laughing at himself as he called himself 'magnificent' and 'like a god'.<br /><br />Such sense of humor has a way of defusing one's inner tensions. It's about lightening up, not taking oneself too seriously.<br /><br />If you didn't know about his murderous rampage, you'd think his 'manifesto' or autobio was a kind of satire of narcissism.<br /><br />But the creepy thing is Rodgers meant everything he wrote and said. He wasn't kidding, not even half-kidding or quarter-kidding. Without the ability to laugh at himself, he had no way of defusing his inner tensions. And so, maybe he exploded.<br /><br />After all, even most narcissistic people have some sense of humor and can laugh at themselves. Not Rodgers. Even his smiles were dead serious.<br /><br />But Rodgers, like Bickle in TAXI DRIVER, was bereft of any sense of humor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57242618772912803282014-05-30T08:13:31.183-07:002014-05-30T08:13:31.183-07:00These clowns don't blame movies, but they do b...<i>These clowns don't blame movies, but they do blame guns and want all of them banned except for the government</i><br /><br />And criminals.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46137651019725061792014-05-30T02:01:00.499-07:002014-05-30T02:01:00.499-07:00http://www.examiner.com/article/anti-gun-fanatics-...http://www.examiner.com/article/anti-gun-fanatics-continue-to-affirm-no-amount-of-citizen-disarmament-enough<br /><br />These clowns don't blame movies, but they do blame guns and want all of them banned except for the government. One is an la times writer and the other is an actor from some fox show I have never watched. He basically had a breakdown on twitter, saying he would personally confiscate firearms and gun owners would not stop him. Then he freaked out when people have him their addresses and said they would shoot him if he followed through. It was quite the breakdown.<br /><br />Has anyone else noticed the left seems to win just about every political and cultural battle except for the gun issue? I wonder why that is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37793884604584383122014-05-29T19:16:52.519-07:002014-05-29T19:16:52.519-07:00Anonymous:"I'd rather watch THE COUNSELOR... Anonymous:"I'd rather watch THE COUNSELOR."<br /><br />I'd rather watch paint dry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61685765683677088582014-05-29T16:54:08.746-07:002014-05-29T16:54:08.746-07:00Elliot Rodger reminds me of Charlie X from the old...<i>Elliot Rodger reminds me of Charlie X from the old Star Trek episode of the same name. I think we are going to be inundated with kids like this in the coming years.</i><br /><br />You mean ones raised in isolation by ghost-like aliens and given awesome mental powers in order to survive?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-92073535632554821612014-05-29T16:46:37.660-07:002014-05-29T16:46:37.660-07:00Wait a minute - did I just read that a white liber...Wait a minute - did I just read that a white liberal blamed some violence on Hollywood?Robert What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03863449539859132763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38649709479061720572014-05-29T14:57:49.449-07:002014-05-29T14:57:49.449-07:00"Who watches movies any more? TV is the new m..."Who watches movies any more? TV is the new movies. Breaking Bad, True Crime, Mad Men, &c."<br /><br />I do. Movies have beginning, middle, and ending. TV shows go on forever. <br /><br />I liked the first two episodes of Boardwalk Empire. They were like movies. But by the third installment, the narrative had slowed down to a crawl, with so many characters and so many filler details, so I quit. <br /><br />Boardwalk Empire could have been decent if made into a 12 part series. But it seems to go on and on and on season after season. <br /><br />I can see the merit of a longer version of Godfather or Goodfellas at 10 or even 20 hrs. <br /><br />But at 300 hrs? No thank you. <br /><br />The thing with TV shows is they wanna make you keep watching. So, they stretch out the material to the point where it's mostly filler after awhile. <br /><br />This is why mini-series like Noble House or Centennial is much better. <br />But TV people know that once a series ends, they have to develop another one and that's costly and risky. <br />So, whenever a series works, they try to keep it going on for as long as possible. BAD IDEA. <br /><br />Breaking Bad might have been okay in 10 parts. But how many seasons are there? I'd rather watch THE COUNSELOR. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62763963510919798842014-05-29T11:27:27.769-07:002014-05-29T11:27:27.769-07:00Yeah. I blame the violent, racist, sexist, homopho...Yeah. I blame the violent, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-Semitic corporate WASP redneck frat boys who run Hollywood, too. Ahhhhh. I'm so progressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22455974334858334032014-05-29T07:28:45.537-07:002014-05-29T07:28:45.537-07:00Dave Pinsen:"Superhero movies aren't abou...Dave Pinsen:"Superhero movies aren't about bravery in combat, because the heroes are never really in any danger. This is underlined by the casual conversation and quips Scarlett Johanessen makes while dispatching burly men in hand-to-hand combat in the most recent captain America movie."<br /><br />That's one of the reasons why ScarJo's fight against the eponymous Winter Soldier was so satisfying. He was treated like a serious threat. Hence, she looked worried during the fight and no quips were tossed around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80720878639336287832014-05-29T05:53:24.626-07:002014-05-29T05:53:24.626-07:00Who watches movies any more? TV is the new movies...Who watches movies any more? TV is the new movies. Breaking Bad, True Crime, Mad Men, &c.<br /><br />Even network shows can now be watched in binges with 1/3 of the annoying ads skipped over.<br /><br />And regarding movies, I like ones where they is some mystery and death. Chick flicks are even better than nerdy guy gets hot woman. <br /><br />The reason that Knocked Up and Juno were interesting is that the women didn't immediately get abortions. A permanent solution to a temporary problem. Pregnancy is hell on women and their bodies. The mom thing is great but not for a technical goof. <br /><br />The most sexist aspect of movies is that the women are in the top 1 percentile regarding beauty. And their minor flaws are are easily covered by skillful makeup, if not plastic surgery. <br /><br />As far as the PUA -- I find it interesting that they are pushing sales techniques from the 30's. Any sort of serious sales now pushes relationship sales. <br /><br />And then in places like Brooklyn, there is a huge shortage of anything resembling hetero alpha males. At least ones that aren't wanna be writers, who are disqualified by lack of money. Then you have a disproportionate population of gays. Nerds with boring jobs, then the few alpha males that aren't looking for marriage equality but rather a hot wife. No wonder the bitterness that turns to snark or worse on web sites like Jezabel.<br /><br />And, for god sakes, most males have their first sexual experiences making some sort of compromise. <br /><br />Whew.... got that off my chest. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63478108707974629502014-05-29T00:30:16.997-07:002014-05-29T00:30:16.997-07:00Superhero movies aren't about bravery in comba...Superhero movies aren't about bravery in combat, because the heroes are never really in any danger. This is underlined by the casual conversation and quips Scarlett Johanessen makes while dispatching burly men in hand-to-hand combat in the most recent captain America movie. Heck, more characters get killed in the Fast & Furious movies (2 in the last one).<br /><br />Movies about real wars don't make as much money usually because they're unpleasant and depressing. Gibson's We Were Soldiers grossed $114mm globally; Black Hawk Down made $108mm. <br /><br />Dave Pinsenhttp://twitter.com/dpinsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81221205407020194482014-05-28T21:26:05.362-07:002014-05-28T21:26:05.362-07:00like putting down an insurgency in Indochina. ... like putting down an insurgency in Indochina. <br /> Did we put down an insurgency in Indochina? I don't remember that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89729434114821960852014-05-28T21:17:13.603-07:002014-05-28T21:17:13.603-07:00"The character in the original novel was some..."The character in the original novel was some Jewish dork whose pud nearly fell off when he found out that his nice Jewish girl of a wife had the hots for a tall goy aristocratic warrior type." <br /><br />Warrior type. <br /><br />EWS is a war film in that sense. Kubrick was fascinated with war. <br />In EWS, it's psycho-sexual but no less ruthless and brutal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87039814051505806032014-05-28T19:41:14.032-07:002014-05-28T19:41:14.032-07:00doombuggy - "So...start with a conclusion (Wh...doombuggy - "So...start with a conclusion (White males are to blame) and then fill in behind it.<br /><br />Soon we can mechanize/computerize this process and save some wage cost. The out of work pundits can then pick lettuce and eat beans."<br /><br />Funny and true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64099889063264814492014-05-28T19:18:48.828-07:002014-05-28T19:18:48.828-07:00Rogan gets a hot wife in his movies because people...Rogan gets a hot wife in his movies because people don't want to look at ugly, obese women. Given that so many women in real life are obese these days, this just happens to be unrealistic.<br /><br />If people bought tickets to the movie this idiot critic thinks Hollywood should be making, someone'ld make them. <br /><br />Here's the pitch - We have an empowered *realistic* looking woman, struggling, with real world problems. Like all real people she has weaknesses and moods and a couple ingrate kids and she screams and sighs a lot and her life doesn't really change for the better.<br /><br />Go see that, Ann, and tell me how awesome it is. I'll take your word on it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9233957538966328892014-05-28T16:57:03.370-07:002014-05-28T16:57:03.370-07:00Making this a specifically "white" thing...Making this a specifically "white" thing doesn't really make sense, but as far as the whole half-Asian deal, that's a legit question on how people identify right? We all think of Obama as black for instance.<br /><br />again though don't see why it particularly matters in this case, though of course sites like Salon have to make it not just about The Patriarchy (how that=sleep with as many women as possible PUA culture I don't know,) but The Paleface Patriarchy.tehtruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61058680971166067432014-05-28T16:37:43.145-07:002014-05-28T16:37:43.145-07:00"In Kube's movie, handsome Cruise discove..."In Kube's movie, handsome Cruise discovers he's just a dork compared to REAL MEN." <br /><br />David Thomson argues that belittling Cruise was an important theme in Kubrick's vision for EYES WIDE SHUT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24756706752812021262014-05-28T16:34:07.738-07:002014-05-28T16:34:07.738-07:00"Ignoring the deaths of the non-white men may..."Ignoring the deaths of the non-white men may come back to haunt her."<br /><br />Depends on what meme wins. Currently, the "White* man kills non-Whites" is losing out to the "White man kills women" meme.<br /><br />*Yes, I now that he is mixed-race; the media prefer to frame him as White.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20055788297582134632014-05-28T16:29:29.377-07:002014-05-28T16:29:29.377-07:00"Sarah Silverman is Jewish. She's nastier..."Sarah Silverman is Jewish. She's nastier than Adam Sandler."<br /><br />Being a woman means that Sarah Silverman is, ipso facto, better than Sandler.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29963060597425344132014-05-28T16:28:01.628-07:002014-05-28T16:28:01.628-07:00Anonymous:"This is a surprisingly good analys...Anonymous:"This is a surprisingly good analysis by Hornaday - but of course she blamed the nebulous "white males" rather than getting more specific, which would be naming the Jew and therefore beyond the pale."<br /><br />Continental scale racial thinking. That's the way things work in the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58284427719027710092014-05-28T16:25:23.708-07:002014-05-28T16:25:23.708-07:00"Most women, PARTICULARY middle/upper class w..."Most women, PARTICULARY middle/upper class women, are in open revolt against White guys."<br /><br />Maybe that's what EYES WIDE SHUT was all about. Whiskey's sexual paranoia would make a good subject for a movie. Deep down inside, you know the woman-as-whore wants the warrior and only feels pitying affection for the dork. <br /><br />The character in the original novel was some Jewish dork whose pud nearly fell off when he found out that his nice Jewish girl of a wife had the hots for a tall goy aristocratic warrior type. <br /><br />In Kube's movie, handsome Cruise discovers he's just a dork compared to REAL MEN. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73941075736112588312014-05-28T16:15:06.636-07:002014-05-28T16:15:06.636-07:00Come to think of it, Happy Gilmore and Billy Madis...Come to think of it, Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison are pretty nasty movies. <br /><br />But I have a soft spot for Billy. I love the 'shampoo is bettah' scene. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36145132849174451322014-05-28T16:14:20.690-07:002014-05-28T16:14:20.690-07:00The guy who made BLACK SWAN.
Another deranged hi...The guy who made BLACK SWAN. <br /><br />Another deranged hipster loser type. <br /><br />And Europe has its own stinker, Lars Von Trier. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89442023016846332212014-05-28T16:13:37.538-07:002014-05-28T16:13:37.538-07:00Anonymous:"Apatow, Rogen, Solondz, Nichols, S...Anonymous:"Apatow, Rogen, Solondz, Nichols, Salinger, Philip Roth...<br /><br />all Jewish"<br /><br />"All men, too."<br /><br />Sarah Silverman is Jewish. She's nastier than Adam Sandler. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com