tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post5348333284321521802..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Colorado, Christopher Nolan, and "Following"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46813160657893346552014-06-30T14:28:13.363-07:002014-06-30T14:28:13.363-07:00The Dark Knight it self was criminal it was an apo...The Dark Knight it self was criminal it was an apologia for the crooked George Soros CFR politics that have dominated our country the last 3 or 4 administrations. And did you notice in the trailer the huge endorsement from CHASE BANK. Which means TDKR was a movie about the rich and the banks stomping down the 99% and you all cheered? He's a real American criminal British, effeminate, yuppie. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56740999043611812382012-07-30T13:10:51.029-07:002012-07-30T13:10:51.029-07:00Anonymous:"No, you got the movie all wrong. C...Anonymous:"No, you got the movie all wrong. Civilization was brought nearly to end by men of LIGHT(science) like Heston. <br />The so-called 'death cult' is like Christians during the Dark Ages who are trying to keep alive the spirit of man(since the reason of man led mankind to ruin). <br />Heston redeems both himself and mankind by becoming the fusion of light and darkness, light and spirituality."<br /><br />MMM...Your reading seems off-base.The Catholic Church preserved the tattered remnants of Western Civilization during the Middle Ages (The Bible, Augustine, Cicero, Boethius, Aristotle, etc).That bears no resemblance to the activities of Zerbe's Death Cult, which is devoted to destroying all that has survived (note how they spend their evenings pillaging libraries and burning books).Heston, the defender and preserver of science and reason (note how his apartment is full of classical statuary)is playing the role of Medieval Christianity, not Zerbe's death cult, which is intent on obliterating the past.<br /><br />SyonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20415075964553337982012-07-29T15:06:17.359-07:002012-07-29T15:06:17.359-07:00I had a great-uncle (father's father's bro...I had a great-uncle (father's father's brother) who was a wireman and phone man for the mob. He was a Bell system employee and did work for the Giancana mob in Chi and a couple of independents out West. <br /><br /> He claimed his life insurance was some reels of tape hidden somewhere. His third wife destroyed them, per his instructions, when he died of natural causes at 94. He was always happy to talk tech but silent on who, what and where. <br /><br /> He was plenty smart and he was seemingly a good judge of intelligence. He claimed that the average palooka was stupid: the capos were usually smart but not educated. He introduced me to Meyer Lansky and Bill Bonanno the younger. Both seemed polite and not stupid. <br /><br /> I was named in the will as the heir to all the tech stuff I wanted and his machine tools, which I unfortunately had to sell as I had no place to put them. No one else wanted that stuff. But it was mind boggling what he had: first line HP and Tek equipment bought new, Collins and Watkins Johnson receivers, Leica cameras, phone test equipment, a whole library of BSPs (Bell tech manuals, some secret). Machine tools included a jig borer, a Monarch 10EE lathe, Bridgeport mills, shapers, you name it. <br /><br /> Every item bought brand new. With all the papers. <br /><br /> Even at ten cents on the dollar, it paid off my house and bought me a nice boat. <br /><br /> But he wasn't the typical criminal-he was a tech consultant whose clientele happened to be unorthodox in business practices. <br /><br /> Most criminals as such are downright stupid and should be sterilized on those grounds alone, I think. True, smarter criminals are more costly and dangerous, but that's more than offset by the sheer numbers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61751220574199907662012-07-29T14:46:33.153-07:002012-07-29T14:46:33.153-07:00The CIA looks for language skills and squeaky clea...The CIA looks for language skills and squeaky clean lifestyle, which means Mormons. Are there a lot of Mormons in Denver? <br /><br /> The FBI doesn't so much look for Mormons as Mormons look for the FBI, but are well respected within.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21160437274862127452012-07-28T23:11:09.163-07:002012-07-28T23:11:09.163-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IL-4wAzVCg
Loser-...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IL-4wAzVCg<br /><br />Loser-killers here are interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6715895286155715562012-07-28T21:05:22.880-07:002012-07-28T21:05:22.880-07:00"I agree that fan-fiction is mostly terrible,..."I agree that fan-fiction is mostly terrible, but on the general principle of reusing other people's universes I can't go along. By that score a large portion of all great art is fan fiction, including, for instance, Paradise Lost, or most Shakespeare plays."<br /><br />No, Milton and Shakespeare knew what to draw inspiration from. They had broad and deep interests. <br />Fanfickers are fanboys who narrowly immerse themselves in silly stuff like comic book stories or TV shows and wanna live inside them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71591039651307670452012-07-28T15:23:16.466-07:002012-07-28T15:23:16.466-07:00RPGs are not "fanfic," they're Cowbo...RPGs are not "fanfic," they're Cowboys and Indians with dice.Svigorhttp://svigor.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20139134102764874302012-07-28T11:31:52.267-07:002012-07-28T11:31:52.267-07:00"I disagree. The vision, scope, and design of..."I disagree. The vision, scope, and design of SW were indeed great--and channeled myths in a truly imaginative way--but Lucas sold them short by pandering to little kids."<br /><br />"So, where's the disagreement?"<br /><br />In the story and characters. From the beginning, Lucas made a mess of characters and dialogue. <br />Great stuff with design, light sabers, darth vader suit, space ships, etc. But the characters were boring, lead actors(Hamill and Fisher)weren't very good. <br /><br />As for RETURN, its very opening scene was total crap, with fat hog guards, Jabba the Hut(one of the worst ideas in the movie; what is it? A pile of turd?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39008681119033266292012-07-28T11:28:49.960-07:002012-07-28T11:28:49.960-07:00"OMEGA MAN is one of the most anti-revolution..."OMEGA MAN is one of the most anti-revolutionary films ever made (at least until DARK KNIGHT RISES), with Charleton Heston (having played everything from Moses to Michaelangelo, he was Western civilization incarnate)holding together the tattered shards of Western culture in the face of assaults from a literal death cult."<br /><br />No, you got the movie all wrong. Civilization was brought nearly to end by men of LIGHT(science) like Heston. <br />The so-called 'death cult' is like Christians during the Dark Ages who are trying to keep alive the spirit of man(since the reason of man led mankind to ruin). <br />Heston redeems both himself and mankind by becoming the fusion of light and darkness, light and spirituality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46210887790191066892012-07-27T12:57:32.124-07:002012-07-27T12:57:32.124-07:008 1/2 is arty and deep...Notorious is Hitchcock wo...8 1/2 is arty and deep...Notorious is Hitchcock working out his woman issues in a particularly transparent and obvious way<br /><br />I guess we have different definitions of "deep"Udolpho.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976984423336975944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78149859463524725892012-07-27T08:38:20.509-07:002012-07-27T08:38:20.509-07:00I agree that fan-fiction is mostly terrible, but o...I agree that fan-fiction is mostly terrible, but on the general principle of reusing other people's universes I can't go along. By that score a large portion of all great art is fan fiction, including, for instance, Paradise Lost, or most Shakespeare plays.FredRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53534244413877115442012-07-27T06:33:31.972-07:002012-07-27T06:33:31.972-07:00"That's how Lucas got rich. He took somet...<i>"That's how Lucas got rich. He took something that 'should' be approached only as camp and played it straight. Star Wars isn't 'a serious EURO ART FILM treatment,' of course, just family entertainment, but it is played straight."<br /><br />I disagree. The vision, scope, and design of SW were indeed great--and channeled myths in a truly imaginative way--but Lucas sold them short by pandering to little kids.</i><br /><br />So, where's the disagreement? He didn't sell out until <i>Return</i> and the Ewoks. And other than the Ewoks, <i>Return</i> wasn't a sell-out. It could've been better, and it certainly fell short of the first two films, but it was still head and shoulders above the complete sell-out that followed.Svigorhttp://svigor.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23641438461600093782012-07-27T06:24:41.922-07:002012-07-27T06:24:41.922-07:00I liked Memento too. Not because it was "gro...I liked <i>Memento</i> too. Not because it was "ground breaking" - it's obviously only so in a proprietary way - but because I found it really interesting and engaging. It was like a jigsaw puzzle.Svigorhttp://svigor.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6721101026276039842012-07-27T03:08:58.679-07:002012-07-27T03:08:58.679-07:00http://artinfo.com/news/story/814420/hoberman-chri...http://artinfo.com/news/story/814420/hoberman-christopher-nolan%E2%80%99s-dark-knight-of-the-soulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43160246271724670052012-07-26T22:29:50.252-07:002012-07-26T22:29:50.252-07:00"Hitchcock never got deep or arty or even tho...<i>"Hitchcock never got deep or arty or even thoughtful, he always played to the crowd, especially if that involved a stab of light flashing from a pointy knife. And there's nothing wrong with that."</i><br /><br />I'm not one to despise middle- or even low-brow work (as my husband discovered to his great surprise when he watched me literally fall on the floor laughing at <i>Naked Gun</i>). And I tend to prefer Hitchcock's earlier work, just as I tend to prefer Graham Greene's earlier work. Both created some terrific thrillers back in the 1930's.<br /><br />But to say Hitchcock never got deep or arty or even thoughtful is just wrong. Starting in the 1940's, he made some films that have a lot going on beneath their thrilling, suspenseful surfaces. <i>Notorious</i>, <i>Rear Window</i> and <i> North by Northwest</i> all have some interesting things to say about male/female relationships. And <i>Vertigo</i> is a masterful depiction of romantic obsession and its depersonalizing and destructive aspects. It's an extremely personal film (so much so that I'm not comfortable watching it) and was constructed not to play to the audience but to play out themes that obviously had preoccupied Hitchcock for some time. It was not well-received by contemporary audiences and critics and only later gained its current reputation as one of his masterpieces. <br /><br />But you don't have to take my word for it. The film has been analyzed extensively. You can google "Vertigo Hitchcock analysis" and get over 3 million hits.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58529185384828362472012-07-26T20:51:43.047-07:002012-07-26T20:51:43.047-07:00"If you're a big shot in finance you just..."If you're a big shot in finance you just bribe the politicians to change the law to make what you want to do legal. Wall Street owns Congress. Why would they need to break the law to make money?"<br /><br />Because criminals commit crime because they're criminals.<br /><br />This isn't hypothetical, just read the financial blogs. For example the activity underlying MF Global was illegal in the 90s and as you say the crooks in Wall St got that law changed so they could dip in and out of their client's funds overnight and make money out of it.<br /><br />But that's never enough - like Johnnie Rocko they always want MORE - so they always take it one step over the line to get MORE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52570152535640069222012-07-26T19:31:56.054-07:002012-07-26T19:31:56.054-07:00Hitchcock started out making lowbrow cinema and ne...Hitchcock started out making lowbrow cinema and never stopped. He just made it with such style that even cineastes were captivated, and he was unfraid to pile on the gimmicks. I guess you could say he never "sold out" simply because he never pretended to be above pulp material and never tried to elevate it beyond what it was. All he cared about was getting some thrilling stories up on screen.<br /><br />Hitchcock never got deep or arty or even thoughtful, he always played to the crowd, especially if that involved a stab of light flashing from a pointy knife. And there's nothing wrong with that.<br /><br />Nolan pretty clearly shares Hitchcock's love of telling an exciting story with a lot of moving parts, and for awhile I've thought he is somewhere in between Hitchcock (an unabashed crowd pleaser) and Spielberg (a conflicted crowd pleaser). I've come to the conclusion that he's more like Hitchcock--and I hope he never proves me wrong.Udolpho.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976984423336975944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40246545075046341482012-07-26T19:20:57.822-07:002012-07-26T19:20:57.822-07:00"The CIA has always had a major presence in t..."The CIA has always had a major presence in the Denver area, and that presence has only grown over the years. In fact, for whatever reason the University of Denver has always been a recruiting ground for the CIA."<br /><br />Then there's the Denver airport with its bizarre apocalyptic murals & rumors of vast underground bunkers. There's something going on out there for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49829599002520637652012-07-26T18:58:09.306-07:002012-07-26T18:58:09.306-07:00I thought Memento was one of the best movies I'...I thought Memento was one of the best movies I've seen. I can barely remember Insomnia, and what little I can was nothing special.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48662113636232812602012-07-26T17:38:13.012-07:002012-07-26T17:38:13.012-07:00"Dumb crooks run from cops, smart crooks run ..."Dumb crooks run from cops, smart crooks run for office."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37604603974069013712012-07-26T17:17:38.376-07:002012-07-26T17:17:38.376-07:00"Overall, I'd say Nolan is a cultural con..."Overall, I'd say Nolan is a cultural conservative." <br /><br />This shouldn't matter when we are assessing books or movies. Bad movie is a bad movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44438115699481638942012-07-26T15:13:46.207-07:002012-07-26T15:13:46.207-07:00Steve Sailer:"Overall, I'd say Nolan is a...Steve Sailer:"Overall, I'd say Nolan is a cultural conservative. Personally, he's married with four kids. He dresses like the bourgeois that he is. His obsessive political theme is one that Edmund Burke obsessed over: how do you balance order and liberty?"<br /><br />Spot on, Steve. Every year I organize a conservative movie week on my campus (last year the bill consisted of: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE BIG SLEEP, THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO,MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, THE OMEGA MAN*).THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is a sure bet for next year.<br /><br />*OMEGA MAN is one of the most anti-revolutionary films ever made (at least until DARK KNIGHT RISES), with Charleton Heston (having played everything from Moses to Michaelangelo, he was Western civilization incarnate)holding together the tattered shards of Western culture in the face of assaults from a literal death cult.<br /><br />SyonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11682938984917742992012-07-26T15:03:31.955-07:002012-07-26T15:03:31.955-07:00Norville Rogers:"Must agree with TontoBubbaGo...Norville Rogers:"Must agree with TontoBubbaGoldstein--Oswald was, if not the most interesting man in the world, a very different kind of cat. In fact he was a brainiac Renaissance man compared to Hinckley, Squeaky Fromme, or Frank Corder"<br /><br />A rather low bar, that.<br /><br />SyonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42358389530720211572012-07-26T14:23:40.933-07:002012-07-26T14:23:40.933-07:00On the colorado shooter:
I looked up the city of ...On the colorado shooter:<br /><br />I looked up the city of Aurora on wiki. It is stated to have a non-hispanic white population proportion of 47%. However, both the shooter and all killed victims seem to of that ethnic group.<br /><br />Unless we assume that the shooter was selectively targeting whites - then what is up with that 100% white victim percentage?Swordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68268857905334677842012-07-26T14:17:13.296-07:002012-07-26T14:17:13.296-07:00http://www.fanfiction.net/comic/Batman/
Nolan clo...http://www.fanfiction.net/comic/Batman/<br /><br />Nolan clones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com