tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post375886794865748836..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Oscar PredictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40112227216004172312010-03-08T22:30:56.673-08:002010-03-08T22:30:56.673-08:00I don't agree. There is absolutely no nuance i...I don't agree. There is absolutely no nuance in either his voice or facial expressions. He never seems to be "reacting,"and that is why it seems he is only "acting." And that has nothing to do with being a 40s or 59s "star."<br /><br />Totally correct. One thing that most of you gentlemen must understand, and admittedly, it is my cause celebré in life, and I cover it, with poor results, here often, is that we live a world that is almost totally comprised of make believe; very similar to the movie "The Matrix." <br /><br />As Lenin said, "A lie told often enough becomes the truth."<br /><br />Of course it's subjective but try these on for size:<br /><br />George Clooney is a poor actor<br />George Clooney is not overtly masculine<br />George Clooney is not physically imposing, particularly roguish, he doesn't strike me as funny, dramatic or versatile, and most of his movies flop miserably.<br /><br />Here's the kicker: I'm not gay or a woman, but I don't see what is so handsome or sexy about him either, (maybe some female posters could tell me otherwise). <br /><br />In a nutshell, he strikes me as almost completely average, yet year after year after year, there are articles written about him that describe him as "Hollywood's greatest actor", "A Movie Star with Golden Age Appeal", "The World's Sexiest Man." Please. <br /><br />Now granted, this is all subjective, but so is saying that Scarlett Johansen is more attractive than Roseanne Barr. Yet I think that most people would agree with me. <br /><br />I sorry to tell many of you (for, oh, the 132nd time now) but Clooney is the emperor, the MSM is the PR arm/Tailor and you are the fools lining the street. <br /><br />The most pathetic aspect of all is that you feel that you see the conspiracy SOMETIMES. Case in point; let's take another blank slate of meager accomplishment who keeps getting great jobs, for argument's sake, we'll call him "Barry". You people have managed to turn Barry into the world's greatest Superhero / Arch-villain of all galaxies. Yes gentlemen, on both the left and the right, you are the same people who manage to do this, jumping on cue like trained seals, and then bragging about your IQs. <br /><br />Now here's the mindfuck, are you ready? <br /><br />Seeing have the conspiracy doesn't put you halfway to the truth (compared to the people you feel are stupid) it puts you doubly-far away. You can't see the similarity I'm drawing between Barry and Georgie? what a shock!<br /><br />Barry and Georgie and Boy George, and David Duke, and Hilly, and Jay-Z and many, many others I could name are useful tools for useless fools, and nothing more. But hell, at least they get paid for their buffoonery. <br /><br />I'm no genius but I can tell a man from a mannequin.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77528816775536710862010-03-08T20:03:50.444-08:002010-03-08T20:03:50.444-08:00"Damnit, yes. Go see "Burn Before Readin..."Damnit, yes. Go see "Burn Before Reading." He's very good in that. Clooney is a real 1940s-50's style movie star, probably the last one we'll ever have."<br /><br /><br />I don't agree. There is absolutely no nuance in either his voice or facial expressions. He never seems to be "reacting,"and that is why it seems he is only "acting." And that has nothing to do with being a 40s or 59s "star."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52020816323044173112010-03-08T11:01:24.268-08:002010-03-08T11:01:24.268-08:00"Does anybody really think that George Cloone...<i>"Does anybody really think that George Clooney can act?"</i><br /><br />Damnit, yes. Go see "Burn Before Reading." He's very good in that. Clooney is a real 1940s-50's style movie star, probably the last one we'll ever have. By your standards Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, and Bogart probably couldn't act either. But audiences don't want a steady diet of Phillip Hoffman and Paul Giamatti, talented as those men are.Peter Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74866234575485925882010-03-08T05:18:01.862-08:002010-03-08T05:18:01.862-08:00I regret that Israel chose Weidergutmachung instea...<i> I regret that Israel chose Weidergutmachung instead of bombing the hell out of German cities in 1952. </i><br />Too late, the Allies already dit that! Or were you charitably thinking about nukes?Bruce Bannednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82294876093055216312010-03-08T00:28:33.930-08:002010-03-08T00:28:33.930-08:00I'll add something I heard Clooney say once, a...<i>I'll add something I heard Clooney say once, and I have to give him credit for his honesty. He said as a kid he was obsessed with being a celebrity, that as he aged, his goal remained to be a celebrity. He has achieved that.</i> <br /><br />Several of the kids I knew in high school drama went on to have some bit parts in Hollyweird, but the only one who has earned any lasting celebrity was the single most [overtly] evil child I ever crossed paths with in my entire childhood.<br /><br />Saw him again at a high school reunion a few years ago, and he hadn't changed a bit.<br /><br />PS: There used to be some guy at Free Republic, who knew Tom Cruise as a kid, and who said that Cruise was a world class jerk when they were growing up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32359720605018799782010-03-07T21:00:41.195-08:002010-03-07T21:00:41.195-08:00I'll add something I heard Clooney say once, a...I'll add something I heard Clooney say once, and I have to give him credit for his honesty. He said as a kid he was obsessed with being a celebrity, that as he aged, his goal remained to be a celebrity. He has achieved that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42000449652672495532010-03-07T20:58:36.242-08:002010-03-07T20:58:36.242-08:00"Does anybody really think that George Cloone..."Does anybody really think that George Clooney can act?"<br /><br />Absolutely not. He has smirk one, smirk two, smirk three. That's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8800416105328850472010-03-07T19:52:11.347-08:002010-03-07T19:52:11.347-08:00the fact the he could do that testifies to the fur...<i>the fact the he could do that testifies to the further whoring out of the holocaust to the special interests of people who weren't there and don't descend from people who were.</i><br /><br />So first you're supposed to feel guilty for not caring enough, and now you're supposed to feel guilty for caring too much and taking advantage of it. <br /><br />Damned if you do, damned if you don't.Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36276944454107001452010-03-07T19:48:18.541-08:002010-03-07T19:48:18.541-08:00I hate IG because Tarantino is an animal, his fans...<i>I hate IG because Tarantino is an animal, his fans are animals, he used the torture and murder of my family for cheap, perverse, torturous pleasures and because the fact the he could do that testifies to the further whoring out of the holocaust to the special interests of people who weren't there and don't descend from people who were.</i><br /><br />LOLChutzpahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26934842369504719892010-03-07T17:22:57.555-08:002010-03-07T17:22:57.555-08:00I hear you on the rotten political message of Avat...I hear you on the rotten political message of Avatar, but doggone, it moved me. The Hurt Locker, and Inglorious Basterds just didn't do it. and IG devolved into farce at times.SFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80214764355490258262010-03-07T15:25:56.970-08:002010-03-07T15:25:56.970-08:00"Bear", speak for your shallow self. I h..."Bear", speak for your shallow self. I haven't seen (aside for a few minutes while waiting for "A Serious Man") Inglorious Basterds and I won't see it.<br /><br />I don't give a damn about the thoughts and feelings of the Jew Haters that populate the right wing blogosphere but so my hatred of Inglorious Basterds isn't on account of any subservient apologetics to them. The movie simply is a disgusting bit of violence pornography that the torture enthusiast Tarantino cunningly thought he could use the Holocaust for.<br /><br />Against my interests the Holocaust happens to be a big deal on the radar of many Americans and Tarantino saw it as a good canvas for his disease. He couldn't quite have fun at the expense of the Jews (and thank God he didn't pretend to honest sentimentality on BEHALF of the Jews) so he went for revenge flic against the Nazis.<br /><br />Trust me my man, I'm all for revenge. I regret that Israel chose Weidergutmachung instead of bombing the hell out of German cities in 1952. I'm all for revenge against Nazis and the people who voted for them and supported them. It isn't bleeding heart squeamishness that keeps me disgusted by IG and hopes deeply that it goes away forever by not winning any big awards tomorrow.<br /><br />I hate IG because Tarantino is an animal, his fans are animals, he used the torture and murder of my family for cheap, perverse, torturous pleasures and because the fact the he could do that testifies to the further whoring out of the holocaust to the special interests of people who weren't there and don't descend from people who were.<br /><br />Yes, I'm feeling ranty. Tear in.<br /><br />mnuezmnueznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56589568236504778292010-03-07T12:26:41.990-08:002010-03-07T12:26:41.990-08:00Any industry in which Quentin Tarantino is conside...Any industry in which Quentin Tarantino is considered one of the leading lights is a putrid sewer. F**k Hollywood and all it's works.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36470016538107459682010-03-07T12:17:23.337-08:002010-03-07T12:17:23.337-08:00This civilization is fading to black. These Oscar ...This civilization is fading to black. These Oscar Best Pic awards are more proof of this civilization's widening artistic vacuum. <br /><br />Sure a few old time Oscar Best Picture awards were given to crappy films. But we are on a steady slide to oblivion now. Year after year of forgettable filler is passed off as greatness. Remember: somebody has to win every year. If they had any real artistic standards then they would call off the award when there was simply no film that deserved the award. <br /><br />America's pop art culture is in the ditch. That total piece of crap American Beauty happened ten damn years ago! And it wasn't a blip. It was just another part of the steady downward trend.<br /><br />We are on a trajectory toward a Soviet level of artistic merit in this society. Which synchs up nicely with the Sovietization of our media.Tinsel Means Crapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2782918003446148332010-03-07T11:32:52.965-08:002010-03-07T11:32:52.965-08:00We watched Hurt Locker on Friday on DVD, and my wi...We watched Hurt Locker on Friday on DVD, and my wife was asleep before the halfway point. I stayed awake, but was so unimpressed that I had a hard time remembering and telling her what happened in the second half. I simply don't understand what all the fuss is about. 97% favorable on Rotten Tomatoes? Really?<br /><br />Last night, in contrast, we rented Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon. Much, much better movie. Bring a hankie, maybe two.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01701815231353263575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77430340249261083742010-03-07T11:10:30.265-08:002010-03-07T11:10:30.265-08:00The Hurt Locker has heft, a female director, and t...The Hurt Locker has heft, a female director, and the fact that it's an Iraq War movie that Hollywood can grudgingly support.<br /><br />Inglorious Basterds has the holocaust/Jewish angle, Tarantino, its general enjoyability, and the fact that comedies so rarely win Best Picture awards.<br /><br />Avatar has nothing but its technical merit - and Cameron's already won an Oscar.<br /><br />Had I an Intrade account I'd put a lot of money on IG (it's trading around 5 right now) for the long-shot, big payoff, then hedge my bet by putting the same amount on The Hurt Locker (trading around 50). If IG wins then you get a 20-1 payoff. If The Hurt Locker wins then your losses are covered. If Avatar wins you lose it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74651819170043971262010-03-07T11:00:45.874-08:002010-03-07T11:00:45.874-08:00"Inglourious Basterds"
This is a joke, ..."Inglourious Basterds"<br /><br />This is a joke, right?<br /><br />Thus snuff film masquarading as entertainment is up for any kind of an award?<br /><br />What next?<br /><br />Hostel 3, up for Oscar for best effects - see how realistic this scene of sawing off this guy's hand is, how he screams, how the blood flows? Audiences everywhere love it!AmericanGoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865892490752172185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-60290238817678225722010-03-07T10:55:44.450-08:002010-03-07T10:55:44.450-08:00Live odds, from my book that "matches" o...Live odds, from my book that "matches" offers and acceptors from bettors:<br /><br />Avatar +130 (13:10)<br />Hurt Locker -115 (10:11.5)<br />IB +1650 (16.5:1)<br /><br />The market speaketh.DCThrowbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595347138052680931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35795061141452669992010-03-07T10:46:43.646-08:002010-03-07T10:46:43.646-08:00re: " Anonymous said...
Steve, have you ever ...re: " Anonymous said...<br />Steve, have you ever seen the Al Pacino film 'People I Know'? It was basically shut out of the theaters."<br /><br />Interesting flick. It is the only DVD movie that I own, btw. Bought it because of the internet buzz as I don't go to the movies except when my wife drags me to one such as "Marlie & Me" during which she cried and I slept and I could not find it in a video rental store.<br /><br />Oh, as to why "People I Know" is an interesting movie: <br />1) Some how the director manages (Special Effects?) to make Tea Leoni ugly;<br />2) It was the Hollywood version of "Der ewige Jude."<br /><br />Dan KurtDan Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06164801060857631895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19052742144396760252010-03-07T08:57:06.594-08:002010-03-07T08:57:06.594-08:00I have two questions:
Does anybody really think t...I have two questions:<br /><br />Does anybody really think that Up in the Air deserves an Oscar?<br /><br />Does anybody really think that George Clooney can act?<br /><br />He has to be the most wooden, overrated so-called thespian of our generation. Talk about a guy with illuminati backing, I keep hearing about what a great actor he is and what a sex symbol he is and how handsome he is and I just don't get it. Someone please explain.<br /><br />Now <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUc2rnwcTdw" rel="nofollow">here's</a> an Oscar contender you guys should take your wives, girlfriends and young sons to.Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-89975851091880358402010-03-07T06:03:16.926-08:002010-03-07T06:03:16.926-08:00IG is also an honorary holocaust movie - which mak...IG is also an honorary holocaust movie - which makes it a shoe-in.<br /><br />-Abe Foxman, mister tolerance,, thinks it should get best pic- a movie about torturing prisoners of war.. I guess i could see why such a movie deserves 'best picture' it shows america's new moral standardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42577995745807588152010-03-07T04:34:11.968-08:002010-03-07T04:34:11.968-08:00Steve, have you ever seen the Al Pacino film "...Steve, have you ever seen the Al Pacino film "People I Know"? It was basically shut out of the theaters. Check out the DVD - it has deleted scenes involving the WTC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57499576037056904882010-03-07T02:50:42.848-08:002010-03-07T02:50:42.848-08:00I think the extra 5 nominees is all about splittin...I think the extra 5 nominees is all about splitting mainstream votes, increasing the chances for more fanatical fanbases to get their movie to win. Sci Fi fans will split their vote with Avatar and District 9. Women can split their vote with Hurt, Precious, An Education. But Tarantino fans are of course sticking to Basterds. And Jews love that movie as well. So even though Basterds didn't win any awards, it has a better chance here.Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8971051908812944372010-03-07T01:48:53.217-08:002010-03-07T01:48:53.217-08:00"When did Rock Concerts become complex?"..."When did Rock Concerts become complex?"<br /><br />When TicketMaster achieved a monopoly and started adding 30 or 40% in service charges.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59548275696153633152010-03-07T01:31:05.487-08:002010-03-07T01:31:05.487-08:00http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/
Hey, here's BL...http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/<br /><br />Hey, here's BLIND SIDE or PRECIOUS on wheels. Another Save the Big Black Whale movie. <br />A white liberal's dream, a site of a big lovable Negro who's in need of compassion and help. Even as liberals say they wanna empower blacks, they have a fetish for black disadvantages.Cagglesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87503550543676437362010-03-07T01:27:54.761-08:002010-03-07T01:27:54.761-08:00oops, my comment about rock concert was meant for ...oops, my comment about rock concert was meant for the end of silver age topic post.sorryasticnoreply@blogger.com