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#203007
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The Tom Kitten
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
So, do you all think it's fair to say that Tom Cruise has single handedly destroyed Katie Holmes's career?
Yes. And that's on purpose. He specifically stated he didn't want her working once she got pregnant. He want her to become Susie Homemaker (my words, not his).

I still think Nicole divorced him because he was trying to control her career. Probably the same thing with Mimi.

He hasn't married Katie yet. There's still some hope that she can run off in the dark of night. But now that Thomas J. Mapother is listed as the father on that child's birth certificate, things will be much more difficult.
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#202986
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Watched Star Trek II on HBO the other day, what a difference in effects compared to the OT!
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I think we need a Special Edition of STII to replace all of the models with CG, have the Ceti Eel replaced by a big CG head that pops out of the sand and blinks notably (with Jabba The Hutt's theme from ROTJ playing in the background), and re-shoot the CG of the Genesis sequence to look on-par with the brilliant visuals at the end of A.I.
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#202982
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Star Wars Trilogy tops IGN's "Most Wanted DVDs"
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NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - A U.S. based organization who champions the rights of African-Americans. It is ironic that if any caucasian calls an African-American "Colored" he'd be committing a faux pas about as bad as using the infamous "N" word. It is more ironic that Hispanics, Asians, Persians, Arabs, Black Cubans and Pacific Islanders aren't considered "Colored People" the way the association defines it.

The NAACP was extremely important in the civil rights movement (dated by its very name), but is searching for its relevance nowadays, mostly resorting to rabble-rousing in the school systems to make the point of continued inequality.

If anybody wants to discuss it further, please do not do so here, but move the discussion to the POLITICS THREAD in "Off Topic." We love a good argument in there.
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#202466
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Worst Cliches in Films
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I came across a hysterical blog entry that seems to fit right here. These beautiful trends expose some new cliches in cinema.
The Reel World: Tinseltown Looks to '06 Rebound

Los Angeles - As the box office closes on the US film industry's worst year since 1990, showbiz insiders are looking to a strong slate of 2006 releases to help the industry snap back from the financial doldrums.

"If we've learned anything this year, it's that the market is really hungry for more good, slow, imponderable stories and dim lighting," and industry analyst Tim Jarrard of the trade journal Hollywood Reporter. "The industry has listened, and I think the public will be pleased with the direction it will be taking in 2006."

Anticipated major theatrical releases from Hollywood include:

Incident at Amity: Steven Spielberg directs this cerebral remake of Jaws slated for summer release. Insiders say the 31-year update will feature "additional points of view" and "be less judgmental to sharks." Starring Willam H. Macy as the anti-shark fundamentalist, and Tom Hanks as the Great White.

Silenced Wood: George Clooney stars and directs in this drama about the climate of fear among ventriloquists during radio's notorious Charlie McCarthy era.

Hershey Highway: Based on the Tony Kushner play, a candy factory worker (Phillip Sousa Huffnagel) and Amish teen (Joaquin Seymour Gyllenhall) find forbidden pleasure in this poignant love tale set against the gritty backdrop of Pennsylvania's chocolate belt.

Me Billy: Based on the inspirational true story of a learning disabled man (Sean Penn) who rescues New Orleans from racist flood with a magical red cup.

Baby Doc: Jamie Foxx stars in this biopic about Haitian civil rights activist wrongly accused of despotism by LA police.

Reservoir Puppies: Director Quentin Tarantino teams with Pixar in this animated children's holiday tale about six lost whelps and a botched burglary. Starring the voices of Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, and Mike Meyers as Mister Pinky.

Zaftig Pi: The Eigenvectress. Plus-size video game superheroine comes to life, as Oscar winner Kathy Bates battles Christian fundamentalist aliens with kung fu cartwheels.

The Vespa Diaries: Romantic revolutionary scooterist Pol Pot (Lysol Phoenix) and US intellectual Noam Chomsky (Matt Affleck) find gay rainforest love in this Cambodian remake of 'Roman Holiday' that had Sundance audiences cheering.

Fearful Silence: Courageous What's My Line? contestant (Leonardo DiCaprio) refuses to answer panelist questions in this gameshow drama set against the McCarthy-blacklist era. With William H. Macy as Bennett Cerf and Kevin Spacey as Kitty Carlisle.

Angel Soft This: In a shocking and sometimes humorous indictment of the toilet paper industry, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock documents the ravages he suffers after 30 straight days of non-stop buttwiping.

Mugabe: Will Smith stars in this biopic about Zimbawean civil rights activist wrongly accused of mass starvation program by LA police.

Lunch Lady: poignant story of school cook-turned-playground strangler has generated advanced Oscar buzz for star Jennifer Lopez, who reportedly gained 400 pounds, facial tatoos and gum disease for the role

Fearful Deadly Fear: Blacklisted 1950's screenwriter Damon Runyan (Tim Robbins) writes a secret screenplay about the the McCarthy-era blacklists, in this 1950's blacklist drama set against the background of the McCarthy era blacklists.

Cold Humpcrack Creekwater: Two retarded Gay cowgirl sisters (Rene Zellweger, Jenna Jameson) defy a fundamentalist sherriff (Hovercraft Phoenix) and discover love in this 1930's period piece set in the Appalachian outback of Nebraskansaw.

Redemption: the Idi Amin Story: Gary Coleman stars in this biopic about Ugandan civil rights activist wrongly accused of cannibalism by LA police.

Snow Fuji Mountain: Mothra (Toby Damon) and Gamera (Orlando Law) discover forbidden love while destroying Tokyo, in this story of nuclear-triggered sexual awakening.

The Girl is Fabulous: Totally straight New Yorker Ted (Tom Cruise) falls head over heels in hetero love with Marcy (Katie Holmes) in this completely ungay romantic comedy set against the backdrop of New York's glamorous West Village.

Silence 1984: Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris interviews the survivors of Hollywood's notorious Reagan era 'Year of Fear,' when only three McCarthy-themed movies were released.

Susan Cooper, an industry writer for LA Weekly, said that 2006 plans reflected "a renewed focus on real human stories," after several disappointing 2005 action fantasy releases. She cited the planned spring release of Hollywood's first non-documentary look at 9/11 -- Oliver Stone's Inside Job -- as evidence of Hollywood's return to realism and a reason for industry optimism.

"There's a really good buzz about it in Hollywood," said "With a top director and an all-star cast, this studios are hoping for a blockbuster return."

Stone's $140 million September 11 epic stars Nicholas Cage, along with Haley Joel Osment as Osama Bin Laden, Robin Williams as Donald Rumsfeld, Dakota Fanning as Zacarias Moussawi, Val Kilmer as the ghost Richard Nixon, Harvey Fierstein as the International Neocon Zionist Conspiracy, Bubbles the Chimp as George Bush, and Jim Carrey as 'My Pet Goat.'

"I think 'Inside Job' shows the public that we artists can make serious films on subjects that they care about," said Stone. "Maybe then we can move on to collective healing, and you inbred flyover fundie hillbillies will finally shut the fuck up."
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#202463
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What do you look like?
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Not knocking you or your chickie-poo PeculiarSatyr, an amusing quote popped into my head after seeing your g/f's "head gear." Robin Williams once said:
It's interesting when you see a girl with a bolt through her tongue.
Why did you do that?
"To enahthe the thekthual thtimulathon. Nothing driveth my boyfriend crathy like the feel of cold schteel on hith hot rod.
"But the problem ith I ended up knocking out all my teeth and living in a trailer park with a man named Bubba."
That's the trade-off, my darling.
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#202092
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MSN's "Do nice guys always finish last?"
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Originally posted by: Hot.like.fire
and another thing, some girls don't have a problem putting moves on guys, even if it is the first move on a new guy she's dating. its just a problem when she is ALWAYS the one to have to put the moves on him... then it makes us wonder how much he really wants us.

This is the unfortunate byproduct of the litigious culture we live in. When you can get sued for sexual harrasment simply for giving an awkward glance to the unreceptive or get charged with raping your own wife, the pussification of the male is inevitable. As a result, many men just wait to be advanced on to know its okay. Men can handle rejection. We can't handle litigation or jail time. Meanwhile, many women still sit around and wait for what humans are biologically programmed for: the male advance. As a result, we have a generation that doesn't comprehend intimacy, is lousy at sex until reaching their late 20s, and doesn't procreate until their 40s.

Its especially problematic in the U.S. Not so much in latin cultures (both Europe and the western hemisphere), Asian cultures, and African cultures where male sexual advance isn't yet taboo.
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#202086
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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
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There is no set date when Book Seven is coming out, as it hasn't been finished yet. They'll set a date only after it goes to the publisher and gets edited.

7/7/07 was a WAY cool notion for releasing Book 7, but I don't think it'll ultimately happen. Movie 5 has officially been slated for 7/13/07 and I don't see JK pitting her products against each other like that.

I hope that it'll work out so they can film Book 6 and 7 back to back and get the release dates closer to each other.
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#202084
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***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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Not much to say beyond what's in the initial post. HP was less about "political motivation" to make a statement about horrible editing/writing/acting whatever. They were perfectly enjoyable films (Chris Columbus' included; he gets unfairly bad-mouthed for a man who set the tone, style, and casting for the whole franchise) and I simply wanted to extend them.

Only one deleted scene in HP2 wasn't included ... CC rightly removed the scene of Harry and Ron coming upon the car in the dark forest before meeting Aragog. It's makes its climactic return that much more impactful. ABC put that scene back in but it was a mistake IMO.