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By: John B.

John B. — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:05:20 +0000

Everytime I get suckered into going to a movie I feel I got robbed. The one exception was Fireproof. I give up. Also, I wont even watch a commercial that has Sean Penn in it.

By: James Hudnall

James Hudnall — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:20:45 +0000

Hollywood is destroying itself. The cost of production is driving shows and films to shoot elsewhere. The changing media landscape due to downloading will probably change the system as we know it the same way the old studio system fell apart in the late 60s. early 70s.

The system in Hollywood is going to change one way or another I don’t think they can continue on the way they are going now.

By: Daniel Crandall

Daniel Crandall — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:36:07 +0000

A comment on the pic & Logan's Run reference. I watched this movie again, a few months back, after seeing it many, many years ago. I was struck by how conservative a movie it really is. It hits every Left-wing trope smack in the face and leaves them bleeding and begging for mercy. This is something I posted about at my little corner of the blogosphere some months ago. For proof contemplate the film's opening statement: "Sometime in the 23rd century… the survivors or war, overpopulation and pollution are living in a great domed city, sealed away from the forgotten world outside. Here, in an ecologically balanced world, mankind lives only for pleasure, freed by the servo-mechanisms which provide everything. "There’s just one catch: Life must end at thirty unless reborn in the fiery ritual of carousel." This makes me wonder what today's Hollywood will do to a Logan's Run remake.

By: Macker

Macker — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:04:46 +0000

I have to wonder, Hud: Will it be necessary to destroy Hollywood in order to save it?

By: MacGuffin

MacGuffin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:51:47 +0000

Please don’t forget my favorite Tinsletown quote of all…..

Hollywood is the gold crown…..on a tooth that should have been pulled out long ago.
W.C. Fields

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By: Mr Sideous

Mr Sideous — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:31:25 +0000

any columnist that mentioned Fred Allen has my attention. Great job!

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By: oLD gUY

oLD gUY — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:08:05 +0000

“Well hit, sir! Very well hit!” — Mary Poppins

A great debut article. They live here, so it can’t be quite as bad as they say. I had not thought of it like that.

Besides, you agree with me which proves that you are educated and clear thinking. If only more people were so.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:58:36 +0000

I am loving this site as it makes me feel less alone. I have also stopped going to the movies. I just can’t bring myself to contribute one dollar to their in “your face lifestyles”. The last few times I went to a movie and later saw one of the actors in that movie degrading this great nation, I felt responsible in some small way. I didn’t like the feeling and have since refrained from being a part of their cash flow. I live in the “fly over country” and I realize that we are of no consequence to the left coasts, unless it’s to fleece us for our hard earned cash on their America bashing films.