Comments on: The Real Hollywood Supports Our Troops

By: imtiaz

imtiaz — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:37:41 +0000

Eric Bana did a incredible HULK job.
http://www.rainyhollywood.com

By: Schizoid_Mann

Schizoid_Mann — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:15:22 +0000

Interesting. I didn't know this. Speaking as a vet, allow me to offer an explanation as to why he might visit wounded vets: Guilt.

Stewart's behavior toward our Commander in Chief during war time, with a massive domestic and global audience probably did quite a bit of damage in emboldening our enemies, lowering morale of our troops and giving birth to the legions of Bush haters who hang on the comedian/political pundit/comedian's every word as well as receive their 'unbiased' news from.

If the karma calculator was tasked with summing him up, I'd say he's still heavily in debt. Heavily.

By: Schizoid_Mann

Schizoid_Mann — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:03:14 +0000

Yup. You called it. I totally subscribe to this method of reward and punishment.

Hats off to J.J., cast and crew. Great pic of Eric there with the troops. Well done.

I'd be interested to see a list of celebrities whom you think do a good job w/ our troops overseas. I think others here would also like to know who is helping and not hurting us. I know some of them probably are not open about it, not wishing to hurt their careers. But many I'm sure would love to know. Other vets who don't see them in theater and fans who aren't in the military but support it, may not have any idea that some of the folks they see in the entertainment news are supporters.

Thanks again.

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By: rlaWTx

rlaWTx — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:53:29 +0000

Sorry – RSGO = Red State Gun Owner. It was a directed comment to him.

Yeah, the wives go from great to sooooooo bad… sigh.

By: Mo_

Mo_ — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:27:02 +0000

I'm sorry, I don't know what RSGO is!

Yeah, they've been very uneven this season. It seems like they've also had a hard time from the start, figuring out what to do with the women's side of the story. Some of the things they had them doing this season have been quite unbelievable – in the literal sense of the word!

Aside from the weaknesses, I enjoy it greatly. It's nice to see soldiers portrayed as the good, honorable and self sacrificing people that they are.

By: rlaWTx

rlaWTx — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:15:35 +0000

I'm with you, Mo. They'd been leading this way since Sam came on, very good, but not "team-ish" enough. And we'd had glimpses of his obsession. Then Bob's reaction was perfect – mad at himself for not seeing the dark in a colleague soon enough – and Jonas too. I did think that the left-side came through in some of the stand-off stuff. BUT, Mac's crisis of faith and interaction with the baby-snatcher was awesome!!
Unfortunately, as much as I like the Unit, they have the ability to ruin any perfectly good, straight-forward storyline!! So we'll have to see if they drive this one off the cliff too.
(But, RSGO, PTSD is pretty serious and on the rise)

By: ScottDS

ScottDS — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:49:35 +0000

You're probably right with regards to behind the scenes personnel. Coincidentally, I was looking at longtime Trek illustrator John Eaves' blog and came across an interesting post (for someone who works in the biz on A-list projects). Scroll down to the Easter entry from 4/11. http://johneaves.wordpress.com/

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:02:32 +0000

If you haven't seen Eric Bana's film about his car, "Love the Beast" do, it's a great watch (even if you do not care about cars at all). And he comes across as exactly the sort of guy who would sit among the troops.

By: Dogness

Dogness — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:13:23 +0000

Here's a video of the event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11BXEMBi1A It's worth watching because you can see how genuine these Hollywood types are about the whole thing.