tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post909801131429268916..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: Rotten Tomatoes and a Living NativitySteven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-28155131509620896982009-12-22T19:25:14.107-08:002009-12-22T19:25:14.107-08:00Steve:I just saw a trailer for the new Karate Kid ...Steve:I just saw a trailer for the new Karate Kid movie with a Black in the role of the Karate Kid. I think this has to be a big step in the right direction, at lest if done at all right. Have you heard heard anything about it and if so is the scuttlebutt positive or negative.Marty Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465745755940914756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-9511517526581156262009-12-22T09:29:36.873-08:002009-12-22T09:29:36.873-08:00"The Quiet Earth" sounds like a terrific..."The Quiet Earth" sounds like a terrific movie. Maoris aren't black by any definition I had intended, however, in New Zealand they are roughly equivalent to Native Americans. However, that said, that actually is pretty close, and a movie I'd like to seek out.<br />##<br />Regarding Obama's daughters...I don't THINK it would have made a difference, as long as they were pre-pubescent.Steven Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-49854769701665083542009-12-22T08:27:40.201-08:002009-12-22T08:27:40.201-08:00This discussion has brought a question to my mind ...This discussion has brought a question to my mind that I want to pose. A couple of years ago, Steve, you said something like "If Will Smith can't get laid in a film, Obama can't get elected." This thread has made me wonder: Would Obama have been elected President if he had had sons instead of daughters? One hopes so, nevertheless, I am not sure.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-59279138464464283222009-12-22T07:46:37.176-08:002009-12-22T07:46:37.176-08:00well I watched the Quiet Earth preview
and immedia...well I watched the Quiet Earth preview<br />and immediately added it to my netflix queuesuzannehttp://suzannagig.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-69847902246184486402009-12-22T02:15:05.554-08:002009-12-22T02:15:05.554-08:00A more skeptical review of "Avatar" by A...A more skeptical review of "Avatar" by Annalee Newitz.<br />This has SPOILERS.<br /><br /><a href="http://io9.com/5422666/when-will-white-people-stop-making-movies-like-avatar" rel="nofollow">Avatar Review (Spoiler) and Race</a>Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-81779020312749982812009-12-21T23:06:40.683-08:002009-12-21T23:06:40.683-08:00Having the director have complete creative control...Having the director have complete creative control is, imo, a value neutral state. It can be good, it can be bad. Depends on the director and the state of mind they are in. <br /><br />For an instance of how bad it can get when one guy is can do whatever he wants, may I recommend this _70_ minute review of why "The Phantom Menace" is a bad movie?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI&feature=related<br /><br />(Seriously, fantastic review, one of the best I've ever watched)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15753480478689867572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-57630771394834771502009-12-21T22:51:04.412-08:002009-12-21T22:51:04.412-08:00Can I name a single movie where the only WHITE cha...Can I name a single movie where the only WHITE character dies protecting a black man? <br /><br />Why, yes, Steve, I can. ;-D That would be the "The Quiet Earth," New Zealand sci-fi flick, 1985,in which there is a midde-aged white scientist, a big Maori trucker, and, well, a young white female (all more or less attractive people), and ultimately the white guy gives his life specifically so that the other two can live. (Big SPOILER if you decide to watch the film -- sorry about that) Doesn't exactly meet your scenario, and the fact that it's not an Amercian film may be significant ... but still. You can see how I just had to mention it, can't you? <br /><br />Check out the trailer on IMDb.See if it piques your interest. I know I want to see it again. <br /><br />As long as I'm here I'll introduce myself :: Xenophilic liberal female, about to retire so I can live as a struggling artist, and I have loved science fiction for well over fifty years. Love your blog, which I started visiting because I so admire your writing (and Tananrive's, as well). Have read Blood Brothers, Charisma, and just finished Lion's Blood (fantastic -- I'm normally not all that keen on alternative history type novels, but yours was far and away above what I expected it to be. Absolutely loved it and can't wait to read the sequel. Then I'll go back and read some of your earlier stuff.)<br /><br />I absolutely do not know how you do all that you do!<br /><br />Cheers, and happy holidays.<br /><br />JanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12964199403708700309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-27897500429197266482009-12-21T15:02:17.616-08:002009-12-21T15:02:17.616-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01994430001543710190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-3182218251913764892009-12-21T12:38:32.357-08:002009-12-21T12:38:32.357-08:00The only reason "Rocky Balboa" worked as...The only reason "Rocky Balboa" worked as well as it did is that most people don't know much about boxing these days. (Which I thought for many years was racism -- but then the Klitschko brothers came along, the first legitimate white champions in decades, and America's indifference never wavered -- it was really the sport, not the skin color, that the country had grown away from.)<br /><br />If Stallone had cast Ali as Apollo Creed, "Rocky" would have been a universal joke -- everyone would have known that there was no way Ali wouldn't have destroyed "Rocky/Stallone" in the first round. But by the time of "Rocky Balboa" (we'll skip lightly over Rocky V) even much of the "Rocky" audience really didn't have an idea who Tarver was. I sat in the audience listening to people cheer that -- calling it comic book is an injustice to comic books -- listening to people cheer the old man going toe to toe with a boxer who'd have left him a bloody smear in 30 seconds in any real encounter. Let's be clear: in the real world Antonio Tarver would knock Sylvester Stallone out in about the time it would take Stallone to get his hands up. Young Sylvester would have stood a better chance with Ali than old Sylvester stood with young Tarver.<br /><br />Obviously it worked well enough. It didn't ruin the movie for me -- I went to see it in theaters twice, and took my sons the second time. But it was (for me, anyway) the difference between a really good, flawed movie, and a potentially great one that could have been stood up next to the first "Rocky," without apology.<br /><br />~~~~~<br /><br />My dad died on December 8 -- 8 days after my birthday, 3 days after his youngest grandson's birthday, 17 days before Christmas. Every year in my family we have Thanksgiving, seven birthdays in the space of two weeks, the anniversary of my father's death, and then Christmas ... I told my daughter the other day that I looked forward to Christmas the way marathoners look forward to vomiting at the finish line, but mostly that was just a good line. Despite the associated stress, Christmas morning is still a great time, watching excited children tear open their presents, watching "Hogfather" together, Christmas dinner with all the kids home ... hard to beat that, and certainly worth all the associated stress.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, Steve. :-)Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.com