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Re: 20 Underrated Horror Films for Your Halloween Viewing Pleasure

RobertFure — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 02:44:08 -0000

Glad you liked it.

Re: 20 Underrated Horror Films for Your Halloween Viewing Pleasure

RobertFure — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 02:43:59 -0000

You sir have good taste.

Re: 20 Underrated Horror Films for Your Halloween Viewing Pleasure

RobertFure — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 02:43:46 -0000

Splinter is fantastic, but I don't think it's really underrated. After all, I said it was the best horror film of 2008 and said it was one of the best of the decade.

Re: Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof's Contributions to 'World War Z'

RobertFure — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:24:11 -0000

Benefited? The whole third act sucks the life out of this movie.

Re: 13 Questions Left Unanswered by ‘World War Z’

RobertFure — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:22:36 -0000

In evolutionary terms, diseases can't make "choices." The disease can't rationalize that infecting a terminal patient is a good or bad idea. It has just developed that way through whatever evolutionary pathway it took.

As the film mentions, there is a precedent for things like this in nature - sick and diseased animals are often treated differently, ignored, killed, etc. Likely a disease would develop to "spare" terminal patients because in an ideal situation, you would want to infect healthy individuals who will be better able to transmit the disease further. There are plenty of parasites that end up killing their hosts - this is not a great way of existing. The best parasites are ones that live on the host and use the host to transmit themselves fully.

The soldiers in South Korea said "better the devil you know" or something of that nature, basically meaning they'd rather stay put and continue to try to survive as they have been for weeks rather than going into the unknown - a seemingly wise decision.

Re: Michael Bay to Ruin a New Generation of Childhoods With ‘Ghost Recon’ Movie

RobertFure — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:02:27 -0000

You seemed to have confused Michael Bay with a bad director. Poorly shot? You make it sound like Uwe Boll is directing. Or even worse, Brett Ratner

Re: Girls: Is ‘Another Man’s Trash’ Anybody’s Treasure?

RobertFure — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:53:51 -0000

I'm with Hunter on most points here.

The episode did feel a bit weird and out of place. Hannah did almost seem to have normal, rational emotions, even in her freak-out, but her freak-out kept going and going and got more and more irrational and self-centered as went on, revealing the same old Hannah that I loathe.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:32:40 -0000

By "we determine" I mean all of us living in a society together. In this instance, I'm talking specifically about America. You're the one dividing America into a million different subgroups. I'm talking about American society as it exists collectively.

Italian, Irish, Jewish, and homosexual stereotypes are all still very clearly existent in modern culture and media. There is a level of that which is allowed and deemed to be inoffensive.

Point is plain and simple man these are toys, Django is a movie. If you're seriously offended by this stuff, I feel bad for you. I'd hate to go through life letting stuff as inconsequential as media/entertainment stuff that is loosely related to horrible events ruin my day.

I mean, there has been terrible stuff throughout history. What the Nazis did was terrible, but I don't loose any sleep over video games where one team is the Nazis or a Hitler action figure. The Native American genocide was atrocious but I don't care that kids play Cowboys and Indians.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:34:07 -0000

Then we should all divide ourselves into little groups and avoid contact with anyone else, for fear of offending them.

I mean, really, if what you're saying is true and we must cater to the whim of every individual or subset of society, then The Godfather is offensive and we shouldn't show it on TV. Having Middle Eastern actors play terrorists is offensive. Having German Nazis on screen is offensive. Everything is offensive to someone, so we should not make anything, ever.

I find basketball offensive. It's a game that started out using peach baskets. Peaches are a fruit that were grown in Southern, pro-slavery states and I'm sure some slaves had to farm peaches. Now people celebrate this by throwing a ball into a peach basket. That's offensive to me. Who are you to say it's not? As such, your Nets icon, which symbolizes a specific basketball team, and an aspect of basketball, is very offensive to me, and should be removed.

Sound ridiculous and made up? It sure is. But it's a hyperbolic example - if we banned everything that offended anyone, there'd be nothing left in this world. So we grow up and we form societies and we all agree to a certain level of acceptance of things that offend us in society.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:27:34 -0000

Wooden Tapes is the username of the other guy who responded to you.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:23:48 -0000

The action figures are marketed to adults. Wooden Tapes provides a good answer - we want these toys because we like the movie.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:22:51 -0000

I answered your questions in your other comment, but in regards to this new question, I am a white guy of European descent. I find that fact entirely irrelevant to the conversation as this issue isn't about race, but rather about a small group of people blowing something out of proportion. If you want to jump right to the "you're not black, so you don't understand/can't make this judgement" I would refer you to my other reply to your comment that we are all members of the same society.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:20:07 -0000

I think that Django Unchained is probably the most misunderstood movie of 2012 and that it's tonal shifts are likely to blame. It is both funny and offensive, silly and dark. You are supposed to be offended that a man was so wrong-headed and racist that he actually believed there was a rare, 1 in 10,000 "exceptional nigger."

People seemingly misdirect the anger and offense. It should be aimed at the fictional character of Candie, not the people who made the movies. Candie is supposed to be a villain of the time and a villain of the time would likely express such a though. His entire speech on cranial measurements and dimples and what not is horrendously offensive - but again, that's the character speaking, not a writer or an actor or a fan.

I can somewhat understand why people would not like the idea of a slavery spaghetti western, but it's the same reason why religious people don't like the idea of "Dogma" or "Religulous."

Glad we could clear a few things up.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:16:40 -0000

The answers to your questions, in order:

1. There are societal guidelines in place. Like defining pornography: you know it when you see it. I'm not saying a person can not be offended by something I do not find offensive, but I am saying that as an entire society we have come to a relatively reasonable agreement on what is and what is not offensive. You can't say "shit" on NBC in most instances. The words cunt, cock, and fuck are bad. An exposed female nipple on a billboard in plain view is not appropriate. I am not representative of society as a whole (neither is Al Sharpton) but I think my conclusions about the figures are more in line with what we, as a society, have deemed to be offensive or inoffensive.

2. It matters in so much only as people give it weight. You may say my opinion does not matter - that's fine. Others may find value in my opinion. I am not so egotistical as to say my opinion is of a superior nature. However, I am, through merit of my work, paid to express my opinions on a variety of subjects.

3. In so much as you a person entitled to your opinion and some may apply weight to your opinion. You are entitled to express it and should do so.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:25:10 -0000

That is also pretty ridiculous that Ebay won't sell them. I just don't get it. Plus I think the fair market value for Butch is more like $80-100 so when your price falls that low hit me up. ;) (winky faces are very manly)

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:24:06 -0000

I take black voices as seriously as I take any voice. How seriously that is is up for debate.

I don't think "mean black men" took anything away, I think complaints from a small group were unnecessary and sensationalist. I'm getting "fucking sick" of any time someone is critical of any minority, that they're either outright called a racist, or it's implied that they are racist.

I made it a point not to get in any fights over this article - I said my piece, in my way, and people are free to love it or hate it. But, for the record, several people have tried to insinuate that I'm racist and that's what people do when they disagree with something but have no argument. This article wasn't about race, racism, black people, white people, Quentin Tarantino, or anything else. If Al Gore had gotten the toy line cancelled, I would have wrote the exact same article. Would it have been as inflammatory?

I'm more than open to discuss the film - what were your problems with it?

Re: Year in Review: The 12 Best Horror Movies of 2012

RobertFure — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:15:25 -0000

I enjoyed Dark Shadows.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:14:34 -0000

Thanks for the comment. Race and slavery is definitely a delicate issue and should be treated with respect, of course. This article, obviously, plays fast and loose with cursing and attitude, but to me, the article wasn't about race - it was about a small group of people finding something like dolls to be somehow celebratory of slavery or otherwise "lessening" how horrible it was. To me, they're just action figures of a movie.

I have a Dr. Doom (who is a megalomaniac and tyrant), a Cobra Commander & Baroness (terrorist leaders), Jason Voorhees (mass murderer), Freddy Krueger (mass murderer, child rapist), and a ton of other collectibles that are modeled on bad guys. Hell - Darth Vader is a fan favorite and he murdered children and was on the Death Star when it killed a planet that likely had 6 billion people on it. So that's how I view these toys. If people wanted to get butt hurt over everything, Darth Vader (a character played by 3 different white actors with a black voice dressed all in black, I'm sure someone could complain about that) is a genocidal maniac.

I can understand why people can have a problem with Django the movie as it does explicitly show race based violence and hatred and then the toys are an off-shoot of that, but the movie is a work of fiction and the toys viewed objectively are just bits of plastic that don't really symbolize anything.

I previously wrote about Spike Lee criticizing the film without seeing it and addressed his attack on Clint Eastwood that you mentioned. I've never been a fan of Spike Lee as a man and that has nothing to do with his appearance and everything to do with his attitude. He's abrasive, but then again, I can be too. If people dislike my work based on my attitude, I understand.

As for a black film being done right, I can understand the frustration. Red Tails was terrible across the board and George Lucas probably wasn't the guy who should have directed it. There was a good made for HBO version of The Tuskegee Airman with Laurence Fishburne

As for working black directors though, I wonder how many are actively trying to make "black films?" Antoine Fuqua has made a bunch of films I enjoy, but he doesn't seem overly concerned with race in his casting. I suppose that could be a studio decision, but he would definitely have some say in the matter. F. Gary Gray is pretty similar - he makes good movies without race as a focus. John Singleton is perhaps the best working black director who seems to take race into greater consideration. The Hughes Brothers would fall into that latter category as well.

Anyway, thanks again for weighing in.

Re: No Fun Zone Ahead: Reverend Al Sharpton Ruins Everything & The Weinstein’s Lack a Spine

RobertFure — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:50:23 -0000

haha, that last paragraph sort of had those hints, didn't it? But no. It's about James Remar.

Re: A Value Knock-Out: The Apartment Friendly Punching Bag Solution

RobertFure — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:39:49 -0000

It depends on what's creating the noise - is it the impact of your fist to the bag, or is the bag and stand wobbling/lifting and creating noise when it hits the ground?

The solution for the first would be to try taping the bag to muffle sound with athletic tape, though this would leave a sticky residue behind if you ever tried to remove it. If you're okay with a temporary solution, wrap the bag in towels and then tape/tie them in place.

If the latter is the cause, you'll want to either fill the base with more water or switch to sand to make it heavier, or place it on top of a few towels to dampen the impact.

Re: The 52 Most Anticipated Movies of 2013

RobertFure — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:45:11 -0000

Anchorman should be number 54.

Re: It’s Time to Give Tom Cruise a Break

RobertFure — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:54:34 -0000

My point is, regardless of your feelings on Scientology, Tom Cruise isn't a bad guy. What's wrong with jumping up and down on a sofa? Nothing. It's not a hit and run. He didn't personally hurt anyone.

Scientology may or may not be a bad organization, but Tom Cruise as an actor makes good movies and shouldn't be ridiculed.

Re: It’s Time to Give Tom Cruise a Break

RobertFure — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:52:14 -0000

This article isn't about Scientology or the book, it's about people picking on Tom Cruise.

Re: It’s Time to Give Tom Cruise a Break

RobertFure — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:51:04 -0000

I was attempting to frame them all in the same light, as in, it shouldn't make sense for Follower A of Religion A to hold Religion B against Follower B.

Re: Year in Review: The 12 Best Horror Movies of 2012

RobertFure — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:14:03 -0000

DETENTION.