Watched Dallas Buyers Club. Really good! Matthew Mcconaughey and Jared Leto are fantastic. Mcconaughey is really on fire right now, I absolutely love True Detective.
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Originally posted by ewth8tr View PostThis is the daughter of the author of the blog.
http://northstarlds.org/blog/2013/04...-skaggs-dulin/Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
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Originally posted by Donuthole View PostI think that explains a lot about where WBMW is coming from; she's the Mormon (or Christian, if you will--it happens in other religions, too) parent of a gay child who, rather than try harder to understand her child's sexual orientation, has taken it up the cross of openly railing against homosexuality. While that doesn't make the WBMW post any more ridiculous, it definitely makes me think even less of the author. I think PAC hits the nail on the head with his McCarthyism comment. Lots of paranoia and projection.
image.jpgI told him he was a goddamn Nazi Stormtrooper.
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Originally posted by Donuthole View PostI think that explains a lot about where WBMW is coming from; she's the Mormon (or Christian, if you will--it happens in other religions, too) parent of a gay child who, rather than try harder to understand her child's sexual orientation, has taken it up the cross of openly railing against homosexuality. While that doesn't make the WBMW post any more ridiculous, it definitely makes me think even less of the author. I think PAC hits the nail on the head with his McCarthyism comment. Lots of paranoia and projection.
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Originally posted by The_Douger View PostAnyone see "Fly Fishing in the Yemen"? We watched it on Netflix last night and liked it."I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"
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Originally posted by The_Douger View PostAnyone see "Fly Fishing in the Yemen"? We watched it on Netflix last night and liked it.Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
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Regarding this Frozen blog disaster, after seeing the debate on Facebook a few times, I decided to read the blog.
1) She appears to be paranoid and hyper-senstive to hidden messages in media.
2) Her choice of Frozen to disrobe these messages and agendas hidden by Hollywood is WAY off. She's barking up the wrong tree.
That being said, I'm not reading anything regarding homosexuality, gay marriage or "normalization" than what I have heard preached from the pulpit by several LDS leaders or published in the proclamation on the family.
While her post is a sleep-inducing disorganized disaster, her main point seems to be that the makers of movies have political or social views that she often disagrees with and which she feels can be dangerous to children and society.
She uses Frozen, mistakenly, as the example of the a movie with a hidden message.
The points she makes about homosexuality and gay marriage seem to fall pretty much in line with the current stances the LDS church is taking. She flatly says she isn't anti-gay but that she opposes redefining traditional marriage, gay marriage and the normalization of homosexual behavior. Where does she depart from the church stance?
Her distrust of Hollywood and entertainment is a common theme in LDS talks, lessons and writings. (Again, her choice of movie to illustrate this point is... paranoid and wrong.)
The only part of this blog that should be any more embarrassing the a member of the LDS church than, say, the Proclamation on the Family or conference talks by Packer or Oaks would be the paranoia related to her choice of film.
It would seem that many people in the blogosphere that are railing against her as being a bigot or a hater are doing so unfairly. Aside from the choice of movie to illustrate her point, she is basically mirroring the opinions/views/stances of the LDS Church and its leaders which have been frequently expressed in conference talks, the Ensign, etc.
It almost seems to me that she is a lightning rod. An acceptable target, if you will, for members that are actually very uncomfortable with the LDS Church's approach towards issues on homosexuality. She makes it easy because of her paranoia regarding Frozen.
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Vertigo - I fell asleep twice during this one and totally missed the important parts. I saw the girl die the first time and then fell asleep only to wake up and see her alive again. I saw the ending and totally didn't get it. MJ told me it wasn't worth watching when I'm more awake since she didn't enjoy it. Frankly, I'll try to watch it on the bus or somewhere that I'm not always falling asleep.
Lone Survivor - Good flick and the action/fight scenes seemed true to the book. I hated the ending though as it seems they rushed through the really important parts which are the extent to which the Afghanis help Marcus. IIRC, they housed him for longer than is shown in the movie to the point that they moved him from place to place. I also remember the Afghani messenger not succeeding and it was actually due to the GPS thinig Marcus had that they found him. Anyway, for those that read the book it seemed to skip what I would consider very important parts. Still worth the watch though as the movie was well done."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
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Originally posted by Portland Ute View PostRegarding this Frozen blog disaster, after seeing the debate on Facebook a few times, I decided to read the blog.
1) She appears to be paranoid and hyper-senstive to hidden messages in media.
2) Her choice of Frozen to disrobe these messages and agendas hidden by Hollywood is WAY off. She's barking up the wrong tree.
That being said, I'm not reading anything regarding homosexuality, gay marriage or "normalization" than what I have heard preached from the pulpit by several LDS leaders or published in the proclamation on the family.
While her post is a sleep-inducing disorganized disaster, her main point seems to be that the makers of movies have political or social views that she often disagrees with and which she feels can be dangerous to children and society.
She uses Frozen, mistakenly, as the example of the a movie with a hidden message.
The points she makes about homosexuality and gay marriage seem to fall pretty much in line with the current stances the LDS church is taking. She flatly says she isn't anti-gay but that she opposes redefining traditional marriage, gay marriage and the normalization of homosexual behavior. Where does she depart from the church stance?
Her distrust of Hollywood and entertainment is a common theme in LDS talks, lessons and writings. (Again, her choice of movie to illustrate this point is... paranoid and wrong.)
The only part of this blog that should be any more embarrassing the a member of the LDS church than, say, the Proclamation on the Family or conference talks by Packer or Oaks would be the paranoia related to her choice of film.
It would seem that many people in the blogosphere that are railing against her as being a bigot or a hater are doing so unfairly. Aside from the choice of movie to illustrate her point, she is basically mirroring the opinions/views/stances of the LDS Church and its leaders which have been frequently expressed in conference talks, the Ensign, etc.
It almost seems to me that she is a lightning rod. An acceptable target, if you will, for members that are actually very uncomfortable with the LDS Church's approach towards issues on homosexuality. She makes it easy because of her paranoia regarding Frozen."Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."
Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.
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It's slim pickings in the theaters at this point, so we opted for The Lego Movie, despite DDD's warning. Though it wasn't great, and the main song will haunt me for weeks, it had a lot of decent laughs and the animation was pretty clever. We agreed it was the best interlocking plastic blocks movie we had ever seen.
But perhaps our enthusiasm was due to our having seen the execrable Three Days to Kill just five nights earlier--Kevin Costner in a Liam Neeson-type action hero role, and his screen daughter is only slightly less annoying than Neeson's in Taken. And has there ever been a movie featuring an albino who is a good person? They're all evil, EVIL, I tell you. Strangely, The Albino, as he is known, in this movie isn't really an albino. I don't know if this is part of some weird affirmative action program (like an ACT production of A Christmas Carol that featured a black Mrs. Cratchit and a black Tiny Tim with white siblings), but between getting shut out of one of the few roles tailored for albinos, and the consistently horrible depiction of albinos in films, albinos are being victimized by Hollywood and there's money to be made here for an aggressive plaintiff's lawyer.
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Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View PostIt's slim pickings in the theaters at this point, so we opted for The Lego Movie, despite DDD's warning. Though it wasn't great, and the main song will haunt me for weeks, it had a lot of decent laughs and the animation was pretty clever. We agreed it was the best interlocking plastic blocks movie we had ever seen.
But perhaps our enthusiasm was due to our having seen the execrable Three Days to Kill just five nights earlier--Kevin Costner in a Liam Neeson-type action hero role, and his screen daughter is only slightly less annoying than Neeson's in Taken. And has there ever been a movie featuring an albino who is a good person? They're all evil, EVIL, I tell you. Strangely, The Albino, as he is known, in this movie isn't really an albino. I don't know if this is part of some weird affirmative action program (like an ACT production of A Christmas Carol that featured a black Mrs. Cratchit and a black Tiny Tim with white siblings), but between getting shut out of one of the few roles tailored for albinos, and the consistently horrible depiction of albinos in films, albinos are being victimized by Hollywood and there's money to be made here for an aggressive plaintiff's lawyer.
Liked it.
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