And ultimately, I'm not interested in watching an updated version of Ferngully.
It's really just Ferngully with amazing, 3-D landscapes and telepathically controlled animals. If you do go see it, only do so if you can see it in 3-D (IMAX, especially) The plot's mediocre, but Cameron's the first director I've seen who can make a 3-D movie, instead of a 3-D movie. If that makes sense.
I get what you're saying. I may eventually see it, but I'm unsure if I really want to put the effort of seeing it at an IMAX. The nearest one to me is either up in Orange County or down in Balboa park in San Diego. I'm not in the mood to drive to either place to see a movie that I'm *meh* about to begin with.
I rolled my eyes a bit at the rest of your post, although I'm glad to see your "uncomfortable feelings" don't stop you from watching good shows. As for the Dixie Chicks, like or dislike their music. Who cares what they say in public?
See...that's where I'm different. I don't seperate the artist's viewpoints or speaches from their work. The two are linked, because their viewpoints are reflected within their work. And by buying their work, I'm indirectly supporting their viewpoints. Its one thing for them to be silent about it (or at least not so loud), but quite another for them to be saying it from the <insert media point of contact here>.
Their work has to be *very* good for me to overcome it. Example....Tom Cruise. Ever since he went crazy Scientologist on us (besides just being quiet Scientologist), I find watching his movies very difficult. It doesn't make them bad by any measure of the word, but all I see is the crazy guy jumping up and down on a couch. Another example would be Tim Robbins...and his crazy liberal ideas. Normally, I couldn't stand him or his work, the exception is Shawshank Redemption. Why? Because that movie is good enough to overcome his crazy lib ideas.
My only interest in celebrities are how their work entertains me- anything outside of it is as irrelevant to me as are the political views of the McDonald's cashier who hands me my burger.
And if you drove up to the McDonald's, and the girl started spouting at you about her thoughts on animal rights or Scientology or gay marriage? How would you feel then? That maybe its just not worth the effort to even listen to her rants about whatever...because after all, there are good burgers & fries in other places.
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Saving the Princess, Humanity, or the World-Entire since 1985
Suspension of Disbelief with Politics
05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM
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I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies.
05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM
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I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family)
09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM
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LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~
06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM
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Just judging him based on what he writes...
06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM
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Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal.
09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM
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Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap.
07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM
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trespasses against persons is subjective.
07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM
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Actually, it isn't.
07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM
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ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term
07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM
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Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be?
09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM
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what about those not capable of walking away?
10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM
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Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way?
10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM
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Re: trespasses against persons is subjective.
09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM
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but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage
10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM
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Civics & economics 101
10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM
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That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism.
13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM
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Duh.
14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM
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The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing.
18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM
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I'll agree to the trespass against persons
09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM
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What bullshit you write.
10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM
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He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM*
10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM
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So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ?
06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM
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That's just the point.
06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM
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indeed. they are not "soldiers"
07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM
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that's a weasel script
07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM
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I completely disagree with you about Avatar.
06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM
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would you have felt better if they were albino aliens?
07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM
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You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks.
07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM
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It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company
08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM
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You know what it is for me...
06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM
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That's totally what it is, hah
08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM
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See...that's where I'm different.
08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM
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Uh oh, you used the "c" word...
08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM
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I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher
08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM
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Aw, I liked some of those sentences.
08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM
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Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM*
09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM
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That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy.
09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM
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Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM*
10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM
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Ok, so apart from political subtexts,
07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM
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You have to admire the world building though
07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM
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And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!>
08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM
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Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had.
08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM
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You're looking at it from the outsider point of view
08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM
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I don't buy it.
09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM
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Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have!
10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM
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if there were all these hotshot warriors trying
11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM
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Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had.
09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM
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It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things
10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM
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