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Benjamin Button Bazooka Blast
Well, if it's your friend...you have to really tell them to stop. BEFORE you go to the movie. Just sit them down, or get 'em on the phone, and say "What is it with you, that you can't stay quiet during the movie? Other people are trying to listen, and you saying 'no you didn't' is just annoying."— January 3, 2009 12:38 p.m.
Lottery Tickets
Well, I actually agree, andrea. I don't think lottery tickets are all that bad, if you don't know the person well, and stick them in a birthday card or something, or give them to the mailman or maid. I just think a friend should be able to pick out a gift for another friend, without going the gift certificate route, or lotto tickets. I was in Target a year ago, and saw those novelty lottery tickets, where you win $50,000. I put one in a birthday card for my mom. Well, I wasn't looking, and instead of scratching the thing off, she started reading the back of it. I hear her say "This is not a real lottery ticket, and they are worth zero amount of cash." It ruined the whole gag.— January 3, 2009 12:36 p.m.
Current Movie Arguments
Well...the ONLY thing interesting you bring to the table with your latest post, is about the students being brought out of class. But, here's where you fail in this debate. THIS MOVIE IS NOT ABOUT Father Oliver O'Grady! That's what I told you in the beginning, that it may be "loosely based" on a real person, doesn't mean crap. The Nicolas Cage movie "It Can Happen To You," was loosely based on an incident from the paper, about a guy giving a waitress a million dollar tip. Yet, EVERYTHING written for the movie, was fiction. Just as this movie is. So, what real priests do, or have done, is irrelevant. In THIS MOVIE, Hoffman never molested the kid. Maybe YOU should learn something about victims of molestation. They don't smile when they see the person that molested them, walking their way (remember that scene? maybe YOU should see the movie again). Basically, you're one of those movie goers that is like all the masses, instead of watching the film and making smart decisions, you try to figure out who we are supposed to like, what we're supposed to think. You Google, to find out the "real story", instead of just dissecting what was on the screen. And, what was on the screen was this: Streep is a woman that thought she saw a case of molestation, she got rid of the guy, realizes she's wrong, and cries and is upset by what she did. The boy is upset by what she did. EVERYONE is upset by what she did. Except you, because you know the REAL PRIEST that this was based on. Great logic there. You should change your name to "antilogic".— January 3, 2009 12:27 p.m.
Chris Cantore and Hilary Chambers leave San Diego Clear Channel stations
John and Ken are a horrible show. They bring up great topics, but they spend way too much time on them, and aren't great at moving on. This story had a few mistakes: Shanon Leder (whom I worked with), is another name is attached to her, it's Jensen (not Johnson...as her husband is Kimo Jensen of KSON). Also, it would've been more interesting to read other aspects of how radio isn't "local". There are many that weren't covered. At least 5 stations I can think of, have syndicated shows/DJs. I do understand that people seem to gravitate more towards "talk radio" on subjects like this, though. I also thought it was funny that a quote in the story (I forgot who it was from)...mentioned the playing of Aerosmith, and how the majority have "bad taste." Think how ridiculous that statement is. A better scenario, would be something I read in the radio trade magazines years ago. It's not that the masses have "bad taste," but they'll do these surveys (in the 70s they were done by bringing a bunch of guys in a room with free pizza and Coke), and playing songs, asking which they loved, hated, etc. A song by Aerosmith comes on, everyone puts "loves," so the "classic rock" station doesn't drop it from the format. But, if you would've dug deeper in that same survey, you'd find the same person that says they "love" that song, admits to changing the station, because they've heard "Walk This Way" about a thousand times, and thus, don't need to hear it yet again.— January 2, 2009 5:23 p.m.
None
That's funny, blue. I remember being 7-years-old, and the kid that lived across the street (david boyett), he was a few years older. He'd tell adults that asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up was an "oceanographer". They all seemed so damn impressed with that answer, that I stole it! When adults would ask me, I'd say that (of course, not adults that new Boyett...I was smart enough not to be known as a "copy cat"). In 5th grade, I was convinced I'd be an NBA player. Having a mom that was only 5'...didn't deter me. But, sitting on the bench on my 9th grade basketball team did!— January 2, 2009 2:22 p.m.
Current Movie Arguments
Can you explain to me, point by point, why you have "doubt"? And, don't tell me because that's what OTHER critics said. Or that's what the play was about. That's idiotic debating. Tell me WHAT in the movie, that character did, that makes you think he molested that boy. I'll give you, yet again, a quick break down of WHY he was proven not guilty: -- He explained why he called the boy to his office. -- He called the boy to his office when he was in a classroom, something his teacher noticed, as well as other students. -- He explained to Streep WHY he called the boy to his office (the kid had been stealing wine) -- He got a promotion, he wasn't fired from the parish (as we initially thought, when he gave the last sermon) -- the boy smiled when he saw the guy approaching, near the end of the movie. i'm sure most molested boys don't look forward to seeing their "attacker". -- He said "ask the boy" when her accusations wouldn't end. Most molestors probably don't tell you to ask the "boy" about what they did. That's the last thing you'd want. Now, if he was going to "groom" the boy, and befriend him, hoping that somewhere along the line in the future he could have an affair with him, or molest him, that's another story. But from what we saw, there was not even a hint of that. Just a guy befriending the "first black student" at the school. And someone that might've been "different" like he was growing up. And someone that is abused by his dad, and has no friends.— January 2, 2009 11:24 a.m.
Favorite Few
It was great to see you acknowledge The Promotion, a great film. But I find it odd that you knock the documentary on steroid abuse (Bigger, Stronger, Faster) in the same paragraph. It was a great documentary. It was done Michael Moore style, but without all the lies and crap Moore has in his films. Also...100% of the people I know that have seen Step Brothers, laughed all the way thru it. As did I. Not sure how you couldn't find humor in it.— January 1, 2009 8:06 p.m.
Current Movie Arguments
I don't need to see it again. I will just state again, ANYBODY that has seen this movie, and are in "doubt" about whether the character did anything or not, is insane. And should never serve on any kind of jury, or have opinions on any criminal activities of any kind. Because they don't know how to judge things properly.— January 1, 2009 7:43 p.m.
Teachers and Bumper Stickers
I used to think it was environment, but I've talked to too many people that said otherwise. For example, my stepbrother teaching 10 years in South Central LA. And dealing with parents that were the same as kids. Adam Carolla used to say it best. If you took the ghettos, and filmed them with Jews and Chinese people, would they still be like that? He said no, because they wouldn't want to live in that environment. It's why Bill Cosby complains about African-Americans. They embrace that hip-hop, gangsta culture. Even the blacks in rich areas. It also wouldn't explain why black people that go to good high schools, in good neighborhoods, aren't getting the test scores to get into UC schools. At some point, we have to stop wondering about "environment", if the various races are all living in the same neighborhood!— January 1, 2009 12:34 p.m.
Current Movie Arguments
Well anti...if the director wanted us to be in "Doubt"...then I would say he did a crappy job of filmmaking. Because, anyone that has doubt, after watching Doubt, is someone that should never serve on a jury. Or make a decision on anything. I'm not interested in what various critics said. What did you think? Did you think Hoffman was guilty or not? Because, it wouldn't be hard for them to have made a movie that did leave you wondering, but this certainly wasn't it.— January 1, 2009 12:30 p.m.