the opinion mill The preposterous conspiracy-mongering of "JFK" and the bizarre distortions of "Nixon" were the one-two punch that ended any interest
July 9, 2005
The preposterous conspiracy-mongering of "JFK" and the bizarre distortions of "Nixon" were the one-two punch that ended any interest I had in the work of bomb-throwing filmmaker Oliver Stone. So the news that Stone isplanning a film about 9/11 prompted no reaction from me besides "I'm SO not in that theater."

But the culture wars never rest, and thanks to Wolcott I see that various winger bloggers are already in full-froth mode over the idea of Stone laying his paws on the subject. But before anyone gets too hysterical about politically-motivated filmmakers desecrating Ground Zero, let me remind them of a piece of tripe called "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis," a mendacious love letter to George W. Bush that aired on Showtime in 2003. For me, the high point of this claptrap was seeing Bush (played by Timothy Bottoms, possibly atoning for "That's My Bush!") stoutly declaring, "If some two-bit terrorist wants me, he can come get me right here!" We all saw "Fahrenheit 9/11" and we all saw the video footage of what George II did on that awful morning -- he sat in a classroom staring into space in doe-eyed, vapor-locked panic. The 9/11 attacks are part of history and it's any filmmaker's privilege to use history as Silly-Putty, just as it's my pleasure to call him on it -- if you ever have a spare hour, just get me started on the way "Gangs of New York" romanticized the Draft Riots. But Oliver Stone is going to have to go a long way to make a film even half as nauseating as "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis." planning a film about 9/11 prompted no reaction from me besides "I'm SO not in that theater."

But the culture wars never rest, and thanks to Wolcott I see that various winger bloggers are already in full-froth mode over the idea of Stone laying his paws on the subject. But before anyone gets too hysterical about politically-motivated filmmakers desecrating Ground Zero, let me remind them of a piece of tripe called "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis," a mendacious love letter to George W. Bush that aired on Showtime in 2003. For me, the high point of this claptrap was seeing Bush (played by Timothy Bottoms, possibly atoning for "That's My Bush!") stoutly declaring, "If some two-bit terrorist wants me, he can come get me right here!" We all saw "Fahrenheit 9/11" and we all saw the video footage of what George II did on that awful morning -- he sat in a classroom staring into space in doe-eyed, vapor-locked panic. The 9/11 attacks are part of history and it's any filmmaker's privilege to use history as Silly-Putty, just as it's my pleasure to call him on it -- if you ever have a spare hour, just get me started on the way "Gangs of New York" romanticized the Draft Riots. But Oliver Stone is going to have to go a long way to make a film even half as nauseating as "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis."
Over to you, wingers.

 
 

Another example of liberal commie bastid hate

loadedmouth

Scum. How dare people play politics and point out the truth?!  These traitors just don't quit. Stop making sense! I'm not heaaaarrring yooooouuuuu!

 

NASA Probe Penetrates Tom Cruise's Ego      that one blog

NASA scientist were jubilant yesterday when a probe launched over six months ago successfully penetrated the ego of Hollywood star Tom Cruise.

Dr. Dale Huston, Project Director for the Ego Impact mission said that scientists will now have an unprecedented look at what goes into the make-up of a superstar. “We’ve had our theories, but now we’ll have some solid facts,” said Dr. Huston. “We’ve always known there is a real core of acting talent there but Cruise’s recent erratic behavior had scientist puzzled. He fired his long time publicist, has been jumping up and down on talk show couches and claimed that the fields of psychiatry and pharmacology are frauds, his ego lost stability as it expanded.” 

Over to you, wingers.

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