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2008-03-27 Home Front: Culture Wars

Hollynoid - Hollyweird's Return of the Paranoid Style

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-03-27 13:13|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Oh, dear - this is why I turned to writing historical novels. "To Truckee's Trail" began as a lament about how there were no movies I wanted to see, in the spring of 2004. Nothing that told our stories, that harked back to where we came from, that painted our ancestors (literal or metaphorical) as brave, decent, competant, honorable people.

We need our stories, not some politically correct wankfest that will make some Hollywierd denizen (and their European fans) just go all over goose-bumpy with chills 'n thrills over their bravery in pissing on our institutions and our ancestors.

Indie movie making, indie writing may be where it's at, because we need our stories. We need to remember where we came from and who we are. We need to take back our stories and remember who we are. Hollywierd won't do it for us. It's up to us, that Army of Davids.

Oh, and my follow-up book(s) is about how the German colonies in Texas came to be, and how they worked out their place as Americans.

You didn't know about how a bunch of German noblemen and so-gooders tried to plant a colony of good German farmers and craftsmen in 1840s Texas?

Well, thats another damn good story that Hollywierd has tried to keep from you!

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2008-03-27 19:44|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2008-03-27 19:44|| Front Page Top

#2 What America needs is a combination of American International, Hammer and Golan-Globus studios, cranking out all manner of entertaining movies.

All they really need are three things: small budgets, plots and acting. 10 movies that cost $2M each and make $30M each in the box office makes a lot more profit than a $200M movie that makes $210M at the box office.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-27 20:12|| 2008-03-27 20:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Look to the future, not the past. Look to computer games not films.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-03-27 22:01|| 2008-03-27 22:01|| Front Page Top

#4 "exposes the CIA as an all-powerful bureaucracy that can track anybody, anywhere, and is comfortable wiping out journalists, innocent bystanders, and even its own agents in the service of dubious war-on-terrorism aims."

-only hollywood could create such a fantasy. If only the above were true.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-03-27 22:15|| 2008-03-27 22:15|| Front Page Top

#5 the next film will be "stop-loss". Supposedly about a SNCO whose called back to iraq on the "stop-loss" plan, something we did away with over 2 yrs ago. The bigger issue is that any military guy tells you he had no idea stop-loss was a possibility is either full of shit or plain stupid. Especially as the character is supposed to be a combat hardened Staff Sergeant. Of course, the average dork will think it's real and that's another myth I'll have to dispell to potential officer wannabes.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-03-27 22:27|| 2008-03-27 22:27|| Front Page Top

#6 "Whats old is new again"
It shows how obsolete hollywood is that they rely on re-makes and big-name stars to sell films. Manchurian/Mesopotamia Candidate is a fine example. Saw the original and - though may be unpopular - will never see another denzel movie again. Looking back, his whole career (yes a talented actor) choice about the message the movie sends is absolute crap. And I have been noted that "don't judge and actor/esses own beliefs based on what they film" Well that bullcrap. They read the script and, especially somebody high billing, choose what they want to do.

I was upset for a little bit about the HD vs bluray thing for a while then, "Hey, there ain't s*t coming out anyways and I already have my copy of 300 (which, by the way, Gates of Fire was a great read before watching the movie). We Were Soldiers, Troy (to an extent only bc I was familiar with Illiad), then I have to go back to Aliens for a good war movie. OK, Gettysburg was pretty good but again I had read the book/knew history.

Is 'stop-loss' even a term? You real military people will have to clue me in on this, because the best movie MTV has ever made was Joe's Apartment. The ads just show a lot of actors in cowboy hats with sticky phrases.

Why not a movie about The Gallic Wars - a trilogy using the same tech as the opening scene of Gladiator, Shakespearean actors and stuntmen? Hannibal by Harold Lamb is already written. but it is all about the vampire killing 'take the shot' cloony, crappy rhetoric (can't handle the truth cruise), and uninspiring stories (bored identity group, maybe the books were better I don't know because now I know I will never read them).

Gotta agree with Bright Pebbles:
The market is out there else Halo 3 would not have out-earned major films, CoD, all those games. Me, Ace Combat was fine but no candle to Wings Over Vietnam - would love an update to Steel Panthers III/MBT.

In my humble opinion, hollywood knows it is doomed so they are attempting to make themselves better than the independant movie maker, much like how the established news sources are downplaying the internet. Ironically (again) IMHO by establshing themselves they fail to bring up new actors or take chances on plots. If people get used to star wars I vs. star wars IV graphics - and in fact the next star wars movies will be all CG as I understan, and they will on account of video games, then all somebody needs is a studio to film (plus equipment et al) and insert own background. Of course there is much more to making a movie, but there always seems to be recreationists out there ready for a battle or go CG as Medieval II has layed the foundation for.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-03-27 23:12|| 2008-03-27 23:12|| Front Page Top

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