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| British film fans vote Bush 'Movie Villain of the Year' |
| 2004-10-29 |
| President Bush may see himself as defender of democracy and compassionate conservatism but British film fans have voted him "Movie Villain of the Year." The American "Axis of Evil" fighter is wooing voters with security pledges ahead of the presidential election next week, but it was Bush's role in Michael Moore's anti-war film "Fahrenheit 9/11" that won him the villainous title. In a poll for Total Film magazine, the U.S. leader fought off competition from such well-known baddies as atomic scientist Doctor Octopus from "Spider-Man 2" and fellow Texan Leatherface from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." "The overwhelming response of our readers voting Bush top villain just goes to show how frightening people found him in Fahrenheit 9/11," Total Film's editor Matt Mueller told Reuters. "He was absolutely terrifying in that film. The infamous scene where he's informed about the Twin Towers attack while visiting a school, and sits there absolutely paralyzed, is enough to strike fear into anyone's heart," he said. |
| Posted by:Destro |
| #12 I liked Dracula in Van Helsing, myself. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-10-29 10:35:18 PM |
| #11 Kim Jong Il and the Film Actors' Guild are much scarier. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2004-10-29 9:17:22 PM |
| #10 "Pitiful humans! Who is this 'Bush" of which you speak? THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-29 5:50:37 PM |
| #9 Then Suha can charge 5 Euros to view his rotting corpse. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-29 5:27:07 PM |
| #8 Perhaps his remains will remain in Paris. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-29 5:23:17 PM |
| #7 Excellent work, Agent Lex. Now for your next assignment, see to it that Mr. Arafat remains in Paris. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-10-29 2:36:35 PM |
| #6 lex - Given the poll results, it seems the brain drain is substantially complete. You can cherry-pick the remainders, but I believe your campaign is a smashing success, already! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-29 11:22:16 AM |
| #5 Absolutely. Look, the EU brain drain is already a huge trend. Their best scientists are disgusted with EU academic politics and bureaucracy and have been coming here in droves: better funding, much more freedom, lower taxes and plenty of entrepreneurial opportunities for the ambitious. I'm just trying to accelerate an existing trend. And also get rid of our most annoying idiotarians in the process. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-29 11:12:24 AM |
| #4 Then the film people can opt for French citizenship, and French culture will become the wonder of the world. Win/win, indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-29 11:05:41 AM |
| #3 Swap the Hollywood idiotarians to the EU in exchange for their best scientists and entrepreneurs. They get our celebs who cannot tolerate the frustration of living in Bush's America; we get their brainiacs who cannot tolerate the frustration of EU bureaucracy, underfunding and economic and tax obstacles. Deal? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-29 10:44:27 AM |
| #2 Wow he won a poll in Europe? And the LLL say Bush doesn't appeal to people in Europe! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-10-29 8:52:40 AM |
| #1 I guess the Hollywood celebs who flee Amerika after Bush steals the election will feel right at home in London. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-10-29 8:22:13 AM |