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Puffy Treat
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"it's possible this was intended strictly for his personal use."
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This is news?
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Puffy Treat
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You didn't read the column, did you? [Big Grin]
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Not before I posted, no [Frown] . But I just did...

Kind of funny, but on a more serious note Hollywood is totally inaccurate when it comes to historical movies.
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Puffy Treat
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[ROFL]
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quote:
Originally posted by JonHecht:
Kind of funny, but on a more serious note Hollywood is totally inaccurate when it comes to historical movies.
I have two words for you: Independence Day.

Also, history itself tends to be historically innacurate.
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What does Independance Day have to do with Hollywood being generally crummy with historical films?
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It was the best historical film that ever came out of Hollywood.
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I was hoping for something more substantial. When I read it was Eric D. Snider, I was hoping the jokes were going to be more substantial. He usually does better than this. As it is, I think he could have just said, "all those who complain about the innacuracies of Hollywood movies take Hollywood too seriously."
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Puffy Treat
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Do you think that was his point?

Personally, he was just doing humor of the absurd...in this case, rattling off "errors" in historical films that were obviously in error. [Smile]
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It needed some indication that he knew the "errors" were errors. There wasn't anything there that tipped you off he wasn't a totally clueless 12 year old. So maybe it was supposed to be satirical of 12 year olds... but, again, there needs to be some indication of intent, and I didn't see any.

It COULD have been hilarious. Instead, it just seemed like a 12 year old wrote it.
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul Goldner:
There wasn't anything there that tipped you off he wasn't a totally clueless 12 year old.
If you can read a line about Burt and Mary doing meth in "Mary Poppins" and -not- think "Hmmm...this author is just being silly", then I think you're missing some anvil-sized tip-offs! [Razz]
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See, I would say its more likely a 12 year old wrote that then someone parodying a 12 year old.

Maybe I am made cynical by my 14 year old students, though.
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The Robin Williams line did make me laugh, though.
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I'm sorry, but that was a very obvious satire and I think there's nothing more he could have/should have done to shove the point home.

Funny, funny stuff! [Smile]
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quote:
Originally posted by Satlin:
It was the best historical film that ever came out of Hollywood.
No, no, no... You're referring to Hudson Hawk, the movie that made Leaonardo da Vinci rise from the dead and say "wait... I did WHAT?"
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