I've never seen them before, but now I would do it again in a heart beat. Both programs were really good, with great audiences, and it's nice to have an opinion on these categories for once.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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megan walker - Feb 27, 2010 8:45:09 am PST #6956 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 8:55:36 am PST #6957 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, cool.
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 12:07:40 pm PST #6958 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
The new Polanski has gotten rave reviews. I have refused to see any Polanski movies since "Frantic" (it was after seeing that that I learned about the rape case - I had been wrongly informed of the circumstances previously).
Other people work on the movies, and I have nothing against them. Yet, I feel complicit in yuckiness by seeing his films.
ETA: Even if he had served the time he was sentenced, I would still feel yucky. The fugitive part is immaterial to the yuckiness.
And yet I know a lot of my favorite composers, artists, authors, etc were real assholes and it doesn't stop me from listening to their music or owning prints of their art or reading their books. Sigh.
DavidS - Feb 27, 2010 12:11:38 pm PST #6959 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you threw all of the perverts out of my music collection it'd look pretty sad.
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 12:16:36 pm PST #6960 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Right? I just can't get around the Polanksi thing and I don't know why it feels different. It might be a reaction to all of the pro-Polanski shit that went down when he was arrested in Switzerland.
Laga - Feb 27, 2010 1:39:22 pm PST #6961 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have considered boycotting everyone who works with Polanski. I'm not sure if I'd feel different if he'd served his time.
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 2:00:25 pm PST #6962 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Laga, that would be a damned long list, huh?
Burrell - Feb 27, 2010 2:01:03 pm PST #6963 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I think of perversion as taboo sexual behavior between consenting adults. Rape =/= perversion in my book. Rape is a crime.
Burrell - Feb 27, 2010 2:01:58 pm PST #6964 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Laga, that would be a damned long list, huh?
And it would include Ewan MacGregor. IJS.
javachik - Feb 27, 2010 2:10:58 pm PST #6965 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I am trying to wrap my head around it when it comes to seeing his movies. I haven't seen a John Landis film since the Vic Morrow manslaughter (if you haven't read the book about that debacle, and how Landis acted during the trial, do). In that case, even if I hadn't thought Landis responsible, his reprehensible treatment of the trial would have me stay away.
Then again, banning Landis films is not a huge void in my cinematic experience. Polanski is something else. Also, Landis was filming when it occurred, so banning his movies makes easy sense. It wasn't something that occurred in his personal life.
I waffle and waver and don't fall down.