tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post117521380599575127..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: Obama Backlash in Hollywood!!!!!Jonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-91674115246940889862009-07-06T08:48:36.808-05:002009-07-06T08:48:36.808-05:00They went out of their way to make sure they named...<i>They went out of their way to make sure they named the craven, obstructionist president as Obama.</i> No wonder some lefties are perturbed by that: it was the movie's one nod to reality. (BTW, I saw it at the drive-in last night with my nephews: we all enjoyed it a lot.)ELChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755716607466641949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-35970936781087932802009-06-30T11:17:13.422-05:002009-06-30T11:17:13.422-05:00Whatever, the best parts ever played by presidents...Whatever, the best parts ever played by presidents have been in simpsons and futurama<br />and of course obama was good in recent south park :)jayhttp://vancouverbcrealestate.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-54043732018817760012009-06-25T16:03:27.711-05:002009-06-25T16:03:27.711-05:00Just saw it. Not as awesome as the first one, IMO....Just saw it. Not as awesome as the first one, IMO. The first one was like the original "Jurassic Park" in that the special effects were so mind boggling cool that you ignored the lack of plot because HOLY SHIT THAT CAMARO JUST TURNED INTO A GIANT ROBOT AND I TOTALLY BELIEVE THAT IT HAPPENED!<br /><br />With "Revenge of the Fallen" we've seen it all before, so it needs a better plot and dialogue to carry it along. It was worth the price of admission, but I didn't leave the theater with a goofy grin plastered to my face the way I did the first one. I won't be going to see it multiple times in the the theater the way I did the first one. <br /><br />The humor was a little risque, given the number of under 13 year- olds who will be seeing this movie. (I admit to being a lousy parent who drug a nine year-old to see it with me. There were more than a few moments that made me cringe.) <br /><br />As for the complaints from the lefties, I personally believe that if an evil alien race of giant robots really did show up on Earth that Barry O absolutely would try to meet with them without preconditions. The left is angry because those scenes in the movie that show the President as weak in the War on Giant Robots (through the character of his National Security Advisor acting to hamstring the Autobots and the military under Obama's orders)totally ring true. They are afraid that the vast number of idiot "undecided" and swing voters who will take a couple hours to see this movie this summer will recognize it.<br /><br />Compare the actions of Obama's bureaucratic hump of an NSA to the shotgun wielding heroics of the Jon Voight character in the first movie and it makes one wonder if Bay isn't secretly one of us.<br /><br />As for the racism of the Mudflap and Skidz characters, I suppose as a white Southerner I should have been bent out of shape over the Mater character in "Cars." If the right people are offended because a couple of fictional robots talk in jive, then I like this movie even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-48478438133664408692009-06-25T11:06:19.164-05:002009-06-25T11:06:19.164-05:00I am hoping for a flamboyantly gay Decepticon, who...I am hoping for a flamboyantly gay Decepticon, who can call out Obama from the left for failing to support gay marriage.tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-8620428676314022992009-06-25T10:46:36.906-05:002009-06-25T10:46:36.906-05:00It's going to be awesome when ALL CAPS ALL STA...It's going to be awesome when ALL CAPS ALL STAR turns out to be David Petraeus...Ben Ahttp://www.thebandarlog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-76841539501889777642009-06-25T09:05:36.970-05:002009-06-25T09:05:36.970-05:00While not a movie, TV's "ER" regular...While not a movie, TV's "ER" regularly had characters complaining about the President and his policies, clearly aimed at Bush. Never saw anyone writing to compalin about that, though. This is just another example of the double standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-83597412271686871472009-06-24T19:21:57.727-05:002009-06-24T19:21:57.727-05:00Jonathan, how dare you. How DARE you sir! Ever sin...Jonathan, how dare you. How DARE you sir! Ever since the Lileks Protocols (2003), it is assumed that you will offer a "Hat Tip" (or h/t) to the person who alerts you of a story!!! <br /><br />I GIVE YOU A HOT TIP THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID AND YOU DON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT WITH A H/T?!?!<br /><br />BLOG COMMENTERS EVERYWHERE ARE OUTRAGED!!! <br /><br /><b>WE ARE AN ARMY OF DAVIDS BUT NOT IN THE GAY GLEN REYNOLDS WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!</b>ALL CAPS ALL STARnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-65145038752223216942009-06-24T14:39:26.206-05:002009-06-24T14:39:26.206-05:00the slate "spoiler special" also complai...the slate "spoiler special" also complains that the movie treats Obama's man as a bureaucratic jerk instead of being awesome and enlightened as any member of the administration obviously would be. likewise, slate makes a pretty convincing case that there are some really cringe-inducing blackface robots of almost jar-jar-esque proportionsgabrielnoreply@blogger.com