Sunday, April 6, 2008
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In the end, we're all soylent green.
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Yeah, Soylent green really tainted his image for me....I mean he couldnt even look at the picture of that poor little girl that was gunned down by the people who kill people with guns. 
Sunday, April 6, 2008
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"Guns don't kill people.... APES with BOOTS kill people!
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Can we take his gun now?
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From Wikipedia...
In the 2002 documentary film Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore interviewed Charlton Heston in his home, asking him about an April, 1999 NRA meeting held in Denver, Colorado, shortly after the Columbine high school massacre. Moore criticized Heston for the perceived thoughtlessness in the timing and location of the meeting [scheduled long before the massacre - JIMI]. Heston, on-camera, excused himself and walked out on the interview. Moore was later criticized for his perceived ambush of the actor.
From an article "'9/11' - Just the facts?", published in the Chicago Sun-Times (June 18, 2004, pg. 55), columnist ROGER EBERT said - "In some cases, (Moore) was guilty of making a good story better, but in other cases (such as his ambush of Charlton Heston) he was unfair..."
my comment - Heston, while graciously allowing a brief impromptu interview with Moore (who just showed up at his house unannounced), soon gets trashed and chastised by the documentary filmmaker over the issue of guns, the NRA, the Columbine massacre, etc. After awhile (w/Moore unrelenting in his criticism), Heston refuses to argue back or continue the interview, and just gets up and quietly walks out on a still 'barking' Moore.
All done to supposedly make Moore appear like an investigative journalist/whistleblower of some sort (Moore probably thought so), but instead (to most viewers) the filmmaker comes across as the rude, pretentious propagandist that is what usually defines him and is films. Rent the movie and see for youself how he treated a polite Charlton Heston that day.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
In the 2002 documentary film Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore interviewed Charlton Heston in his home, asking him about an April, 1999 NRA meeting held in Denver, Colorado, shortly after the Columbine high school massacre. Moore criticized Heston for the perceived thoughtlessness in the timing and location of the meeting [scheduled long before the massacre - JIMI]. Heston, on-camera, excused himself and walked out on the interview. Moore was later criticized for his perceived ambush of the actor.
From an article "'9/11' - Just the facts?", published in the Chicago Sun-Times (June 18, 2004, pg. 55), columnist ROGER EBERT said - "In some cases, (Moore) was guilty of making a good story better, but in other cases (such as his ambush of Charlton Heston) he was unfair..."
my comment - Heston, while graciously allowing a brief impromptu interview with Moore (who just showed up at his house unannounced), soon gets trashed and chastised by the documentary filmmaker over the issue of guns, the NRA, the Columbine massacre, etc. After awhile (w/Moore unrelenting in his criticism), Heston refuses to argue back or continue the interview, and just gets up and quietly walks out on a still 'barking' Moore.
All done to supposedly make Moore appear like an investigative journalist/whistleblower of some sort (Moore probably thought so), but instead (to most viewers) the filmmaker comes across as the rude, pretentious propagandist that is what usually defines him and is films. Rent the movie and see for youself how he treated a polite Charlton Heston that day.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
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Actually Love, people may see it differently than yourself. For those that rally against the NRA probably see Moore as the hero fighting the good fight -- where others, such as yourself, find Moore being the pompus ass in the situation. Therefore, it's really a matter of personal opinion rather than what may be construded as fact.
What you have is two people that love their country for obviously different reasons. Each has their opinion which easily differ from others in thier country and rightfully so as they have the right to do so. Was Moore being an ass? It depends on who you ask and how you see it. Was Heston a coward for walking out of the ineterview? Again, depends on who you ask. I know in my experience, when you're in a boardroom meeting and it gets heated, you don't get up and walk out as it is very unprofessional. I think Heston should have kept his wits about him and stood his ground. However, that's just my opinion and by no means does it mean Moore was an ass nor Heston a coward for dodging the issue.
[Post edited by Tim Raynor on Apr 6, 2008]
What you have is two people that love their country for obviously different reasons. Each has their opinion which easily differ from others in thier country and rightfully so as they have the right to do so. Was Moore being an ass? It depends on who you ask and how you see it. Was Heston a coward for walking out of the ineterview? Again, depends on who you ask. I know in my experience, when you're in a boardroom meeting and it gets heated, you don't get up and walk out as it is very unprofessional. I think Heston should have kept his wits about him and stood his ground. However, that's just my opinion and by no means does it mean Moore was an ass nor Heston a coward for dodging the issue.
[Post edited by Tim Raynor on Apr 6, 2008]
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Heston was still an A$$.
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One more comment I noticed on imdb.com...
"in a disingenuous interview with NRA president charlton heston, moore crosses the line between mildly entertaining leftist buffoon and self-righteous jerk. with pointed questions and shameful editing, moore portrays the aging actor, who suffers from alzhiemer's disease, as a bigoted old fossil. take a minute to read heston's biography on this website... he was an active member of the civil rights movement when moore was probably sitting in his parents' garage eating paint chips and sniffing model glue."
the real Michael Moore in documantary films -
- MANUFACTURING DISSENT (a Canadian documentary film)
- Michael Moore Hates America (Two Thumbs Up by Ebert Roeper)
- Michael and Me (brilliant radio host Larry Elder's refutation of Bowling For Columbine) - pic of Larry further below
- FahrenHYPE 9/11 (another excellent exposé, hosted by actor Ron Silver)
Michael Moore posing with Oscar for his 'documentary' B-for-C...
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
"in a disingenuous interview with NRA president charlton heston, moore crosses the line between mildly entertaining leftist buffoon and self-righteous jerk. with pointed questions and shameful editing, moore portrays the aging actor, who suffers from alzhiemer's disease, as a bigoted old fossil. take a minute to read heston's biography on this website... he was an active member of the civil rights movement when moore was probably sitting in his parents' garage eating paint chips and sniffing model glue."
the real Michael Moore in documantary films -- MANUFACTURING DISSENT (a Canadian documentary film)
- Michael Moore Hates America (Two Thumbs Up by Ebert Roeper)
- Michael and Me (brilliant radio host Larry Elder's refutation of Bowling For Columbine) - pic of Larry further below
- FahrenHYPE 9/11 (another excellent exposé, hosted by actor Ron Silver)
Michael Moore posing with Oscar for his 'documentary' B-for-C...
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
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A man with that disease running the NRA? Hmmmm.
[Post edited by bladerunner1 on Apr 6, 2008]
[Post edited by bladerunner1 on Apr 6, 2008]
Monday, April 7, 2008
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A man with that disease running the NRA? Hmmmm.
Mmmm, yeah, I was gonna' say . . .
