I wasn't really pissed by the purported facts. I suspected that there was some manipulation going on, and that there were no actual villains.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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Hayden - May 12, 2008 7:35:08 pm PDT #5588 of 10000
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bon bon - May 12, 2008 8:19:51 pm PDT #5589 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I was pissed that the reputations of the people involved were ruined-- the movie presents the people in a very unflattering light, ascribing motives to them that were completely false. What can they do now that the movie is out? I'm sensitive to that-- with google, you can never really remove that taint. It was unfair. And I felt betrayed as well by a movie that presents itself to be a faithful representation of events, and it wasn't. The movie is premised on the idea that everyone was arrayed against Steve Wiebe getting the highest score-- except, in the timeline of the entire film, Steve Weibe doesn't have the highest Donkey Kong score for one day. One day! It all falls apart without that motivation.
I would be less bothered by the fact that the film is misleading, if it didn't have the effect of making everyone in the movie look embarrassingly bad, mean, and unethical.
Hayden - May 12, 2008 8:43:12 pm PDT #5590 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Some of the controversy is here: [link]
amych - May 13, 2008 3:34:09 am PDT #5591 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Cor is me on this one -- I'm not sure I ever assumed there wasn't anything being manipulated (after all the other documentaries where someone protests afterwards); or maybe it's that I was more interested in the personalities and culture than the specific controversy. I dunno. I wasn't all that surprised, but for me that didn't add up to "betrayed" either.
sumi - May 13, 2008 6:03:57 am PDT #5592 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Fraggle Rock is going to be a live action musical feature.
Frankenbuddha - May 13, 2008 6:12:55 am PDT #5593 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fraggle Rock is going to be a live action musical feature.
Is it just me or does that sound wrong like a wrong thing that is wrong?
Ailleann - May 13, 2008 6:16:08 am PDT #5594 of 10000
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The article actually says that it's a mix of humans and puppets, which sounds much better than how I first interpreted that.
Jessica - May 13, 2008 6:16:43 am PDT #5595 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Live action had better mean PUPPETS.
[eta: xpost, whew!]
Frankenbuddha - May 13, 2008 6:18:14 am PDT #5596 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The article actually says that it's a mix of humans and puppets, which sounds much better than how I first interpreted that.
OK, that's different. I can see that.
Nutty - May 13, 2008 8:24:42 am PDT #5597 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was going to say. Non-puppet actors portraying Fraggles sounds kind of like what would happen if you took a bunch of costumes from Cats and ran them through the dryer with a red sock and a yellow sock.