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    The Eva Mendez thing is more suspect (which reminds me of Gymkata where a white guy has a fully Filipino daughter all because "her mother is from Indonesia"), but having a Spanish last name isn't really that big of a deal because there are some cracka ass lookin Spanish people out there. I submit to you Angela Vargas from Spain:

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    The crazy thing is this is a movie made by a Mexican director, with tons of Mexican actors, set in Mexico. Why have Willem Defoe, aka, The Whitest White Guy Ever as a Mexican drug lord? It works for reasons I can't explain (I freakin' love this movie), but it's an insane choice.

     

    This really isn't a huge stretch as not everyone in Latin America is of Native American heritage, there were a lot of European emigres who resettled in Mexico.

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    Disagree. I could say a lot of things about this movie that are worse than dull and predictable, especially when it comes to the future tech, the cabin in the woods, the ending, and Melissa Leo and Morgan Freeman.

     

    (And again I really don't think that we should say things like "Well, it isn't as bad as Battlefield Earth so it gets a pass" for my reasons in last post)

     

    Ok, it isn't even Judge Dredd. IMO it's not the worst or craziest Tom Cruise movie of the past decade, it's not even the worst or craziest recent Tom Cruise movie where he plays a character named Jack.

     

    I wonder if some of the divide isn't that some of us were able to come up with internal explanations of some things that made it more coherent for us. I am a little confused as to what you found confusing about Melilssa Leo, is it her as an actress of her character? Also What was it about the cabin that you found puzzling?

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    This movie was certainly no 2001, but it also is by no means Battlefield Earth either. The worst thing you could say about this movie is that it was dull and predictable and I don't see much coming from discussing either of these issues.

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    I'm watching this now and any enjoyment I am getting from this movie is from Leguizamo. I remember seeing this movie in the theater and loving it. Of course I would have been 17 and have revisited several movies I loved at that age and have come to the conclusion that my dad really loved me because he sat through some terrible movies all because we wanted to see them.

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    The thing the I find upsetting about Gallo's schtick is that it feels really mean spirited. Andy Kaufman reading the phone book or Crispin Glover on Letterman (or Harmony Korine on Letterman - BARFUNK!) comes across as weird and interesting and fun, yes harmless. Whereas Gallo, brilliant trolling or not, is still being a dick.

     

    Dude, Tony Clifton was pretty unkind to his audience and as a wrestling heel, Kaufman said some pretty nasty things to some larger women.

     

    Cat & beard, that is an excellent description of the performance art that has become what's known as "trolling." I can appreciate a good internet troll (not a "omg ur gay" internet commenter trying to push the easiest and most obvious buttons, but someone who crafts an absurd persona and is able to convince people that the persona is real) and I think that part of my ability to appreciate a bad movie stems from that.

     

    What I love about Kaufman is that when people would figure out what he was doing he would throw a curve ball. The Tony Clifton thing is a perfect example, as soon as people started to figure out that it was him in disguise he would appear with Clifton. It caused people to question their assumption that Clifton was not a real person, but a character that Kaufman had put on. Pure genius.

    Looking back at it, it's easy to see what was going on, but at the time I imagine it was easy to be fooled by Kaufman and I'm not so sure I would have figured it out so my hat is off to him.

     

    I have yet to see I'm Still Here, but it is in my queue and I will see it soon, but I do know it was one of the worst kept showbiz secrets since Ricky Martin announcing he was gay. I think where Phoenix went wrong is letting too many people in on the bit. He had to tell people about it so that they wouldn't be offended (he even did so on screen on Letterman and not before like whent Kaufman and Lawler got into their spat on his show) and in the end word got around too quickly.

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    Thank you. I know Shannon has shared it, but it certainly would be helpful for people new to the podcast to look at before suggesting movies.

     

    IMDB lists are easy to make, but limiting. I really wish I could embed the canistream.it code for a movie (and maybe RT and the soundcloud link), if anyone has anything better they can think of I'd be happy to give it a shot.

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    Yeah, I knew about that. He goes on to say: "Though a fan of Franco Harris, Derek Jeter, Lenny Kravitz and Lena Horne, Mr. Gallo does not want to be part of that type of integration."

     

    In text it appears to be obvious trolling, bu when you see and hear him say stuff like that he sells it 100%. It's not like when Joaquin Phoenix said he was giving up acting to become a rapper, but everyone knew he was really making a mocumentary.

     

    I know we're getting off track here, but as Seanotron said in the ADR thread, I just like shooting the shit with other like minded people.

     

    I'm with you, this forum could be all hypothetical with no potential to influence the show and that wouldn't change my interaction one bit.

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