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Yeah, and it holds no ground as an accusation if the article in question isn't fake.

Point me at what in that article is fake.

True, I'd forgotten about that. The Ninth Configuration is excellent, and The Exorcist III, which he directed, is second in the series only to the original film (which may not be saying that, but it's still a very good film).

I'd be up for this.

It's nice to know we'll have a companion to take care of our boots. Now, what menial tasks should the rest of our party be assigned with?

Right now listening to... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzN1avEgtKM

Trust me, being from Argentina I know the feeling. You can imagine the arrogance with which we come into every match in football.

The issue is that a slogan like that can be an indicator of either patriotism or nationalism based on the rest of the campaign and propositions. When Trump threatens to deport all Muslims and build a wall and make Mexico pay for it, the slogan only becomes a further indicator of the latter. This aside I personally have a huge disdain for nationalism and patriotism because I've experienced first-hand the effect it can have on the masses, and the way it can be used as an incredibly cheap and false rally cry. I also do not believe I owe the patch of land I was born in anything, so I often see nothing but sensationalism and demagoguery when faced with such campaigns.

Hi algoth Sorry I haven't said hello until now What are your concerns, please be very honest Hey Bruce! I don't see what isn't concerning about the way things have gone in the Trump administration of yet. You have the president to the most powerful nation in the world acting as an autocrat with complete disregards for human rights, facts, science, or the very values that his country's based on. His combative, disdainful attitude to everyone else both in and outside the US is only bound to cretive further conflict, not lessen it. Okay, its several things. Where do you live if you dont mind me asking ? Argentina. Which is all the more worrisome because I'm feel like I'm reliving a lot of what went on during Kircherism and what I see in Peronism and populism in general, with Trump now. And in Argentina's case, at least our woes don't affect the rest of the world despite our delusions of importance; but you know what they say about America sneezing...

Hi algoth Sorry I haven't said hello until now What are your concerns, please be very honest Hey Bruce! I don't see what isn't concerning about the way things have gone in the Trump administration of yet. You have the president to the most powerful nation in the world acting as an autocrat with complete disregards for human rights, facts, science, or the very values that his country's based on. His combative, disdainful attitude to everyone else both in and outside the US is only bound to cretive further conflict, not lessen it.

In light of these deportations and immigration bans, I feel this article (and the film it is based on) bears even greater weight: http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/children-of-men-alfonso-cuaron-c-v-r.html

Nazanin Zinouri, Clemson PhD professor, writes on her Facebook:

No, it's fear. The likes of Asghar Farhadi will do nothing against the USA and yet they are banned from entry based on these laws only because they're Iranian. Much as I dislike it, the request for travel visas is prudent because it evaluates the individual and the threat they can present and doesn't merely cast a blanket prohibition that nonsensically bans everyone of a given region or religion, even a figure that is respected worldwide as one of the finest in a perfectly legitimate profession, from entry. That is irrational, and that is the product of fear.

Iranian filmmaker and 2017 Oscar nominee Asghar Farhadi may not be able to attend the ceremony over Muslim ban. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/asghar-farhadi-donald-trump-oscars-9709430

Oooof! I've never played that before. Already acquiring... Heh, it's when you check out the imdb of Privateer 2 and see just how many names turn up in it. Clive Owen as the protagonist, with supporting roles from the likes of John Hurt, Jurgen Prochnow, David Warner, Amanda Pays, David McCallum, Brian Blessed, Christopher Walken... Some glorious overacting and scene chewing. Indeed, I was seeing just that. I'll definitely check it out if only for the pedigree alone. We'll see how it turns out!

http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2017-01-27/polman-time-consider-25th-amendment-trump

They keep coming... http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/emmanuelle-riva-french-star-hiroshima-mon-amour-amour-dies-age-89 Emmanuelle Riva, in my opinion one of the greatest actresses of all time and best known for Amour and Hiroshima Mon Amour, just died. Of course she was of a very advanced age by now, but all the same it's sad news. R.I.P. Between Leibezeit, Hurt and Riva, this week's been devastating. Real shame, but as I've mentioned elsewhere, what with the 50s through 70s having presented such a huge boom in the arts it's only likely that we'll experience more of these huge losses in the coming years.

Oooof! I've never played that before. Already acquiring...

Jaki Leibezeit also died earlier this week. He was one of rock's greatest drummers and performed with a number of great pioneers in the scene, and was a founder of Can. To those who don't know the band, go check it out, it's fantastic. R.I.P. to one of the greats.

Here's another good one: I'll be boring and say my favorite is likely his turn as John Merrick. But even in the worst films he's in he's always managed to improve them whenever he was there.

John Hurt, one of the greatest actors of all time, has just passed away. R.I.P.

I believe only one of them is working.

Well, I made my small pledge for it. Would have loved to get the box but I feel the shipping costs were a little excessive. Anyone know if it'll be available for sale when it comes out (the physical boxed copy I mean)?

I was very much opposed to #OscarssoWhite last year because I thought the issue was not really with the awards, and more with the industry and the lack of a strong or varied pool of films by minorities. Of all the black people involved in film last year the only one I could say was "snubbed", based on the buzz and so on, would have been Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation, and even so I think this snub had a lot more to do with the film being a Netflix feature that got a multi-platform release (which also implied a pretty short and weak theatrical release) and not because Elba was black. That is, *if* we're trying to assign some external factor to the performance itself affecting his snub. This was a symptom related a lot more to the lack of a diverse film industry than the lack of representation at the Oscars to me and the fact that every year it seems the hopes of minorities in film hinge around one or two options that may or may not prove successful; if they aren't, then you can't blame the Oscars for not recognizing a film that is either undeserving, or simply does not exist. Accusing the AMPAS of racism against latinos is a very weird thing too considering that they're neither a very defined ethnicity (Alfonso Cuarón would technically be a latino despite being no less white than the likes of Tom Cruise), and that this is the first year in a long time in which they haven't had a major showing in the Oscars: through the last three years, the Best Director award has gone to Mexican filmmakers (once Cuarón, twice Iñárritu). Though, agreed here that of all ethnic minorities at the Oscars, blacks are if nothing else historically the best-represented of all - but as to how many of them were so "unfairly" and because of an AMPAS racial bias, that's a very iffy matter to look at too, as it's very much up to opinion. It's problematic when people assume that their own perception of who should have been nominated over who not coinciding with the Academy's implies some foul play in the works, and it is exactly what leads to #Oscars outcries.