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Re: Doomer documentary gets rave reviews at Toronto film fest

Unread postby shortonsense » Thu 19 Nov 2009, 20:35:29

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bratticus', '
')Did you read the entire interview?


I actually read another one, and am surprised that there are multiples available for a movie which has gone straight to video/ondemand.

Then, as I was examining where to go to see this movie, I discovered what I would call "alternate" theaters which appear to show quite a few Indy films. Its been a long time since college, just seeing the titles and languages brought back the flavor of watching some German language films in college, at some small and tidy theater versus the chain stuff.

Its been a long time for me, I just wish I didn't have to drive so far to see it.
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Re: Doomer documentary gets rave reviews at Toronto film fest

Unread postby HeckuvaJob » Thu 19 Nov 2009, 22:13:33

First, the good news, SoS
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')hilosophers through the ages have pondered the nature of schadenfreude. Schopenhauer wrote that its presence in a person's heart was a clear sign of evil. R. C. Trench, a 19th-century British archbishop, wrote that even having a word for such a damnable emotion was evidence of a culture's corruption. But scientists who study schadenfreude take a more charitable view. However contemptible schadenfreude may seem, they say, we are programmed to feel it. As Professor Smith said, ''It's human nature.''


-and now the bad
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')f course, not everyone feels schadenfreude at the same events or to the same degree. Research has shown that people with low self-esteem are more susceptible to schadenfreude than those whose self-regard is high. And while some may bask in this glee unapologetically, others might quickly feel ashamed of it, and successfully shut off their schadenfreude valves.

By the way, what's the word on December's rent? Did I miss your last update?
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Re: Doomer documentary gets rave reviews at Toronto film fest

Unread postby shortonsense » Thu 19 Nov 2009, 22:36:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('HeckuvaJob', '
')By the way, what's the word on December's rent? Did I miss your last update?


If you read the review of the complete movie experience about a page back, the author mentioned that this question came up for Mike at the end of the movie, post-indoctrination as it were. He said that he was good for rent money.

So I'm guessing once the newness of Collapse wears off, or the college kids are busy back to paying tuition rather than the entrance fee for some smalltime movie, he'll be back to begging again. Its like a mouse on crack, once they realize all they have to do is put up a pretend plea on the internet, and people paypal them cash, they just can't stop. Why work for a living?
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Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby FreedomSlave » Thu 10 Dec 2009, 17:50:32

The biggest named film critic just gave the best possible review to "CoLLapse". link

Ebert clearly understands PO, and believes everyone should see "CoLLapse". Over the weekend, he tweeted "Above all else, see "CoLLapse", now this fantastic review.

Send the link to your friends and family. This movie is the last best chance for the mainstream to finally "get it", too.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby emersonbiggins » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 00:55:36

Wow - Ebert is on board with it all... Impressive.

I wonder what sort of doomstead he has or is setting up...
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby mos6507 » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 01:02:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreedomSlave', '
')Send the link to your friends and family. This movie is the last best chance for the mainstream to finally "get it", too.


Earth 2100 wasn't mainstream enough? You didn't even have to pay to see that. If any one media event was going to wake people up, it was that.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby Ayoob » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 02:03:11

Why would you want to "wake people up" anyway?

What a waste of time.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby leaflight » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 03:18:20

feast and fast yep gotta love it, the balance of it all meeting in unison.

Intresting times 8O :mrgreen:
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby Sixstrings » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 03:30:24

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')But one simple fact at the center of his argument is obviously true, and it terrifies me. That fact: We have passed the peak of global oil resources.

(Roger Ebert)

I'd say that's worthy of a member quote.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby eastbay » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 03:32:37

... except he ain't a member.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby HeckuvaJob » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 09:37:24

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('leaflight', 'f')east and fast yep gotta love it, the balance of it all meeting in unison.
Intresting times 8O :mrgreen:

What does this mean?
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby mos6507 » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 09:42:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'W')hy would you want to "wake people up" anyway?

What a waste of time.


Yeah, it's far better we keep this all a private club of loonies. Who needs acceptance and vindication when we can privately feel superior to everyone else?
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby thuja » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 10:08:30

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '.').. except he ain't a member.


Dude- Roccman told me he is Roger Ebert on a pm. Trippy huh?
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby Ayoob » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 15:08:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'W')hy would you want to "wake people up" anyway?

What a waste of time.


Yeah, it's far better we keep this all a private club of loonies. Who needs acceptance and vindication when we can privately feel superior to everyone else?


Not sure where you're going with this.

Do you participate on the board in search of acceptance and vindication? I can't think of anything I want LESS.

I'd much rather have everybody think I'm nuts. Then there won't be as much competition for the strategy I go for.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby hermit » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 15:36:59

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'W')hy would you want to "wake people up" anyway?

What a waste of time.


There are many people here who don't get that in their attempts to have their beliefs validated, they reduce their own chances of survival.

Best to plan and support each other, but awareness is counterproductive.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby mos6507 » Fri 11 Dec 2009, 18:07:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', '
')I'd much rather have everybody think I'm nuts. Then there won't be as much competition for the strategy I go for.


The fewer people prep, the harder the crash, the more zombie invasions you'll face. So it's kind of a wash in the end, don't you think? You'll get an early seat in the game of musical chairs, but there will be that many MORE people without chairs who will be trying to bump you off.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby cynthia » Sat 12 Dec 2009, 00:14:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thuja', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '.').. except he ain't a member.


Dude- Roccman told me he is Roger Ebert on a pm. Trippy huh?


Really? 8)
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby lonewolf » Sat 12 Dec 2009, 11:41:58

Speaking of "... a private club of loonies. Who needs acceptance and vindication..." and wanting to "have everybody think I'm nuts", this would appear to be as good an opportunity as any for a Robert Zimmerman flashback:

All Along The Watchtower

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl."


WRT Mikey, even a broken clock is correct twice a day. I didn't believe that advanced senility was possible in an emotional two-year with a raging adolescent hormone imbalance until I directly encountered same.
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Re: Roger Ebert gets PO, loves "CoLLapse"

Unread postby eastbay » Sun 13 Dec 2009, 04:40:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cynthia', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thuja', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '.').. except he ain't a member.


Dude- Roccman told me he is Roger Ebert on a pm. Trippy huh?


Really? 8)
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Nothing would surprise me around here. We've collected many very well known people over the years. :)

And scared a few off too. 8O
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