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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/16/09

    In reply to Who Knew the Weinsteins Still Had 30 Employees Left to Fire?
    That button does not stand a fucking chance. #harveyweinstein
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    10/16/09

    @resipsaloquacious: The right eye of the person standing to his left is about to get punctured. #harveyweinstein
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    10/16/09

    In reply to Who Knew the Weinsteins Still Had 30 Employees Left to Fire?
    Nothing says "layoffs" like an expensive steak dinner. #harveyweinstein
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    08/19/09

    In reply to Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'
    "The annoying guy from Scrubs..."

    You're going to have to be a lot more specific.

    I kid, I actually do like the show. I find their annoyance oddly charming.
     Reply
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/18/09

    In reply to Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'
    The audio's slightly off, but at 3:45 you'll see Oliver Stone's best contribution to cinema in the past 16 years.
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    Image of krismry krismry
    08/18/09

    In reply to Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'
    Pareene should write at least one episode of this Oliver Stone secret history. It would be alot funnier and might land him a full time job on the next season of Futurama, if any.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    08/18/09

    In reply to Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'
    I hope the doc delves into Obama's past as a member of the Hitler Youth.
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    Image of Mutley Mutley
    08/18/09

    In reply to Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'

    The doc will be narrated by the creeping floating eyeball from the back of the one dollar bill.
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    Swifter promoted this comment Mutley was starred Mutley was unstarred
    Image of Swifter Swifter
    08/18/09

    @Mutley: It's the eye of Providence, you philistine.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/18/09

    In reply to Oliver Stone To Present 'A Crazy People's History of the United States'
    Ha! Oliver Stone has done some good work, but he will never, ever be a Matt Weiner.
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    Image of TRexstasy TRexstasy
    08/17/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
    Gosh for a second I thought this about Harvey Fierstein and I was going to get really sad. Instead it's a great big schadenfreude sundae! Yay!
     Reply
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    08/16/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
    Anyone know where Harvey’s sled is? Rose-something?
     Reply
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    Image of noonecaresowen noonecaresowen
    08/16/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
    The Smith story is amusing, but it's nothing new. Harvey confused Joey Lauren Adams with Renee Zellweger at the Golden Globes the year Joey was nominated for "Chasing Amy".
     Reply
    Gabriel Snyder promoted this comment noonecaresowen was starred noonecaresowen was unstarred
    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    08/16/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein: Sad, Senile, Barely Surviving The Next Big Thing
    One of my first disaster experiences with the Weinsteins was Dimenson's release of Pulse, a remake of the strangely thoughtful and detached Kiyoshi Kurosawa ghost film Kairo. The orginal film, while not a blockbuster by any means while in release in Japan, was known as something critically-revered and highly respected by aficionados of the genre, and after a first screening where the film was panned by teenage boys who misunderstood the film's quiet concept, it was retooled as a CGI-laden action-survival film so that it could make a lot of money, totally eschewing the reasons for having purchased the movie from the Japanese in the first place. It was a flop of unexpected proportions, pushed back three times from the late winter (when such a "cold" film had a chance) to late summer, and was a horrifying example of the American dream corrupting the intellectual vision of the way actual cinematic visionaries are cultivated in foreign countries.

    That last anecdote by Kevin Smith I loved so much I reread it maybe ten times while trying to put it into the context of so many of their business mistakes, that Harvey especially is so unfocused he doesn't even know who's working for him, only what he's working towards in the hypothetical. He's grasping at straws, trying simultaneously to make certain films that are merely cash cows while making others to gain credible critical adulation, two things which only go hand in hand by accident, not by design. I have a terrible feeling about their next few years, but quality control is obviously not their strong suit. I'm glad they got their Oscar win for The Reader, and are using that critical success to... restart the Scream franchise from the 1990's. Bizarre.
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    Foster Kamer promoted this comment ampersandparade was starred ampersandparade was unstarred
    Image of lionboy lionboy
    08/16/09

    @ampersandparade: As I read the article this morning, I found the Weinsteins to seem more and more irrelevant until I had to question why I was even reading it. Your last sentence summarizes the whole sorry situation quite nicely.
     Reply
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    Image of Nasdaf Nasdaf
    07/30/09

    In reply to Awful Looking Nic Cage Remake May Find an Audience After All!
    needs a Bad Lieutenant clip for sure
     Reply
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    Image of Paul.B.Dodd Paul.B.Dodd
    07/30/09

    In reply to Awful Looking Nic Cage Remake May Find an Audience After All!
    Every actor has the right to make films just to pay the bills, but Nicholas Cage has been on a bill-paying binge, save for Adaptation, since Leaving Las Vegas.
     Reply
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    Image of downlow downlow
    07/30/09

    In reply to Awful Looking Nic Cage Remake May Find an Audience After All!
    But! Do we get to see the peen???
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    Natasha VC promoted this comment downlow was starred downlow was unstarred
    Image of Natasha VC Natasha VC
    07/30/09

    @downlow:

    There may be a Wahlberg stunt peen involved!
     Reply
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