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Magister
11/09/09

In reply to Elijah Wood Is the Most Critically-Acclaimed Actor, Freddie Prinze, Jr. the Most Hated
I'm not sure where they got the list of actors, but a top 50 that doesn't include Meryl Streep? #robertebert
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/09/09

@Magister: Or Anjelica Houston, or, really, with the exception of one or two people, anyone who's not white or male. #robertebert
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Magister
11/09/09

@Go Like Hell Machine: Now that you mention it, where's Denzel Washington or Will Smith? (They should've been top 50)

The wording on the other site doesn't source their list, so we might have to assume that it's whomever popped into the author's mind.
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/09/09

@Magister: Or, hell Morgan Freeman.
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Magister
11/09/09

@Go Like Hell Machine: Now see, Freeman is a great actor, but he has made some cash-based choices.

And because you've given me a chance to clarify my original response; I didn't mean to imply that Will Smith is in the pantheon of great actors, but most people find him watchable and the critics like him.
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Go Like Hell Machine
11/09/09

@Magister: Regardless, that top ten list is seriously top heavy with white dudes. #robertebert
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Grandpapular
11/09/09

@Magister: Critics like him? Sir, he was in both Wild Wild West AND Men in Black 2! #robertebert
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Magister
11/09/09

@Grandpapular: Okay - You've got me there, but by most measures, Meryl Streep is considered the greatest living actress and Denzel Washington isn't very far behind. #robertebert
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AlmostDream
11/09/09

@Magister: Yeah, but both Meryl and Denzel make A LOT of movies, and not all of them good, so even though they have a lot of plusses, they're balanced out by quite a few minuses. The top ten (with the weird exception of Hanks) star in fewer movies, but they tend to be good ones, so they might have fewer plusses, but almost no minuses, giving them higher scores. #robertebert
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Magister
11/09/09

@AlmostDream:
I'm a little hard-pressed to think of a badly-reviewed Meryl Streep film and your suggestion might explain the "Nerds of the Rings", but Ethan Hawke?

Not to mention that there was a time, Martin Sheen would be in any movie with a checkbook. He has slowed down some since the the West Wing residuals have been rolling in, but he's still in a lot of films and though he's a very good actor, you can't say that all of his movies have been good.
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Tbee
11/09/09

@Magister: Bad Meryl Streep Films off the top of my head...Lions for Lambs, Evening, Prime. #robertebert
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IpsoFacto
11/10/09

@Magister: She-Devil, starring Roseanne. It might have single-handedly kicked her off the list. But this list really punishes the prolific. Too many mediocre movies can pull down the score. #robertebert
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unclevanya
11/09/09

In reply to Elijah Wood Is the Most Critically-Acclaimed Actor, Freddie Prinze, Jr. the Most Hated
This is a great day for unattached, media-obsessed white fanboys everywhere. #robertebert
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Lucky
11/09/09

In reply to Elijah Wood Is the Most Critically-Acclaimed Actor, Freddie Prinze, Jr. the Most Hated
I think you mean Roger Ebert. #robertebert
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Azaria Jagger
11/09/09

@Lucky: BLARGH. Thank you. #robertebert
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CherriSpryte
09/10/09

In reply to Springtime for Hobbits and Hollywood
I was born in Middle Earth und zat is why they call me Rolf!
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DahlELama
09/10/09

In reply to Springtime for Hobbits and Hollywood
Yay Glee!

Did anyone actually watch ANTM last night? Was it any good? Or are shorties lame? I've got it DVRed, but it's gonna need to compete with Vampire Diaries...which is a pretty low bar to set.
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dado
09/10/09

In reply to Springtime for Hobbits and Hollywood
Barry Man on the Moon-ilow and Hooch?
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m4ximusprim3
09/10/09

In reply to Springtime for Hobbits and Hollywood
I was just a paper hanger
No one more obscurer
Got a phone call from the Reichstag
Told me I was Fuhrer
Germany was blue
What, oh, what to do?
Hitched up my pants
And conquered France
Now Deutschland's smiling through!
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Steverino Begins
09/08/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Adds Gay Old Man to His List of Celebrity Impressions
Am I completely humorless for cringing a bit at the "gay old man" joke? Face it, Glenn Beck is gaining a scary amount of sway over some of our relatives. We need to fight crazy with facts, not creative slurs.
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onebadclam
09/08/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Adds Gay Old Man to His List of Celebrity Impressions
Why does a man who declares Obama a tyrannical personality cult figure open his show daily with the call "Come on. Follow me!"?
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Sev
09/08/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Adds Gay Old Man to His List of Celebrity Impressions
Now he's worried about the Patriot Act? Great timing, Beck. Too bad you're several years too late.
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Magister
09/08/09

@Sev: Seriously. He wasn't worried about the Patriot Act when people were being warrantless wiretapped and whisked away to secret prisons without trial, much like he didn't care about the "White House Council on Environmental Quality" until the oil industry lobbyists had left the building.
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NowAvailableinExtraStrength
09/08/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Adds Gay Old Man to His List of Celebrity Impressions
I think Beck is a repulsive human being but his power is expanding by the day. Bigger than Rush...bigger than O'Reilly......bigger than Palin. Mark my words, this man will wreak more havoc on Obama than a hundred thousand Monica Lewinsky's ever could.
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Spirit Fingers
09/08/09

@NowAvailableinExtraStrength: Agreed. I went to a Barnes & Noble in North New Jersey this weekend, yah, New Frickin Jersey, and his book was nearly sold out on the shelf.

What. The. Fuck?
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misslinda
09/08/09

@Spirit Fingers: I'm not that concerned about this no talent ass clown fish. He's preaching to the converted. Moderate Republicans (basically the ones that vote Republican to protect their bank accounts, as opposed to the 'values voters' who are so blinded by jeezus that they continually vote against their own interests) know this guy is a complete fucking moron.
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Spirit Fingers
09/08/09

@misslinda: Oh, definitely. I think many people believe him to be an utter loon, but those who aren't sure or who have become fascinated with the lunacy, concern me. I think many who fall into this category need an explanation, other than race, for why they don't like Obama, and Beck, who seems to have an unending array of explanations like, "The Black Man, birthed from the devil, and shipped from Babblecookiecakes was sent to destroy us all!" justifies their reasoning in its complete dumbfuckery.
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Spirit Fingers
09/08/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Adds Gay Old Man to His List of Celebrity Impressions

I am literally amazed by his ability to hold his head upright. I would think the amount of 'stupid' and 'fucking crazy' would somehow cause various forms of Narcolepsy and excessive drooling, like some sort of caveman.
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RheaPollstry
09/08/09

In reply to Glenn Beck Adds Gay Old Man to His List of Celebrity Impressions
"You shall not pass!"

Perhaps if his sphincter said the same thing once in a while he wouldn't be such a douche.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
09/08/09

@RheaPollstry: Wait, i don't know if douche means what you think it means...
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JacquesPaysan
06/25/09

In reply to Iran Government Attempts to Distract Angry Populace with Lord of the Rings
This will only work if the entire population of Iran is made of nerds.
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HiredGoons
06/25/09

In reply to Iran Government Attempts to Distract Angry Populace with Lord of the Rings
I love how they bitch and moan about American culture but when it comes to trying to placate their populace they have no qualms about utilizing our 'evil media.'

Hypocrites.
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