Letters to the Editor
Tideswimmer
Published Letters: 383 Editor's Choice: 47
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Thanks for pointing out Maria's videos
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've been a fan of Maria's for many years, but I didn't know about these movies on the interwebs.
She is hilarious, but then I sort of have a sick fetish for women who can do funny voices and accents. I'm sorry to hear that she had a breakdown, if that's true. She always did seem like a fragile flower; brilliant but maybe not tough enough for the brutal life of a stand-up.
In any case, I look forward to viewing all her clips on-line, using this here computing type machine.
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Wish I could be more enthusiastic
[Read the article: Holiday gift: Reid pulls FISA bill]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But for now all I can really manage is a decidedly reserved "ummm, yaaay?"
Part of me wants to say that this should have been a no-brainer. The fact that there is any debate about it at all is maybe a sign that the fight is already lost.
But for now, ummm, yaaay? I guess.
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Let's write our own story. I'll start
[Read the article: Kansas O'Flaherty ... Secret Agent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Suddenly, a shot rang out...
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It's always amazing to me...
[Read the article: Everything you know about absinthe is wrong]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How much mental power and ability people put into the process of obliterating their mental power and ability.
Sign me, Mr. Party Pooper
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Hooray for Grindhouse
[Read the article: Movies that mattered]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was very disappointed that this film (or films) didn't attract a wider audience. I hate to sound like an old codger, but the film going experience, even for good films, just doesn't hold the same weird bit of the unexplainable awe I used to experience in the old days when I and my friends were haunting faded movie palaces. Going to a movie today is just so bloodless by comparison. You pays your money, you file in, you watch, you file out. That certain bit of poetry we used to all feel just isn't there anymore. The process is so automated.
Grindhouse took me right back to the good old days when the whole process just seemed more alive and organic. The failure of Grindhouse, to me, was something of a death knell for the movie industry. Perhaps audiences today just prefer stepping on the conveyor belt and being run through the entertainment machine.
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O my prophetic soul
[Read the article: "There Will Be Blood"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The first time I saw the title on the Salon home page calling the movie a folly, I said "Uh oh, There will be blood on this one."
I have no opinion of the film, not having seen it. A lot of people on here are lucky. I live in a place where the film might, maybe, if we're lucky, show up for a week a month from now. I fully intend to see it for myself, in spite of this review.
I can see why some people are upset about this review. SZ's reviews can be baffling sometimes, but then, so is the huge opening weekend Box Office for crap like National Treasure. If it's like the first one, it is crap crap crappity crap, yet the people seem all in a panic to hand their money over. And next weekend, it will drop by 39 percent, and the following weekend by another 50 percent. and four weekends from now, If I see it at all, it will be very likely that I am the only person in the audience. It's surprising to me how many times I am the only person in the audience. The movie business is absurd and insane.
But back to SZ, her opinions can sometimes be baffling, but I do think they are honestly held, and she does at least try to explain her terms.
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Brylcreem (cream?)
[Read the article: TV Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There was one commercial for Brylcreem that I thought was brilliant, visually, at least. Still not sure what it had to do with the product. It was a single take shot of a guy wandering through his apartment performing a string of physical stunts such as catching a piece of toast, tossing it into his mouth, pouring a glass of juice into a glass that falls into his hand just in time, etc.
There were a few other good commercials, and several that were just crass, not funny. The linking material with Kevin Nealon was not very good.
Wait a minute! I suddenly realized I watched an hour of commercials. Must Get Life.
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No plan B
[Read the article: With Bhutto gone, does Bush have a Plan B?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush does not have a plan B. It is more like a Plan 9, and it might as well be from outer space.
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The sad thing is...
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In two weeks of covering the year in review, TT still left many things unmentioned. So many horrible things left by the wayside for lack of room.
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Not only that
[Read the article: The recording industry isn't attacking iPods. Yet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I played a CD in a car once, driving with a bunch of friends. Now, since I purchased the CD, I assume that it was okay for me to hear it, but my friends were getting the music for free. They were completely unauthorized. They stole that music that I paid for with MY MONEY! As far as I can tell, the copyright arrangement extends to me, the purchaser, and me alone. I'm the one who bought it, so only I should benefit by hearing it. It's mine... MINE! From now on, I'm driving with headphones on. The rest of you leeches, get your own damn music.