Re: WarGames 2: The Dead Game

Aaron came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a moment ago in
alt.2600:

> nu-monet v9.0 wrote:
>  > Modemac wrote:
>  > change Arab terrorists into neo-Nazis.  In fact, Hollywood
>  > is so paranoid about making some country or racial group
>  > the bad guys that about the only ones they have left are
>  > neo-Nazis, since real Nazis are too old, evil cor****ations
>  > and the US government.
> 
> Except for Borat, he doesn't care who he offends.
> 
> Sacha Baron Cohen is a ballsy genius. Also, I guess that isn't really
> "Hollywood." International cinema is (has always been?) more edgy than
> American cinema. We Americans have no problem ****traying violence, rape,
> and so forth, but we cower when it comes to racial and social issues
> outside the boundaries of popular belief. God forbid a film actually try
> to TEACH us anything.
> 

....Which is why Oliver Stone is such a player in the intellectualising of
movie screenplays. Seen his latest yet? World Trade Center. Recommended
viewing. Nic Cage being not-a-hero. Just someone wondering if he'll
survive
the next ninety minutes...


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