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Post by bluepride on Jun 14, 2010 14:36:00 GMT -5
A nice way to relaunch a thread dedicated to movies and TV shows, whether gay, law enforcement related or not. The previous thread was removed by me because of the length and some of the content (nothing offensive) that was too much of a project for me when I was doing some recent editing of the site. Anyway....this is the spot for movie and TV related posts!! And we start out with a trailer for "Stonewall uprising", the new documentary on the Stonewall "Rebellion" of 1969. Not a bad place to start, huh??!! STONEWALL UPRISING
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Post by bluepride on Jun 20, 2010 12:30:27 GMT -5
Another critical view of "Stonewall Uprising". Even though I'm interested in seeing it, it appears as if the interviewees are pretty much white, while in reality, the "uprising" included people of all colors and ethnicities. There may be some interviews I haven't seen yet but I'm hoping they are reflective of everyone who was involved. Resurrection of Affection
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2010 16:00:04 GMT -5
Bluepride, you are so right. The night of the Stonewall riot, gay people of every color and background participated. We can't forget the Hispanic drag queen, Sylvia Rivera, who stood her ground in the bar and was badly beaten. We can't forget the black Drag Queen Marsha Johnson, who I used to see in the Stonewall, who gave up her life in the struggle when she was murdered down at the piers. Blacks, Whites, Hispanics and everyone else stood shoulder to shoulder that night and we all owe them our honor and respect. The gay struggle is not a white struggle. Blacks, and so many other people have been involved since the very beginning. And yet, if we're not careful, this fact will be lost to history. Personally, I think there are forces in the gay community that don't care about minority contributions and would love to see these heroes and their stories die of benign neglect. Like the story of Crispus Attucks. He was the very first person to give up his life for the United States. He was murdered by the British in an early confrontation in Boston that became the Revolutionary War. Attucks was a black man. There are many many cases of revisionist history that leave out minority contributions. And in all honesty, I really don't think It's an accident. Well there is one big ass, loud, very black man right here who will always tell the story every chance I get. Black gays deserve their place in history right along with everyone else because we have been there, a part of it from day one.
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Post by burner on Jul 20, 2010 13:32:58 GMT -5
Neither gay nor law enforcement related, but what a fantastic movie! I'm talking about Invictus, a film about Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) and his amazing sense of humanity and forgiveness...not to mention his brilliance as a leader of his country. The film focuses on one, factual, espisode in Mandela's attempt to unite the nation after years of apartheid and, for him, 27 years in prison under that regime. Rising above the knee-jerk reaction of those who would obliterate all traces of life in South Africa before the downfall of apartheid, Mandela employs sports...rugby to be exact...as a unifying force to bring his countrymen, all of them, together. Freeman is superb in the role, and Matt Damon, as François Pienaar, captain of the Springboks rugby team, turns in a fantastic performance.
Why this film was not promoted better than it was, and remained on the circuit for such a limited time, is beyond me. I believe it is one of the best films I've seen in a very long time and I highly commend it to all of you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2010 15:06:42 GMT -5
Burner, I must say that I had originally decided not to see this movie. I lived through the apartheid era and I saw the horrors of it. After majoring in Black Studies in college and living in Kenya during my junior year, I fully understood what caused things like the Mau Mau rebellion. If I had been in East Africa at that time, I would have been more than happy to have joined the Kikuyu warriors to hack the settlers to death in their beds. To this day, the very thought of South Africa makes my stomach turn. For many years, it had been the seat of evil and this is something I cannot ever forget. But upon your well informed recommendation, I will take the movie out on video and have a look.
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Post by burner on Jul 24, 2010 2:23:04 GMT -5
Burner, I must say that I had originally decided not to see this movie. I lived through the apartheid era and I saw the horrors of it. After majoring in Black Studies in college and living in Kenya during my junior year, I fully understood what caused things like the Mau Mau rebellion. If I had been in East Africa at that time, I would have been more than happy to have joined the Kikuyu warriors to hack the settlers to death in their beds. To this day, the very thought of South Africa makes my stomach turn. For many years, it had been the seat of evil and this is something I cannot ever forget. But upon your well informed recommendation, I will take the movie out on video and have a look. Prydeguys, I am betting you will not be disappointed. I was choked up in so many of the scenes. I'll be looking forward to seeing your personal critique on the film.
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Post by burner on Jan 17, 2011 2:37:46 GMT -5
OK. I'm confused. Unless Admin has, over time, deleted some postings from this site, I don't know why I'm unable to find some that I know I wrote.
A few years back there was a TV program that made it for one seasong only..."Life On Mars". I and some others posted about it and I thought I would resurrect that particular thread, but it wasn't there. Nevertheless....
"Life On Mars" was the story of a police officer from 2008 (or was it 2007?) who wakes up and finds himself back in 1974 (or was it 1973?), assigned to a NYPD precinct that is "dealing with" its first female police officer (kiddingly referred to as "no nuts"), and which, naturally, is unfamiliar with today's concept of forensic evidence and analysis in solving crime. Nice premise, fun show, well written, bombed.
So when checking the TV listings for tonight I saw one of the local PBS stations was airing "Life On Mars" - opposite the "Golden Globe Awards". I decided to tape it and watch it later. [Yes, the Golden Globes. I'm gay. Yes, "tape". I'm old...which accounts for the nostalgia of wanting to see L on M again.] I hit the play button and started cursing. A BBC Wales production. Damn, I thought, I taped the wrong program. Not so.
I figured I had nothing to lose but time so I decided to see what I DID tape. It turns out, for reasons I can't fathom, that there was an IDENTICAL program produced by the BBC, the primary difference being the setting at a police station in the U.K. rather than NYC. And the lead character was named Sam Tyler while I believe (and I could be wrong) that the lead character in the U.S. production was called Sam TAYLOR. And, yes, there was a solitary female officer in the British version as well. Back in the day women were just not a common factor in the ranks, here or there.
I'm posting this for those who may have enjoyed the U.S. version and might care to check thier local PBS listings to see if the Brit version is being carried. The accents may take getting used to (not quite Tony Blair) but it's worth a look-see.
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Post by cuffnstuff on Jan 17, 2011 8:43:20 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, Life On Mars was originally a British show and the US version was based on it. Much like The Office originated in England and we have an American version now.
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Post by burner on Jan 18, 2011 2:37:25 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, Life On Mars was originally a British show and the US version was based on it. Much like The Office originated in England and we have an American version now. Didn't know that, and I appreciate the input. In all seriousness, I marvel at the amount of things I learn, both here on BluePride and, also, in the chat rooms I frequent (political stuff).
The Brits produce a lot of great original television fare. Sometimes it translates well, directly, for an American audience, e.g. "As Time Goes By" with Dame Judi Dench, distributed here on PBS. At other times I imagine the producers recognize a great story concept, but believe they can attract a wider U.S. audience by reworking the show in such a way that Americans can personally relate to it. Queer as Folk is an excellent example.
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Post by admin on Apr 15, 2011 17:57:59 GMT -5
I, for one, am glad this movie was finally made! I plan on supporting it by going to see it and telling others that they should invest the time and do themselves a favor by going to see it. A masterpiece of a book that has been around for a long time. And it seems as if the story in the book is coming true today...... "Who Is John Galt?"
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Post by burner on Apr 16, 2011 4:15:09 GMT -5
Tommy, thank you, thank you, THANK you for posting this clip. It dates back to February. I read the NYTimes every day. I watch TV news every day. Why had I not heard that this film FINALLY made it from the planning stage to the actual filming?
I can't wait to see it. I only hope the movie folks didn't screw this one up as much as they did The Fountainhead. After that was made, and while Ayn Rand was still alive, she vowed she would NEVER let Hollywood make another movie of her works UNLESS she had control over it. I wonder how her heirs have handled the matter.
Atlas Shrugged is, without a doubt, the best novel I have ever read. It (in concert with my devouring everything else that Rand wrote as a result of having read it) opened my eyes and literally changed my life and the way I viewed politics, religion, the world.
When you started the thread a while back, about what people were reading, I dug out my copy of Atlas Shrugged with all good intentions of reading it again after all these years. It's still sitting on my coffee table. Now, I guess, is the time to get off my butt and actually read it once more, BEFORE I go to see the film...assuming any theatre in the area decides to show it!
In that regard, if you or anyone else reads or hears about where it might be showing in the New York area, please let me know!
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Post by burner on Apr 17, 2011 1:01:29 GMT -5
Well what do ya know?! Today I check the NY Times and find that Atlas Shrugged is playing in Manhattan (for anyone else interested) at the Loews Kips Bay Theatre, 570 2nd Avenut, The Union Square Stadium 14, 850 Broadway, AMC Theatres Empire 25, 234 West 42nd Street and Clearview First & 62nd Cinemas, 400 E.62nd Street. That's the GOOD news...maybe.
I then learn that this is the first in a planned trilogy, and with a running time of only 102 minutes I can understand why it would have to be, to cover the entire book. The question is: With the reviews I've seen thus far, will the 2nd part ever get made, much less the third? "Hastily made" "Low Budget" "Poor Acting" Can the criticism get much worse? But then again there is a faction in this country (dare I say the "left wing progressives"?) for whom the very mention of Ayn Rand, and what she stood for, is cause for an apoplectic fit.
I personally have very little use for the so-called "progressive" philosophy that considers statism and government control "progress" when, in fact, it's anything but. On the other hand I have equally little use for much of the agenda of the "tea party" from which the marketing team for Atlas Shrugged expects to get the most support. I doubt Ayn Rand would either. While the "tea party" purports to champion the concepts of free markets and limited government, as does Rand, its equally dogmatic endorsement of religion and a supreme being and "divine law" would make her, an avowed atheist, tremble with rage.
For those interested, here's a link to the Huffington Post article on Atlas Shrugged (the movie) www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/14/atlas-shrugged-film-tea-party_n_849445.html?ref=email_share
...and another link to view what are purported to be "tea party" principles... www.freedomlibertyteaparty.com/Principles-of-Liberty.html
One more thing, for those of you who have NOT read Atlas Shrugged and know little about Ayn Rand or her philosophy, which she dubbed "objectivism", here's some food for thought: A 1991 poll from the Library of Congress found that, for Americans, Atlas Shrugged is the second most influential book in history. Behind the Bible.
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Post by bluepride on Apr 20, 2011 16:04:31 GMT -5
"Restrepo" director killed in Libya: doctors Photojournalist Tim Hetherington, the co-director of Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo," died in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata on Wednesday, doctors said. Getty photographer Chris Hondros was in critical condition in intensive care, doctors at the hospital where he was being treated said. He had suffered brain injuries. The photographers were among a group caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the center of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks. "It was quiet and we were trying to get away and then a mortar landed and we heard explosions," Spanish photographer Guillermo Cervera said. Hetherington, also a still photographer who won the 2007 World Press Photo of the Year award, co-directed with Sebastian Junger the 2010 Afghan war documentary "Restrepo," which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Hondros is an award winning photographer who covered major conflicts including Kosovo, Angola, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the West Bank, Iraq and Liberia, according to his website. Read article: "Restrepo" director killed in Libya: doctorsVery sad news here. "Restrepo" is an acclaimed documentary that shows the real reality of the war in Afghanistan and the lives of a group of Marines assigned there. It's been shown on TV and has won numerous awards. The co-director Tim Hetherington was killed in Libya, apparently covering the activities there along with other journalists who were also killed and /or seriously injured. "Restrepo" is bound to be remembered as one of the best documentaries ever. And with this horrible news, I'm sure it will be shown again on TV very soon. PLEASE make a point of seeing it. I remember posting somewhere on BP that you could take any one of the Marines featured in "Restrepo" and decide that he was gay (whether or not he was is not the point) and you or anyone else would see that being gay or not would have no bearing on how service members would interact with one another if they knew someone was in fact, gay. They laugh together, fight together, cry together, fight with each other together and all are bound with camaraderie, friendship, love, duty and brotherhood. RIP Tim Hetherington.
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Post by bluepride on Apr 21, 2011 14:13:40 GMT -5
"RESTREPO" will be shown on the National Geographic Channel this coming Monday night, April 25th at 9PM eastern. I urge you, plead with you and almost beg all of you to make a point of seeing it. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL - RESTREPO
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Post by burner on May 26, 2011 0:41:46 GMT -5
For those of you interested, and who wondered if Rookie Blue was being picked up for a second season, here it is! Season two begins Thursday, June 16, 2011, ABC-TV, 10:00pm (Eastern time). Happy watching.
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