Oh my.

[samvara]

Warner's Robinov Bitchslaps Film Women; Gloria Allred Calls For Warner's Boycott.

Ta missyjack. ETA Amusing comments FTW

Comments

[akire-yta.livejournal.com]

lol, we both post the link at the same time!

Now, what ARE the Warners films currently on release *goes to see*

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Female leads... 1/3 now playing and 1/10 coming soon

Now playing

Michael Clayton (George Clooney ... Michael Clayton)
The Assassination of Jesse James (Brad Pitt ... Jesse James)
The Brave One (Jodie Foster ... Erica Bain)

Coming Soon

Rails & Ties (Miles Heizer ... Davey Danner)
Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn ... Fred Claus)
August Rush (Freddie Highmore ... August Rush)
P.S. I Love You (Hilary Swank ... Holly Kennedy)
I Am Legend (Will Smith ... Neville)
The Bucket List (Jack Nicholson)
One Missed Call (Edward Burns ... Jack Andrews)
10,000 BC (not sure)
Get Smart (Steve Carell ... Maxwell Smart)
The Dark Knight (Christian Bale ... Bruce Wayne / Batman)

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Sadly I think WB would have to start slaughtering kittens before I willingly boycotted The Dark Knight, but then I don't own several hundred Batman comics for nothing.

There's a very, very long LJ post needed about this issue because it's fairly complex, and also nothing new - after Cutthroat Island went belly-up there was plenty of talk that a woman could never support an A-list title.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Please to be writing said article!

Ironically I own Cutthroat Island and think it's hilarious.

[grin] and men should be excluded form universities - after all they are far too hormone driven to be able to benefit from scholarly pursuits.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

and men should be excluded form universities - after all they are far too hormone driven to be able to benefit from scholarly pursuits.

Haha! Amusingly enough, I've just seen 300 - which is (a) Warner's break-out hit for 2007, and (b) so filled with testosterone it's crazy.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I've only seen vids, it looks very pretty and very umh, can anyone say 'eroticised violence' children?

[angriest.livejournal.com]

It's crazy ridiculous stuff. I *think* I enjoyed it, but that may have been the amount I was making fun of it.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Utterly over the top can be fun!

[ironed_orchid]

That's why I enjoyed it. although some of the people I went with did mot appreciate me muttering "lies, all lies" when the narrator talked about spartan customs.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

It did inspire a fried to give me an excellent precis of the Battle of Thermopylae...

[ironed_orchid]

I bought a copy of The Histories by Herodotus the next day, and read it aloud over lunch.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

How readable was it?

[angriest.livejournal.com]

300: "Haha! Those boy-lovers of Greece!"
Me: "Here in Sparta we only love MEN!!"

[ironed_orchid]

Damn right!

Also, Spartans kill wolves as there initiation? And there's me thinking they went out and killed some slaves.

And, oh yeah, the Spartans had slaves! There was only one line in the whole movie about any of the Greeks having slaves. Grr. Also, WTF was Leonidas doing having sex with his wife?

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I direct you to this songvid on the subject: Vogue (http://sockkpuppett.livejournal.com/442646.html).

[cricketk.livejournal.com]

I Am Legend...

Cool! I always thought that it was about the right length for a movie.

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Getting a little off topic at this point, but if you've yet to see The Omega Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/), then it's time you did :)

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

...and can I just say

I Am Legend (Will Smith ... Neville)

*snerk*

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Much love for missyjacks post :)

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

It hurts, me oh yes it does.

[ironed_orchid]

Oh wow. Stunningly stupid move by Warner.