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Actually The happenings is

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:15:06 +0000

In reply to Questions: The Happening Edition

Actually The happenings is not a worth watching movie. I'm really sorry but an avid fan of horror movies here, happenings is the most boring and lausiest movie i'd ever watched! 90 minutes of boredom, it doesn't make any trill in my bones even in mah skin. Another crap movie next to rose of death! A big no no movie. sorry just mah opinion.

A mutual friend who

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:29:34 +0000

In reply to ooooooh, this is a good one,

A mutual friend who occasionally comments as blogation once accidentally returned his bar mitzvah video in place of a rental movie. His mother got a call from their neighbors a few days later. The movie they'd rented was not what they had expected, but they really enjoyed watching the bar mitzvah.

I'll second D. Chez seems to

Michael Wolraich — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:23:49 +0000

In reply to I will give you he writes

I'll second D. Chez seems to have an inflated opinion of himself, though I'm sure that it doesn't approach Shyamalan's. Was the preening self-promotion necessary for the story? A popular blogger with an audience that was already large and was sure to grow much larger when news of his firing put him in the national spotlight? Right. Prepare the national spotlight, folks.

I will give you he writes

Deadman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:45:51 +0000

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I will give you he writes well and is opinionated (opinions i almost universally found myself agreeing with by the way). but i stand by my pompous ass contention as well. (he could be that way because he knows its good for traffic or publicity or whatever, but it's not appealing to me)...

i just read a few of his posts but these were some of the passages that make me think he's a jerk (he also is insanely defensive, bordering on cruel, when anyone attacks him in the comments section - again could just be his way of generating traffic/interest).

if he understood anything at all about who he was talking to, he'd be too worried about leaving here on a stretcher to actually be taking this shit up with me.

I was good at what I did; I had a voice and I wasn't the least bit afraid to use it, consequences be damned -- or not considered at all.

For 16 years I've been a successful producer and manager of TV news, cranking out creative, occasionally daring content on good days and solid, no-frills material on the days in between. I've won several awards and for the most part can say that I'm proud of what I've done in the business...

a popular blogger with an audience that was already large and was sure to grow much larger when news of his firing put him in the national spotlight.

the power that I might wield as an average person with a brain, a computer, and an audience. The mainstream media doesn't believe that new media can embarrass them, hurt them or generally hold them accountable in any way, and they've never been more wrong ... I'm suddenly in a position to do all three, and I know now that this is what I've been working toward the last few years of my career.

He's certainly opinionated,

Donal — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:43:37 +0000

In reply to thanks for the link, donal.

He's certainly opinionated, but not really pompous. And he writes well.

it's amazing to me when

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:17:47 +0000

In reply to thanks for the link, donal.

it's amazing to me when someone so quick to judge others can't see when they share many of those same qualities.

According to recent discoveries in neuroscience, the self-critical part of the brain is in a completely different neural region from the pompous ass part.

If it makes you feel better, Chez's blog gets only slightly more traffic than dagblog, despite the glowing (and prominently placed) review from Arianna Huffington.

ooooooh, this is a good one,

Deadman — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:05:13 +0000

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ooooooh, this is a good one, g. wabbits are scawy!!! it also reminded me of this movie we once accidentally rented as teenagers (it was mistakenly placed in the box of another movie - either that or some punk at blockbuster was having some fun with us) ... but it ended up being so awesomely bad that we rented it again several times. It was the perfect accompaniment to getting high. damn, i'm going to have to try and find someone who remembers the name of that movie.

really? i kind of liked crank

Deadman — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:57:26 +0000

In reply to Crank. So bad, and yet I'll

really? i kind of liked crank ... i mean, it was no fine work of art, and i get nauseous from all those quick cuts but it was kind of a compelling storyline.

yeah, i meant to post a

Deadman — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:52:26 +0000

In reply to I'm not sure, but when you

yeah, i meant to post a warning alongside the video, but i just found m. night's commentary deliciously entertaining. much more entertaining than the actual clip, which believe it or not is not even that good of a proxy in terms of how silly and stupid the movie is (though its a resonable microcosm of the movie's blandness).

anyway, O, i owe you 4 minutes and 50 seconds of life. I will pay you as soon as I find someone to comp me my hour and a half. sorry, but that's how these things work.

thanks for the link, donal.

Deadman — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:34:58 +0000

In reply to Chez has an interesting look

thanks for the link, donal. it was interesting. tho i gotta say, i had never heard of chez before but i think he sounds like almost as much of a pompous ass as M. Night. it's amazing to me when someone so quick to judge others can't see when they share many of those same qualities.