The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Ben Hur had NOTHING to do with homosexuality! That's ludicrous. Does this liberal desecration of a classic film date back now to 1959 too?
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Yes, according to Gore Vidal, who wrote the screenplay. He said that the director, William Wyler, took some convincing, but reluctantly agreed on the condition that nobody told Charlton Heston! It's obvious from Heston's performance that when, for example, he delivered the aforementioned "close in every way" line, he had no idea what he was actually saying.bjmdds wrote:Ben Hur had NOTHING to do with homosexuality! That's ludicrous. Does this liberal desecration of a classic film date back now to 1959 too?
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[video][/video] This guy is a mindless moron! Also, Americans dramatically overestimate the gay and lesbian population, a recent Gallup poll suggests. The average American apparently thinks that more than one in five Americans is gay or lesbian when, according to Gallup, "only 3.8 percent" of Americans self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender...............Hollywood is trying it's best to bring THEIR agendas into scripts which should have NOTHING to do with sexuality whatsoever.
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I'm pretty sure that's the same interview with Vidal that I saw on TV some years back. How'd you find it, BJ? Did you Google "Gore Vidal Ben Hur gay subtext" or something?
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After you mentioned this I did a web search and found it.
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I'm pretty sure the Heston Ben hur had at least one gay subtext scene
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Not from what I know. I watched it 50 times over the years and NEVER even thought about this crazy notion being an issue.
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Yeah, it was pretty subtle. But once you're aware of it, there's no unringing that bell.
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Spoiler
There are growing dangers in the wizarding world of 1926 New York. Something mysterious is leaving a path of destruction in the streets, threatening to expose the wizarding community to the Second Salemers, a fanatical faction of No-Majs (American for Muggles) bent on eradicating them. And the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, after wreaking havoc in Europe, has slipped away…and is now nowhere to be found.
Unaware of the rising tensions, Newt Scamander arrives in the city nearing the end of a global excursion to research and rescue magical creatures, some of which are safeguarded in the hidden dimensions of his deceptively nondescript leather case. But potential disaster strikes when unsuspecting No-Maj Jacob Kowalski inadvertently lets some of Newt’s beasts loose in a city already on edge—a serious breach of the Statute of Secrecy that former Auror Tina Goldstein jumps on, seeing her chance to regain her post. However, things take an ominous turn when Percival Graves, the enigmatic Director of Magical Security at MACUSA (Magical Congress of the USA), casts his suspicions on both Newt…and Tina.
Now allied, Newt and Tina, together with Tina’s sister, Queenie, and their new No-Maj friend, Jacob, form a band of unlikely heroes, who must recover Newt’s missing beasts before they come to harm. But the stakes are higher than these four outsiders—now branded fugitives—ever imagined, as their mission puts them on a collision course with dark forces that could push the wizarding and No-Maj worlds to the brink of war.
Unaware of the rising tensions, Newt Scamander arrives in the city nearing the end of a global excursion to research and rescue magical creatures, some of which are safeguarded in the hidden dimensions of his deceptively nondescript leather case. But potential disaster strikes when unsuspecting No-Maj Jacob Kowalski inadvertently lets some of Newt’s beasts loose in a city already on edge—a serious breach of the Statute of Secrecy that former Auror Tina Goldstein jumps on, seeing her chance to regain her post. However, things take an ominous turn when Percival Graves, the enigmatic Director of Magical Security at MACUSA (Magical Congress of the USA), casts his suspicions on both Newt…and Tina.
Now allied, Newt and Tina, together with Tina’s sister, Queenie, and their new No-Maj friend, Jacob, form a band of unlikely heroes, who must recover Newt’s missing beasts before they come to harm. But the stakes are higher than these four outsiders—now branded fugitives—ever imagined, as their mission puts them on a collision course with dark forces that could push the wizarding and No-Maj worlds to the brink of war.
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BJ, must you spoil things to yourself. Save that for Bond 25.
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It's not really a spoiler FBF. It's what the studio is putting out as the plot of the film.
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UK readers may wish to set their DVRs: the 1970 chiller The Man Who Haunted Himself, starring Sir Rog, is on the Horror Channel at 8am tomorrow morning.
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I think it is on now (sat evening)? It is a classic and has a wonderful credit sequence.Kristatos wrote:UK readers may wish to set their DVRs: the 1970 chiller The Man Who Haunted Himself, starring Sir Rog, is on the Horror Channel at 8am tomorrow morning.
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ED would make a better Bond now than Cr-egg
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Tim Curry! Too bad it's the 28th(I'm out of town,getting back to San Diego the 27th..that's kind of a lot of flying por mi!)bjmdds wrote: http://www.chillertheatre.com/gt/gtc4.htm
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Isn't Tim curry very ill?
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"I love this job, I get a massive kick out of it. And if I can keep getting a kick out of it, I will"
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I hope not. 2016 has done enough damage.Omega wrote:Isn't Tim curry very ill?
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looked it up he had a major stroke in 2013, maybe 2012, two reports on when , he is said to use a wheel chair now.Kristatos wrote:I hope not. 2016 has done enough damage.Omega wrote:Isn't Tim curry very ill?
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I saw a video of him a few years ago and was shocked, he looked real bad. Might of been right after his stroke.
Might be a generational thing i always think of "wilderness girls!" From loaded weapon when I hear his name.
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