Originally Posted By DAR Man just think of the Lethal Weapon movies. You have Mel who's bat guano right wing crazy. And then you Danny Glover who's bat guano left wing crazy. That must of been a fun set.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<I think overall you're pretty safe there. lol>> How do you figure that? Some of the most conservative rightwing nutso actors in Hollywood get hired for Pixar films. And I'm not just talking about John "lucky charm" Ratzenberger.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I don't think Pixar cares one way or the other about any of that at all. For every Craig T. Nelson there's a Paul Newman. What they have in common is that they are good actors.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I *never* make my viewing and purchasing decisions based on the political or religious views of the artists (and business people) involved in a project. I simply choose not to see movies made by known child molesters. Since Gibson hasn't made anything worth watching in sometime it really doesn't matter that he is *only* an alcoholic wife beater and probable clinical narcissist.
Originally Posted By DAR Post 43-I was referring more to the rest of the entertainment industry not Pixar. Though I didn't know the political leanings of the Emeryville geniuses. I figured them to be well what America is, some right some left most in the middle.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Since Gibson hasn't made anything worth watching in sometime >> I don't know Apocalypto was a pretty good film.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Thanks, DAR. I failed to catch that. As for Pixar... the two at the tippy top are most definitely conservative. Definitely.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>the two at the tippy top are most definitely conservative. Definitely.<< ?
Originally Posted By DAR I know we're off of Gibson. But a few weeks ago I watched Wall-E with Andrew Stanton's commentary. In the beginning he touched on environmental message of the film. He stated that the film was conceived before any of the environmental movement kicked back into gear and that he keeps pretty quiet about his political opinions. It was interesting to hear.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Apocolypto was 4 years ago. Hardly recent in terms of Hollywood "what have you done lately" terms. He's gotten pretty easy to avoid, entertainment wise, since. And in fact if my room mate and his son didn't like Apocalypto I could have very easily avoided it too.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In any case, I'm guessing he won't be one of the finalists for this year's People Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive" issue.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Steve Jobs?>> Nope. The two who commute back and forth from the Bay Area to Burbank all the time.
Originally Posted By Ursula I will base what I watch and buy based on whatever someone does if they really irk me. So far, the two on my list are Woody Allen and that creepy Polanski. I just don't wish to give them my money. I don't care if they make great masterpieces. I have to look myself in the mirror. The Husband and I argue about this all of the time. He prefers to judge art based on the art, not the creator. I don't support child molestors. So there.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Ursula, stay away from Powder and the Jeepers Creepers movies. The director is a convicted child molester.
Originally Posted By Tandelothien ^^So is Jeffrey Jones, the principal from Ferris Buellers Day Off and he was in at least 3 Tim Burton movies. >>I don't support child molestors. So there.<< That's exactly why I don't buy in to the "Michael Jackson is a hero now he's dead" theory. If it walks like a duck and keeps talking like a duck after it has been accused of being a duck, then I guess it just can't resist being a duck
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb No argument there. The Jeffrey Jones one is tough because he isn't the star, producer or director. If he were hired for the movie after the conviction I would refuse to see it. But I'm not holding John Hughes (RIP) or Tim Burton responsible for their former employees criminal activity.
