NipkowDisc Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 like will: g. Gordon liddy or Washington: behind closed doors with a terrific performance by Jason robards as president Richard monckton. I mean how many times are they gonna beat all the king's men, the best man, all the president's men, seven days in may and advise and consent into the ground? there is other stuff out there just as good even if the democrats come out on the short end. diversity and tolerance, tcm, diversity and tolerance hafta be more than catchprases. they hafta be practiced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 and conservatives are far more melodramatic than liberals in political melodramas like bob conrad as liddy in will. they have personality while liberals are lifeless and dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 37 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said: like will: g. Gordon liddy or Washington: behind closed doors with a terrific performance by Jason robards as president Richard monckton. I mean how many times are they gonna beat all the king's men, the best man, all the president's men, seven days in may and advise and consent into the ground? there is other stuff out there just as good even if the democrats come out on the short end. diversity and tolerance, tcm, diversity and tolerance hafta be more than catchprases. they hafta be practiced. You mean they should show things like "Milk" with Sean Penn, Nip? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Frankly, Nip, I don't think TCM is into fantasy that much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Here you go..... Winning..... for a while at least...... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, cigarjoe said: Here you go..... Oh, lordie! If I really want to watch a true horror film, I put on my dvd of this Leni Riefenstahl film. Those extended passages where Hitler rides through giant street crowds with the camera shots right behind his ear making one feel like they are in the vehicle with him, and on to nighttime parades of candle lit flag bearers surging through giant crowds while waiting for Hitler and his minions to speak, are truly frightening. Can't suggest a TCM sponsored wine for it though, unless it be a Fritz Lang Riesling accompanied by some sauerbraten dip and chips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 'The Parallax View' (1974) might be to your liking, Nip. Liberal Warren Beatty doesn't fare too well in that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Nip, once again, the answer to why there have never been all that many politically themed films made where "the Conservative wins the day" is VERY simple! It's 'cause you guys are eventually and almost always proven to be on the wrong side of history, dude! SEE?! Very simple, wasn't it! (...btw CJ...GREAT reply up there too!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I don't know when you last saw WASHINGTON: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, but Jason Robards is portrayed as an absolute paranoiac. I don't keep score when it comes to which side of the aisle is getting more screen time. If it's a good movie, it's a good movie. I've seen a lot of "activist" films that are just dreck, from both sides of the political spectrum. On the other hand, THE CHINA SYNDROME is a very fine film. It may be alarmist but it's a good movie. It doesn't drown you in sanctimony (the cardinal sin, in my book). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGGerald Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brrrcold Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 4 hours ago, NipkowDisc said: like will: g. Gordon liddy or Washington: behind closed doors with a terrific performance by Jason robards as president Richard monckton. I mean how many times are they gonna beat all the king's men, the best man, all the president's men, seven days in may and advise and consent into the ground? there is other stuff out there just as good even if the democrats come out on the short end. diversity and tolerance, tcm, diversity and tolerance hafta be more than catchprases. they hafta be practiced. 'Advise & Consent' gives the edge to the conservative side, in the sense that the Communist sympathizing nominee is rejected, the manipulative liberal president loses his control of the process (and his life), and the devious peace-committee organizing senator is disgraced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 8 hours ago, cigarjoe said: Here you go..... Winning..... for a while at least...... Funny! Although I read that in his newest documentary, Deepak Chopra says Hitler was a liberal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 26 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: Funny! Although I read that in his newest documentary, Deepak Chopra says Hitler was a liberal. Deepak Chopra? Do you mean Dinesh D'Souza? Deepak is an alternative medicine guru, while Dinesh is a right-wing hack filmmaker of agitprop documentaries such as the recently released Death of a Nation. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Yes, that's who I meant! Oops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 An American Carol (2008), directed by David Zucker; starring Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Jon Voight, and James Woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 10 hours ago, sewhite2000 said: Funny! Although I read that in his newest documentary, Deepak Chopra says Hitler was a liberal. I think he and Oprah are involved in a conspiracy trying to use mind control on the American public. This is as bad as when the Beatles were consulting the Mahareshi Yogi or however his name is spelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 10 hours ago, LawrenceA said: Deepak Chopra? Do you mean Dinesh D'Souza? Deepak is an alternative medicine guru, while Dinesh is a right-wing hack filmmaker of agitprop documentaries such as the recently released Death of a Nation. Now all I can think of is that I wonder if he related to John Phillips Sousa? Love that you called Dinesh a "hack". There are so many hacks around nowadays but no one calls them on it. Thanks for giving me a reason to live again, Lawrence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 20 hours ago, NipkowDisc said: tcm should show political thrillers where a conservative wins the day... Here's one that fits the bill perfectly, Nip. It's called 'Bob Roberts' (1992). It's a Tim Robbins film in which a Conservative folk singer becomes a winning politician - much to the fury of liberals. Funny enough, this movie was quite controversial in that Republicans - rather than being pleased about seeing a Conservative win in the movie - were quite angry about the film's suggestions of how the winning is achieved. Brilliant satirically, while being disturbingly believable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 I thought conservatives did win the day in Advise and Consent. The ex-Communist is defeated in his chance to become Secretary of State, and the sinister Liberal pacifist is humiliated and rebuked by everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlofffan Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 On 8/30/2018 at 1:39 PM, CaveGirl said: Oh, lordie! <snip> Can't suggest a TCM sponsored wine for it though, unless it be a Fritz Lang Riesling accompanied by some sauerbraten dip and chips. Strychnine and battery acid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I'd prefer to see a movie, or a "real life" situation in which the VOTERS win something for a change. Talk about FICTION! Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 19 hours ago, skimpole said: I thought conservatives did win the day in Advise and Consent. The ex-Communist is defeated in his chance to become Secretary of State, and the sinister Liberal pacifist is humiliated and rebuked by everyone. Advise and Consent was the first in a series of novels by Allen Drury which feature the same characters. In the ones that follow, it is clear what his political leanings are. As I recall most of the novels, they are eerily similar to things that have happened since their publication. I think the guy had a crystal ball. I find it remarkable that no one has ever tried to film these stories, since a) Hollywood loves sequels, and b) given the political climate of today, these films would really pull people into the theaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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