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Postby king_ghidorah » Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:08 pm

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Postby O.Supreme » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:57 am

There are no more good TV Shows, only ones that haven't disappointed me yet.
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Postby MouthForWar » Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:48 am

Seems like some people aren't familiar with those instances when tongues meet cheeks.

Besides, thinking of Ebert as some subhuman for clearly humorous comments like that is silly since I'm pretty sure ALL of us have said things along those lines.

So its horrible and hateful every time someone says something like "People who love (insert something here- American Idol, Kardashians, whatever you want) are idiots"- We've ALL said something like that at some point or another and if you say you haven't I will automatically call you a liar.

Ebert was honest and he had opinions like the rest of us and he never played it safe with his words.

Everyone I've ever known has said something like that before. Its not fair to demonize Ebert for saying something like that. Besides, if you really take his comments like that to heart, you clearly never read enough of his material to get his sense of humor. If you think he's 100% serious when he says stuff like that, SPOILER ALERT, he isn't.

But keep fishing for reasons to smear a dead person's name, I'm sure it'll earn you a lot of karma (really, calling someone "hateful" over a movie review is a little much).
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Postby kiryugoji04 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:45 am

I only ever got annoyed with him when he missed obvious plot points (Serizawa, father of Emiko Yamane) but I could definitely appreciate his acerbic wit.
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Postby O.Supreme » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:11 am

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Postby jellydonut25 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:12 pm

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Postby heroforhirerob » Sat Apr 06, 2013 8:42 pm

I'm indifferent to Ebert as a critic(I mean...everyone's a critic)...and I've never read a lot of his genre reviews...so I guess I can't get too angry about that....like most reviewers...I'd read what he/she said and then make my own decision....I didn't really get the impression he was better or worse than any of the myriad of other critics out there... "shrugs"
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Postby Dr Kain » Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:00 am

While I think he did some good reviews in the 90s, his reviews over the last 10 years were extremely hit or miss. Sometimes it did not seem like he even watched the movie because he would combine two of the characters into one person.

BTW, anyone that likes the Kardashians ARE idiots! That is not an opinion, that is a fact. And the fact that one of those whores is procreating with the likes of Kanye West is a prime reason why I wish the world had ended back in Dec. That is just down right disgusting and why some people should NEVER be allowed to have children.
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Postby Gargantuan Gargantua » Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:32 am

In the spirit of Ebert here is a poster I got framed.

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Postby king_ghidorah » Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:04 pm

I really want that poster someday. My favorite Godzilla movie as a child.
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