Quote of the Day

[bubosquared]

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Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out? I don't think it would be appealing to women.

- Former Post movie critic Michael Medved, re: rumours that there's a fair bit of subtext in the new Sherlock Holmes movie.

Comments

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Michael Medved never gets any smarter, does he?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Does he have a history of moronity, then? This is the first I've heard of him.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Very much so. He's never been a terribly good film critic. Then he jumped on the OMG Hollywood is destroying America's purity!!! bandwagon, producing books such as "Hollywood vs. America" and "Saving Childhood: Protecting Our Children from the National Assault on Innocence."

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a cursory google search turned up the phrase "Michael Medved has taken an extraordinary journey from liberal activist to outspoken conservative," and that was all I needed to know. Sigh.

I did wonder why, given that he's described as a former film critic, he was even getting a platform to spout his ill-informed opinion anymore, but then your American medcia baffles me on a daily basis, I fear.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

It baffles us, too. It's pretty much 300 channels of people shouting at each other.