voting for the Xixax Dekapenticon

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coffeebeetle

#255
December 04, 2003, 04:20:55 PM
Whoa!  Serious?
more than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. one path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. the other, to total extinction. let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
woody allen (side effects - 1980)

modage

#256
December 04, 2003, 04:21:14 PM
Quote from: RegularKarateThere will be no campaigning... any caught doing this will be banned until the vote is over.

i meant campaigning for nominatinons NEXT YEAR, not swaying the final votes this year.  that would corrupt the system!
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

coffeebeetle

#257
December 04, 2003, 04:22:45 PM
Karate, you knew what we meant!.....did you?
more than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. one path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. the other, to total extinction. let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
woody allen (side effects - 1980)

ono

#258
December 04, 2003, 04:27:48 PM
Quote from: RegularKarateThere will be no campaigning... any caught doing this will be banned until the vote is over.
What's wrong with making people aware of films they feel are worthy of being there but less known?  Or at least reminded?  I mean, I totally forgot about Double Indemnity, and so did everyone else.  And, with all the fuss about My Life to Live and The Conformist, I now want to see them soon, to see what the big deal is.

SoNowThen

#259
December 04, 2003, 04:33:51 PM
In the most non-campaigning way possible I would recommend a viewing of My Life To Live before the vote is over...
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

MacGuffin

#260
December 04, 2003, 04:36:05 PM
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaI mean, I totally forgot about Double Indemnity, and so did everyone else.

Two us didn't.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

modage

#261
December 04, 2003, 04:36:31 PM
Quote from: SoNowThenIn the most non-campaigning way possible I would recommend a viewing of My Life To Live before the vote is over...

BAN HIM!!!  it's the only one off the list i havent seen, and i'll NEVER WATCH IT NOW!!!  :wink:
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaI mean, I totally forgot about Double Indemnity, and so did everyone else.

Two us didn't.

i didnt forget, i just voted The Apartment instead.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

godardian

#262
December 04, 2003, 04:37:48 PM
I think suggesting someone see a film so they can make up their own mind will be looked upon differently than making a big high-pressure deal out of what people "have to" vote for. The merits of films can be debated too, obviously, but I'm assuming the line is drawn at telling people or implying to them that they have to vote a certain way, or pressuring or browbeating them.

Anyone let me know if I'm mistaken about this.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

SHAFTR

#263
December 04, 2003, 04:39:48 PM
Will there be a post with a list of all the films that received votes?
I could careless who voted for who (although I think after the voting is completely finished it would be fun to list who you voted for if you want), I could also care less to see which films just missed.  I really would like to see what films received votes.
"Talking shit about a pretty sunset
Blanketing opinions that i'll probably regret soon"

RegularKarate

#264
December 04, 2003, 04:47:48 PM
Quote from: SoNowThenIn the most non-campaigning way possible I would recommend a viewing of My Life To Live before the vote is over...

That's it, you're out of here... enjoy your time away from XIXAX!


Quote from: godardianI think suggesting someone see a film so they can make up their own mind will be looked upon differently than making a big high-pressure deal out of what people "have to" vote for. The merits of films can be debated too, obviously, but I'm assuming the line is drawn at telling people or implying to them that they have to vote a certain way, or pressuring or browbeating them.

Anyone let me know if I'm mistaken about this.

YOU TOO!  That's far too rebelious of a suggestion!  Consider yourself banned!

SoNowThen

#265
December 04, 2003, 04:49:17 PM
:lol:

mum's the word until the end of the voting
I'll be good
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

aclockworkjj

#266
December 04, 2003, 04:52:09 PM
Amy Machado Even Likes Indecent Exposures.

godardian

#267
December 04, 2003, 04:53:24 PM
That'll teach us to disrespect RK's authorit-ah.   :lol:
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

SoNowThen

#268
December 04, 2003, 05:08:31 PM
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

modage

#269
December 04, 2003, 05:11:36 PM
if i could make one suggestion it would be that this thread is moved to Everything Else Cinema, since it really seems to belong more with great movie discussion and less with playboys and pancakes.  i visit Idle Chatter much less than the 'main' forums.  there might even be members who were unaware of the nominations vote who might like to vote for the final films.  just an idea.

one other question: how were films nominated for the xixax end of year awards?  i wasnt around in january.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.
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