Comments on: Braffanaticism http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/ The Not-So-Exciting Life of Brian Palmer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: hide myspace comments only code http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-24807 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:43:26 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-24807 <strong>hide myspace comments only code...</strong> hide myspace comments only code... hide myspace comments only code…

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]]> by: Jim Gleeson http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-582 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:29:36 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-582 Actually I heard a comedian talking about this on the radio one night when I was disaffected and closing my eyes in a random gestalt of meditation, and I am nearly about to not be a thirty something. The comedian said thay when you find out something someone else doesn't like there is a tendency to wonder if they have leave of their senses. "You don't like KFC, are you really my sister?" "You like country music, have you abandoned all leave of your senses?" There is a part of me that wants to stand around and yell at these people in the hopes of penetrating their thick skulls where they have either been programmed by alien sponsered scientologists or somehow are channeling their cable country music station through their left molar. But in the end, you have to shrug and say "it takes all kinds." The people I get angry at are those who condescend to a person's preference or observational skills by claiming that "you just can't understand my point of view" as if they have somehow recently become a member of MENSA and converse on a completely different plane than you do. In the end, taste is usually the culprit of what movies we like and don't like and there is no accounting for it. Actually I heard a comedian talking about this on the radio one night when I was disaffected and closing my eyes in a random gestalt of meditation, and I am nearly about to not be a thirty something. The comedian said thay when you find out something someone else doesn’t like there is a tendency to wonder if they have leave of their senses.

“You don’t like KFC, are you really my sister?”

“You like country music, have you abandoned all leave of your senses?”

There is a part of me that wants to stand around and yell at these people in the hopes of penetrating their thick skulls where they have either been programmed by alien sponsered scientologists or somehow are channeling their cable country music station through their left molar. But in the end, you have to shrug and say “it takes all kinds.”

The people I get angry at are those who condescend to a person’s preference or observational skills by claiming that “you just can’t understand my point of view” as if they have somehow recently become a member of MENSA and converse on a completely different plane than you do.

In the end, taste is usually the culprit of what movies we like and don’t like and there is no accounting for it.

]]> by: brianmpalmer http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-505 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:48:52 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-505 And then wasted it even further by taking the time to write that absolutely worthless comment. Thanks for adding nothing to the discussion Ames. And then wasted it even further by taking the time to write that absolutely worthless comment. Thanks for adding nothing to the discussion Ames.

]]> by: brianmpalmer http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-504 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:37:06 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-504 Here's a partial list: Paris, Texas, Repoman, Roadhouse, The Station Agent, Wet Hot American Summer, Until the End of the World, Grey Gardens, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, Ordinary People, Hands on a Hardbody, Punch-Drunk Love, The Squid and the Whale, The Goonies, Real Genius, Lone Star, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Adaptation, Some Like it Hot, American Splendor, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, American Movie, Back to the Future, Chinatown, Roger Dodger, In the Mood for Love, River's Edge, Half Nelson, Grizzly Man, Welcome to the Dollhouse, You Can Count on Me. Here’s a partial list:
Paris, Texas, Repoman, Roadhouse, The Station Agent, Wet Hot American Summer, Until the End of the World, Grey Gardens, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, Ordinary People, Hands on a Hardbody, Punch-Drunk Love, The Squid and the Whale, The Goonies, Real Genius, Lone Star, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Adaptation, Some Like it Hot, American Splendor, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, American Movie, Back to the Future, Chinatown, Roger Dodger, In the Mood for Love, River’s Edge, Half Nelson, Grizzly Man, Welcome to the Dollhouse, You Can Count on Me.

]]> by: brianmpalmer http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-503 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:34:15 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-503 Oh Samantha. I've missed you. And you triumphantly return with such an amazing, rambling, crazy, sloppy wet kiss of a reply. I really couldn't have asked for anything better. I hope your future choices (life <i>is</i> full of them) include commenting on my blog more often. Seriously, you totally won me over when you said that you were "birdshit crazy." Speaking of choices, let's look at some of yours Samantha. I mean really, what are (not is) yours? You chose to leave a public comment on a blog, give your real email address, and have a publicly viewable profile on myspace. In my book that makes you fair game. I posted a link to your profile for a couple of reasons. The first was that I felt it gave valuable insight into why you would leave a comment like the one you did. And secondly, so that people would know that I was telling the truth and could see it for themselves. Since you have verified the information in this post with your most recent comment, and because you asked me, I have removed the link to your profile. And lastly, I completely agree with your closing sentiment. People should lighten up. Oh Samantha. I’ve missed you. And you triumphantly return with such an amazing, rambling, crazy, sloppy wet kiss of a reply. I really couldn’t have asked for anything better. I hope your future choices (life is full of them) include commenting on my blog more often. Seriously, you totally won me over when you said that you were “birdshit crazy.”

Speaking of choices, let’s look at some of yours Samantha. I mean really, what are (not is) yours?

You chose to leave a public comment on a blog, give your real email address, and have a publicly viewable profile on myspace. In my book that makes you fair game. I posted a link to your profile for a couple of reasons. The first was that I felt it gave valuable insight into why you would leave a comment like the one you did. And secondly, so that people would know that I was telling the truth and could see it for themselves. Since you have verified the information in this post with your most recent comment, and because you asked me, I have removed the link to your profile.

And lastly, I completely agree with your closing sentiment. People should lighten up.

]]> by: Ames http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-499 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:13:01 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-499 Wow. I can't believe I wasted my time reading this shit. Wow. I can’t believe I wasted my time reading this shit.

]]> by: steve http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-483 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:50:41 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-483 What the fuck? no Young Einstein? weak... What the fuck? no Young Einstein? weak…

]]> by: joe http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-457 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:55:35 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-457 Just curious what kind of movies Brian Palmer likes. There is too much crap in Hollywood for me to guess. Just curious what kind of movies Brian Palmer likes. There is too much crap in Hollywood for me to guess.

]]> by: QJ http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-456 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:35:56 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-456 Oh man, all this is so entertaining... It's funny that before the "Gardening", Brian wrote a blog posting articles slamming Dane Cook, another person who is widely considered "the voice of his generation" (or at least the funniest voice of his generation), and only three people comment. He then posted his views on Zach Braff, and Zach Braff fans come out of the wood-work to rip him to shreds! Popularity Scale: Zach Braff&#62;Dane Cook? Insanity. Or maybe people just haven't really looked around the site... Oh man, all this is so entertaining…

It’s funny that before the “Gardening”, Brian wrote a blog posting articles slamming Dane Cook, another person who is widely considered “the voice of his generation” (or at least the funniest voice of his generation), and only three people comment. He then posted his views on Zach Braff, and Zach Braff fans come out of the wood-work to rip him to shreds!

Popularity Scale: Zach Braff>Dane Cook? Insanity.

Or maybe people just haven’t really looked around the site…

]]> by: g http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-454 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:16:12 +0000 http://www.brianmpalmer.com/blog/2006/09/11/braffanaticism/#comment-454 industry vs audience. i love it. industry vs audience. i love it.

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