House of Cards set is literally two blocks away from me rn. Can you imagine working on that set, dude just got 100s of people their jobs
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
maybe the crew will actually kill Spacey and then film that for the show. would be a good ending.
― akm, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
hell yeah, I'd show up and gawk on set. although fwiw Spacey is not in town for this (now cancelled) shoot
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
just recast his part like Becky from Roseanne
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
they're already talking spinoff, which is probably the best route for job-saving (and preserving as much of the existing audience as possible)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
are there people still watching it, is what I am trying to figure out
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
sadly yes
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
i wonder if the likes of American Beauty, LA Confidential etc will become like Birth Of A Nation, never broadcast, nor issued on any upcoming formats, never shown at fests or anniversary screenings, ultimately spoken of in hushed tones and rotting away unloved on a studio shelf.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
Spacey's pretty scummy but, uh, then let's do away with every single old MGM film maybe
the [redacted] is getting to be a bit [redacted]
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
American Beauty should rot away on the merits
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
yeah I don't think it's going to be that extreme
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy ugh
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
American Beauty sucks
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:20 (six years ago) link
Yup
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
is it me or does the way Baldwin insists on referring to Toback as "Jimmy" in that article seems like a passive aggressive asshole thing or what?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
also crucially about a middle-aged man trying to foist himself on a teenager
xp
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
mm yeah.. also his arc in LA Confidential shows a man slowly finding redemption by attempting to free young men from the clutches of sleazy movie producers.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, October 31, 2017 3:22 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
idk, I think he's just on a "Jimmy" basis with Toback based on that CC closet video I mentioned
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link
it undermines whatever concern he expresses
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
there are some subtle and not-so-subtle reasons why Baldwin was picked for a recurring Trump parody
sometimes there's a misogyny that's not faked
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
has anyone ever been under the illusion that Alec Baldwin is a good person
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
no
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
i used to be under the illusion that he was a good actor. actually he probably *was*, back in the Miami Blues/Red October days. before he turned into a comedy hack.
― drejelire, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
he usually plays some variation of Alec Baldwin
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
his one scene in GGR too of course, but yes otm
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
― piscesx,
Do you mean last year's crap Birth of a Nation or Griffith? Even in my university's worse than mediocre film program the Griffith film gets shown in class.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
Baldwin was a good leading man up til mid-'90s, then other than a couple of decent supporting roles he's been pretty intolerable. the leading man who was unexpectedly good at comedy turned into a guy who thought he was a comic actor and it didn't work.
― drejelire, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:58 (six years ago) link
He and Wahlberg are the saving grace of The Departed...
I saw Baldwin emcee a screening of a George C Scott film he selected a few months ago, and he was genial and amusing. Didn't make me think he was a good guy. (It was The Savage Is Loose, a desert-island incest drama.)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
Birth of a Nation's place in film history is secure
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I can buy the BFI's recently remastered/restored etc etc blu ray of Birth of a Nation for six pounds in my local rec shop.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
yeah he's good in The Departed!
― drejelire, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
I thought he was good in Still Alice and Blue Jasmine.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
he's probably as underrated as a serious actor as spacey is overrated
but anyway we've uh strayed somewhat off topic
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
― mh, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 2:47 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this part of the interview makes me think imitating Trump is infecting his speech patterns, this is sooo Trump:
Jimmy is one of the smartest, he’s one of the cleverest. He went to Harvard, super-intellect. Jimmy is one of the greatest conversationalists in the world. My wife and I went over to Cannes with him, and we had the time of our life with him and Michael Mailer. We had a great time. We made a film. We were very happy with the film we made. We sold it to HBO when it was done.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
I think Baldwin always spoke that way.
― the Hannah Montana of the Korean War (DJP), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
someone once made a comment about self-important middle-aged men with grandiose ways of speech and permanent whiskey bloat-face that's stuck with me
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
the thing that shits me off is that this “I didn’t personally know he was doing this” is some kind of wall to accepting that it IS a thing that is happening in the world your good business buddy, your intelligent longtime friend can still be a fucking piece of shit to women. and honestly, the fact that youndoesnt have tits is like 70% of why this is a mystery to you Alec there is an opportunity for empathy. the double doors swung wide to receive some kind of humility, humanity, good will to the women in your industry and instead you fuckin sidestep backpedal MOONWALK away on the back of a long standing friendship that has NOTHING to do with JIMMYS behaviour
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
His whole GGR monologue is like Trump fan fiction. I bet Trump himself knows it by heart.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
Good post, VG.
― mick signals, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
...empathy. the double doors swung wide to receive some kind of humility, humanity, good will to the women in your industry...
nothing AB has ever said or done that I'm aware of would suggest that anyone should have expected any better
― Simon H., Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
Baldwin spent an entire interview saying how he's worked with this guy, has enjoyed this guy's company, has seen the guy be sketchy in a way that didn't cross Baldwin's own boundaries for acceptable behavior, and also this guy ("Jimmy") is pretty broken about about this
there's nothing in there at all about the actual actions or the victims or even whether anything bad happened other than accusations, which are the real bad thing here
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
does Alec Baldwin think sexual assault is bad? not sure, might have to call him back
― mh, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
Griffith yeah I forgot there was a remake.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
xpost EXACTLY
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeremy-piven-accused-sexually-assaulting-193415180.html
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
Didn't someone on here have a story about Piven bringing her into his room?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
hard to believe that piven's a creep
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
Andy Dick
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nprs-top-editor-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-two-women/2017/10/31/a2078bea-bdf7-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html?utm_term=.56857c364095
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
I honestly don't know how to read this
we don't know any of these ppl, gen speaking
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link