The ACLU Wants the U.S. Government to Combat Sexism in Hollywood

[grumbler]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

Yeah, that kinda ruined the whole bogus argument; if you are going to RAEG you can't say things so clearly full of shit.

[Duque de Bragança]

Sexist. They should be talking about Hypatia vs. Sapho to qualify.

That's what I thought. Thanks for clarifying.

Oops I called Frederick an Emperor. Maria Theresa is going to haunt me now.

Congratulations, that's called "travailler pour le roi de Prusse" in French. Literally. Working without getting any benefit, or getting a worse deal.

. Voltaire, devant ce conflit (la guerre de succession d'Autriche) qui lui semble vain et contraire aux intérêts français, exprime son énervement par une expression devenue proverbiale : « travailler pour le roi de Prusse » ; c'est-à-dire « œuvrer sans en retirer le moindre bénéfice » ou encore « travailler contre soi-même, contre ses propres intérêts ».

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerre_de_Succession_d%27Autriche

[DontSayBanana]

Ugh.  Since last time I checked, quotas don't pass constitutional muster, what's left is incentivizing hiring female directors/disincentivizing hiring male directors.  To hit an entire industry, that's going to take a shit-ton of money that we don't have to spend.

[celedhring]

I believe that raising the issue is a good thing in itself; it doesn't need to end up in quotas to exact change from the industry.

[The Larch]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

Yeah, that kinda ruined the whole bogus argument; if you are going to RAEG you can't say things so clearly full of shit.

That and keeping to blame Hollywood left and right when they're talking about a movie directed and written by an Australian, produced by Australian companies, that stars a Brit and a South African in the main roles.

I mean, seriously, Mad Max is the most Australian thing there is in cinema, besides Crocodile Dundee.

[Valmy]

Bear in mind this guy thought the 'Order 1886' not being up to his standards meant Mad Max was going to fail. Seeing things in the proper context is not his thing.

[Duque de Bragança]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

Yeah, that kinda ruined the whole bogus argument; if you are going to RAEG you can't say things so clearly full of shit.

That and keeping to blame Hollywood left and right when they're talking about a movie directed and written by an Australian, produced by Australian companies, that stars a Brit and a South African in the main roles.

I mean, seriously, Mad Max is the most Australian thing there is in cinema, besides Crocodile Dundee.

Yep, that's why the first had to dubbed in American English for the US market. Dub track can still be found on current video releases.

[celedhring]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

Yeah, that kinda ruined the whole bogus argument; if you are going to RAEG you can't say things so clearly full of shit.

That and keeping to blame Hollywood left and right when they're talking about a movie directed and written by an Australian, produced by Australian companies, that stars a Brit and a South African in the main roles.

I mean, seriously, Mad Max is the most Australian thing there is in cinema, besides Crocodile Dundee.

Yahoo Serious movies.

[The Larch]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

Yeah, that kinda ruined the whole bogus argument; if you are going to RAEG you can't say things so clearly full of shit.

That and keeping to blame Hollywood left and right when they're talking about a movie directed and written by an Australian, produced by Australian companies, that stars a Brit and a South African in the main roles.

I mean, seriously, Mad Max is the most Australian thing there is in cinema, besides Crocodile Dundee.

Yahoo Serious movies.

What about Baz Luhrman? Or Babe? 

[Admiral Yi]

Babe is Australian??

Did they redub the animals for the American market?

I always thought it was an American film set in Imaginary Quaint Rural Country.

[Syt]

When I was a kid, this Australian film creeped me out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Wave

[The Larch]

Babe is Australian??

Did they redub the animals for the American market?

I always thought it was an American film set in Imaginary Quaint Rural Country.

Australian film (shot in Australia) based on a British children novel.

[Ed Anger]

Ugh. Return of Kings is the male equivalent of Jezebel.

[Duque de Bragança]

I didn't know merithyn had so many vacations. They can be put to good use then. AD AVGUSTA PER ANGVSTA

I didn't know merithyn had so many Latin mistakes that it was worth keeping track of. Especially since I've never claimed to know Latin.

Not worth stricto sensu but funny, given the specific word and the context.
You didn't know indeed, yet you invented a latin plural Mistake spread though, so it's no longer your privilege (checked!). Prima inter pares, if you will.

[Duque de Bragança]

When I was a kid, this Australian film creeped me out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Wave

One of Peter Weir's most famous Australian movies along with Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli (Mel Gibson again!). Special mention goes to The Cars that ate Paris.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars_That_Ate_Paris.