Boyott the Movie "Miracle"

davefoc said:
I wasn't planning to see the movie, I don't go that many movies anyway.

But now do I have to go to show my support for our Canadian friends who have fought with us in several wars?

Or do I have to go to show my support for free trade with the Canadians?

Or do I have to go to show that I don't support the nepotism dominated Hollywood unions?

Jeez, I don't know, I really have no interest in seeing the movie but I may have to go now.

edited to add:
I'd also like to show my support for the Canadians who were accidentally killed in a terrible friendly fire incident at the end of the first gulf war.

And in particular I'd like to show my support to the Canadians who at considerable risk to themselves helped get American diplomat personel out of Iran during when the people in the American embassy were held hostage.

If going to this movie will really accomplish all of this maybe I'll have to go.
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Thank you very very much for writing this.
 
Lyrics: (c) South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

...
...
Blame Canada, Blame Canada

With all their hockey hubbabaloo
And that bitch Anne Murray too

Blame Canada, Shame on Canada

The smut we must stop
The trash we must smash
Laughter and fun
must all be undone
We must blame them and cause a fuss
Before someone thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus
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Another film that was not filmed on location. Neither South Park nor hell. :D

Edited to add: I was looking for some pics from the movie and found THIS :jaw:
 
You know it's actually cheaper to pack up a movie studio and take it to another country to film a motion picture than it is to stay and do it in the US? Crazy.

Oh, also....was this film produced by the Homeland Security Dept, Official Propoganda Office? Seems like a cynical flag-waving attempt to me.
 
Well when do you all get outraged?

Is it ok for Kathy Lee to have an asian sweatshop make her clothes line? After all its the unions fault she has to go oversees to find slave child labour.

Was it ok for artists to make big money in Aparthied Africa, or are you not gonna play Sun City!

Ya know outrage is not just for religious freaks.
 
Well ya all could use a rousing of rabble. Im just wondering what it takes to angry up the blood.

Have any of you ever boycotted anything? Im not too fond wh WalMart right now.
 
Tmy said:
Well ya all could use a rousing of rabble. Im just wondering what it takes to angry up the blood.

Have any of you ever boycotted anything? Im not too fond wh WalMart right now.
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Derailing your own thread.
Boycott anything? Yeah, I for one did not play Sun City.
And I did not and would not have gone to Viet Nam. I had a note from my mom that read, "He cannot go to the war. He has the sniffles."
I also boycott movies or shows with $cientologist actors.
 
Well, since we stole their national past-time and sport, AND most of the players in Hockey today are canadian, AND most players on both sides of the border have a high level of mutual respect and comraderie (they almost consider themselves as 'One Nation, Under Hockey'), AND I don't see a problem with a filmmaker saving MILLIONS to shoot a movie elsewhere because it costs WAY too much to do it here. . .

Where is the problem?

I live in Detroit, which is both Hockeytown, and the big-sister city to Ontario's Windsor. I see no problem that they filmed it in Canada.
 
Movie are filmed in other countries for financial reasons. Without cheaper alternatives to make certain kinds of television shows and movies, they probably wouldn't get made at all.

They are termed in the "biz" as "runaway productions".

There was a proposed legislation — the United States Independent Film and Television Production Incentive Act of 2001, H.R. 3131 -- which sought to provide a wage-based tax credit for productions of films, television or cable programming, miniseries, episodic television, and movies of the week produced in the U.S., with total wage costs between $200,000 and $10 million. I dunno what happened to it.

The issue of runaway productions is hardly new. In the mid-'80s, there were similar cries from Hollywood entertainment workers, though it mostly involved productions moving to less expensive states, like North Carolina, Texas and Florida.

But in the era of stars who the studios have to pay $20,000,000 up front the studios are looking at any and every way to save $$$.

A 10,000,000 million U.S. dollar picture increases it's budget to $13,263,587.23 CAD.

That is a free $3,263,587.23 if the studio decides to shoot it in Canada.

After all it is called "show business"...with an emphasis on business...
 
Anyway our glorious president says that the movement of jobs overseas is good for this country. End of story.

Bush report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S.
WASHINGTON — The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar work to other countries is part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation, the Bush administration said yesterday.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001854367_bushecon10.html

And when we're talking about war we're really talking about peace.
 
subgenius: Anyway our glorious president says that the movement of jobs overseas is good for this country. End of story.
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I agree. American companies should be allowed to buy their resources wherever they like.
 
Reminds what was said about cars in the 1980's. American business was upset that no one was buying US-made cars, and raised taxes on imports, even though the Big 3 was arrogantly cranking out peices of crap.
 
I don't think Tmy's point has anything to do with Canada or Canadians (or even with hockey....).....
 
ingoa said:
Edited to add: I was looking for some pics from the movie and found THIS :jaw:
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Holy crap!! That is so funny, I swear I had to keep looking at the url to be sure it wasn't Landover Baptist. Amazing how fundies can parody themselves w/o even realizing it!
 
subgenius said:
All the great Clint Eastwood spaghetti "Westerns" were filmed in Europe, so I guess there's nothing new.
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True. Actually, is there ANYTHING shot (umm, sorry, filmed) in Hollywood any more these days?
 
Larspeart said:
Well, since we stole their national past-time and sport, AND most of the players in Hockey today are canadian, AND most players on both sides of the border have a high level of mutual respect and comraderie (they almost consider themselves as 'One Nation, Under Hockey'), AND I don't see a problem with a filmmaker saving MILLIONS to shoot a movie elsewhere because it costs WAY too much to do it here. . .

Where is the problem?
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Well its obvious that Canadians have a genetic advantage in hockey! And I guess it was eaiser to find a crowd full of mullets in Canada. BUT, I think we in the states have been big business brainwashed. We are so OK with comapines doing whatever to make a buck. Unions are now the bad guys, the evil EPA is stopping business progress. When compaines move over sees, we blame OUR govt.

Its like compaines have no fear of bad PR cause whatever they do is ok so long as it means more profits. In individuals we call that greed and look down on them. In companies we call it good business.

I think its time we started expecting a little more social responsibilty our of our compaines. And not just when some boob flies out.
 
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