Ray Bradbury calls Michael Moore a horrible human being.

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In this translation of an article from the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, Author Ray Bradbury attacks Moore for stealing the title of his new "documentary".

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38776

It appears the forthright and always classy Moore wouldn't even return a phone call from Bradbury.

"Michael Moore is a screwed a--hole, that is what I think about that case," Bradbury said according to an English translation of the story. "He stole my title and changed the numbers without ever asking me for permission."
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Its and f-'n paradoy!!!!! If hes so pissed why doesnt he sue.?/ (Which he'll lose)
 
World Net Daily, great source. While there I signed up for the Conservative Book Club and found out how atheists are responsible for the ills of society.

The title is satirical. It's legal and is not stealing.

Tough luck to Ray Bradbury.
 
In other news Peter Keglevic the director of the 1990 film “Kill Cruise” has complained that Quentin Tarantino is stealing his title, the Tv-series Dr. Who has been accused of ripping of the James Bond movie Dr. No, American has announced that Elton John is totally copying REO Speedwagon, and the ghost of George Orwell has announced, through John Edwards, his intention of suing Athur C. Clarce, claiming that he simply changed the number and added the words “a space odyssey”.
 
Has Bradbury lost his mind? What about the subtitle to his book A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities? Did he just come up with that one out of nowhere?

Too bad that a pretty good author is now a senile old hypocrite.

Or, you know, WND is lying, which is certainly possible.
 
LFTKBS said:
Too bad that a pretty good author is now a senile old hypocrite.

Or, you know, WND is lying, which is certainly possible.
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Especially:
The people there hate us, which is why they gave him the d'Or.
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If Bradbury actually said all this, he certainly doesn't seem like the same man who wrote Fahrenheit 451 and commented on the irony of it being censored.
 
Kerberos said:
In other news Peter Keglevic the director of the 1990 film “Kill Cruise” has complained that Quentin Tarantino is stealing his title, the Tv-series Dr. Who has been accused of ripping of the James Bond movie Dr. No, American has announced that Elton John is totally copying REO Speedwagon, and the ghost of George Orwell has announced, through John Edwards, his intention of suing Athur C. Clarce, claiming that he simply changed the number and added the words “a space odyssey”.
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LOLOLOL

I am not having the best of days but just wanted to say you really made me laugh.

edited to add: Sorry American, but it was funny this time. context, you know. ;)
 
Bradbury is pissed because Moore stole the title, nothing more, nothing less. Bradbury says not much about politics but it seems he is a right-wing democrat, supporting Wesley Clark.
 
Uh... I'd be calling 'bullsh!t'. This really doesn't sound like something Ray Bradbury would get worked up over. I think everyone should take a breath and read "Something Wicked this way Comes".
 
I also heard that ex-heavyweight boxing champ Michael Moorer is pissed as well since he has the same name as Moore (spelt slightly different of course).
 
OK. Then it's decided. We'll attack Bradbury for being offended that Moore didn't even have the common decency to return a phone call and World Net Daily for reporting the story from a foreign news source. Also, we'll be sure to not even consider that Moore was wrong to steal the title without permission from a great author and icon of science fiction.
 
Mr Manifesto said:
Uh... I'd be calling 'bullsh!t'. This really doesn't sound like something Ray Bradbury would get worked up over. I think everyone should take a breath and read "Something Wicked this way Comes".
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You know, you're right. I'll give it some time to see how the story shakes out. If Bradbury is truly angry it'll be picked up by the press.
 
More *Moore Sucks* threads...will they never end?

Criticism of Moores films...3%
Criticism of Moore the man...97%
 
DaChew said:
OK. Then it's decided. We'll attack Bradbury for being offended that Moore didn't even have the common decency to return a phone call and World Net Daily for reporting the story from a foreign news source. Also, we'll be sure to not even consider that Moore was wrong to steal the title without permission from a great author and icon of science fiction.
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In all seriousness, I think part of the problem is that there is so much anti-Moore sentiment on this board that it becomes a little tiresome to have to comment on every new "revelation" that come out.
The same can be said for Prez Bush. A lot of the pro-Bush posters don't even bother participating in the latest Bush bashing thread since there are so many of them. Like that thread where Bush was accused of lying about the weather when he had that fall. It's like "how much dirt can we dig up on someone, no matter how trivial" (and I'm saying this as someone who doesn't really like Bush)

I think a point gets reached with certain topics where it's easier just to laugh at them, or ignore them all together.
 
Too bad that a pretty good author is now a senile old hypocrite.

On second though, let's wait and see. Surely Bradbury knows that satirical titles are not copyright violation.
 
Actually, there was a book called "The Cat NOT in the Hat" or something which parodied the OJ Simpson trial, and it was found to be breaking Dr. Seuss's (estate's) rights to "The Cat in the Hat," because it wasn't parodying The Cat in the Hat.

But it's stupid, even if Bradbury has a legal leg to stand on. Once you create something, it enters the domain of culture. If you can't refer to some bit of culture, something's very wrong with that.
 
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