Comments on: A Conservative Screenwriter in Liberal Hollywood

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:18:27 +0000

I think that there is the occasional TV show that gets it right

On network TV, NCIS is hands down the most anti-moonbatty show airing. On cable, BSG. There are also those cable reality shows that are anti-moonbatty in more subtle ways: Deadliest Catch, Dog, Axemen, Dirty Jobs, etc.

My TV is usually on the NHL or NFL channel, neither of which is infested with lefty nutcases.

By: V the K

V the K — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:41:04 +0000

Adam Sandler is rumored to be a closet Republican.

By: what if?

what if? — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:51:41 +0000

Transcending…

My friend Dan Blatt (GayPatriotWest) went to Hollywood to write scripts that highlighted the values he embraced. He believed that “it would be different in Hollywood” – and that scripts would transcend political leanings. In that regard, Dan reminded…

By: Kit

Kit — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:39:54 +0000

“Iâ€™m still waiting for Hollywood to make a movie about decent, upstanding corporate executives trying to save the jobs of their companyâ€™s employees from the predations of bureaucrats, trial lawyers, and environmental extremists.”

That would be, to a certain extent, Sandler’s MR. DEEDS.

By: V the K

V the K — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:38:04 +0000

I’m still waiting for Hollywood to make a movie about decent, upstanding corporate executives trying to save the jobs of their company’s employees from the predations of bureaucrats, trial lawyers, and environmental extremists.

Actually, I’m not. Hell will freeze over before that script gets green-lighted.

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:16:26 +0000

I’ve given up on movies. I think that there is the occasional TV show that gets it right, probably because so many have to be made to fill up cable channels. My current favorite is a Canadian comedy, Corner Gas. I don’t know if it intends to be conservative, but since it so dead-on about life in a small town, it can’t help but be. There’s tolerance of diversity, respect for elders, understanding of the beauty of simple things, and all that–but in a way which is extremely funny.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:09:51 +0000

Dark Knight, for example. Gran Torino. . . . not many, alas, fewer and fewer each year it seems.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:06:37 +0000

I recognized that those executives did not espouse the ideals of the movies I so loved.

Can you give examples of new releases that espouse those ideals?
Old movies are wonderful, but what has come out of Hollywood in the last few years that isn’t a cliche?
The movies I enjoy tend to be indie or foreign films.

I’d say Hollywood executives very much espouse their own views in the movies they produce.