tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post115209121910430540..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: Valley of the WolvesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1152148230786774012006-07-06T11:10:00.000+10:002006-07-06T11:10:00.000+10:00thnx c/pupdatedthnx c/p<BR/><BR/>updatedlukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1152113690955538052006-07-06T01:34:00.000+10:002006-07-06T01:34:00.000+10:00great image of the preznit, Calipendence. i won't ...great image of the preznit, Calipendence. i won't be seeing the film yet, although i did dig your review. hopefully in happier days, i shall--right now, i get too angry or worse yet, depressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1152103778142187792006-07-05T22:49:00.000+10:002006-07-05T22:49:00.000+10:00Thanks Miguel...Another note on this film that I l...Thanks Miguel...<BR/><BR/>Another note on this film that I left out that deserves mentioning is that it does put forth a fictional Muslim leader in that area of Iraq that tries to show a "reasonable" side of Islam that is trying to counsel fellow Muslims not to go down the side of doing suicide bombings as working against the teachings of Islam, and also gets involved with the beheading incident in an interesting way too.<BR/><BR/>There are probably many other Muslim leaders that follow more what the Madrassas teach which undermine this, but at least this film gives voices to those Muslim leaders that do try to counter the Bin Ladens of the world that haven't been heard in our media. He reminded me a little of that Kurdish leader Saladin that was also a more three dimensional stoic character in Ridley Scott's epic "Kingdom of Heaven".<BR/><BR/>BTW, Luke, the image you posted I think is from your mail cache on google, not one the rest of us can see, since I'd cut and pasted the image, not the original image location in email I sent earlier. <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/archive/ap/windowweb.jpg" REL="nofollow">Here's the original image location</A> in case you want to update the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1152093685660362872006-07-05T20:01:00.000+10:002006-07-05T20:01:00.000+10:00Great review, thanks. Actually, this film was a t...Great review, thanks. Actually, this film was a topic of discussion at the American Turkish Council annual meeting, and there is a video clip of Marc Grossman lamenting the film and the effect it will have on U.S.-Turkish relations. You can find the video on the ATC website (it's actually a half hour discussion, with this film briefly discussed).<BR/><BR/>While I haven't seen the film, I think it is, in some ways, a natural reaction to America's role in the world as an "aspiring Rome". We've got our boot firmly planted on the rest of the world's neck, and now a large part of the world that used to see us as the 'good guys', relative to the Soviets at least, now sees America as an evil empire.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Grossman seems to think this film is the problem. I have another view entirely: the film is just a symptom of a much greater issue. The best way to insure future films like this do not become #1 hits is for the U.S. to stop invading countries and start acting like a good world citizen again.<BR/><BR/>The solution? Step 1- Impeach Bush/Cheney, IMHO.Miguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674950013243401071noreply@blogger.com