Fox News's Cavuto Calls 'Happy Feet' Part of Liberal Agenda

[SoulManX]

Fox News business commentator Neil Cavuto (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147197/) suggested Wednesday that Warner Bros.' hit movie Happy Feet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366548/) was like "an animated Inconvenient Truth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/)," Al Gore (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330722/)'s documentary about global warming. "I half expected to see an animated version of Al Gore pop up," he said. In the lower part of the screen, the words, "Is Hollywood using kids movies to promote agenda?" were posted. Cavuto called the film "big-time objectionable" for "foisting" a political position on children. He called in Fox critic Holly McClure (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1373193/) who agreed and took the film to task for negative portrayals of marine acquariums and water parks, saying that they were intended to make parents "feel guilty" about taking their kids to them. Meanwhile, Fox News's corporate sibling 20th Century Fox has posted a trailer for the upcoming The Simpsons Movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462538/) on YouTube, showing Homer finding himself hilariously banged about between a rock and a hard place. That animated film also reportedly has an environmental message.

You got love Fox News.:o

[Mr Sparkle]

oh man.....the people at fox news are ****wads...now THAT is an inconvenient truth.

[SoulManX]

oh man.....the people at fox news are ****wads...now THAT is an inconvenient truth.

lol

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Every single children's book or film ever made had an agenda.
Happy Feet totally has a liberal agenda.:huh:
You know, just 'cause it's Fox saying something doesn't automatically make it untrue.

[Mr Sparkle]

Every single children's book or film ever made had an agenda.
Happy Feet totally has a liberal agenda.:huh:
You know, just 'cause it's Fox saying something doesn't automatically make it untrue.

dude, it's a movie about penguins tap dancing.
I doubt if I took my little cousins to see it they'd come out registered democrats, or indoctrinated.
they would likely feel like tap-dancing.

[DOG LIPS]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/DOGLIPS/poster_happy_feet.jpg

[Addendum]

Doesn't Cavuto talk about stocks? He's not a move critic.

And a cartoon movie about the lives of penguins who sing songs to attract a mate has what to do with global warming?

Faux News indeed.

[Darthphere]

Yeah, I actually saw this on-air. Honestly, most of the kids watching the movie arent going to care or notice.

[Dan33977]

Wow...

[Wilhelm-Scream]

dude, it's a movie about penguins tap dancing.
I doubt if I took my little cousins to see it they'd come out registered democrats, or indoctrinated.
they would likely feel like tap-dancing.I guess you haven't seen it.
Of course it's about singing, dancing penguins...and then the U.N. bans fishing around Antarctica 'cause man's encroachment was threatening to make the penguins extinct.
The hero tries to reason with the aliens (humans), but they cruelly put him in a zoo, until a girl sees him dancing and then they put a radio collar on him and release him.

You can't see the liberal agenda there? :huh:
I never said it was a nefarious brain-washing exercise, but jeezus, I don't know about you, but all of my art has an agenda, my agenda.

[Mr Sparkle]

I guess you haven't seen it.
Of course it's about singing, dancing penguins...and then the U.N. bans fishing around Antarctica 'cause man's encroachment was threatening to make the penguins extinct.
The hero tries to reason with the aliens (humans), but they cruelly put him in a zoo, until a girl sees him dancing and then they put a radio collar on him and release him.

You can't see the liberal agenda there? :huh:
I never said it was a nefarious brain-washing exercise, but jeezus, I don't know about you, but all of my art has an agenda, my agenda.

no, you missunderstand me.
all movies have a message, jurassic park had a "beware the evils of technology" message, yet I wouldn't call it part of the christian conservative agenda.
and I doubt that kids came out of it going like "oh man, cloning is dangerous" if anything they came out going "cloning is awesome...I wish they could clone steven segal"
calling Happy feet part of a "liberal agenda" because it happens to have a message is dumb.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

It has a liberal message 'cause the guy who wrote it is a liberal and wanted to teach a lesson about man's abuse of nature.
Kind of like how Dr. Seuss set out to teach kids about conservation, the evils of mindless consumerism and that we must always stand against despotism.
:huh:

[ShadowBoxing]

What exactly do they expect a movie to be about, it's a movie about penguins. They are not going to make an hour and a half film about them going "boy I'm sure glad George Bush is President and Global Warming is just a myth...watch Fox News".

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Wow, thanks to Fox-hatred I'm reading some really smart people saying some oddly dumb things. :huh:

Why does everyone keep saying, "It's a MOVIE about PENGUINS.:rolleyes:" ?
That's like saying the Lord of the Rings is a movie about Hobbits and Elves or that Star Wars was a movie about robots and aliens.
:o

[Darthphere]

Wow, thanks to Fox-hatred I'm reading some really smart people saying some oddly dumb things. :huh:

Why does everyone keep saying, "It's a MOVIE about PENGUINS.:rolleyes:" ?
That's like saying the Lord of the Rings is a movie about Hobbits and Elves or that Star Wars was a movie about robots and aliens.
:o


Actually its a kid's movie about Penguins. Thats like saying Batman and Robin was trying to sell kids dayglow clothes.:huh:

[Mr Sparkle]

It has a liberal message 'cause the guy who wrote it is a liberal and wanted to teach a lesson about man's abuse of nature.
Kind of like how Dr. Seuss set out to teach kids about conservation, the evils of mindless consumerism and that we must always stand against despotism.
:huh:

:huh: but I'm not desputing that it could have a "liberal" message.
I'm disputing the fact that it's part of an AGENDA which implies coordination
I went to see "behind enemy lines" because my girl has a thing for Owen Wilson, and I'd hardly say it's part of the conservative war machine agenda, even though the Americans are painted as awesome humanitarians saving the world one thrid world country at a time.

Message, sure, movies have messages all the time except for the American pie series, part of some broad Liberal reptilian agenda?

No.

[ShadowBoxing]

Why does everyone keep saying, "It's a MOVIE about PENGUINS."?
Because what the hell do Penguins have to do with conservative agendas in the first place?

If you make a movie about animals exactly how are you going to make it not have "animal rights" or "destruction of habitat" as the conflict.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Wellp, I've seen a lot of kid's movies featuring anthropomorphic animals.
I've never seen one where it took the UNITED NATIONS to save the day. :o

And why are you all acting like a liberal agenda would be a BAD thing?!?:huh:
Dr. Seuss was V.E.R.Y. vocal about his liberal agenda?
Do you guys think that was shameful of Dr. Seuss?

[JLBats]

Actually its a kid's movie about Penguins. Thats like saying Batman and Robin was trying to sell kids dayglow clothes.:huh:

To be fair, first time I saw Batman and Robin I ran right out and bought me some spiffy, homoerotic latex. :yay::up:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

If you make a movie about animals exactly how are you going to make it not have "animal rights" or "destruction of habitat" as the conflict.Mmmm, see, this is one of those "dumb" sounding posts. :csad:

Have you ever seen that movie starring all of the animals playing basketball, "Space Jam" I believe it was called?
Or are you going to try and tell me that bugs BUNNY, Daffy DUCK, Sylvester the CAT, Porky PIG, the ROAD RUNNER and Wile E. COYOTE don't count as "animals"?

tsk tsk

[chaseter]

Happy Feet looks dumb to me anyways...

[DOG LIPS]

Hooray!

[Mr Sparkle]

Wellp, I've seen a lot of kid's movies featuring anthropomorphic animals.
I've never seen one where the it took the UNITED NATIONS to save the day. :o

And why are you all acting like a liberal agenda would be a BAD thing?!?:huh:
Dr. Seuss was V.E.R.Y. vocal about his liberal agenda?
Do you guys think that was shameful of Dr. Seuss?


oh, words, they are so crucial.

"has a liberal message" meaning it...um has a liberal message
"is part of the Liberal agenda" meaning there's liberals, coordinating , plotting and planning stuff behind the scenes, hiring writters, paying off studios and movie critics, all to spread their evil innacurate message.

Kind of like "death tax" and "estate tax" same thing different wording, yet one has a negative connotation. negative enough to get people to repeal it after voting for it for years.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

D00d!
There WERE liberals coordinating, plotting and planning stuff behind the scenes. And they didn't have to hire liberal writers 'cause IT WAS WRITTEN BY A LIBERAL.
LOL, just...wow, wow.

[kainedamo]

I guess you haven't seen it.
Of course it's about singing, dancing penguins...and then the U.N. bans fishing around Antarctica 'cause man's encroachment was threatening to make the penguins extinct.
The hero tries to reason with the aliens (humans), but they cruelly put him in a zoo, until a girl sees him dancing and then they put a radio collar on him and release him.

You can't see the liberal agenda there? :huh:
I never said it was a nefarious brain-washing exercise, but jeezus, I don't know about you, but all of my art has an agenda, my agenda.


Here's the thing. Pretty much any movie worth watching has some sort of message. So what if this movie is saying "humans, stop wrecking antarctica!!". I think it's a good thing to give our children some sort of positive message on the environment. Perhaps you'd like to see a childrens movie about smoke stacks, and how great they are. Tap dancing smoke stacks.

[ShadowBoxing]

Mmmm, see, this is one of those "dumb" sounding posts. :csad:

Have you ever seen that movie starring all of the animals playing basketball, "Space Jam" I believe it was called?
Or are you going to try and tell me that bugs BUNNY, Daffy DUCK, Sylvester the CAT, Porky PIG, the ROAD RUNNER and Wile E. COYOTE don't count as "animals"?

tsk tskBut isn't Bugs Bunny's main villain a hunter named Elmer Fudd. And if I am not mistaken weren't they playing the Basketball game to win their freedom from corporate alien oppressors.....Liberal agenda.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Here's the thing. Pretty much any movie worth watching has some sort of message. So what if this movie is saying "humans, stop wrecking antarctica!!". I think it's a good thing to give our children some sort of positive message on the environment. Perhaps you'd like to see a childrens movie about smoke stacks, and how great they are. Tap dancing smoke stacks.Laddy, I just said a few posts ago, "Why are people acting like a liberal agenda is a bad thing? Dr. Seuss was very vocal about his liberal agenda and he rocked.:huh:"

[Mr Sparkle]

D00d!
There WERE liberals coordinating, plotting and planning stuff behind the scenes. And they didn't have to hire liberal writers 'cause IT WAS WRITTEN BY A LIBERAL.
LOL, just...wow, wow.

Jeeeeeeeeeesus. I'm sure NO conservatives where involved, and this was all coordinated by liberals.
I'm sure the studio heads didn't see "$" they saw the good of the "liberal agenda" , I'm sure the agents where all liberals that wnated to spread the message and indoctrinate little children into the "liberal" way of thought, to sway the vote in 2012.
again...important liberal message does not equal liberal agenda.
the fact that it was written by a liberal means NOTHING, means it could have a liberal message.

why did you go see happy feet anyways?
Let's not fight anymore, not on black friday :heart:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

But isn't Bugs Bunny's main villain a hunter named Elmer Fudd. And if I am not mistaken weren't they playing the Basketball game to win their freedom from corporate alien oppressors.....Liberal agenda.Okay, you're right. Space Jam was about "animal rights" and "destruction of habitat".
Mm-hmm, okay.
:rolleyes:

[Mr Sparkle]

I think you're mistakning the writer having a liberal agenda with the movie being part of the overall dreaded and much alluded to "liberal agenda"

[ShadowBoxing]

Okay, you're right. Space Jam was about "animal rights" and "destruction of habitat".
Mm-hmm, okay.
:rolleyes:
Well they were "animals" fighting for their "rights".

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Jeeeeeeeeeesus. I'm sure NO conservatives where involved, and this was all coordinated by liberals.
I'm sure the studio heads didn't see "$" they saw the good of the "liberal agenda" , I'm sure the agents where all liberals that wnated to spread the message and indoctrinate little children into the "liberal" way of thought, to sway the vote in 2012.
again...important liberal message does not equal liberal agenda.
the fact that it was written by a liberal means NOTHING, means it could have a liberal message.

why did you go see happy feet anyways?
Let's not fight anymore, not on black friday :heart:


Okay, here we do have a semantics thing.
You seem to be the type who objects to the term "conspiracy" because it denotes "a smoke-filled chamber full of the wealthy elite plotting crimes", whereas I think of the actual meaning which could just be two people "conspiring" to make their roommate piss the bed by putting his pinky in some warm water.

I have conspired, and I have had "agendas", so I say, of course there was a liberal "agenda".
The nearest I saw to your meaning in the article was the question "IS Hollywood bla blah blah..."
I see the writer/director, animators and stars as representatives of "Hollywood" so I'd say, "yes". But you hear the same words and picture Tip O'Neil and Michael Dukakis going "Pssstt, Hey! Hollywood....if ya make us a penguin propaganda movie, we'll make it worth yer while.:up:"
I didn't read it and see that as the accusation.*shrug*

And, are we fighting? I'm not fighting. :huh:
Just....hand me the knife.
You don't wanna hurt anyone.

[The Overlord]

It has a liberal message 'cause the guy who wrote it is a liberal and wanted to teach a lesson about man's abuse of nature.
Kind of like how Dr. Seuss set out to teach kids about conservation, the evils of mindless consumerism and that we must always stand against despotism.
:huh:

By that logic I guess Bambi is a liberal movie to, Bambi's mother was shot by a hunter, so the movie is both anti gun and anti hunter, why wasn't Bambi's mother killed by a crazed hippie on drugs? Because the movie had a liberal bias.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Well they were "animals" fighting for their "rights".Yeah, I know. You're right. It was practically a Peta polemic.
Yep.

[Mr Sparkle]

Okay, here we do have a semantics thing.
You seem to be the type who objects to the term "conspiracy" because it denotes "a smoke-filled chamber full of the wealthy elite plotting crimes", whereas I think of the actual meaning which could just be two people "conspiring" to make their roommate piss the bed by putting his pinky in some warm water.

I have conspired, and I have had "agendas", so I say, of course there was a liberal "agenda".
The nearest I saw to your meaning in the article was the question "IS Hollywood bla blah blah..."
I see the writer/director, animators and stars as representatives of "Hollywood" so I'd say, "yes". But you hear the same words and picture Tip O'Neil and Michael Dukakis going "Pssstt, Hey! Hollywood....if ya make us a penguin propaganda movie, we'll make it worth yer while.:up:"
I didn't read it and see that as the accusation.*shrug*

And, are we fighting? I'm not fighting. :huh:
Just....hand me the knife.
You don't wanna hurt anyone.


I like to think that It was meant as a cussation from FOX, because they now their target audience and now the kind of Images the words "liberal propaganda" makes the people they cater to see.
again, it does seem like a problem with semantics.

and now, you have the problem with humor. black friday will bring the hype together though, WITH SAVINGS!!!!

[Danalys]

hell when alot of us grew up they had captain planet.

[kainedamo]

Laddy, I just said a few posts ago, "Why are people acting like a liberal agenda is a bad thing? Dr. Seuss was very vocal about his liberal agenda and he rocked.:huh:"


Well there you go then. It's not a bad thing, glad we can agree on that.

Although, why does caring for the environment have to be a liberal thing? Surely it's something that concerns us all :huh:

[Mr Sparkle]

wait, Kainedamo is agreeing with me? oh ****! I retract all my statements.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

hell when alot of us grew up they had captain planet.Hahahaha, I kind of smelled a liberal agenda on that too.
And of course we know that G.I. Joe was a xenophobic, Regan-Era pro Military/Industrial Complex brain-washer.:up:

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Although, why does caring for the environment have to be a liberal thing?Because Conservatives are stupid ass****s ?

[Mr Sparkle]

G.I. joe was all about the environment in 91

[kainedamo]

I sorta have a feeling there is noway another Captain Planet cartoon could be done now, because of all the unnecassery *****ing some Republicans would do :(

[Duende Verde]

I believe Captain Planet was made by republicans, if there's one thing that turned me off from saving the enviroment, it was him.

He was queerest superhero around!
http://www.hbshows.com/images/captainplanetlogo.jpg

[Danalys]

there is the flip side that if we hadn't destroyed a load of habitates we wouldn't be able to survive half the places we do. and zoos make efforts to save animals from other humans. in fact i often wonder how little we could actually effect and survive or if it should all be thought of as a natural process that we do things that lead to the deaths of animals.

[Mr Sparkle]

the power is yours.
though I got all the "powers" like wind and stuff.
but "heart"? what the hell was that about?

[Danalys]

I believe Captain Planet was made by republicans, if there's one thing that turned me off from saving the enviroment, it was him.

He was queerest superhero around!
http://www.hbshows.com/images/captainplanetlogo.jpg

yeah they're probably worried about this new film because it wont suck like that or something. it's like how the care bears made me not want to care.

[Mr Sparkle]

and tom cruise voiced him right? HAIL XENU!!!!!

[Darthphere]

Aladdin was plagued with liberal agendas.

[Duende Verde]

the power is yours.
though I got all the "powers" like wind and stuff.
but "heart"? what the hell was that about?
Plus, it's got the "cool villain design syndrome". Who want to be the hero when the villains look way better?
I know I always wanted to play Skeletor instead of He-Man, even if it meant I was going to lose.
http://www.igu.ro/latrecut/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/captain_planet_6325547.jpg

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Aladdin was plagued with liberal agendas.It's Robin Williams. He lives, eats, breathes, poos liberal agenda.

[Darthphere]

It's Robin Williams. He lives, eats, breathes, poos liberal agenda.


The flying rug was actually a pro-lesbian platform.

[kainedamo]

Ummm... according to IMDB... Whoopi Goldberg, Meg Ryan, and Danny Glover all did voices in Captain Planet!

[Danalys]

the power is yours.
though I got all the "powers" like wind and stuff.
but "heart"? what the hell was that about?

ties into the whole mother nature idea. after all what's a mother without love.

[Mr Sparkle]

ties into the whole mother nature idea. after all what's a mother without love.

commonplace?

[Danalys]

so blowing hot air, and grounding and what ever the other power was then?

[Duende Verde]

-Who do you want to be? Token black guy? Generic south-american kid with the ring of heart?
-Does the ring of heart allow me to give heart attacks to my opponents?
-No, but you can influence behavior by drawing out what kindness already exists in a being's heart.
-Oh... I'll be the rat guy, he looks cool.

[Mr Sparkle]

so blowing hot air, and grounding and what ever the other power was then?
you see? just like a mother.

[Mr Sparkle]

-Who do you want to be? Token black guy? Generic south-american kid with the ring of heart?
-Does the ring of heart allow me to give heart attacks to my opponents?
-No, but you can influence behavior by drawing out what kindness already exists in a being's heart.
-Oh... I'll be the rat guy, he looks cool.

that would've been sa-weet!!!

[Danalys]

-Who do you want to be? Token black guy? Generic south-american kid with the ring of heart?
-Does the ring of heart allow me to give heart attacks to my opponents?
-No, but you can influence behavior by drawing out what kindness already exists in a being's heart.
-Oh... I'll be the rat guy, he looks cool.

this makes me thing who the fat kid would get to be.

[kainedamo]

So is it true that celebrities did voices in Captain Planet or is someone putting nonsense onto IMDB?

[SoulManX]

So is it true that celebrities did voices in Captain Planet or is someone putting nonsense onto IMDB?

Yes they did....

Captain Planet is a fictional character (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character), a superhero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero) in the animated series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_series) Captain Planet and the Planeteers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet. Captain Planet is often referred to as a superhero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero) as he is a caricature of nobility, wears a flamboyant costume (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume) and has many superpowers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_attack). Captain Planet's appearance was loosely based on that of DC Comics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics) superhero Captain Atom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Atom).
Captain Planet was created by Ted Turner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner) [1] (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098763/) in 1990 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990). The idea behind the series was to create an entertaining action program that was meant to make viewers aware of environmental hazards. The villains Captain Planet had to fight included characters such as Sly Sludge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Sludge), Hoggish Greedly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoggish_Greedly), Doctor Blight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Blight), Looten Plunder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looten_Plunder), Verminous Skumm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verminous_Skumm), and Duke Nukem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_%28Captain_Planet%29).
Captain Planet is formed by combining the powers of the rings of the five Planeteers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planeteer), which represented the four Classical elements (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element): Earth (wielded by Kwame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planeteer#Kwame)), Fire (Wheeler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planeteer#Wheeler)), Wind (Linka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planeteer#Linka)), Water (Gi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planeteer#Gi)) - and the additional power of Heart (Ma-ti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planeteer#Ma-ti)).
Captain Planet is the combined and magnified powers of all five of the Planeteers' rings, and stands for all that was good and environment-friendly. The Captain is sky-blue skinned, with a grass-green mullet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_%28haircut%29) and eyebrows. He wears red shorts, a half-shirt and gauntlets with matching red knee-high boots (his boots were missing in the first episode). His body is composed mainly of a crystal compound.

[SoulManX]

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5486/180pxslysludgeit2.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Sly Sludge looked like an Evil Ghostbuster:ninja:

[Fran]

Wow... this is incredibly dumb.

Happy Feet is a children's movie made for CHILDREN, it doesn't have a hidden message inside of it.

Well the message may be about dancing... or singing.

[Addendum]

But with Faux News, everything has to support the President, from a cartoon about penguins that dance for mates, to the turd you flushed

[Danalys]

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5486/180pxslysludgeit2.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Sly Sludge looked like an Evil Ghostbuster:ninja:

i was thinking that earlier but didn't know the guys name. so avoided typing some thing like "that guy who looks like an evil ghostbuster looks like an evil ghostbuster"

[bored]

Fox News business commentator Neil Cavuto (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147197/) suggested Wednesday that Warner Bros.' hit movie Happy Feet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366548/) was like "an animated Inconvenient Truth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/)," Al Gore (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330722/)'s documentary about global warming. "I half expected to see an animated version of Al Gore pop up," he said. In the lower part of the screen, the words, "Is Hollywood using kids movies to promote agenda?" were posted. Cavuto called the film "big-time objectionable" for "foisting" a political position on children. He called in Fox critic Holly McClure (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1373193/) who agreed and took the film to task for negative portrayals of marine acquariums and water parks, saying that they were intended to make parents "feel guilty" about taking their kids to them. Meanwhile, Fox News's corporate sibling 20th Century Fox has posted a trailer for the upcoming The Simpsons Movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462538/) on YouTube, showing Homer finding himself hilariously banged about between a rock and a hard place. That animated film also reportedly has an environmental message.

You got love Fox News.:o


Sorry if I haven't the paid much attention to the rest of this thread, but a ****ing kids movie? Really? Those idiots are getting desperate.

[Cyclops]

Since when was "environmental problems should be fixed" a liberal agenda?

[kainedamo]

Since when was "environmental problems should be fixed" a liberal agenda?


I think we're all in agreement that Fox News are just arses.

[Halcohol]

You gotta love how pushing religious pablum onto your child is okay to Fox News, but putting an environment-friendly message in a kid's movie is the most offensive idea in history :p

[Mentok]

BAH! Its part of the 'Australian Agenda'!



... Whatever that is... :confused:

[Mentok]

This is almost as stupid as Bill O'Riely's tirade against the PLAYSTATION 3 :down

[kainedamo]

This is almost as stupid as Bill O'Riely's tirade against the PLAYSTATION 3 :down


What did he say about the PS3??

[SoulManX]

O’Reilly: iPods Are Endangering America

GamePolitics.com caught this gem from the Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly (http://gamepolitics.com/2006/11/18/bill-oreilly-slams-playstation-3-launch-gamers-ipods-tech-not-in-that-order/):
I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.

[SoulManX]

Bill O'Reilly on Gaming, the PS3 Launch and iPods (http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5004)
Brandon Hill (brandon@dailytech.com) (Blog) (http://www.dailytech.com/blogs/%7Ebrandon) - November 19, 2006 10:12 AM

O'Reilly dishes out a dose of ORLY?

Bill O'Reilly, known for his popular Fox News program "The O'Reilly Factor," is quite a lightning rod when it comes to matters involving politics and social matters. This time around, however, O'Reilly is garnering attention for his comments on digital technology.
GamePolitics (http://gamepolitics.com/2006/11/18/bill-oreilly-slams-playstation-3-launch-gamers-ipods-tech-not-in-that-order/) posted on their site a transcript of a recent airing of O'Reilly's "Radio Factor" in which he discusses the recent rash of violence surround the PlayStation 3 launch (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4984). "The problem with this stuff is that some people can deal with it constructively...but other people get addicted to it, just like opium, just like drugs and alcohol...So this is a big, big problem. It’s going to change every single thing in this country," said O'Reilly.
O'Reilly then dug a little deeper to say that youth who grew up playing video games were doomed to later be failures in society. "The skill set that is necessary to earn a decent living is being deemphasized in a fantasy world of football games and shooting zombies and all that...Now you have the "knows" and the "know-nots", because if you spend all your youth being prisoners of machines...you’re not going to know anything...You’re gonna fail."
Comments like these aren't new in the gaming world. Jack Thompson has long been a champion against violent video games and their effects on the youth of America. His most recent target has been Rockstar's Bully (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4674) which was released last month.
But whereas Thompson's rants have been mostly relegated to violent video games, O'Reilly widened his net to wrangle other popular technology items including the almighty iPod.
"I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod...If this is your primary focus in life - the machines...it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America...did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them?"
For the computer geeks out there that can't carry on a conversation with anyone and just so happen to own an iPod, be sure to check out O'Reilly's Talking Points podcast (http://www.foxnews.com/xmlfeed/podcasting/0,4369,15,00.xml).

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O’Reilly: iPods Are Endangering America

GamePolitics.com caught this gem from the Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly (http://gamepolitics.com/2006/11/18/bill-oreilly-slams-playstation-3-launch-gamers-ipods-tech-not-in-that-order/):I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod… If this is your primary focus in life - the machines… it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America… did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them? …I really fear for the United States because, believe me, the jihadists? They’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there.

Bill O'Reilly on Gaming, the PS3 Launch and iPods (http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=5004)
Brandon Hill (brandon@dailytech.com) (Blog) (http://www.dailytech.com/blogs/%7Ebrandon) - November 19, 2006 10:12 AM

O'Reilly dishes out a dose of ORLY?

Bill O'Reilly, known for his popular Fox News program "The O'Reilly Factor," is quite a lightning rod when it comes to matters involving politics and social matters. This time around, however, O'Reilly is garnering attention for his comments on digital technology.
GamePolitics (http://gamepolitics.com/2006/11/18/bill-oreilly-slams-playstation-3-launch-gamers-ipods-tech-not-in-that-order/) posted on their site a transcript of a recent airing of O'Reilly's "Radio Factor" in which he discusses the recent rash of violence surround the PlayStation 3 launch (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4984). "The problem with this stuff is that some people can deal with it constructively...but other people get addicted to it, just like opium, just like drugs and alcohol...So this is a big, big problem. It’s going to change every single thing in this country," said O'Reilly.
O'Reilly then dug a little deeper to say that youth who grew up playing video games were doomed to later be failures in society. "The skill set that is necessary to earn a decent living is being deemphasized in a fantasy world of football games and shooting zombies and all that...Now you have the "knows" and the "know-nots", because if you spend all your youth being prisoners of machines...you’re not going to know anything...You’re gonna fail."
Comments like these aren't new in the gaming world. Jack Thompson has long been a champion against violent video games and their effects on the youth of America. His most recent target has been Rockstar's Bully (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4674) which was released last month.
But whereas Thompson's rants have been mostly relegated to violent video games, O'Reilly widened his net to wrangle other popular technology items including the almighty iPod.
"I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod...If this is your primary focus in life - the machines...it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America...did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them?"
For the computer geeks out there that can't carry on a conversation with anyone and just so happen to own an iPod, be sure to check out O'Reilly's Talking Points podcast (http://www.foxnews.com/xmlfeed/podcasting/0,4369,15,00.xml).

:huh:

Does he think video game systems are the only things that ppl fight about in stores? Guess that whole tickle me elmo thing doesn't count.

Also he's playing the old "People who play video games will amount to nothing" thing? Seriously that got stupid awhile ago, video games are a form of entertainment and if playing them makes you worthless, then so does watching TV, or movies as you could be doing physical activities while doing them too, guess we shouldn't be watching his show as we'll amount to nothing. Should we be more active? Sure, but he's being selective and blaming everything on forms of entertainment except the medium he's involved in. Me and my friends have played games since we were kids, went to college, and a few of us ended up working with computer and setting up networks, my other friend owns and started his own internet company and is doing well...guess that's negated because Bill O'Reilly says so :whatever:.

Also, so what if he can't understand computer jargon...tons of groups of ppl form slang unique to their lifestyle. I don't know, that guy just urks me sometimes. I don't have Fox News but have watched his show before, everything seems to be a conspiracy to him, and he constantly interupts anything he doesn't like keeping arguments one sided in his favor.

[Mr Sparkle]

yeah, forget Iraq war coverage as if it was some new 24/jack bauer spinoff.
violent video games are damaging our youth.

man, I want to rip their heads off mortal combat style

"FATALITY"


no.......wait......

[Addendum]

I thank video games for helping remove any interest in politics.

I look at political pundits on tv, and I realize I'm more civil, rational, and calmer than every single one.