Gene Roddenberry was an insecure misogynistic hack?
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WyldeGoose — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 09:50 PM)
Well, different strokes for different folks. I didn't much care for rom-coms, but I forced myself to watch some recently if only to write a rom-com myself, but a bit more on the comedy side.
However, I would say that there are a lot of bad westerns out there. If you are looking to try some out, I have a few suggestions:
Stagecoach (the Original, with John Wayne)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
High Noon (Grace Kelly is awesome in every movie she's in)
A Fistful of Dollars (I would recommend The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but I'd start out on Dollars first)
The Searchers
Rio Bravo (a nice slow movie, if you want to fall asleep)
Most Randolph Scott movies (so you get the joke in Blazing Saddles in reference to him)
Cat Ballou (great for Lee Marvin as Kid Shilleen) -
cjh8504 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 08:26 PM)
Good movie. The infamous rape scene wasn't very good though. I was disappointed. I don't remember seeing too much nudity.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great. -
Nexus71 — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 05:49 PM)
That scene was enough to get it an R-rating or in some countries even got it banned from release altogether.Hek the rape scene in A Clockwork Orange provided some troubles amongst the censorship boards as well.
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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(September 22, 2016 12:25 AM)
Well, I remember A Clockwoork Orange was very graphic. I remember seeing pubes and boobs. Hardly any of that in Straw Dogs. Not too mention, Straw Dogs probably got an R rating because of the graphic violence too.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great. -
AndrewGS — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 08:59 AM)
I think the first two years and even the pilot, and Roddenberry himself, laid a lot of good foundations for the series including its general attitudes. While a lot of the early writers are bitter about the behind-the-scenes, Hurley had mixed feelings about his overall vision.
It's hard to tell to whether Roddenberry stepped back in season 3 and onward just because he had to due to declining health or whether he was increasingly impressed by what Piller was doing. Piller was definitely respectful of Roddenberry, liked the foundations he laid and wanted to follow his vision (and also felt he contributed to some specific season 3 stories) despite some different emphases.