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		<title>by: Cola Johnson</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477635</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>images like that video are why people talk about women in the military like it's a dirty, subversive myth. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>images like that video are why people talk about women in the military like it&#8217;s a dirty, subversive myth.
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		<title>by: karpad</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477279</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>&lt;i&gt;Think carefully - the term “Everybody will be paid above average wages” may come up…&lt;/i&gt;

which is because people far too often conflate &quot;living wage&quot; with &quot;above average.&quot; Which means when they say &quot;average wage&quot; they mean &quot;sub-living wage.&quot;

which is so tragic I could fucking cry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><i>Think carefully - the term “Everybody will be paid above average wages” may come up…</i></p>
	<p>which is because people far too often conflate &#8220;living wage&#8221; with &#8220;above average.&#8221; Which means when they say &#8220;average wage&#8221; they mean &#8220;sub-living wage.&#8221;</p>
	<p>which is so tragic I could fucking cry.
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		<title>by: napthia9</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477268</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>When my friend and I saw this, we both wondered why they showed the National Guard blowing up the USA.

'Cos seriously, this whole dark n'gritty look makes them look more evil. Particularly in the scenes where they're all wearing helmuts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>When my friend and I saw this, we both wondered why they showed the National Guard blowing up the USA.</p>
	<p>&#8216;Cos seriously, this whole dark n&#8217;gritty look makes them look more evil. Particularly in the scenes where they&#8217;re all wearing helmuts.
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		<title>by: Phoenician in a time of Romans</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477266</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>&lt;i&gt;the dialogue is so sharp and the way they parallel menstruation with lycanthropism (lycanthropy?) is brilliant.&lt;/i&gt;

Mmm - a person turning into a monster once a month seems an obvious metaphor - I guess the reason it hasn't been explored before is that, you know, cinemagoers don't like female protagonists (yea, right).  Or they don't like them if they're not Nastassja Kinski doing nude shots.

I'd pay double to see something both good and original about vampires.  &quot;Perfect Creature&quot; was a nice try, but disappointing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><i>the dialogue is so sharp and the way they parallel menstruation with lycanthropism (lycanthropy?) is brilliant.</i></p>
	<p>Mmm - a person turning into a monster once a month seems an obvious metaphor - I guess the reason it hasn&#8217;t been explored before is that, you know, cinemagoers don&#8217;t like female protagonists (yea, right).  Or they don&#8217;t like them if they&#8217;re not Nastassja Kinski doing nude shots.</p>
	<p>I&#8217;d pay double to see something both good and original about vampires.  &#8220;Perfect Creature&#8221; was a nice try, but disappointing.
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		<title>by: Terry Karney (Demi-urge of Cutlery)</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477264</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Amanda: &lt;i&gt;women are forbidden combat (and combat pay) &lt;/i&gt;

Not to be rude, but the last half of that is wrong.  Hazardous Duty Pay (which is the new name for Combat Pay) is given to every soldier in theater.

They also all get the same tex-exemption.

There are problems in how the Army deals with a lot of things, that isn't one of them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Amanda: <i>women are forbidden combat (and combat pay) </i></p>
	<p>Not to be rude, but the last half of that is wrong.  Hazardous Duty Pay (which is the new name for Combat Pay) is given to every soldier in theater.</p>
	<p>They also all get the same tex-exemption.</p>
	<p>There are problems in how the Army deals with a lot of things, that isn&#8217;t one of them.
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		<title>by: jessilikewhoa, lord seitan</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477230</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>PiaToR, Ginger Snaps is such a fantastic movie. i just did a paper on menstruation and culture and that movie was one of my film references. the dialogue is so sharp and the way they parallel menstruation with lycanthropism (lycanthropy?) is brilliant. 

my only complaint is the guy who played the drug dealer who appeared to be channeling christian slater in turn channeling jack nicholson. it was a bit much, but after you get used to him you cease noticing that annoying quirk.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>PiaToR, Ginger Snaps is such a fantastic movie. i just did a paper on menstruation and culture and that movie was one of my film references. the dialogue is so sharp and the way they parallel menstruation with lycanthropism (lycanthropy?) is brilliant. </p>
	<p>my only complaint is the guy who played the drug dealer who appeared to be channeling christian slater in turn channeling jack nicholson. it was a bit much, but after you get used to him you cease noticing that annoying quirk.
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		<title>by: Phoenician in a time of Romans</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477161</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>&lt;i&gt;Fruitbat, I have to agree that military people who see service should be paid more (as should teachers, firemen, health clinic workers, etc.).&lt;/i&gt;

&quot;More&quot; in comparison to what standard?  Where exactly do you believe these military personell and public service workers should be paid in relation to the average full-time wage?

Think carefully - the term &quot;Everybody will be paid above average wages&quot; may come up...

&lt;i&gt;This sums up nicely why i don’t bother watching so-called “horror” movies anymore. They’ve stopped even trying to be mildly entertaining or interesting. They just display gore.&lt;/i&gt;

28 Days Later?  28 Weeks Later? Descent? Ginger Snaps? Dog Soldiers, even?

Quite a while back, I wandered into &quot;Se7en&quot; not knowing what it was about.  I staggered out afterwards highly impressed as well as gob-smacked.  Horror movies can be damned good. I went to &quot;Donnie Darko&quot; on an off-chance at a film festival, and was so impressed that I dragged 6 friends to the thing when it showed up in the mainstream theatres.

Mind you, I did the same sort of blind-testing for the first &quot;Saw&quot;, whuch is why I've avoided wasting my money on the sequels and the &quot;Hostel&quot; series.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p><i>Fruitbat, I have to agree that military people who see service should be paid more (as should teachers, firemen, health clinic workers, etc.).</i></p>
	<p>&#8220;More&#8221; in comparison to what standard?  Where exactly do you believe these military personell and public service workers should be paid in relation to the average full-time wage?</p>
	<p>Think carefully - the term &#8220;Everybody will be paid above average wages&#8221; may come up&#8230;</p>
	<p><i>This sums up nicely why i don’t bother watching so-called “horror” movies anymore. They’ve stopped even trying to be mildly entertaining or interesting. They just display gore.</i></p>
	<p>28 Days Later?  28 Weeks Later? Descent? Ginger Snaps? Dog Soldiers, even?</p>
	<p>Quite a while back, I wandered into &#8220;Se7en&#8221; not knowing what it was about.  I staggered out afterwards highly impressed as well as gob-smacked.  Horror movies can be damned good. I went to &#8220;Donnie Darko&#8221; on an off-chance at a film festival, and was so impressed that I dragged 6 friends to the thing when it showed up in the mainstream theatres.</p>
	<p>Mind you, I did the same sort of blind-testing for the first &#8220;Saw&#8221;, whuch is why I&#8217;ve avoided wasting my money on the sequels and the &#8220;Hostel&#8221; series.
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		<title>by: Banisteriopsis</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477159</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>As I said, wars between nation-states exist because war is the most efficient money factory we have. Any other bullshit moralizing that accompanies your war is just that. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>As I said, wars between nation-states exist because war is the most efficient money factory we have. Any other bullshit moralizing that accompanies your war is just that.
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		<title>by: jTuba</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477156</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Hey, maybe this can help wash the stupid out of people's brains (not to mention the crappily written song): REM's Orange Crush video -- a maybe slightly more subtle take on, well, war in general.  Or something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aMVwsEhebs</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Hey, maybe this can help wash the stupid out of people&#8217;s brains (not to mention the crappily written song): REM&#8217;s Orange Crush video &#8212; a maybe slightly more subtle take on, well, war in general.  Or something.</p>
	<p><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aMVwsEhebs' rel='nofollow'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aMVwsEhebs</a>
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		<title>by: Terry</title>
		<link>http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/12/27/6493/#comment-477152</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>It turns out that the news that the
MPAA had banned the &quot;Taxi to the Dark
Side&quot; poster was incorrect. It was
the trailer that was banned, not the
poster.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978005.html?categoryid=1611&amp;amp;cs=1


&quot;The MPAA did not approve a theatrical 
trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary 
&quot;Taxi to the Dark Side&quot; that contained 
scenes with nudity and images that the 
org deemed inappropriate for all audiences. 
ThinkFilm has not yet officially submitted 
the one-sheet art referenced in a Dec. 19 story, 
but Daily Variety failed to indicate that it 
was the trailer that was rejected and not 
the one-sheet artwork.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>It turns out that the news that the<br />
MPAA had banned the &#8220;Taxi to the Dark<br />
Side&#8221; poster was incorrect. It was<br />
the trailer that was banned, not the<br />
poster.</p>
	<p><a href='http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978005.html?categoryid=1611&amp;cs=1' rel='nofollow'>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978005.html?categoryid=1611&amp;cs=1</a></p>
	<p>&#8220;The MPAA did not approve a theatrical<br />
trailer for Alex Gibney&#8217;s documentary<br />
&#8220;Taxi to the Dark Side&#8221; that contained<br />
scenes with nudity and images that the<br />
org deemed inappropriate for all audiences.<br />
ThinkFilm has not yet officially submitted<br />
the one-sheet art referenced in a Dec. 19 story,<br />
but Daily Variety failed to indicate that it<br />
was the trailer that was rejected and not<br />
the one-sheet artwork.&#8221;
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