Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Jackie Clark,
It just shouldn't have been on TV.
W. T. F. Why doesn't John Campbell fly in and take a dump on that woman's face -- it would be more tasteful, and definitely kinder.
I saw on Twitter that this is going to be on the Media7 agenda this week. Please, Russell, hold someone's feet to the fire for that display of Lawsian vileness.
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The GQ shots, on the other hand, IMO, stepped WAY over that line into soft porn and I HATED them. Very creepy and completely squicky.
I'd agree with you -- but I think it's also pertinent to note that Dianna Agron and Lea Michele are both 24 (they play teenagers on TV) and GQ very consciously moved into "lad mag" territory a long time ago. (I remember seeing issues of the then new British edition in the late 80's, and it was quite upmarket. Like Vanity Fair for men without the star-fucking. Or Esquire when it was a serious "general interest" men's magazine.)
Personally, I'm more offended by shit like this -- the Mad Men ladies may not be inviting you to take a cervical smear with one of the magazine's advertising tip-ins, but I find Photoshop mutilation more sinister precisely because its not quite so obvious unless you know what to look for.
ETA: OTOH, Agron is really grand at the Paul Henrician fuck you non-apology. She should go into politics.
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Could someone respond rationally to this bizarre post from Brian Edwards. I just can't do it.
Those two letters appeared in this morning’s Herald. It seems to me that they poignantly express what many of us may have felt watching the press conferences being held by the authorities handling the ‘search and rescue’ efforts at the Pike River mine – that, despite their frequent expressions of sympathy and understanding, the police in particular have failed to respond to the will of the West Coast mining community or to fully comprehend the superhuman nature, the near impossibility in terms of patience and self-control, of what they continue to expect the families and friends of those 29 trapped men to endure. I have no doubt whatsoever that Superintendent Gary Knowles, who is heading the operation, genuinely believes that in refusing to let anyone go into the mine, he is acting in the best interests of both the rescuers and the trapped miners. And he has international best practice on his side. But as I watch his cogent, rational and contained answers to questions about why, after five days, no-one has been allowed to venture down those 2 kilometres, I find myself sharing some of the frustration and anger that is increasingly evident in the community. And I have no son, no father, no brother, no uncle, no friend buried, alive or dead, in that hell.
WTF is his point - Gary Knowles isn't being careless enough with other people's lives? Here's a modest proposal -- let's start flooding Dr. Edwards' neighbourhood with dangerous levels of toxic, flammable gas and see whether he'd appreciate "patience and self-control" then.
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The Herald's Your Views page is amusing in that most of the criticism of the police seems to be that they're not acting like rescuers act in movies or in TV dramas.
Ah, you mean the movies and television shows that enjoy the services of professional stunt, pyro and FX co-ordinators to make sure the actors (who will be surrounded by safety crew just out of shot) don't get killed? Wouldn't it be nice to live your life with an entourage...
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
I'm having a good influence on you after all. :) But seriously, I've gotten more useful and pertinent information from this thread than the Rocky Herald -- which happens a lot.
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Raymond A Francis,
Oh, and Andrew Little (wearing his EPMU hat) has been around. Think I can resist being snarky, under the circumstances. (Honestly, if the election had gone the other way and Clark was in the same position I don't see what she'd have done or said differently -- and been bitched from the usual suspects in the Kiwibog for her troubles. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, damned no matter what you do.)
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Am I the only person who is going on a media fast for the sake of physical and mental health? Last thing I need is another blood pressure surge ahead of a visit from Mr. Stabby... OTOH, why am I at all surprised the Herald managed to compound ignorance with vileness?
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Hard News: I'm not a "f***ing cyclist".…, in reply to JackElder,
Total dyke -- embrace it. :)
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What I want to know is when Wellywood is going to start feeding my appetite for B-grade horror movies with dance numbers again --
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Brent Jackson,
Fair enough - but if my BH was down that mine right now, I'd be clinging on to hope (warranted or not be damned) like an alkie with a key to the liquor cabinet. Hope for the best, prepare for the worse isn't a bad m.o.
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