Rolando & CINEMA-L
Ashley, Mark
never found another cinema list that had anything approaching discussion
like CINEMA-L, most of them consist of the monthly post saying "I saw this
film, isn't it great." and that's all.
And, if anyone thinks Rolando's post is over the top, then they haven't been
around her long enough (I wish I could remember who it was that started that
mediocre halfwits thing that Sasha referred to - anyway who want's to be a
wholewit?).
Mark Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Sasha Stone [mailto:sst...@PRIMENET.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 1:44 AM
To: CINE...@AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: HAPPINESS: Review (Repost) -Reply
>I have read his Posts and I don't find him at all funny or insightful. I
>believe in the First Amendment but I also have the right to stop a message
>for any reason and mindlessness, obscenity and profanity qualify. It's
been
>many months I've been reading him and they have been gutter level
>communications throughout. If he is the future of the cinema, which I
doubt,
>I think I'll stick with old fogeys like Roger Ebert and Janet Maslin. At
>least they can write coherent sentences which he cannot. Someone else
wrote
>me and reported that it was adios time for them and I've noticed that a lot
>of the people I used to enjoy here are gone. I will probably leave next as
I
>don't like reading contentless messages.
>
I don't think Rolando intends or desires a "future" in cinema. And I
*certainly* don't think people have left because of him! People come and
go all the time and they usually leave disgusted, not because of Rolando's
posts but because this list goes off-topic a lot and has been accused of
being silly. Us? Silly? Naaaa.
What was that unforgettable phrase? Mediocre half-wits and pretentious
something or other, I can't recall.
There are plenty of other lists out there that are moderated, etc.
Sasha