Comments on: Scene-for-scene comparison of Sarah Palin and Julianne Moore http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michael Crumpton http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1372328 Michael Crumpton Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1372328 Does anyone else think that Palin sounds like she has a Canadian accent? Apologies to Canada. Does anyone else think that Palin sounds like she has a Canadian accent? Apologies to Canada.

]]> By: Nicholas Lento http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1372277 Nicholas Lento Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1372277 Moore sounds more intelligent and less shrill...but she's close. Moore sounds more intelligent and less shrill…but she’s close.

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371680 Diogenes Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371680  Another great performance.  The guy knows his craft.  Another great performance.  The guy knows his craft.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371504 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371504 <blockquote>This film was basically just a hatchet job on Palin...</blockquote><i>"When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or ought to be human and isn't, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet." -C. S. Lewis</i>

This film was basically just a hatchet job on Palin…

“When you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” -C. S. Lewis

]]> By: meg gandy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371379 meg gandy Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371379  i caught that immediately. i think that was the writers for the movie cleaning up her dialogue a bit so her points aren't so obscured (or entirely buried) by her "folksy" manner of speech. movie makers have higher standards for clarity than politicians do.  i caught that immediately. i think that was the writers for the movie cleaning up her dialogue a bit so her points aren’t so obscured (or entirely buried) by her “folksy” manner of speech. movie makers have higher standards for clarity than politicians do.

]]> By: factbased http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371352 factbased Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371352 What makes it a hatchet job? To me, that implies some lying or exaggeration. And as for not worth watching, that depends on whether you think there are any lessons to be learned from her almost becoming VP. We dodged a bullet and it's important to realize that and get insight into how it happened from people that were intimately involved. What makes it a hatchet job? To me, that implies some lying or exaggeration. And as for not worth watching, that depends on whether you think there are any lessons to be learned from her almost becoming VP. We dodged a bullet and it’s important to realize that and get insight into how it happened from people that were intimately involved.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371260 blueelm Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371260 Palin seems sincerely mentally unstable. She actually scares me. Moore lacks this meth-like quality of detachment from reality as other people might know it and completely disproportionate sense of self-importance, which allows the stupidity to seem more resonant. Palin seems sincerely mentally unstable. She actually scares me. Moore lacks this meth-like quality of detachment from reality as other people might know it and completely disproportionate sense of self-importance, which allows the stupidity to seem more resonant.

]]> By: MrWoods http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371249 MrWoods Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371249 I keep forgetting she is from AK and assume her and Michelle B are roommates in St. Cloud.  Where is that accent from?  Did she pick it up in Idaho? I am so confused. I keep forgetting she is from AK and assume her and Michelle B are roommates in St. Cloud.  Where is that accent from?  Did she pick it up in Idaho? I am so confused.

]]> By: lknope http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371165 lknope Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371165 As Palin rears her head and comes into the airspace of BoingBoing, where does she go?  It's Antinous! As Palin rears her head and comes into the airspace of BoingBoing, where does she go?  It’s Antinous!

]]> By: ColinN http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371157 ColinN Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371157 The true measure of a great acting job: Moore actually made me feel sorry for Palin, for portraying a character so clearly out of her depth; deer-in-headlights panicked; pushed back into Beauty Queen focus way past the point of having the tools to deal with it; the dieting, etc etc... I'm not defending Palin in 2008, I'm saying that Moore actually gave pathos to a dispicable character. The true measure of a great acting job: Moore actually made me feel sorry for Palin, for portraying a character so clearly out of her depth; deer-in-headlights panicked; pushed back into Beauty Queen focus way past the point of having the tools to deal with it; the dieting, etc etc… I’m not defending Palin in 2008, I’m saying that Moore actually gave pathos to a dispicable character.

]]> By: Pedantic Douchebag http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371138 Pedantic Douchebag Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371138 Andrew? I thought you were dead! Andrew? I thought you were dead!

]]> By: lavardera http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371131 lavardera Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371131 World War P World War P

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371115 Nathan Hornby Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371115 Yes!  Exactly what I was thinking, but with more clarity.  I described it as 'slapability' - but you're spot on with ' narcissistic self-satisfaction'.  It's kind of subtle, hard to pinpoint, but it's missing. It's that quality that made me hate her - all politicians say things I hate - but it was the <i>way</i> she said things. In reality it was probably the result of someone with half a brain trying to read a teleprompter. Yes!  Exactly what I was thinking, but with more clarity.  I described it as ‘slapability’ – but you’re spot on with ‘ narcissistic self-satisfaction’.  It’s kind of subtle, hard to pinpoint, but it’s missing.

It’s that quality that made me hate her – all politicians say things I hate – but it was the way she said things. In reality it was probably the result of someone with half a brain trying to read a teleprompter.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371113 Nathan Hornby Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371113 I think that the real Sarah Palin is more slappable.  There's a snark to everything she says, almost like she knows she's being a dick, but there's nothing we can do about it. Maybe I'm just paranoid. I think that the real Sarah Palin is more slappable.  There’s a snark to everything she says, almost like she knows she’s being a dick, but there’s nothing we can do about it.

Maybe I’m just paranoid.

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371064 Michael Smith Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371064 In my mind I can't separate Ed Harris from John Glenn. In my mind I can’t separate Ed Harris from John Glenn.

]]> By: Diane Meriwether http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371039 Diane Meriwether Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371039 I'm with you - Moore misses the true stupid, maybe she was afraid of making a parody of Palin's sing song cadence. I’m with you – Moore misses the true stupid, maybe she was afraid of making a parody of Palin’s sing song cadence.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371003 Cowicide Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371003 I just finished watching it.  Funnily enough, I hadn't seen your comment as the credits rolled and my exact first thought was I had just watched a horror movie.  It was startling to see your comment at the top here just now. We have far enough <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/mitch-mcconnell-legalizing-weed-causes-death_n_1344572.html?ref=politics" rel="nofollow">unstable, ignorant idiots</a> in Washington already.  Putting Palin in the White House would have been the tipping point. As I've said before, McCain/Palin would have plunged us into the next Great Depression.  Obama has been devastatingly bad in many ways, but... the alternative would have been unthinkable.  A true horror. I just finished watching it.  Funnily enough, I hadn’t seen your comment as the credits rolled and my exact first thought was I had just watched a horror movie.  It was startling to see your comment at the top here just now.

We have far enough unstable, ignorant idiots in Washington already.  Putting Palin in the White House would have been the tipping point.

As I’ve said before, McCain/Palin would have plunged us into the next Great Depression.  Obama has been devastatingly bad in many ways, but… the alternative would have been unthinkable.  A true horror.

]]> By: Lukas Novak http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1371000 Lukas Novak Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1371000 This movie inflicted me with several new fetishes. I am ashamed. This movie inflicted me with several new fetishes. I am ashamed.

]]> By: mat catastrophe http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370985 mat catastrophe Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370985 The book is far better and covers a much wider range of the 2008 primary. This film was basically just a hatchet job on Palin (probably well deserved) and isn't really worth watching. Well, aside from the awesome mullet joke. The book is far better and covers a much wider range of the 2008 primary. This film was basically just a hatchet job on Palin (probably well deserved) and isn’t really worth watching. Well, aside from the awesome mullet joke.

]]> By: Cris Noble http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370963 Cris Noble Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370963 Side by side pictures (no techno). Pretty damn close if you ask me. http://th.isandth.at/#leftTarget=http%3A//finalfashion.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sarah-palin.jpg&rightTarget=http%3A//www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/04/27/entertainment/photos_stories/moore--300x300.jpg Side by side pictures (no techno). Pretty damn close if you ask me.
http://th.isandth.at/#leftTarget=http%3A//finalfashion.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sarah-palin.jpg&rightTarget=http%3A//www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/04/27/entertainment/photos_stories/moore–300×300.jpg

]]> By: yupgiboy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370944 yupgiboy Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370944 There's a big difference between acting and mimicking. There’s a big difference between acting and mimicking.

]]> By: Richard Dagenais http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370932 Richard Dagenais Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370932 OMG what a terrifying fact. OMG what a terrifying fact.

]]> By: hypnosifl http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370863 hypnosifl Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370863 The "Mississippi and Alabama" comment was probably not just a random choice of two southern states to insult, but rather a reference to the Republican primary voters in those states who gave wins to fellow theocrat Rick Santorum on Tuesday. The “Mississippi and Alabama” comment was probably not just a random choice of two southern states to insult, but rather a reference to the Republican primary voters in those states who gave wins to fellow theocrat Rick Santorum on Tuesday.

]]> By: redjon http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370861 redjon Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370861 Moore looks much more professional than Palin.  She just doesn't quote carry off that "Barbie" thing.  She's good; don't get me wrong.  But Moore is obviously a "pro." Moore looks much more professional than Palin.  She just doesn’t quote carry off that “Barbie” thing.  She’s good; don’t get me wrong.  But Moore is obviously a “pro.”

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370845 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370845 She's my nemesis. Four years ago, every comment in every thread managed to mention her. She’s my nemesis. Four years ago, every comment in every thread managed to mention her.

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370842 Diogenes Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370842  That's funny, I got the opposite impression.  Palin always reminds me of the unprepared student trying to fake her way thru a presentation by exuding false confidence.  Moore sounded too confident and invested in the concepts she was presenting.  To me, Palin always sounded like she was just going thru the motions.  That’s funny, I got the opposite impression.  Palin always reminds me of the unprepared student trying to fake her way thru a presentation by exuding false confidence.  Moore sounded too confident and invested in the concepts she was presenting.  To me, Palin always sounded like she was just going thru the motions.

]]> By: skyhawk1 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370838 skyhawk1 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370838 Julianne Moore is hot.  That is all. Julianne Moore is hot.  That is all.

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370840 Diogenes Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370840  Love Ed Harris.  Never seen him deliver less than great performances.  One unsung cameo is his general in The Stand.  Just perfect, out of the blue.  Great actor.  Love Ed Harris.  Never seen him deliver less than great performances.  One unsung cameo is his general in The Stand.  Just perfect, out of the blue.  Great actor.

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370837 Diogenes Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370837 Moore's only shortfall was that she didn't quite capture the smug self-satisfied smile that can only be worn by those who are seldom right, but never in doubt.      (oh, and I loved: "Name one f**king paper!") Moore’s only shortfall was that she didn’t quite capture the smug self-satisfied smile that can only be worn by those who are seldom right, but never in doubt. 
   
(oh, and I loved: “Name one f**king paper!”)

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/scene-for-scene-comparison-of.html#comment-1370833 Diogenes Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149403#comment-1370833  Moore's errors were when she spoke more clearly than Palin.  I guess it's hard to temporarily turn off living brain cells.  Moore’s errors were when she spoke more clearly than Palin.  I guess it’s hard to temporarily turn off living brain cells.

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