(idm) James Cameron

From Christopher Fahey
Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 09:43

> From: "GamePrg." <xxx@xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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>             "..in whatever you do, if you can't break new
>              ground, what's the point?" - James Cameron


    I don't mean to start a personal attack or anything, but although I read
and appreciate most of the things Game.Prg. has posted to this list, it is
always tainted with that James Cameron sig/quote at the end!

    James Cameron is right near the top of my celebrity hit list.
Personally, I think James Cameron represents everything reprehensible about
cinema and about all contemporary art, and his posturing like he's an
*innovator* in the above quote is ludicrous. All of his films have been
derivative button-pressing formulaic schlock (except for Terminator which
was a flukish product of its time). Titanic is crap, True Lies was a racist
and misogynist romp, T2 was boring and cheesy.

    During the Oscars where he yelled he was "king of the world" as if he
really did deserve the oscar instead of Atom Egoyan or the other nominees,
as if the Oscars were Olympic gold medals, made me want to shoot him.

    End rant. Again, nothing personal GamePrg. It just had to be said!

    -Cf