tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post8149745520045799951..comments2024-03-23T14:45:50.362-05:00Comments on The Moving Picture Blog: Independence DayJoe Leydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-38946328476418466462007-07-04T23:50:00.000-05:002007-07-04T23:50:00.000-05:00This is just typical Michael Bay pandering to his ...This is just typical Michael Bay pandering to his audience - but it shows how low in said audience's estimation the current Prez is. Nothing new, though, since at least this President isn't a murderer as in the Clinton-era Absolute Power.Jeff McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-25231158770023694462007-07-04T18:51:00.000-05:002007-07-04T18:51:00.000-05:00I know Keenen Ivory Wayans was framed -- by Jon Vo...I know Keenen Ivory Wayans was framed -- by Jon Voight! -- for the murder of the First Lady in <A HREF="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117339857.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0" REL="nofollow"><I>Most Wanted</I></A> -- but that was a 1997 movie.Joe Leydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-91276566293772009662007-07-04T18:11:00.000-05:002007-07-04T18:11:00.000-05:00He did indeed. (And his First Lady was a Canadian...He did indeed. (And his First Lady was a Canadian!)<BR/><BR/>Alas, I cannot remember what the other examples might have been -- I just remember (with a bit of a memory jog via Google) that the Harper's Index for September 1996 stated:<BR/><BR/><I>Number of Hollywood movies released since last October in which a fictional U.S. president is one of the characters : 4<BR/><BR/>Number of these in which the first lady is already dead or is killed in the movie : 3</I><BR/><BR/>Harper's Index being what it is, it doesn't specify which particular movies these were.Peter T Chattawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395937367596387523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-31343470415808228382007-07-04T12:38:00.000-05:002007-07-04T12:38:00.000-05:00Well, there certainly was The American President, ...Well, there certainly was <I>The American President</I>, with a widowed Prez who woos the succulent Annette Bening. But didn't Harrison Ford have a First Lady in <I>Air Force One</I>?Joe Leydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-3465408361644751172007-07-04T12:30:00.000-05:002007-07-04T12:30:00.000-05:00"...without inviting derisive jeers from mainstrea..."...without inviting derisive jeers from mainstream moviegoers."<BR/><BR/>I dunno, I think the audience with which I saw this film was laughing <I>at</I> the movie more than <I>with</I> the movie at this point. Then again, I was in a Canadian theatre. :)<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, speaking of real-world subtexts, wasn't <I>Independence Day</I> one of a number of films released during the Clinton era in which the First Lady either died or was already dead?Peter T Chattawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395937367596387523noreply@blogger.com