Brazen propaganda movie hitting us in February

[The Consul]

There must be a better universe where instead of the above mentioned shitwipe of nazified cheetoes - Act of Valor - would instead be Act of Velouria. Wouldn't it be a lot better if the kiddies watched this?

[JackRiddler]

Not that there would be anything wrong about it if it were gay.

There would be in the minds of most of these super-soldiers and among their most passionate supporters. Even if they didn't feel it personally, to point out as you do the parallels would be considered offensive.

Srsly, I think this is the problem I have with the soft-core-porn depiction of overly-muscly gay guys, and why I find conventional gay culture so off-putting. It reminds me too much of our military culture.

I think you're unfair to what you call "conventional gay culture." At least, in an earlier phase, closer to its roots. How is the following to be viewed (at least, more than once) except as a subversion of military and macho culture?

[The Consul]

Maybe they can reunite and have a big hit with theme song to Act of Valor called "In The Navy Seals"

[Bruce Dazzling]

Finally!

I was wondering when TWOT™ was going to get the Top Gun treatment.

[slomo]

Not that there would be anything wrong about it if it were gay.

There would be in the minds of most of these super-soldiers and among their most passionate supporters. Even if they didn't feel it personally, to point out as you do the parallels would be considered offensive.

Srsly, I think this is the problem I have with the soft-core-porn depiction of overly-muscly gay guys, and why I find conventional gay culture so off-putting. It reminds me too much of our military culture.

I think you're unfair to what you call "conventional gay culture." At least, in an earlier phase, closer to its roots. How is the following to be viewed (at least, more than once) except as a subversion of military and macho culture?

I mean the current vibe. It's 2012, we gay guys have come a long way baby. I'll post pictures if you want, but I doubt anybody on this board would appreciate them (well maybe Ninakat but I suspect he'd find them as off-putting as I...)

If I watch porn (which is a rare occurrence I swear!) I almost always prefer 70s gay porn to the current airbrushed hyper-buffed garbage.

[JackRiddler]

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slomo, in this I defer, as often I must in so many things, to your superior knowledge.

[Nordic]

BOX OFFICE: ‘Act Of Valor’ #1 With $25M Weekend


http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/box-off ... derlust-5/

Relativity’s R-rated Act Of Valor has stayed No. 1 all weekend. It’s the the Bandito Brothers’ independently financed low-budget U.S. Navy fighting force tale using actual SEALs from an original screenplay by Kurt Johnstad (300). (FYI, there was a novelization of that script, “Tom Clancy Presents Act of Valor”, written by Dick Couch and George Galdorsi and released in paperback by Clancy’s publisher. Relativity acquired the rights to the project last June for $13 million and a $30 million in prints and advertising commitment - the biggest money paid for a finished film with an unknown cast at that time. But Relativity didn’t spend $30M on P&A. That may have been the studio’s minimum legal commitment but it spent a lot more. Ryan Kavanaugh et al took out 4 wildely expensive Super Bowl ads. Yes, 4. That cost between $12M-14M alone. Educated guess is that they spent $45M-$50M total to hawk this actioner. Yes, they acquired domestic rights for cheap and aggressively pre-sold foreign. And, yes, the budget was only $12K. Looks like Relativity will recoup. Marketing-wise, Relativity launched an aggressive 400 screening program in over 40 markets as part of a multi-pronged strategy that spoke to gamers, action fans, sports fans, ethnic audiences, country music fans, patriots, military, women, and the faith-based community. It was all about word of mouth thena and now: audiences are complying by giving it an ‘A’ CinemaScore.

People are paying to watch their own propaganda.



From an earlier Huffpo article:

"Act of Valor" was born not in Hollywood, but in the Pentagon. It was commissioned by the Navy's Special Warfare Command and its success will be measured not in box-office receipts, but in the number of new recruits it attracts to the Navy SEALs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/1 ... 84338.html

[JackRiddler]

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Ah, $25 mil, after big promotion, that puts it somewhere in the middle of weekend No. 1s. That usually means it's at $10 mil and No. 3 or lower the next week.

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[Peregrine]

2012, we gay guys have come a long way baby. I'll post pictures if you want, but I doubt anybody on this board would appreciate them (well maybe Ninakat but I suspect he'd find them as off-putting as I...)

If I watch porn (which is a rare occurrence I swear!) I almost always prefer 70s gay porn to the current airbrushed hyper-buffed garbage.

shhoves through the subject line & goes completely off topic
*ahem*

You wouldn't be the only two who enjoy tasteful homoerotica 'round these parts...

Alright, I'll get outta the thread now...

[crikkett]

"Act of Valor" was born not in Hollywood, but in the Pentagon. It was commissioned by the Navy's Special Warfare Command and its success will be measured not in box-office receipts, but in the number of new recruits it attracts to the Navy SEALs.

HuffPo is off the mark. It's a recruiting tool for regular Navy/Marine grunts.

When young men arrive at the recruit processing center saying "I wanna be a SEAL" they're wished the best of luck and handed papers to sign that commit them to a crap job with no future if they rock out of the SEAL program anywhere along the way.

And most, rock out, and their future smells of diesel and paint. hoo-ya.