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Speak, Commentary
The big little book of fake DVD commentaries, wherein well-known pundits make impassioned remarks about classic science fiction films. It's a gas!
- GenresPolitics
136 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2003
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August 29, 2010
This is a great idea (famous political figures doing commentaries on fantasy/SF movies) and Bissell and Alexander do a great job with it.
The caricatures of the politicos involved really shine. (Ann Coulter and Dinesh D'Souza on Aliens produces the classic line: "If this Corporation's board makes some ghastly mistake that brings back a rabid alien that's going to destroy the world, well, then a new board will be appointed that won't make the same mistake.")
But the best thing about the book are the little touches, occasionally bordering on inside jokes: William Bennett betting with Dick Cheney on the outcome of _The Phantom Menace_ (and constantly screwing up characters' names), Pat Robertson urging Jerry Falwell to tone down the scripture quoting. I even laughed at the jabs taken at Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn!
The caricatures of the politicos involved really shine. (Ann Coulter and Dinesh D'Souza on Aliens produces the classic line: "If this Corporation's board makes some ghastly mistake that brings back a rabid alien that's going to destroy the world, well, then a new board will be appointed that won't make the same mistake.")
But the best thing about the book are the little touches, occasionally bordering on inside jokes: William Bennett betting with Dick Cheney on the outcome of _The Phantom Menace_ (and constantly screwing up characters' names), Pat Robertson urging Jerry Falwell to tone down the scripture quoting. I even laughed at the jabs taken at Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn!
December 16, 2009
This was hilarious. It's a little McSweeney book dedicated to Charlton Heston and Ricardo Montalban. It consists of transcripts of five lost movie commentaries: The Fellowship of the Ring (by Noam Chomsky & Howard Zinn); Aliens (dissected by Ann Coulter & Dinesh D'Souza); Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (William Bennett & Dick Cheney), Planet of the Apes (Jerry Falwell & Pat Robertson) and Star Trek II: THe Wrath of Khan by what are presumably two fictional Trekkers.
I loved watching Falwell & Robertson try to squeeze Planet of the Apes into their world view, and Bill Bennett & Dick Cheney trying to figure out why the special effects were so good for a movie made in the 1970s.
Lots of laughs. Now how to categorize this?
I loved watching Falwell & Robertson try to squeeze Planet of the Apes into their world view, and Bill Bennett & Dick Cheney trying to figure out why the special effects were so good for a movie made in the 1970s.
Lots of laughs. Now how to categorize this?
December 1, 2013
Good idea for a silly book, but too mean-spirited for my taste. The authors depict their reviewers as pathetically idiotic, when there should be enough to caricature about them without resorting to that.
July 18, 2007
A truly astonishing achievement, this is one of those books that stays with you long after you've put it down. Just last night, I had a nightmare about it.
July 18, 2007
this book changed my life. look at me now! jealous?
February 6, 2008
This is a work of pure genius, and it's hilarious to boot. The Chomsky/Zinn one is my favorite, but the others are pretty great.
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