<![CDATA[Debate Policy - Political Forum for Debates & Discussion - Reviews]]> http://www.debatepolicy.com/ en Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.debatepolicy.com/images/debate_policy/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[Debate Policy - Political Forum for Debates & Discussion - Reviews]]> http://www.debatepolicy.com/ Lincoln the movie http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40876-Lincoln-the-movie&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 02:11:42 GMT I was hoping for a movie about Lincoln that was not focused on the 14th amendment. Dorris Goodwin specializes in books about her heroes,... I was hoping for a movie about Lincoln that was not focused on the 14th amendment.

Dorris Goodwin specializes in books about her heroes, routinely democrats.

I am a fan of Daniel Day Lewis and have no problem with him as Abe, but the movie darned near ignored the way Abe ignored laws and should have explained Abes role in causing the war.

With a cost of 630,000 combat deaths, one would think the film could have done a better job.

To me the movie was trying to make the current crop of liberals seem like good people. ]]> Reviews Robert A Whit http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40876-Lincoln-the-movie Dr. Who http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40717-Dr-Who&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 00:07:05 GMT Okay, so I sat down and finally got into Dr. Who. It was one of those shows that I kept meaning to get to, and it just didn't come together for me, either because I didn't have the time, or because the friends that were trying to press it on me were far too rabid about it, and would've ruined it for me.

But I finally got some spare time, and my netflix account to draw. So, starting with the classic Dr. Who, I worked my way forward "chronologically" (a series about space-time is always going to go a bit wonky on that end.), and I'm fully caught up, in the span of about a week (Yeah, I watched alot of Dr. Who back to back.). So armed with my newfound love of the series, I went to poke about some Whovian fansites.... and came away with this question:

What is with all the Clara-hate?

Seriously, it's like she somehow pissed in everyone's Wheaties at once, and I don't get it. She's only a few eps into her role as companion to The Doctor, and everybody seems to be in a constant state of bitching about her. Having watched so much of it recently, I guess maybe I just have an altered perspective on the whole run. As far as I've seen, every companion The Doctor has had has started out as being fairly one-dimension for a few eps, until the writers really figure out where they're going with their individual storylines. ]]> Reviews DragonStryk72 http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40717-Dr-Who Great author supports correct thinking http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40707-Great-author-supports-correct-thinking&goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 16:20:13 GMT Melanie Phillips books

This woman presents in a brilliant way the same tenets I advocate.

The world turned upside down will enchant the "right thinkers" and educate the left thinking folks.

In what we tell ourselves is an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally. A loss of religious belief has led the West to replace reason and truth with ideology and prejudice. The result has been a kind of mass derangement, as truth and lies, right and wrong, victim and aggressor are all turned upside down.
Read more... ]]> Reviews Robert A Whit http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40707-Great-author-supports-correct-thinking Game of Thrones http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40698-Game-of-Thrones&goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 23:17:23 GMT So who watches this show? It's on HBO an into the 3rd season, about 25 total episodes or so. Here is a brief synopsis from IMDB, where it has an astonishing 9.4 rating:

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Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Political and sexual intrigue is pervasive. Robert Baratheon, King of Westeros, asks his old friend Eddard, Lord Stark, to serve as Hand of the King, or highest official. Secretly warned that the previous Hand was assassinated, Eddard accepts in order to investigate further. Meanwhile the Queen's family, the Lannisters, may be hatching a plot to take power. Across the sea, the last members of the previous and deposed ruling family, the Targaryens, are also scheming to regain the throne. The friction between the houses Stark, Lannister and Baratheon, and with the remaining great houses Greyjoy, Tully, Arryn, and Tyrell, leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war and political confusion, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/?ref_=sr_1

I'm just going on to episode 6 of the first season and I'm hooked! ]]> Reviews jimnyc http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40698-Game-of-Thrones