<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Val Kilmer to star in Arctic horror flick]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/the-iceman-melteth/ Fri, 16 May 2008 12:42:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-iceman-melteth/1 Val Kilmer trivia

from IMDB:

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Loves buffalo and owns several on his ranch in New Mexico.

Loves candles.
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Turned down Patrick Swayze's role in Dirty Dancing (1987) because he didn't want to be perceived as a "hunk."
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He was in the Kalahari Desert in Africa researching a story he was writing about witch doctors when he was offered the Batman Forever (1995) Batman role. [?]

Wrote poetry for actress Michelle Pfeiffer.

Was originally set to play the lead role in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) but asked to switch roles because of his divorce. [?]
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Kilmer was eventually succeeded in the role of Batman by Christian Bale after George Clooney vacated the role. In The Prince of Egypt (1998), Kilmer provides the voice of God, while Bale played Jesus in Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) (TV).
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His family has Scottish, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Cherokee Native American (from a paternal great-grandmother), Swedish, German and distant Mongolian ancestry. [!; that sounds like joshing]
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"The Island of Doctor Moreau" is a real hoot; possibly it could be considered yet another Mother-Nature-strikes-back movie.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.








]]> Val Kilmer trivia

from IMDB:

<<
Loves buffalo and owns several on his ranch in New Mexico.

Loves candles.
...

Turned down Patrick Swayze's role in Dirty Dancing (1987) because he didn't want to be perceived as a "hunk."
,,,

He was in the Kalahari Desert in Africa researching a story he was writing about witch doctors when he was offered the Batman Forever (1995) Batman role. [?]

Wrote poetry for actress Michelle Pfeiffer.

Was originally set to play the lead role in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) but asked to switch roles because of his divorce. [?]
,,,

Kilmer was eventually succeeded in the role of Batman by Christian Bale after George Clooney vacated the role. In The Prince of Egypt (1998), Kilmer provides the voice of God, while Bale played Jesus in Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) (TV).
,,, [!]

His family has Scottish, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Cherokee Native American (from a paternal great-grandmother), Swedish, German and distant Mongolian ancestry. [!; that sounds like joshing]
...
>>

"The Island of Doctor Moreau" is a real hoot; possibly it could be considered yet another Mother-Nature-strikes-back movie.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.








]]> Comment #2 by Rowan http://www.grist.org/article/the-iceman-melteth/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:01:33 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-iceman-melteth/2 Interesting

It is encouraging to see these types of issues being tackled in popular culture (it's apparently a priority for Fox, according to Rupert Murdoch - http://www.1degree.net.au/files/RMurdochRemarksClimateCha ... - but I'll believe that when I see it). This particular example looks like it will be fairly shallow - do you really need the threat of a virus along with everything else that will be happening? I think a better answer is to have sustainability and environmental issues incorporated into all movies, TV shows etc rather than one-off 'global warming scare' films but given the commercial orientation of mainstream media and whatnot that's unlikely to happen.

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]]> Interesting

It is encouraging to see these types of issues being tackled in popular culture (it's apparently a priority for Fox, according to Rupert Murdoch - http://www.1degree.net.au/files/RMurdochRemarksClimateCha ... - but I'll believe that when I see it). This particular example looks like it will be fairly shallow - do you really need the threat of a virus along with everything else that will be happening? I think a better answer is to have sustainability and environmental issues incorporated into all movies, TV shows etc rather than one-off 'global warming scare' films but given the commercial orientation of mainstream media and whatnot that's unlikely to happen.

greenpictures.wordpress.com

]]> Comment #3 by MAD MAC http://www.grist.org/article/the-iceman-melteth/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:17:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/the-iceman-melteth/3 This is happening now in Germany

"I think a better answer is to have sustainability and environmental issues incorporated into all movies, TV shows etc rather than one-off 'global warming scare' films but given the commercial orientation of mainstream media and whatnot that's unlikely to happen."

Which is why I have become desensitized to the issue. It's a constant. Eventually I just got fed up with it. I just don't give a shit anymore.

Victory in Pattani

]]> This is happening now in Germany

"I think a better answer is to have sustainability and environmental issues incorporated into all movies, TV shows etc rather than one-off 'global warming scare' films but given the commercial orientation of mainstream media and whatnot that's unlikely to happen."

Which is why I have become desensitized to the issue. It's a constant. Eventually I just got fed up with it. I just don't give a shit anymore.

Victory in Pattani

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