Slog - Comments on Miniature Scandals in the Movie World http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world It's no Emperor's Club, but a revoked invitation to a screening of the intelligent design farce documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is creating quite a stir. According to the New York Times, Shortly before he was to attend a screening in January of the documentary “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” which is about alternatives to the theory of evolution, Roger Moore, a film critic for The Orlando Sentinel, learned that his invitation had been revoked by the film’s marketers. In a film, Ben Stein interviews believers in intelligent design. “Well, you already invited me,” he recalled thinking at the time. “I’m... Copyright 2008 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:48:37 -0800 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:52:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andrew Creationists need to be exterminated. We can start with Ben Stein.

I am sick of their shit they spew in the name of whatever made up enity they are worshipping this week.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963875 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:57:05 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty I agree with Moore that the PBS documentary on thd Pennsylvania lawsuit should be must-viewing, not just for educators, but for everyone. The science is so settled that no credible person could argue otherwise.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963881 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:02:05 -0800 Comment by elenchos Ben Stein is an interesting case. The guy is pretty far off is nut, but he's managed to convince everyone to give him credit for being reasonable.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963885 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:05:07 -0800 Comment by dbell totally agree, elenchos. He's always given off an air of self-righteous, cold rationalism a la Ayn Rand. It seems really odd that he'd be a proponent of something so blatantly anti-rational.

]]> dbell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963925 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:16:00 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I still think we need to bring back the draft for creationists and their cowardly brethren the "Intelligent Designers".

That way they can help improve the species ... by dying off.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963934 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963934 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:18:28 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Roger Moore isn't as good of a film critic as Sean Connery.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c963948 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:25:35 -0800 Comment by amazonmidwife Big Sven ftw.

]]> amazonmidwife http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964099 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964099 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:28:59 -0800 Comment by Natalie So is his name Roger or Robert?

]]> Natalie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964197 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:27:41 -0800 Comment by Rita Check out: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/08/im_gonna_be_a_movie_star.php

It's a post about a biologist being tricked into being interviewed for this movie. Dang!

]]> Rita http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964220 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964220 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:43:05 -0800 Comment by Julie My new favorite hobby is coming up with scientific things that Creationists should not be able to use. For example, if you are a young earth creationist and do not believe in carbon-dating, you should not be able to use radiation therapy when you have cancer, since some of the same scientific principles are involved in both.

I think Golob should do a Dear Science on it.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964337 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:47:20 -0800 Comment by CP Julie @10, I've been thinking the same thing since 9/11. The first folks to make me think of this were the Taliban types.

No MRI machine! No CT scan!
No 747 jumbo jet travel for you!

Same goes for the I.D. folks, who sometimes are American Taliban.

Travel the world slowly by galleon or dhow. Go ask your reverend about that strange lump.

As for Ben Stein, I wonder if he really believes this stuff, or if he's just looking to add to Ben Stein's money.

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964728 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964728 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:54:43 -0800 Comment by annie Sorry, typo. It's Roger.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/miniature_scandals_in_the_movie_world#c964816 Film Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:52:30 -0800