Machete vs. The Expendables

[Bob Slydell]

My friend nearly lost when he played Machete vs. his finger. The blade got down to the bone, but his finger still lives!

We had something very similar like that happen on a taping of our morning TV show in high chool. It was awesome, cussing on the air and everything. Needless to say, we could not go to air that morning.

I really want to see Machete. Looks just too cool.

 

[John]

I love the new ads, which end by showing Jessica Alba wearing almost nothing and the voice-over guy ending with the word nudity. Just brilliant.

Guarantees a special "unrated" version of the DVD, too.

 

[terrier]

Think the possibility of Danny Trejo visiting her neighborhood caused Jan Brewer's meltdown last night?

http://www.thirdage.com/news/jan-brewer-fail-arizona-gubernatorial-debate_9-2-2010

 

[vicd]

I would love to know if "Machete" will be shown in Arizona theaters. Given that the movie's main character is an illegal immigrant, you know Jan Brewer, Glenn Beck and the rest of the xeno crowd are going to be beyond pissed off.
I'm guessing pissed off enough to make this movie a modest hit.

Oh yeah, it's playing here.

When the trailer came out we got a panicked call from an old man who was sure those scary Mexicans were going to see the film, grab guns, and start killing good, tax-paying white people. He seemed to think it was a documentary.

Should be fun.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/%E2%80%98machete%E2%80%99-producers-lied-about-racist-bloodbath.html

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Sheesh. See the movie first before getting all upset about the "race war" scene. It's nothing of the sort. It's more like a battle and there are white people involved on the side of Machete. Plus, it's not even all that well made.

The first 30 minutes or so have the most politically charged items, but I think Rodriguez wimped out from going full bore like some of the '70s exploitation flicks he was trying to emulate.

 

[terrier]

Read Breitbart's take, and the commenters. If you want to see good old-fashioned, undistilled racism and xenophobia...
Besides, Rodriguez could not have known while he was making the movie how the whole immigration issue would explode. Goddard was probably still leading Brewer in the polls then.