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08-17-2004, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by The Onion, America's Finest News Source™ WASHINGTON, DC—Republican congressmen lambasted the documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster for its "gross inaccuracies and fabrications" Monday. "[Filmmakers] Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are clearly biased," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said. "By editing together concert footage from three different mediocre shows, they have given the general public a false impression that Metallica still kicks ass." Hastert added that there is no hard evidence to support the film's argument that the album St. Anger has more thrashing riffs than Kill 'Em All. | 
EDIT: For those poor, unfortunate souls that have not heard of The Onion.
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08-17-2004, 10:01 PM
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08-17-2004, 10:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | Yeah, but they should focus on the content of the film rather than attacking the film maker's bias...i mean, they still have answered the issues raised in the film have they?
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08-17-2004, 10:30 PM
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..."By editing together concert footage from three different mediocre shows, they have given the general public a false impression that Metallica still kicks ass."...
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Ha. where is tha tmovie anyway, I want to see it.
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08-17-2004, 10:47 PM
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08-17-2004, 11:02 PM
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08-17-2004, 11:40 PM
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08-18-2004, 06:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: VA. | | 100,000 fans all said the shows sucked and two Democrats in the Metallica road crew said they didn't suck that they were great. So we know that Democrats don't lie so the shows must have been great!
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08-18-2004, 06:40 AM
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08-18-2004, 06:44 AM
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08-18-2004, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Kavorka Whether or not Metallica sucks is not the issue. Its that they are getting press. Time to raise the threat level to Red! (or chartruese, or burgundy, or whatever color it is) | 
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08-18-2004, 08:10 AM
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08-18-2004, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange WASHINGTON, DC—Republican congressmen lambasted the documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster for its "gross inaccuracies and fabrications" Monday. "[Filmmakers] Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are clearly biased," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said. "By editing together concert footage from three different mediocre shows, they have given the general public a false impression that Metallica still kicks ass." Hastert added that there is no hard evidence to support the film's argument that the album St. Anger has more thrashing riffs than Kill 'Em All. | You should be writing for The Onion.
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08-18-2004, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Garrett Mireles Is this real? I want a link. | Uh yeah...that's real. Also, the aliens are coming, hide.
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08-18-2004, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by DigMe Is that from The Onion?
brad cook | yup
those onion dudes are such goofs!
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08-18-2004, 10:08 AM
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08-18-2004, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by DigMe Is that from The Onion?
brad cook | Has to be, it wreaks of thier writing style... But, you gotta love Onions, right? |
08-18-2004, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Strange Republican Hastert added that there is no hard evidence to support the film's argument that the album St. Anger has more thrashing riffs than Kill 'Em All.
|  Yeah,kinda makes us forget Kirk studied under Satriani.
The soloes on the album are so rad that they're bad-a friend of mine.
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08-18-2004, 10:37 AM
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