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dkj posted:Sepp confirms 5th term. mods! ban this sick filth
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When is United Passions coming out
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Sep 27, 2014 15:44
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United Passions sounds so much like Mr. Burns's film festival movie that I'm wondering if it will contain a scene with Sepp Blatter as ET.
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TheBigAristotle posted:When is United Passions coming out It was released in June. As of this date it's only available in Serbia. Not a joke.
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Skinty McEdger posted:It was released in June. As of this date it's only available in Serbia.
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Despite screening it at the Cannes movie festival Fifa went out of their way to try and limit critics access to the film and controlled the number of people who witnessed it. One of the reasons for this is based on what the director and Tim Roth have said about the film, Fifa isn't exactly happy with it as despite the tight controls they placed over production both slipped in some irony and near parody to the film and they snuck in some subtext about Blatter being horribly corrupt. There's zero chance they ever give it a general release.
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Skinty McEdger posted:Despite screening it at the Cannes movie festival Fifa went out of their way to try and limit critics access to the film and controlled the number of people who witnessed it. One of the reasons for this is based on what the director and Tim Roth have said about the film, Fifa isn't exactly happy with it as despite the tight controls they placed over production both slipped in some irony and near parody to the film and they snuck in some subtext about Blatter being horribly corrupt.
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Vegetable posted:Need more details. A FIFA-sanctioned film that makes Blatter look like a crook is the dream. quote:The film faced criticism from media concerning the £16million cost of production, more than the annual turnover of most of UEFA's national associations.[4][5][6]
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They were supposed to release it in Russia over the summer as well but they sort of decided quietly to put off doing so. There's a sense in the industry that one of the big reasons they're terrified of doing so is that as soon as they put it out there the wrong sort of people (ie film critics) will see it. Basically Fifa spent more money on a film than many football associations get to make a film they now don't want anyone to see.
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Sep 28, 2014 01:17
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I was asking about the supposed subtext about Blatter being corrupt that they slipped into the film. That's the first I've heard of it.
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Vegetable posted:I was asking about the supposed subtext about Blatter being corrupt that they slipped into the film. That's the first I've heard of it. I doubt it's even in there. Tim Roth and the director are just pretending they're not complete whores.
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Sep 28, 2014 07:51
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The movie also stars Sam Neill, Gerard Depardieu and apparently Fisher Stevens.
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Kurtofan posted:The movie also stars Sam Neill, Gerard Depardieu and apparently Fisher Stevens. Is FIFA HQ where you ended up when you went through the portal in event hozion?
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Sep 28, 2014 12:59
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Don't forget that Gerard Depardieu is the guy who moved to Russia to avoid France's new high taxes. Even if Roth and the director did slip in some ironic corruption, I'm pretty sure Depardieu didn't.
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vyelkin posted:Don't forget that Gerard Depardieu is the guy who moved to Russia to avoid France's new high taxes. Even if Roth and the director did slip in some ironic corruption, I'm pretty sure Depardieu didn't. Doesn't Depardieu drink like 18 bottles of wine a day or something crazy like that?
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2814362/ I think this blog post sums United Passions up: http://allaboutangles.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/fifa-spends-30-million-on-united-passion-a-bonfire-vanity-project-for-sepp-blatter/
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Does this movie pass the Bechdel test? I doubt it. Kill all white men.
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United Passions is the new The Day the Clown Cried
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jyrka posted:Does this movie pass the Bechdel test? I doubt it. Kill all white men. lol
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I just want to see a documentary on FIFA corruption, with Jack Warner selling everyone out.
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CubanMissile posted:Jack Warner selling everyone out. Didn't he already do this? I swear I have this memory of him completely spilling everything and even showing hard evidence to all the corruption going on but the media completely ignored him or something. Was it just a fever dream?
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Wirth1000 posted:Didn't he already do this? I swear I have this memory of him completely spilling everything and even showing hard evidence to all the corruption going on but the media completely ignored him or something. Was it just a fever dream? I remember this too
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Some woman players are suing FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association at an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal because the Women's World Cup next year is being played on artificial turf. They say it's sexual discrimination that the men's tournaments happen on real grass while the women's tournament happens on poo poo artificial turf. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29453614 tbh I think they've got a point, artificial turf is some big time fail and it only gets used for football in Canada because growing good grass here is too expensive cause it's so loving cold all the time.
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Oct 4, 2014 14:35
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Wasn't Canada the only country that offered to organize the tournament? If turf is what they have then tough poo poo.
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They should make them play in the 50 degree heat of a gulf coast desert nation so that they are being treated the same as the men
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Polidoro posted:Wasn't Canada the only country that offered to organize the tournament? If turf is what they have then tough poo poo. Its bad enough they have to deal with a glass ceiling (Zero women on teams like Barca and Madrid. Really?? In 2014??) now they have to deal with a non grass floor. I'm with the babes on this one.
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I can't wait till 2022 when Qatar announces they can't grow grass in their climate and switch to fake turf
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African AIDS cum posted:Its bad enough they have to deal with a glass ceiling (Zero women on teams like Barca and Madrid. Really?? In 2014??) now they have to deal with a non grass floor. I'm with the babes on this one. FIFA oppresses all players but privileges male players over female ones. We need a it is a kyriarchy emote over here.
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I may be wrong but haven't FIFA/UEFA decided artificial turf is fine? It's used in CL/EL games in like Russia afaik
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Polidoro posted:Wasn't Canada the only country that offered to organize the tournament? If turf is what they have then tough poo poo. It was between us and Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe backed out so yeah EvilHawk posted:I may be wrong but haven't FIFA/UEFA decided artificial turf is fine? It's used in CL/EL games in like Russia afaik Yes, also apparently if you sue FIFA your entire federation gets suspended, so this affects the entire USSF. If they really felt so strongly about it they'd boycott the tournament. They won't
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I'm brave enough to say it. I'm boycotting the women's world cup. Won't watch a single second of it. Take that Blatter you fucktard.
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African AIDS cum posted:I'm brave enough to say it. I'm boycotting the women's world cup. Won't watch a single second of it. Take that Blatter you fucktard. *mournful over the shoulder look goodbye* 
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More women playing soccer is cool and good. I want to see a female Gattuso tear one right through Luis Suarez.
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Vegetable posted:More women playing soccer is cool and good. I want to see a female Gattuso tear one right through Luis Suarez. No.
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I'd be more sympathetic to the lawsuit if the female players cited it as a safety issue instead WE ARE TOTALLY BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST!!! because many MLS and NFL teams use FieldTurf and even though it's better than the old green concrete it still chews up knees and bodies has issues at high temperatures. FIFA experiments with stuff in minor tournaments, and in spite of what those players want to think the Women's World Cup is a minor tournament. It'd be funny in a perverse way if FIFA just cancelled it.
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Crazy Ted posted:I'd be more sympathetic to the lawsuit if the female players cited it as a safety issue instead WE ARE TOTALLY BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST!!! because many MLS and NFL teams use FieldTurf and even though it's better than the old green concrete it still chews up knees and bodies has issues at high temperatures. FIFA experiments with stuff in minor tournaments, and in spite of what those players want to think the Women's World Cup is a minor tournament. Apparently there are laws in Canada about gender inequality, there should be no double standard in rules in regards of the sexes. So in this particular case, they have a very real case.
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oldman posted:Apparently there are laws in Canada about gender inequality, there should be no double standard in rules in regards of the sexes. So in this particular case, they have a very real case.
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What surfaces would they play on if Canada hosted the men's World Cup? If the reason for the fake pitches is the climate it's not an issue of sexual discrimination. If FIFA requires the men's World Cup to be played on real grass but not the women's there is a slight case.
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Tsaedje posted:What surfaces would they play on if Canada hosted the men's World Cup? If the reason for the fake pitches is the climate it's not an issue of sexual discrimination. If FIFA requires the men's World Cup to be played on real grass but not the women's there is a slight case.
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Russia is going to have to have real grass pitches for the World Cup, even though most of their stadiums are turf, right?Crazy Ted posted:Well then why didn't the players file suit when the WWC was first awarded to Canada since it was already known then that all of the stadiums would use FieldTurf? I was also thinking this.
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