Weed movies are popular again, sign of the times?
08-06-08, 01:05 PM
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Let's face it, even though many people don't do it, weed is accepted by a much larger percentage of the population than any other drug. It rakes in billions of dollars a year, privately, and is becoming more and more accepted as we learn of it's benefits. It is infintely less dangerous than smoking cigarettes, and it tastes WAY better. I'm glad we have a crop of stoner-friendly comics that love to make films that cater to that crowd. Even those who don't smoke weed have to admit these films are usually hilarious.
08-06-08, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Artman
At least most of the characters are portrayed as degenerate losers.
08-06-08, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs
Harold & Kumar, Grandma's Boy, Pineapple Express, there's a few more in the works. The popularity of the show Weeds.
Not exactly "popular" but it was an untapped market for a good while.
08-06-08, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Artman
At least most of the characters are portrayed as degenerate losers.
08-06-08, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by spainlinx0
Might help with your insomnia if you got over your religiously imposed hangups.
Not to mention Chemotherapy, Glaucoma, MS-induced Muscle Spasms, Epilepsy and pretty much any chronic pain.
-Doc
08-06-08, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RagingBull80
Other than Saul, I'd say everyone potrayed in the Apatow movies have been pretty productive human beings. And even Saul is not a "degenerate."
08-06-08, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RichC2
Harold and Kumar & Grandma's Boy were bombs at the box office (H&K2 did a little better), Weeds the show averages about a million viewers.
Not exactly "popular" but it was an untapped market for a good while.
Not exactly "popular" but it was an untapped market for a good while.
And remember, H&K3 was just greenlit by Warner.
08-06-08, 05:57 PM
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With Obama a liberal looking to be our next President Hollywood is gearing up.
Just like when we had Jimmy Carter the pop culture was full with weed and then Regan got in and it dissappered. It depends who's in office.
When Clinton was in we had all these Jerry Springer type shows and rap music in pop culture.
Just like when we had Jimmy Carter the pop culture was full with weed and then Regan got in and it dissappered. It depends who's in office.
When Clinton was in we had all these Jerry Springer type shows and rap music in pop culture.
08-06-08, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
When Clinton was in we had all these Jerry Springer type shows and rap music in pop culture.
08-06-08, 06:22 PM
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Holy crazy politics had to infilitrate the thread. I didn't even know Harold & Kumar was about weed until I saw this thread. It's not a sign of any times. If anything times are getting more conservative. I'm betting California repeals the law within the next 5 years.
08-06-08, 06:28 PM
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There was an article on this in Entertainment Weekly a few months ago.
08-06-08, 06:29 PM
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You people are all sick. USERS ARE LOSERS. 
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08-06-08, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
With Obama a liberal looking to be our next President Hollywood is gearing up.
Just like when we had Jimmy Carter the pop culture was full with weed and then Regan got in and it dissappered. It depends who's in office.
When Clinton was in we had all these Jerry Springer type shows and rap music in pop culture.
Just like when we had Jimmy Carter the pop culture was full with weed and then Regan got in and it dissappered. It depends who's in office.
When Clinton was in we had all these Jerry Springer type shows and rap music in pop culture.
As a teenager of the Reagan era, I say to you this: you're fucking high.
Funny how the "drug problem" absolutely EXPLODED under the Reagan Administration... that is, if you believed everything the Reagan Administration indoctrinated you with regarding the "Drug War".
08-06-08, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
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08-06-08, 07:38 PM
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i can't agree that everyone who smoke weed is a degenerate loser I have some really cool friends who smoke. One of my friends just got his masters from Northwestern but he doen't smoke all the time just on occassion maybe two or three times a month.
08-06-08, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs
i can't agree that everyone who smoke weed is a degenerate loser I have some really cool friends who smoke. One of my friends just got his masters from Northwestern but he doen't smoke all the time just on occassion maybe two or three times a month.