Comments for Pacific Ties http://pacificties.org UCLA's Asian and Pacific Islander Newsmagazine Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Passage of DREAM Act would add $329 billion to economy by Alfredo Lozano http://pacificties.org/2012/10/08/passage-of-dream-act-would-add-329-billion-to-economy/#comment-6448 Alfredo Lozano Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:56:34 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=3113#comment-6448 This is certainly a controversial measure. However, the benefits here are obvious. If given the proper education DREAMers can help improve the American economy in ways that they aren't able to now. This is certainly a controversial measure. However, the benefits here are obvious. If given the proper education DREAMers can help improve the American economy in ways that they aren’t able to now.

]]> Comment on Collateral Damage of Full Metal Jacket by Fred Farkle http://pacificties.org/2012/06/04/collateral-damage-of-full-metal-jackets/#comment-6391 Fred Farkle Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:21:44 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=3069#comment-6391 "you got girlfriend Vietnam?" Oh, come ON! The movie is about the war in all it's dehumanizing, disgusting, perverted, insane, indefensible aspects. You actually care whether the Da Nang Hooker is Chinese or Vietnamese? Would it have been better or worse if the actress was Vietnamese? You're obviously missing the broader point. There WERE tons of hooers like this character in Vietnam. It was TERRIBLE whatnthevwar did to the Vietnamese people, AND to the US soldiers who fought there. Both are victims. The movie isn't about the resilience and ultimate triumph of the Vietnamese people, so of course it's going to be frozen in time, dummy! Just because you CAN write a blog, doesn't give you an excuse for sloppy thinking. Me NOT love your posting long time. Fred from Peoria “you got girlfriend Vietnam?”

Oh, come ON! The movie is about the war in all it’s dehumanizing, disgusting, perverted, insane, indefensible aspects.

You actually care whether the Da Nang Hooker is Chinese or Vietnamese? Would it have been better or worse if the actress was Vietnamese? You’re obviously missing the broader point. There WERE tons of hooers like this character in Vietnam. It was TERRIBLE whatnthevwar did to the Vietnamese people, AND to the US soldiers who fought there. Both are victims.

The movie isn’t about the resilience and ultimate triumph of the Vietnamese people, so of course it’s going to be frozen in time, dummy!

Just because you CAN write a blog, doesn’t give you an excuse for sloppy thinking. Me NOT love your posting long time.

Fred from Peoria

]]> Comment on Collateral Damage of Full Metal Jacket by d.r http://pacificties.org/2012/06/04/collateral-damage-of-full-metal-jackets/#comment-5909 d.r Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:37:23 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=3069#comment-5909 Pathetic blog.Hey,did you ever think maybe...just maybe,Papillon Soo Soo was chosen,because a vietnamese actress wasn't available?Nice how you spin that into encouraging stereotypes.Also,the film was told from the marines perspective,kubrick was an american filmmaker.Did you expect him to work with a vietnamese cast,and make a movie from the vietnamese perspective?Im sure if he was a vietnamese filmmaker who used ''white man'' stereotypes,you wouldn't say a word..would you?And interestingly,kubrick never sympathizes with american OR vietnamese viewpoints.Random brutality from each side of the conflict is shown in the vietnam part of the film.Best example:In one scene you see a blood thirsty marine shooting vietnamese farmers from a helicopter,then in the next,shows dead south vietnamese buried alive by the N.V.A.Kubrick captured a moment of incomprehensible times,in which most u.s troops did view ALL of the vietnamese as the enemy. Pathetic blog.Hey,did you ever think maybe…just maybe,Papillon Soo Soo was chosen,because a vietnamese actress wasn’t available?Nice how you spin that into encouraging stereotypes.Also,the film was told from the marines perspective,kubrick was an american filmmaker.Did you expect him to work with a vietnamese cast,and make a movie from the vietnamese perspective?Im sure if he was a vietnamese filmmaker who used ”white man” stereotypes,you wouldn’t say a word..would you?And interestingly,kubrick never sympathizes with american OR vietnamese viewpoints.Random brutality from each side of the conflict is shown in the vietnam part of the film.Best example:In one scene you see a blood thirsty marine shooting vietnamese farmers from a helicopter,then in the next,shows dead south vietnamese buried alive by the N.V.A.Kubrick captured a moment of incomprehensible times,in which most u.s troops did view ALL of the vietnamese as the enemy.

]]> Comment on Collateral Damage of Full Metal Jacket by Dave Reisenwitz http://pacificties.org/2012/06/04/collateral-damage-of-full-metal-jackets/#comment-5557 Dave Reisenwitz Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:34:06 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=3069#comment-5557 I took a different take of Full Metal Jacket. I agree with what you say about the content, but, and I guess I am a bit weird,in that I took the film as being your message. It held a mirror up to us (the distant caucasians)and what we saw (or should have)is what you said. I am now thinkg that this is not the message that the majority of the films U.S. audience saw. That may have been the case, and that is repugnant. If the mirror held up by the film failed to deliver, then we as a nation need the type of direct approach that you took. Keep up the good work. I took a different take of Full Metal Jacket. I agree with what you say about the content, but, and I guess I am a bit weird,in that I took the film as being your message. It held a mirror up to us (the distant caucasians)and what we saw (or should have)is what you said. I am now thinkg that this is not the message that the majority of the films U.S. audience saw. That may have been the case, and that is repugnant. If the mirror held up by the film failed to deliver, then we as a nation need the type of direct approach that you took. Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on The Hunger Games’ Casting and the Problem of the White Savior by Pacific Ties » The Hunger Games: American Archetype http://pacificties.org/2012/05/31/the-hunger-games-casting-and-the-problem-of-the-white-savior/#comment-5347 Pacific Ties » The Hunger Games: American Archetype Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:58:49 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=2985#comment-5347 [...] Although The Hunger Games and the controversy over its casting do not affect the API community specifically, the novels and movie comprise a narrative about violence and the way it is employed in order to oppress groups of people, and PacTies wanted to cover the implications of casting a white actor in a role that many fans envisioned for a person of color. This article takes a brighter look at what worked in the movie, and is a companion piece to editor Ashley Truong’s. [...] [...] Although The Hunger Games and the controversy over its casting do not affect the API community specifically, the novels and movie comprise a narrative about violence and the way it is employed in order to oppress groups of people, and PacTies wanted to cover the implications of casting a white actor in a role that many fans envisioned for a person of color. This article takes a brighter look at what worked in the movie, and is a companion piece to editor Ashley Truong’s. [...]

]]> Comment on The Hunger Games: American Archetype by Pacific Ties » The Hunger Games’ Casting and the Problem of the White Savior http://pacificties.org/2012/05/31/the-hunger-games-american-archetype/#comment-5346 Pacific Ties » The Hunger Games’ Casting and the Problem of the White Savior Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:57:22 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=2996#comment-5346 [...] This article was written in response to The Hunger Games movie casting choices. Although the casting choices do not affect the API community specifically, the novels and movie comprise a narrative about violence and the way it is employed in order to oppress groups of people, and PacTies wanted to cover the implications of casting a white actor in a role that many fans envisioned for a person of color. This article is a companion piece to staff writer Carol Lee’s, who takes a brighter look at the movie itself. [...] [...] This article was written in response to The Hunger Games movie casting choices. Although the casting choices do not affect the API community specifically, the novels and movie comprise a narrative about violence and the way it is employed in order to oppress groups of people, and PacTies wanted to cover the implications of casting a white actor in a role that many fans envisioned for a person of color. This article is a companion piece to staff writer Carol Lee’s, who takes a brighter look at the movie itself. [...]

]]> Comment on UC Regents and Rally Meeting: Reflection by Tutoring Service in California http://pacificties.org/2011/12/15/uc-regents-and-rally-meeting-reflection/#comment-4866 Tutoring Service in California Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:17:06 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=2787#comment-4866 Students should have unity.If they have unity then no one can put wrong step...:-) Students should have unity.If they have unity then no one can put wrong step…:-)

]]> Comment on UC Regents Meeting and Rally: Photos by Linh Nguyen http://pacificties.org/2011/11/30/uc-regents-meeting-and-rally-photos/#comment-4772 Linh Nguyen Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:40:43 +0000 http://pacificties.org/?p=2588#comment-4772 With the increase in tuition and the ways that the administrators are handling things, it is only a matter of time before students are sick of the treatment and start protesting at schools. With the increase in tuition and the ways that the administrators are handling things, it is only a matter of time before students are sick of the treatment and start protesting at schools.

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