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BORAT -VS- NOMAD!!! Kazakh Revenge Is Calling!!

could be cool by maluquiro	Sep 26th, 2006 12:52:21 PM
it's niiiiiice...
haha by axemurder	Sep 26th, 2006 12:53:11 PM
what are these people on?
I'm actually kinda scared for Borat by Garbageman33	Sep 26th, 2006 01:01:50 PM
I figure it's only a matter of time before someone puts a price on his head like Salman Rushdie.
wow, borat and salman rushdie in the same sentence... by maluquiro	Sep 26th, 2006 01:02:51 PM
actually BORAT vs. THE NOMADS sounds like a good movie. who knows though, maybe this movie will be really cool. or at least, fun to watch. or, fun to make fun of. who can blame them for wanting to maintain the dignity of the country? Nooooomaaaaaaads!
no way i got first! by maluquiro	Sep 26th, 2006 01:03:13 PM
yeah
it's not "humorless insanity". by eraser_x	Sep 26th, 2006 01:14:05 PM
The Kazakh government is very smart. It is piggybacking its P.R. campaign onto a ton of free publicity, thanks to Borat. And Borat gets free publicity, too. Everybody wins. If the Kazakh government had been silent, I'd just think, "ha ha, Cohen is using Kazakhstan in his skits". Now, because of the Kazakh reaction, I think, "hey, Kazakhstan is a country that cares about the U.S. and cares about how Americans view Kazakhstan, and it is a proactive country that can take useful action". That is a very positive image the government has created via its response. So, if the opportunity to locate a factory in Kazakhstan comes up in three years, I would be more favorably predisposed about Kazakhstan, already, thanks to the government's Borat reaction.
Wasn't there a low-budget horror film called Nomads... by Childe Roland	Sep 26th, 2006 01:16:46 PM
...not all that long ago (okay, maybe I'm old and it was the late 80s...checks IMDB). Sure enough. Adam freaking Ant and Pierce fraking Brosnan. Was this movie better than I'm remembering, because I actually dig both of these guys as actors.
I hope a lion and bear fight. by tile_mcgillus	Sep 26th, 2006 01:21:06 PM
Go Borat! I hope SBC makes a movie about how sucky Iran is.
It should be about beating Gypsies by jackinitraw	Sep 26th, 2006 01:31:04 PM
And smashing the Jew eggs. Honestly the only people who should really be offended by Borat are Christians. They're the ones who got made out to look like total backwards morons in the movie. Everyone else got a fair shake and it was obvious the character was the one being laughed at during their interactions...then the scenes with white Christians had that reversed and they became the jokes.
"Who's ready to have a happy party time?!" by skycrapper	Sep 26th, 2006 01:33:28 PM
I can't believe that this is the only fall/winter movie I'm looking forward to seeing. OO7 can wait for DVD.
I bet.... by The Dum Guy	Sep 26th, 2006 01:35:44 PM
I bet most Americans thought Kazakhstan was a made up country before all this Borat movie related stuff started up. (And) Is Borat really a christian? If he is I thought he would be something like Latvian Orthodox.
Dum Guy by jackinitraw	Sep 26th, 2006 01:38:36 PM
In the movie he says he prays to the great eagle or something. I think they just went with him having a made up religion.
The eventual porn ripoff: Gonads by whoopdeedoo	Sep 26th, 2006 01:41:23 PM
All about a poor Kazakh girl trying to stop the evil western hordes from penetrating all of her orifices. Seriously, $40 million? Isn't that like double their GNP?
uhm, do you get it? by spaz_master	Sep 26th, 2006 02:25:39 PM
> Go Borat! I hope SBC makes a movie about how sucky Iran is. Uhm, you do realize that Americans are the real ones who come off as morons in his movie?
This will show the world by Shawn F.	Sep 26th, 2006 02:52:16 PM
This will show the world Kasakhstan is a tolerant country....NOT!
But Cohen is English by Goatboy	Sep 26th, 2006 02:52:26 PM
He's one of us, so why are the Kazahks getting pissy with American/Bush about it? Don't get me wrong, any head of state (however pointless) who wants to take W to task is laudable, but c'mon...at least come over here and slap Blair before he leaves through the back door and lets Brown take the controls. And who the fuck said Brown was to be PM? Don't we elect those?
Incrediburgible? by DinoBass	Sep 26th, 2006 03:36:53 PM
Was that Burger Chef? And Jeff?
It's Bush's fault! by biggles2_22	Sep 26th, 2006 03:44:21 PM
If anyone is offended by this movie then it's clearly George W. Bush's fault. C'mon you right-wing-conspiracy libs...chime in dammit!
Amerikazakhstan by Spamgelus	Sep 26th, 2006 03:47:09 PM
I saw a screening of this movie. It may have some jabs at Kazakhstan in the form of poverty, incest, and racism, but what's really funny is that he comes to this country in search of a better place and finds that Americans are even more stupid, insane, and morally reprehensible. THIS MOVIE IS GENIUS.
this is my sister by maluquiro	Sep 26th, 2006 03:56:50 PM
i didn't know this was a real country...
Jagshemash! by Det. John Kimble	Sep 26th, 2006 04:01:10 PM
This is all a publicity stunt. There is no country named Kazakhstan. It is an elaborate conspiracy cooked up by Ali G who is pissed at Sacha Baron Cohen for basing Borat on Mahir (I Kiss You!) and not him. RESPECT!
I posted yesterday by Neil McCauleys Crew	Sep 26th, 2006 04:53:06 PM
is it here yet?
Raise your hand if it bothers you that according to by CreasyBear	Sep 26th, 2006 04:58:45 PM
the rest of the world, ALL Americans (including you) are conservative, jingoistic, xenophobic Christians. Okay, now put your hands down and get on with your lives. :)
good strategy by modlight	Sep 26th, 2006 05:11:51 PM
React to a fictional character who you dislike because he makes you look like a bunch of Xenophobic racist backwoods hicks who live in hovels, by making a movie about the natives beating back and clashing with foreigners with darker skin and calling it Nomad. Good plan.
Kazakhstan by Staldo	Sep 26th, 2006 05:24:44 PM
everybody who didn't know Kazakhstan was a country are lovely examples of the American education system. Apologies if you're English and didn't know, then you're just an idiot.
LOL @ JudgeNXcutioner by CeeBeeUK	Sep 26th, 2006 05:31:31 PM
Hmm, caching still?
Pearl Harbor as Propaganda? by LordTwinkie	Sep 26th, 2006 06:29:27 PM
If it is then I'd be rooting for the Japanese cause that movie made me vomit.
"humorless insanity" by Windowlicker74	Sep 26th, 2006 06:37:20 PM
Kazachstan's capital, Almaty, is actually a pretty cool city with more cultural significance than an average US city. so I can understand they're a bit upset.
The average US city, Windowlicker... by The Dum Guy	Sep 26th, 2006 10:08:05 PM
is pretty boring. So if Kazakhstan's capital city, Almaty, has more cultural significance than the average US city, then that's really not saying much.
and by The Dum Guy	Sep 26th, 2006 10:11:03 PM
it's not even the capital anymore.
Nice by DrLektor	Sep 26th, 2006 11:57:20 PM
if they get Sacha Baron Cohen to star in the lead role I might watch it. Blessed irony.
Don't know about this Borat tuff by fredjack	Sep 27th, 2006 12:16:35 AM
I am going to take a contradictory stand here on this Borat stuff. I remember in school there were the cool guys and then there were the dorks like me. Some of the cool guys were also assholes and loved to make fun of the dorks. Because we didn't dress like the cool guys or act like the cool guys are supposed to act. So, because we hadn't yet figured out that it makes absolutely no difference what some assholes think about us, it caused a lot of hard feelings and tended to drive us more into our dork-shells. That's what I see going on with this Borat Stuff. I know, it's probably very funny, but it also seems very elitist, and I'm surprised, Harry, that the editorial policy of this site, which I love and am here posting on for the first time ever, seems to be that this is funny and cool. It's just like the way we used to (and sometimes still do) portray all Southern people as stupid hicks. Or even better, the way we used to portray all black people as saucer-eyed pickaninnies and "Yassuh" shufflers and Uncle Toms. Maybe if and when I see the movie I'll change my opinion, but for now, I would say that this is a bunch of white asshole cool guys making fun of something they don't understand and don't care to learn about. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Don't know about this Borat STUFF by fredjack	Sep 27th, 2006 12:22:52 AM
Geese. Talk about being a dork.
It's Clinton's Fault!! by Saluki	Sep 27th, 2006 12:24:13 AM
If anyone is offended by this movie then it's clearly William J. Clinton's fault. C'mon you left-wing-conspiracy cons...chime in dammit! =)
Poor choice of words by fredjack	Sep 27th, 2006 02:11:17 AM
That should be "attitude" instead of "editorial policy".
yes thats a good idea... by Seph_J	Sep 27th, 2006 03:21:55 AM
go to Bush to seek helpful advice on fairly treating obscure countries. He's so good at that. What would happen if Borat was an An Iraqi?
Borat prays to the great Eagle? by Seph_J	Sep 27th, 2006 03:36:00 AM
..... Perhaps he follows the M. Night SyhamalanaDingDong cult. They all worshipped a great Eagle in 'Lady in the Water' didnt they? They 'Great Eatlon' I believe it was called. Someone kill me.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Sep 27th, 2006 03:38:13 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Sep 27th, 2006 03:39:14 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Correction. The movie is actually called NOMAD.. by Dr.Gonzo	Sep 27th, 2006 04:26:42 AM
and its already out in Kazakhstan, Russia and a bunch of other post soviet countries. The story is written by the president of Kazakhstan himself, the movie has Mark Dacascos in it and most people who have seen it say it is shit. Looking forward to Borat though.
Comedy gold. by UltimaRex	Sep 27th, 2006 04:46:56 AM
You guys have brightened up my day. Take a bow, all of you (even Bush).
Plus... by UltimaRex	Sep 27th, 2006 04:55:06 AM
O'course the Kazakhstan president wants to talk to Bush about Borat. Anything to distract Bush from the fact that Kazakhstan has a little oil and no army to speak of.
Sacha is.... by Slartibartfast II	Sep 27th, 2006 06:24:27 AM
Jewish. I sh#t you not.
Will the nomads throw Jews down wells? by triplefive	Sep 27th, 2006 07:28:57 AM
and will they have men play the part of the women, since all the women are too busy hand washing the shit crust out of the men's undies?
Also... by Spamgelus	Sep 27th, 2006 09:09:42 AM
...the people who watch Ali G (and this movie) all know it's tongue-in-cheek. We all know Kazakhstan isn't the Sodom and Gomorrah portrayed in the movie. Furthermore, people who DON'T know much about SBC before they see this film likely won't have a worse view of Kazakhstan either. Why? Because they know they've gone to the movies to see A FUCKING COMEDY.
600 years later? by Filmrage	Sep 27th, 2006 11:25:00 AM
The Mongon empire disintergrated just a hundred years after Ghengis Khan. Won't Nomads be an admission of tardiness. ;)
i like make romance inside of her! by all	Sep 27th, 2006 03:15:27 PM
have liquid explosion
Check out the Borat section of the by Shadowmarch55	Sep 27th, 2006 03:23:20 PM
Discussion page on the Khazakstan webpage of Wikipedia. They want to pretend like this isn't a major deal to the Khazak government. Of course you spend FORTY MILLION DOLLARS on a movie for no particular reason.
I wonder what SBC's going to do with Brad Pitt. by Rakafraker	Sep 27th, 2006 03:29:29 PM
I just read earlier today that they want to work together. Pitt's a big fan of Cohen. Brad even had a special screening of Borat. Too funny.
Here's the link... by Rakafraker	Sep 27th, 2006 03:34:31 PM
http://tinyurl.com/o9nnx
Some Kazakhs have a sense of humour about it ... by Shan	Sep 27th, 2006 06:24:03 PM
http://www.stopborat.com/ ... i admit there's no way for me to prove anyone from Kazakhstan actually had anything to with this parody of a parody site but still ...
With All Of This Press... by Evil Lincoln	Sep 27th, 2006 06:37:49 PM
...Borat should have a over 20 miliion dollar opening day. You can't pay for the kind of press this movie is getting. I can hardly wait for it to hit theaters.
Kazakhstan: is Borat right? by Lev_Harris	Sep 27th, 2006 08:16:49 PM
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/ne ws/archives/2006/09/27/kazakhs tan_is_borat_right.html#more "In an effort to set the record straight and establish whether the central Asian republic really is that bad, Guardian Unlimited conducted a trawl of recent news stories on the country. And it turns out it isn't that bad: it's much, much worse."
wolfman; i don't have a cultural device, by Windowlicker74	Sep 28th, 2006 02:47:55 AM
And i'm pretty sure America has 'food' lol What i mean is just this: in an average american city there's just nothing to do. All the arts, entertainment, etc is concentrated on the coasts. american mid west is a wateland.(with some exceptions like AICN's precious Austin) You can travel for 3000 miles and everything is just the same corporate shit. Thats just amazing for a non-american. We were in Phoenix some months ago, the 6th biggest US city or so, there there was nothing, literary nothing. just buildings and people in cars( what up with this car obsession btw?) But the US coastlines are incredilbly cool, just weird that there's this huge difference.
and whats up with your malls? by Windowlicker74	Sep 28th, 2006 03:00:36 AM
malls everywhere. peple are either in their car or in their malls. pretty funny when you think about it. I think Tommy lee jones did a great job portraying America in his directorial effort( 3 burials)

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